Building blocks that facilitate configuration and assembly of playing pieces, in shapes of stair-like or clusterable edge-connected partially or fully cube-shaped pieces, are provided. According to a particular configuration of blocks, a main sub-block in the shape of half-cubes is provided, with multi edge-connectivity formation means/possibilities. The edge connectivity possibilities of the provided half-cubes are mainly implemented for the purpose of assembling and configuring clusterable stair-like playing pieces including multi-edge- and/or face-connectable cubes.

Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture, circuit, and/or user interface adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a method for activities that can comprise and/or relate to, a board game system that can include a first game board that defines a plurality of playing surfaces for use with game pieces.

System, processes and devices for monitoring betting activities using bet recognition devices and a server. Each bet recognition device has an imaging component for capturing image data for a gaming table surface. The bet recognition device receives calibration data for calibrating the bet recognition device. A server processor coupled to a data store processes the image data received from the bet recognition devices over the network to detect, for each betting area, a number of chips and a final bet value for the chips.

Baseball coachs spend most of their time teaching children how to hit, throw and run the bases. Many of them do not have the time to teach the stragedies of the game.

MR. MANAGER is a card game that allows coach and parents to teach young players the difference between a safety squeeze and a suicide squeeze. Most little leaguers do not fully understand what a balk is or the difference between a wild pitch and a passed ball or how to execute the hit and run play.

MR. MANAGER puts players in the middle of the game and makes them think about the best way of winning a game. It makes them feel like they are actually the manager.

Systems, apparatuses and methods for increasing potential payout opportunities using multiple card indicia representing multiple cards. One embodiment involves determining whether any one or more of a plurality of cards of a poker game having multiple poker hands are to be randomly provided with multiple card indicia representing multiple cards, presenting the plurality of cards of the poker hands, including the one or more of the plurality of cards determined to be randomly provided with multiple card indicia, and identifying a plurality of resulting hands for each of the multiple poker hands that include a multiple card indicia, where each of the plurality of resulting hands includes a different subset of a total of the indicia of the other cards in the respective poker hand and any cards provided with multiple card indicia.

Systems and methods of conducting wagering games involving, among other things, a modified Blackjack wagering game including an option to resolve the game prior to a final determination and optional wagers on the final dealer hand score.

A board game apparatus is disclosed. The board game apparatus has a support assembly, a first member rotatably supported by the support assembly, a second member rotatably supported by the support assembly and covering part of the first member, a board member rotatably supported by the support assembly and including a plurality of apertures, the board member covering the first member and the second member, and a raised member rotatably supported by the support assembly above the board member and forming a gap between the raised member and the board member. A first portion of the first member and a second portion of the second member are visible from above the board member through the plurality of apertures.

A game system, includes a game board, including a plurality of squares arranged in rows and columns, including special squares, including a start square and bonus squares, each including a text indicator and a color indicator; a board border with row indicators and column indicators; rotatably positionable playing pieces, each including a line segment with segment terminators and a piece scoring indicator denoting a piece scoring value; two piece holders; two mockup boards; two privacy blinds; such that a plurality of pairs of successive strings are positionable on the board, each pair placed by two opposing players, each string including a plurality of rotatably positioned connected playing pieces, such that at least one segment terminator of a first connected playing piece is connected to at least one segment terminator of a second connected playing piece, such that line segments of the rotatably positioned connected pieces form a connected path.

The present invention relates to a charade-based Bible game system for improving knowledge about the Bible and lessons of the Bible. The game system can be played by children and adults as individuals or as teams. The game system allows players to play a plurality of games for learning about the Bible and includes a plurality of cards that have scripture printed thereon. Some embodiments include mix and match games allowing players to win games when matched cards are collected by players. Matched cards may have Jesus titles, Lucifer titles, and princess/queens names. Other embodiments may have scrambled words which are unscrambled by players within a time limit set by a timer for winning the games. The game system offers a way for individuals to have fun with friends and family while still being educated on the Bible and its lessons.

A fraud detection system which detects fraud in a game of performing collection and redemption of chips in accordance with a win or lose result includes a camera which captures an image of chips contained in a chip tray of a dealer, an image analyzing apparatus which analyses the image captured by the camera to detect an amount of the chips contained in the chip tray, a card distribution device which determines a win or lose result of a game, and a control device which compares the win or lose result of the game and the amount of the chips contained in the chip tray before and after collection and redemption of the chips to detect fraud.