Game device and method for playing
OwnerJ. Paul Whitehurstinventor
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Abstract
A game device having a three-dimensional playing surface with strategically positioned points and a method of playing a game on the game device which has a three-dimensional playing surface with strategically positioned points whereby the game is played by at least two players alternately claiming the points.
Claims3
A method of playing a game on a game device, wherein said game device comprises a three-dimensional, spherical playing surface having strategically positioned points formed by intersecting great circles and wherein said game is played by at least two players comprising the steps of the players alternately claiming the points, and wherein each point further comprises a set of embedded electronic features, each said set having at least a neutral feature, a first distinguishing feature and a second distinguishing feature, wherein at the start of the game, the neutral feature of each point is displayed and wherein the first player claims a point by changing the feature of the claimed point from the neutral feature to the first distinguishing feature and the second player claims a point by changing the feature of the claimed point from the neutral feature to the second distinguishing feature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.