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US 7,461,845 B2Granted
Memory game and method of playing same
AssigneeDoublestar, LLC
InventorsStuart Montaldo, Jennie Kretchmar, Brett Kretchmar
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Abstract
A memory game is shown similar to the game of concentration. However, each tile has a coding region associated therewith for players to aid their memories with mnemonic codes. Additional variations are disclosed, including limiting which indicia may be matched and removed on a given turn and the use of a rummy-style removal of tiles using logically ordered indicia.
Claims14
A method of playing a game by a plurality of players comprising the steps of:
- placing a plurality of pairs of tiles in a playing area, each pair of tiles having a front side with matching indicia thereon, and a back side, the tiles being placed front side down within the playing area;
- taking turns among the players;
- in each turn, selecting two tiles and examining the front sides thereof, one of which is exposed to all other players;
- removing the tiles from play if the indicia on the two examined tiles match, the removed tiles to be retained by the player who selected them;
- returning the tiles to the playing area if the indicia on the two examined tiles differ;
- placing mnemonic coding on the back side of one or more of the examined tiles that were returned;
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- repeating the selecting-examining, removing, returning, and placing steps with each turn until all tiles have been removed from the playing area.
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A game for a plurality of players comprising:
- a plurality of pairs of tiles, each pair of tiles having a front side with matching indicia thereon designed to be hidden from view, and a back side;
- a coding region on the back side of each tile for players to apply mnemonic coding relating to the indicia of the tiles that an individual player has seen, said coding region comprising a surface material readily capable of being written upon and subsequently erased a plurality of times;
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- an ink marker suitable for use on said coding region.
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A method of playing a game by a plurality of players comprising the steps of:
- placing a plurality of tiles in a playing area, each tiles having a front side with one or more indicia thereon, and a back side, the tiles being placed front side down within the playing area;
- taking turns among the players;
- in each turn, selecting a plurality of tiles and examining the front sides thereof, one of which is exposed to all other players;
- removing the tiles from play if the indicia on the examined tiles meet a set of preselected criteria, the removed tiles to be retained by the player who selected them;
- returning the tiles to the playing area if the indicia on the examined tiles do not meet said preselected criteria;
- placing mnemonic coding on the back side of one or more of the examined tiles that were returned;
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- repeating the selecting-examining, removing, returning, and placing steps with each turn until all tiles have been removed from the playing area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.