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US 6,209,872 B1Granted
Method of playing an interactive board game
OwnerClement C. Caswellinventor
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Abstract
The present invention permits the period of inactivity in a sporting event, particularly a televised sporting event, to be utilized productively according to the knowledge of the viewer of the a televised sporting event. According to the present invention a game is played during a sporting event utilizing a game board and several sets of cards.
Claims9
A method of playing an interactive board game comprising:
- moving one or more game pieces about a playing surface, said playing surface having a plurality of segments corresponding to an independently determined action in a sporting event, including moving one or more game pieces on said playing surface, having at least one participant select a card from a first set of cards where said first set of cards corresponds to an independently determined action in said sporting event, and optionally having at least one participant select a card from a second set of cards, at the participants option, said second set of cards corresponds to the independently determined action in the sporting event, the participant selecting said first card and optionally said second card prior to the occurrence of the independently determined action in said sporting event based upon the participants belief that the independently determined action in said sporting event will occur, and upon the occurrence of the independently determined action in said sporting event, the participant moving the participants game piece if the independently determined action in said sporting event is correctly predicted in said sporting event according to a value assigned to the first card and the second card if played.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.