US 6,530,571 B1Granted

Board game and method of playing

OwnerPatricia McWilliamsinventor

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Abstract

A game board having a representation of a baseball playing field is provided. Cards containing questions about the sport are divided into regular question and “challenge” question cards. When batting, a player uses a chance determining device to determine the outcome of an at bat, preferably either a “hit” or “out”. If the outcome is a “hit”, such player is then asked a question taken from a regular question card. If answered correctly, a playing piece is moved to the designated base. If the “hit” is a home run, a run is tallied on the scoreboard. Next, at the battling player's option, he or she may then ask an opposing player a question from a “challenge” question card. If the opposing player answers incorrectly, the battling player will advance his or her playing piece an extra base. The team with most runs at the end is declared the winner.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A method of learning while playing a board game comprising the steps of:

operating a chance means to determine a player's move of a game piece on a game board, the game board having a generally planar top surface on which an area simulative of a field or court for playing said game is portrayed,
if instructed by said chance means to advance a game piece a number of spaces in accordance with said chance means, first attempting to answer a question from a first set of playing cards wherein if said question is answered correctly, the game piece is advanced in accordance with said chance means, but if said question is answered incorrectly, the game piece is not advanced;
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if the question from the first set of playing cards is answered correctly, at the option of the player, asking an opposing player a question from a second set of playing cards wherein if the question is answered incorrectly the player piece is advanced an additional space or spaces.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 09/571,910Filed 16 May 2000
Granted: 11 Mar 2003
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

A63F 3/00031
Board games simulating indoor or outdoor sporting games, e.g. bowling, basketball, boxing, croquet, athletics, jeu de boules, darts, snooker,…
A63F 2001/0441
Card games combined with other games: with a written message or sentence, e.g. chance or instruction cards
A63F 2003/00034
Baseball or cricket board games: baseball
A63F 2009/0486
Dice; Dice-boxes; Mechanical dice-throwing devices: dice with symbols, e.g. indicating a direction for moving a playing piece