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US 6,746,017 B2Granted
Sequence tile board game
AssigneeMattel, Inc.
InventorsBrian Yu, Jonathan Bedford
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Abstract
The present invention provides a board game wherein players compete to uncover tiles and board sections in an order that matches a drawn card. The game includes a game board, player pieces, tiles, and sequence cards. The object of the game is to advance through several levels of play by matching uncovered indicia to that of the sequence cards while avoiding penalty indicia.
Claims13
A board game apparatus comprising:
- a game board, wherein the game board is divided into multiple grid spaces, each grid space imprinted with a distinguishing indication selected from a set of distinguishing indicia;
- multiple tiles, each imprinted with an indication selected from the set of indicia, wherein the tiles are adapted to be placed face down over the grid spaces so that the indicia on the grid spaces and the tiles are hidden;
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- multiple sequence cards, each imprinted with at least two distinguishing indicia configured in a particular order, each distinguishing indication imprinted on a card corresponding to at least one distinguishing indication imprinted on at least one of a grid space and a tile.
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A board game apparatus comprising:
- a game board divided into multiple grid spaces;
- a group of first cards having at least one distinguishing indication and adapted to be placed upon the grid spaces;
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- a group of second cards, each second card having at least two indicia, and each indication on each second card corresponds to an indication on at least one of the first cards.
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A method of playing a board game by at least two players, comprising the steps of:
- placing multiple player pieces on designated areas of a game board;
- randomizing multiple tiles and placing them face-down on a grid of the game board, so that the identity of indicia printed on each of the tiles and the underlying grid section is concealed;
- randomizing sequence cards and placing them in a deck;
- drawing one of the sequence cards, upon which multiple indicia are printed;
- turning over the number of tiles that matches the number of graphic indicia printed on the drawn sequence card in a particular order in an attempt to match the indicia on the tiles or underlying grid to the particular order of the indicia shown on the sequence card;
- moving the player piece of a player up a level on the designated area of the game board, if that player correctly matches the particular order of the indicia on the tiles or underlying game board to the particular order of the indicia on the drawn sequence card;
- passing the opportunity to select tiles to match the particular order of the indicia on the drawn sequence card, if the previous player did not select a correct match;
- repeating the steps of randomizing the multiple tiles onto the grid of the game board and drawing of another sequence card when one of the players successfully matches the last drawn sequence card;
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- determining a winner based on who is the first player to progress to the highest level of the game.
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A method of playing a board game, comprising:
- placing tiles on grid spaces of a game board, so that indicia printed on at least one of the tiles and the underlying grid spaces are concealed;
- drawing a sequence card from a deck of sequence cards each having a series of indicia corresponding to the indicia on at least one of the tiles and the grid spaces;
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- exposing an indication by removing a tile from the game board, for each indication in the series of indicia on the drawn sequence card, so long as an exposed indication corresponds with the associated indication in the series of indicia on the drawn sequence card.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.