Systems and methods for interactive game play

A live-action interactive game for entertaining or amusing multiple play participants playing in a live play environment, said interactive game comprising:

• multiple game tokens adapted to be worn, carried or held by said multiple play participants, each said game token comprising a machine-readable unique identification number configured to uniquely identifying each said play participant within said game, wherein at least one of said multiple game tokens comprises a card, passport, tag or wristband;
• a plurality of reader devices adapted to be provided in communicative association with a corresponding plurality of interactive gaming devices, said reader devices and gaming devices configured and adapted to be distributed throughout the live play environment, each said reader device configured to wirelessly and electronically read each said game token to thereby obtain the unique identification number;
• at least one of said plurality of gaming devices comprising at least one input/output device configured and adapted to selectively reveal or provide to each said play participant a game-relevant clue, information or item based, at least in part, on the play participant's successful completion of a selected game challenge comprising at least one of:
• finding a hidden item, finding another play participant, cooperating with another play participant, solving a puzzle, and entering a secret code or password, wherein said entering a secret code or password is performed on an input/output device of said at least one gaming device;
• whereby said multiple play participants are able to play and progress in said game and wherein the participation and progress of each said play participant in the game is individually tracked according to each said corresponding unique identification number.

A live-action interactive game for entertaining or amusing a plurality of play participants playing in a live play environment wherein each play participant is provided with a game token comprising a machine-readable unique identification number that uniquely identifies each said play participant within said play environment, said interactive game comprising:

• a plurality of reader devices adapted to be provided in communicative association with a corresponding plurality of interactive gaming devices, said reader devices and gaming devices configured and adapted to be distributed throughout said live play environment, each said reader device configured to wirelessly and electronically read each said game token when said game token is provided within readable proximity to said reader device to thereby obtain the unique identification number of the game token corresponding to a particular play participant associated with said game token;
• at least one of said plurality of gaming devices comprising at least one input/output device configured and adapted to selectively reveal or provide to each said play participant a game-relevant clue, information or item based, at least in part, on the play participant's successful completion of one or more selected game challenges;
• a digital image capture system comprising at least one digital camera configured to be in communicative association with at least one of said plurality of reader devices and configured and adapted to automatically capture one or more digital images of said play participants and to store said captured digital images in association with said corresponding unique identification number for each of said play participants;
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• a digital image retrieval system configured to retrieve, display or print said captured digital images using said unique identification number to identify or select said one or more captured digital images;
• whereby said play participants are able to play and progress in said game and wherein the participation and progress of each said play participant in the game is individually tracked and recorded according to each corresponding unique identification number and wherein captured images of each said play participant is tracked, identified or selected according to a corresponding unique identification number of each said play participant.