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US 7,270,329 B2Granted
Design game with deductive component
AssigneeMattel, Inc.
InventorMark Barthold
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Abstract
A game of deduction including game components and rules for playing a game for a plurality of players, a goal of which may be for one player to deduce, through a question and answer process, an image on a game card chosen by another player. A game board, multiple game cards, and a set of image elements with an accompanying game palette may be suitable for playing the game of deduction.
Claims8
A method of playing a game of deduction, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) asking a question regarding a characteristic of a first image on a card;
- (b) receiving an answer to the question;
- (c) adding an image element to a second image on a game board based at least in part on the received answer;
- (d) repeating the steps of asking, receiving and adding;
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- (e) after repeating the steps, determining whether the second image is the same as the first image.
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A method of playing a game of deduction, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) a first player drawing a first game card comprising a first image;
- (b) a second player asking the first player a question regarding a characteristic of the first image;
- (c) the first player answering the asked question;
- (d) selecting an image element from a plurality of different image elements based at least in part on the received answer;
- (e) placing the selected image element onto a second image on a game board;
- (f) repeating steps (b) through (e);
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- (g) after repeating the steps, determining whether the second image is the same as the first image.
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