This three-dimensional (3D) gaming platform provides snap-together construction components and designs for building a variety of custom, multi-level game boards (grid-sets) on which players (one or more) can play a wide variety of included and extensible logic and strategy games. The invention includes sets of player pieces as well as custom node components that modify the behavior of spaces on the grid-set. Players may use additional grid-set construction parts and nodes to modify the physical board during play. The gaming platform enables an extensible variety of games as well as opportunities for further customizing grid-sets, game types, player pieces, 3D printable extensions, and virtual digital implementations.

A sound generating device comprises top, bottom and sound generating assemblies. The sound generating assembly comprises a microprocessor, sound chip, capacitor, speaker and power source that are electrically interconnected. The sound can range from animal and/or environmental sounds, music, congratulatory messages, other types of voice recordings, bells, whistles and the like, and the length of play can be varied. When the device is struck against a hard surface, the contact in the top is depressed and interacts with a receptor on the sound generating device to communicate with the microprocessor and sound chip to generate a sound, which can persist from about one or more seconds, depending on how the sound generating device had been programmed. Repeat strikes of the sound generating device against the surface will result in a repetition of the sound.

Apparatus and methods for playing an orientation-based tabletop game in which one or more game components have functions that vary depending on the orientation of the game component on the game board as compared to the physical location of player positions around the game board. As pieces rotate during the course of play, functional indicators on the game pieces alter the rules or functions of the game piece in the game with respect to each player, depending upon the orientation of the game piece in relation to each player.

One embodiment is directed to a gaming system for allowing players to experience a simulated battle scenario, comprising: a plurality of gamepieces for each of the players comprising a base gamepiece for each player and being configured such that each gamepiece has operational characteristics selected to determine movement and impact upon other gamepieces, as dictated by a multifactorial lookup table; a gameboard; and a points accounting module; wherein when one of the players has a turn, such player is able to make operational decisions regarding the gamepieces controlled by such player based upon interoperability between the multifactorial lookup table, positions of the gamepieces on the gameboard, and an operating points budget provided by the points accounting module for the turn.

Apparatus and methods for playing an orientation-based tabletop game in which one or more game components have functions that vary depending on the orientation of the game component on the game board as compared to the physical location of player positions around the game board. As pieces rotate during the course of play, functional indicators on the game pieces alter the rules or functions of the game piece in the game with respect to each player, depending upon the orientation of the game piece in relation to each player.

A game system for playing a multi-player game. The game system comprises a hexagonal game board. The game board comprises a plurality of hexagonal cells on a top surface of the game board. The cells are separated into a plurality of kingdoms comprising kingdom cells, a plurality of battlefield cells, and a central cell. The game system additionally comprises a plurality of sets of game pieces. Each of the sets of game pieces is associated with one of the plurality of kingdoms. At least one of the game pieces from each of the plurality of sets of game pieces includes an indicia on the at least one game piece. The indicia is indicative of a legal maneuver permitted by the at least one game piece.

This three-dimensional (3D) gaming platform provides snap-together construction components and designs for building a variety of custom, multi-level game boards (grid-sets) on which players (one or more) can play a wide variety of included and extensible logic and strategy games. The invention includes sets of player pieces as well as custom node components that modify the behavior of spaces on the grid-set. Players may use additional grid-set construction parts and nodes to modify the physical board during play. The gaming platform enables an extensible variety of games as well as opportunities for further customizing grid-sets, game types, player pieces, 3D printable extensions, and virtual digital implementations.

A light display system including a rear panel, a light source, a diffuser, a front panel, and a power supply. The light source is supported by the rear panel. The light source is configured to output light. The diffuser has a first side and a second side. The first side is proximate the light source. The diffuser is configured to diffuse the light outputted by the light source. The front panel is located proximate the second side of the diffuser. The front panel includes a plurality of apertures, with each aperture configured to receive a peg. The power supply is configured to provide power to the light display.

The management system for substitute currency includes a pattern acquiring device configured to acquire an image of the ground pattern of the substitute currency, a reading device configured to read an ID of the substitute currency, and a control device configured to associate a pattern of the ground pattern with the ID and store the associated pattern and ID in a database. The control device is configured to analyze the image of the ground pattern acquired by the pattern acquiring device to identify the pattern, and determine, based on the database, whether the pattern of the ground pattern of the substitute currency matches the pattern of the ground pattern associated with the ID of the substitute currency obtained from the reading device, thereby to determine authenticity of the substitute currency.

The present invention provides a board game system in which an electrostatic-capacitance-based touchscreen that is capable of detecting a plurality of touched positions by detecting changes in electrostatic capacitance is used as a board. The board game system includes an electronic device equipped with the touchscreen; and game pieces that are used while being placed on the touchscreen and that are constituted at least partially of a conductive section. The conductive section is laid out so as to be intervened by a non-conductive section or gaps on the contact face. In the case where the game piece is placed on the touchscreen, the conductive section causes the predetermined or greater amount of change in the electrostatic capacitance at the contact positions of the conductive section on the contact face in the case where the conductive section is touched by the user. The electronic device recognizes the game piece.