An conflict-resolution board system includes: a first emotion identifier storage area configured for storing a first plurality of emotion state identifiers corresponding to a first plurality of emotional states; a second emotion identifier storage area configured for storing a second plurality of emotion state identifiers corresponding to a second plurality of emotional states; and a conflict indication area configured to allow a first participant to indicate their emotional state by selecting one of the first plurality of emotion state identifiers and allow a second participant to indicate their emotional state by selecting one of the second plurality of emotion state identifiers.

An emotion-indication board system includes: an emotion identifier storage area configured for storing a plurality of emotion state identifiers corresponding to a plurality of emotional states; a participant identifier storage area configured for storing a plurality of participant identifiers corresponding to a plurality of participants; an emotion indication area configured to allow one or more of the plurality of participants to indicate their emotional state via one or more of the plurality of participant identifiers and one or more of the plurality of emotional state identifiers.

A method for competing in game play of an electronic trading card game within a game host between a first player and a second player includes (i) each player receiving an unopened pack of trading cards; (ii) opening the pack of trading cards for each player to reveal individual trading cards for each player only to the respective player; (iii) selecting a plurality of statistical categories that are shown to each player; (iv) each player assigning one of the individual trading cards from their respective pack of trading cards to each statistical category; (v) comparing a relevant statistic included on each of the individual trading cards for each player that has been assigned to each statistical category; and (vi) determining a winner for each statistical category based on which of the individual trading cards assigned to that statistical category has the best relevant statistic.

A method for competing in game play of an electronic trading card game within a game host between a first player and a second player includes (i) each player receiving an unopened pack of trading cards; (ii) opening the pack of trading cards for each player to reveal individual trading cards for each player only to the respective player; (iii) selecting a plurality of statistical categories that are shown to each player; (iv) each player assigning one of the individual trading cards from their respective pack of trading cards to each statistical category; (v) comparing a relevant statistic included on each of the individual trading cards for each player that has been assigned to each statistical category; and (vi) determining a winner for each statistical category based on which of the individual trading cards assigned to that statistical category has the best relevant statistic.

The gameplay is based on themes and includes a deck of cards that are based on the theme. The deck of the card includes room cards, player cards, emergency gathering cards, and a map pad. The game can be played in an indoor or outdoor environment, and the room cards are associated with the objects in the environment. In the gameplay, the room cards can be placed in/on the associated objects. A map of the associated objects can be drawn on the map pad. Each player can have a player card and move towards the object listed on the player card. The player can then pick the room card in/on the object and follow the instructions on the room card.

Games and systems for playing those games are described that are non-consequential, intuitively educational, reflective, and physically-interactive. The games can be played by players at a variety of skill levels and ages, using a set of unique cards and signs that direct the players to interact with one another and the game in ways that promote mental and physical development.

A Hindu-themed board game and method of playing the board game is provided. The game board is designed as a Mandala, with the avaranam arranged as concentric circles around a central point representing the Bindu. Players move along numbered positions on the avaranam, symbolizing achieving progressively higher levels of awareness, until they reach the Bindu, which represents total self-awareness. The distance moved by each player is determined by how much awareness that player has accumulated, as acquired by the players by playing awareness cards. Various other cards are provided which allow the players to interact, such as by taking cards from other players. The board game provides an entertaining past time, while simultaneously exposing players to aspects of Hindu culture, which may be of benefit to both Hindus and non-Hindus.

A word and sentence forming game in English and in all International languages such as Devanagari, Gurumukhi, Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Urdu, Sindhi, Sanskrit, Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Spanish, French, German and others. A set of letters are arranged in a programmatic fashion for each occurrence of the game. Rules are provided by which words and grammatically valid sentences ranging from simple to complex in any subject area are formed by each player or a machine in a finite amount of time. The game challenges the players to imagine some vowel characters to create grammatically correct word and sentence formation. The player who accumulates the predetermined number of points is declared winner.

A game apparatus and game methods of play that provide mental exercises to increase the level of abstract thinking to create 3-D objects from universally accepted 2-D flat patterns. Since we read and write on 2-D surfaces, the shapes we associate most with a 2-D environment are alphanumeric characters. Combining letters and numbers in a 3-D environment creates challenging exercises for visualizing 3-D shapes. The competitive games involve a series of 3-D manipulative modules. Play of the games involves scoring points for creating and/or discerning words made up of letters recognized from the 3-D manipulative modules. The games are for multiple players and can also be implemented electronically and online.

A method for competing in game play of an electronic trading card game within a game host between a first player and a second player includes (i) each player receiving an unopened pack of trading cards; (ii) opening the pack of trading cards for each player to reveal individual trading cards for each player only to the respective player; (iii) selecting a plurality of statistical categories that are shown to each player; (iv) each player assigning one of the individual trading cards from their respective pack of trading cards to each statistical category; (v) comparing a relevant statistic included on each of the individual trading cards for each player that has been assigned to each statistical category; and (vi) determining a winner for each statistical category based on which of the individual trading cards assigned to that statistical category has the best relevant statistic.