A method for and system for guiding a user in creating a craft. At least a portion of a selected crafting challenge is displayed on a portion of a display surface which is visible through a crafting surface. A composite guide element is shown on the display surface visible next to the display surface part which is visible through the specific crafting surface and a further composite guide element is also provided at a receptacle corresponding to the displayed composite guide element. It is ensured that the composite guide element and the further composite guide element provide at least two mutually independent instruction components.

A word-guessing game and a method of playing are provided. The word-guessing game having a word card having one or more words shown on the word card. One or more pieces are provided for playing the word-guessing game. Each of the one or more pieces are physical objects, and wherein the one or more pieces are configured to be arranged by a player on a playing surface to make a visual representation of a word of the one or more words shown on the word card.

A coin slide board game is played on a rectangular gameboard apparatus that has a smooth playing surface, two side rails (one on each long side of the playfield), and a demarcated starting region (scoring area) at each end of the playfield deep enough for at least one coin to occupy the space. The method of play is includes sliding a coin with a flick of the finger from one end of the playfield to the other trying to have it land in the scoring area at the far end. The gameboard apparatus is small, simple, light-weight (for easy transport and storage) and inexpensive to construct. This is a gameplay device where the age, intelligence or physical size/strength of the players has lithe, if any, bearing on success. In addition to the winner having bragging rights, as there is in similar games, in versions of the game the loser has a penalty consequence adding to the entertainment value.

Apparatus and method of a variation of the game of chess are shown and described. The playing board is conventional. Playing pieces have two exposable faces including an initial face concealing identity of that playing piece, and a subsequently exposed face identifying identity of that playing piece. Initially, all playing pieces occupy conventional starting positions on the board, but with the face concealing identity visible to the players. The king is an exception, and is identified and placed in the conventional position for a king. Initial moves by each playing piece have move characteristics of that playing piece which conventionally occupies its space on the board. Upon completion of a first move, the face identifying identity of the playing piece is exposed. Moves subsequent to the initial moves have move characteristics of playing pieces identified by exposing the identity. The game may then be played according to conventional rules.

A multi-player board game includes six sets of 16 indexed playing elements or disks in each set, a board having six sectors, three regular dice, and one rule die. Each disk is flat at one side and has a certain sign on one side, common to all the indexed disks. Each sector includes six sequential sites for the indexed disks. Each of the regular dice has 1-6 numerals on their respective faces. The numerals determine a site for receiving an indexed disk, or a number of moves of an indexed disk between sites. The rule die cube has a data item on five of its faces. The data items are different from each other, and three of them include no numerals. Each data item communicates a certain playing rule. Each sector has a designated site for establishing a certain playing rule for playing disks received in the designated site. Each regular dice cube has 1-6 numerals. The game includes six indexed bags, and respective colors index the playing elements and the indexed bags. The invention includes both a box version and a computerized network version. In the network version, a server communicates with smartphones operated by the players.

An intimacy game kit designed to improve intimacy between partners. The kit includes a set of pink chips, a set of blue chips, each pink chip having kiss her on the on a top surface and a human body part written on a bottom surface thereof, each blue chip having kiss him on the on a top surface and human body part written on a bottom surface thereof. The kit also includes a first cup for removably storing pink chips and a second cup for removably storing blue chips. The game is played by drawing chips from the cups, displaying the bottom surface to the partner, and kissing the body part written on the bottom of the chip. The game continues turn by turn until all chips are drawn or the partners want to end the game.

A game has a plurality of value pieces and playing pieces of different colors for different players, a surface having a boundary formed as a circle or a square and two lines inside and outside of the boundary so that players are positioned on the second line and throw the playing pieces to strike outwardly of the boundary, and structural elements placeable on the surface and each having a flexible elongated part to form the boundary formed as the circle or the square, the first line, and the second line, and each of the structural elements is provided with engaging formations introduceable into the surface to retain them.

The philosophy of games is to provide a mental challenge to the person who is playing the game. With this game a person can build the game according to that person's wants and desires and in this case a dodecahedron is used; the dodecahedron is color coded and an interior sphere is placed with the dodecahedron. Clues that have been placed in pockets of the outside surface of the dodecahedron will consist of locations where coins are hidden. These coins will be gathered and the dodecahedron is manipulated. The interior sphere contains the solution to the game or a prize and is initially locked prior to the start of the game. As the contestants play the game and solve the puzzle, the interior sphere is unlocked and the solution or prize is revealed. The game can be structured to the desires of the individual builder as often as possible.

A competitive table game includes a rapidly spinning game wheel, an annular collection area, a base, and a plurality of rollable playing pieces. The game wheel is rotatably connected onto the base while the annular collection area is concentrically positioned around the game wheel. During each game, the players roll the plurality of rollable playing pieces on a smooth top surface of the game wheel as the plurality of rollable playing pieces is tangentially positioned on the smooth top surface and released attempting to match the linear velocity at the respective position on the game wheel. Then the plurality of rollable playing pieces moves across the smooth top surface and drops into the annular collection area, where the winner of each game is determined according to the game rules of each different game and the positioning of the plurality of rollable playing pieces. Other embodiments are described and shown.

A board game apparatus with a plurality of triangular playing spaces upon which are positioned and moved two sets of playing pieces, one for each player; each set of playing pieces includes a number of pieces which are separately movable to different groups of the triangular playing spaces. The players alternately move one piece each with the objective being to threaten the opposing player's most important piece with imminent inevitable capture.