A board game set includes a mat part, at least one first coil disposed in the mat part, and at least one game piece comprising a main body, a light-emitting unit, and an second coil, the light-emitting unit is disposed at the main body, the second coil is disposed in the main body and electrically coupled to the light-emitting unit, when the second coil approaches the at least one first coil, magnetic induction is generated and converted into electricity to be provided to activate the light-emitting unit.

An electronic chess set includes a plurality of conductive chess pieces, a chessboard having a playing surface including a plurality of individually identifiable locations visible to a user on the chessboard, and an electronic system including a capacitive sensing system. In some embodiments, the capacitive sensing system is configured to determine for each of the plurality of individually identifiable locations: when a chess piece included in the plurality of conductive chess pieces is located at a respective one of the plurality of individually identifiable locations and user-contact with the chess piece is absent; when the chess piece located at the respective one of the plurality of individually identifiable locations is in contact with the user; and when each of the plurality of conductive chess pieces is absent from the respective one of the plurality of individually identifiable locations.

A rotating apparatus for a game system having a light-emitting device includes a rotating member that rotates on a fixing member, light-irradiated areas that are partitioned and formed in a circumferential direction of the rotating member, light sources annularly arranged in the fixing member that irradiate the light-irradiated areas with light, a light-blocking body that is formed in the rotating member so as to prevent the light, with which a specific light-irradiated area as a light irradiation target out of the light-irradiated areas is irradiated, from leaking into other light-irradiated areas and adjacent to the specific light-irradiated area, and a control unit that controls a timing of changing light intensity of the light sources, and the control unit turning on and off the light sources in synchronization with the rotation of the specific light-irradiated area as the light irradiation target.

An illuminated, three-dimensional tic-tac-toe game device is provided and includes a game board having nine posts arranged in a square. Each post includes three levels of play and a first switch and a second switch at each level. First and second game pieces are provided for use as X's and O's in the game. Each game piece includes translucent sides, a translucent top and an opaque bottom. First contacts are provided on each first game piece and are engageable with the first switches and second contacts are provided on each second game piece and are engageable with the second switches. An electronic circuit is provided for each possible combination of three of the same game pieces in a row either horizontally, vertically, transversely or diagonally. Lights are provided at each level within each post, either within each level of each post or inside a game piece arranged at the level. The electronic circuit activates the lights to illuminate through the translucent game pieces when one player establishes three of his game pieces in a row.

The present invention relates to a smart toy platform, which provides various interactive games via an application installed in a smart device and basically comprises at least one object, at least one light source which is provided in each object and which emits infrared radiation, at least one electronic circuit, at least one board on which objects are placed, a plurality of sensors which are located on the board, at least one analog-digital converter which enables to convert. the analog data coining from the sensor into digital data, at least one controller which is adapted to control the digital data coming from the analog-digital converter and to generate the position data of each object on the board, at least one data communication unit which is located on the board and which enables the data generated by the controller to be transmitted to a smart device.

A simulated American football game, with a particular gaming surface, and methods of play are described. The gaming surface may include an elongate I shaped field that may include a simulated field region bounded by two opposing simulated play regions in a same plane. The simulated field region may simulate a 100 yard American football field and may include LED lighting to track a line of scrimmage and to track a first down yard marker target. The two opposing simulated play regions may provide for a diversity and plurality of various play outcomes that may dictate certain gameplay results when a slider comes to rest mostly over a given target or region. The slider may be slid from one opposing simulated play region, across the simulated field region to the other opposing simulated play region. In some embodiments, defensive blocking obstacles may be used to intentionally increase gameplay difficulty.

A chessboard includes a housing having a chessboard area, wherein the chessboard area includes a plurality of chess squares; at least one first magnetic absorbing element arranged in the housing and corresponding to the chessboard area, configured to absorb, at least one chess piece having a second magnetic absorbing element by using a magnetic force; and a plurality of Hall elements arranged in the housing and corresponding to the plurality of chess squares, wherein each Hall element is configured to detect the second magnetic absorbing element of the at least one chess piece in the chess squares, and output a detected signal; and a control module, electrically connected to the plurality of Hall elements and configured to receive the detected signal to get information on the at least one chess piece in the chess squares.

Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose an apparatus and method for playing modified chess game. The apparatus includes an expandable game to operate between a conventional mode and a powered mode. The apparatus further includes two sets of playing pieces, visually distinguished from each other are configured to operate in the conventional mode. The at least two bishops, the at least two knights, the at least two rooks, and the at least eight pawns of at least one set of the two sets of playing pieces are provided with a toggle switch. The toggle switch is adapted to form corresponding powered playing pieces during the modified chess game. The powered playing pieces are operated based on a set of powered rules. The apparatus further includes a power zone provided on a portion of the expandable game board to regulate movement of the powered playing pieces in the powered mode.

A game board device is provided for carrying and identifying game pieces that are divided into different piece types. The game board device includes a board, a plurality of optically identifying modules, and a processing module electrically coupled to the optically identifying modules. The optically identifying modules respectively correspond in position to detection regions of the board. Each of the optically identifying modules includes a light emitter that can emit light toward the corresponding detection region and a light receiver that can receive light reflected by the corresponding detection region. When any one of the detection regions is in an unoccupied mode, the corresponding optically identifying module can emit an unoccupied signal. When any one of the detection regions is in an occupied mode, the corresponding optically identifying module enables an identification signal that corresponds to the piece type of the corresponding game piece to be emitted therefrom.