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US 6,761,358 B2Granted
Trivia game and method of playing
AssigneeEntertainment Buffs Inc.
InventorJames Hallett
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Abstract
A game comprises a system wherein points are awarded for each matching identification of a work from a body of works associated with a personality, preferably a movie in which a particular actor appeared. Players move along a pathway according to the roll of a die. Each position on the pathway provides an instruction for drawing a card on which the picture of an actor or their name appears. The player identifies as many of the actor's works as possible within an allowed time. Optionally, an instruction will cause a player to miss a turn or to draw a card enabling the opportunity to earn bonus points. Alternate embodiments of the game may include any genre in which a body of works can be credited to a personality. Further, the game may be played on alternate game interfaces, such as a computer.
Claims18
A method of testing a player's knowledge of a personality's body of works comprising the steps of:
- providing a game interface having an endless path of contiguous positions, each of the positions being associated with instructions to the players that affect the outcome of their turn;
- assigning each player or team of players a distinguishably different player identifier;
- and
- playing the game for each player in turn by;
- for a current player,
- operating a chance device to determine a number which determines a number of positions to be advanced in the turn and advancing a player identifier from a previous position to a current position;
- selecting a token from at least one set of tokens, at least some of the tokens having viewable indicia which correspond to the instructions for the current position, and concealed indicia which contain an identification of a personality, the personality being associated with a body of works, the indicia and identified personality normally being concealed from the players, and should the selected token have such concealed indicia, then
- initiating a timing device to determine a pre-determined allowed time;
- viewing the selected token which has concealed indicia containing the identification of a personality;
- identifying as many works as possible from the personality's body of works during the allowed time, and when the allowed time expires;
- comparing identified works from a pre-determined comprehensive body of works for the personality and allocating points for matching identified and pre-determined works so as to determine the number of points scored;
- totaling the number of points scored for each player, until one player reaches a predetermined number of points to end the game;
- and
- repeating the step of operating the chance device through the step of totaling the number of points for each player in turn until one player reaches a predetermined number of points to end the game.
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A method of testing a player's knowledge of a personality's body of works comprising the steps of:
- providing a game interface having an endless path of contiguous positions, each of the positions being associated with instructions to the players that affect the outcome of their turn;
- assigning each player or team of players a distinguishably different player identifier;
- and playing the game for each player in turn by;
- for a current player,
- operating a chance device to determine a number which determines a number of positions to be advanced in the turn and advancing a player identifier from a previous position to a current position;
- selecting a token from at least one set of tokens, at least some of the tokens having viewable indicia which correspond to the instructions for the current position, and concealed indicia which contain an identification of a personality, the personality being associated with a body of works, the indicia and identified personality normally being concealed from the players, and should the selected token have such concealed indicia, then
- initiating a timing device to determine a pre-determined allowed time;
- viewing the selected token which has concealed indicia containing the identification of a personality;
- identifying as many works as possible from the personality's body of works during the allowed time, and when the allowed time expires;
- comparing identified works from a pre-determined comprehensive body of works for the personality and allocating points for matching identified and pre-determined works so as to determine the number of points scored;
- totaling the number of points scored for each player, until one player reaches a predetermined number of points to end the game;
- and
- repeating the step of operating the chance device through the step of totaling the number of points for each player in turn until one player reaches a predetermined number of points to end the game;
- wherein at least a set of option tokens are provided having viewable indicia thereon, further comprising the steps of:
- selecting an option token during the players turn when the instructions at the player's current position so instruct;
- deferring use of the player's option token until an opposing playe's turn;
- choosing to exercise the option card and thus concurrently playing the turn with the opposing player during the opposing player's turn;
- identifying as many works as possible;
- and if the opposing player has identified no works and has scored no points, and
- awarding an additional point to the player who exercised the option token for each of their matching identification of the works with the comprehensive list of works.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.