Multiple player participation game

#Various types of games are available which involve multiple players. One known game is Liar's Dice which is based on draw poker. The object of the game is to call an opponents bluff or to convince the opponent to challenge honest calls. In one version of the game two to four players are provided with an opaque dice cup, 10 poker chips or other betting counters and five dice. Each player rolls one die. The highest roller goes first and the play proceeds, for example, to the left or clockwise. A round of play begins with the first player (the caller) shaking five dice in the cup and turning the cup upside down on the table. The caller peeks at his/her dice keeping the results hidden from other players. The caller then decides whether to stand pat or draw. If the caller chooses to draw there would be a re-roll of any number of dice. Such re-roll would be permitted twice in one turn. The caller then announces his/her hand by stating something specific such as “I have three fours”. The hands are ranked in the following order: five of a kind; four of a kind; full house; high straight; low straight; three of a kind; two pair; and one pair. Play continues by moving to the next player who may challenge the caller's statement or the player may roll his/her dice and make a call on the player's own hand. To make a call the hand must be higher than the original caller's hand. The person to this new caller's left may now challenge, or roll and make his/her own call. The dice are revealed when a player is challenged. If the challenger is wrong and the caller was honest about his/her hand, the challenger must put a counter into the pot. If the caller is caught bluffing the caller must put a counter into the pot. A new round is begun each time a challenge is made. The game is won when only one participant remains who has a counter.

#There are other variations of Liar's Dice based upon the above general rules.

#Various other games exist using dice and other objects such as in game boards. One game marketed under the name, Gamestation utilizes a hexagonal tray as a pit for the dice.

#FIG. 1 is a top plan view showing the various articles used in the playing of a multiple player participation game in accordance with this invention; and

#FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of FIG. 1.

#FIGS. 1-2 illustrate the physical articles which would be used in the playing of a multiple player participation game in accordance with this invention. As shown therein, one of the articles is a multi-sided tray 10. In the preferred practice of this invention there would be anywhere from three to eight players who can play at a time. To accommodate all of these players tray 10 is preferably of octagonal shape so that each player would be assigned one side of the upstanding frame 12 which surrounds the perimeter of tray 10. As a result a pit is formed within the frame. Each side of frame 12 is of sufficient height and width that it includes a series of pockets 14 whereby a single die may be placed in each pocket. The invention may be broadly practiced where a single pocket may hold all of the dice of each set, rather than the preferred practice where pocket 14 is divided into a series of pockets each of which would hold a die.

#Tray 10 also includes structure for holding chips or counters 16. Such structure is preferably an elastic pocket 18 which in the preferred practice of the invention is located on the inner side of each wall. If desired, however, the pocket or chip container can be at any other location such as the outer side of the wall or in the broad practice of the invention the chips could simply be held loose or in any other separate container.

#Although FIG. 1 illustrates the tray 10 to be of octagonal shape with an octagonal pit in the center other shapes could be used. For example, the tray could be a square shape having an octagonal pit in the center and the chips 16 could be stored in the available corners.