Patent classifications
A63F2009/0482
Dice game and associated dice game assembly for playing the same
A dice game assembly that is easy to assemble, disassemble, store and transport in a low-profile configuration, including: a left sidewall; a right sidewall; a backwall; wherein the left sidewall, the right sidewall, and the backwall form a dice collection region for collecting thrown dice proximate thereto; and twelve numerical gaming pieces, wherein the twelve numerical gaming pieces are independently rotatably displaceable between a first, unplayed position and a second, played position.
BOARD AND COMPONENTS KIT
A board and components kit including a board with a wagering section and a numeric display section, and components including dice, and a marking chip is provided. The wagering section includes an ante area, a horns bonus area, a doubles bonus area, an under area, and an over area segregated and separately marked thereon for placing an ante and wagers by one or more players. The wagering section includes predefined rules and criteria for winning, losing, and placing wagers. The numeric display section is marked with numeric indicia. The marking chip indicates a numeric total on the numeric display section after each roll of the dice. One or more actions are performed for determining winners or losers based on a numeric total of numeric indicia on exposed faces of the dice rolled for a first time and on or more subsequent times respectively.
Dice Throwing Accuracy Game
A simple but engrossing game based on accurately tossing ordinary cubical dice is presented. The game comes with two board pieces which can be positioned on any flat surface to make a playing surface or optionally a pre-made complete game surface. The game is played in turns with players attempting to maximize their scores by landing their dice on a target scoring zone.
Word forming game assembly
A word forming game assembly for entertainment includes a panel, which comprises an array of elements. Each element can selectively present a first view, a second view, and a third view to a player. An integer generating device randomly generates an integer and presents the integer to the player. The player is permitted to select a set of the elements from the array of elements, based on the integer, for presentation of the second view. The second view of each element comprises a subset of letters of an alphabet. The player can select one of the letters from the subset of letters for presentation in the third view. The selected ones of the letters from the sets of the letters are required to comprise a word.
Word Forming Game Assembly
A word forming game assembly for entertainment includes a panel, which comprises an array of elements. Each element can selectively present a first view, a second view, and a third view to a player. An integer generating device randomly generates an integer and presents the integer to the player. The player is permitted to select a set of the elements from the array of elements, based on the integer, for presentation of the second view. The second view of each element comprises a subset of letters of an alphabet. The player can select one of the letters from the subset of letters for presentation in the third view. The selected ones of the letters from the sets of the letters are required to comprise a word.
EDUCATIONAL BLOCKS
An apparatus and method to stimulate creative thinking, initiate conversations, and improve social skills among participants in a game setting using educational blocks imprinted with a variety of indicia besides, letters, words and numbers including, but not limited to symbols, pictures of animals, flora/fauna, objects, tools, structures, sporting equipment, illustrations depicting diverse subject matter including, nature scenes, seasons, weather, human activities, and pictures depicting human emotions to attract emotional intelligence awareness. The educational blocks of the invention can be used to address different communication needs in various scenarios. The blocks can be used as an icebreaker activity in a classroom setting, an alternative approach to writer's block, conversation piece in social gatherings, family activities, used to exercise healthy-positive-advocating skills during contradictions, or to build a dialog for therapeutic purposes.
Dice Tipping Game and Method
A dice tipping game and method utilizes a set of dice comprising a group of pictorial icons. The server rolls the dice and the dice faces are tallied. This tally represents the percentage gratuity to be paid to the server based on the value of the meal or service. One of the pictorial images has a value of zero, another one of the images has a value equating to an additional percentage added to the tally, and a third image represents an opportunity to roll the dice again for a more favorable tally. One or more optional die with faces representing cash values may be added to the set of dice to provide an additional tip amount to the server above and beyond the total percentage rolled.
Dice Toss Game System
The present invention relates to a multipurpose dice toss game. The game is configured to be played both outdoors and indoors and includes three enlarged dice and a noise reducing game board having scoring charts thereon for calculation of points scored by players playing the game. The game offers two game options namely a “923” game option and a “236” game option. The “923” game option is played for several rounds where each player tosses three dice against the board simultaneously and a player scoring a predetermined total first within the identified rounds is declared as winner. A player scoring more than the predetermined total within the identified rounds loses the game. Players having scores less than the predetermined total after the identified rounds play an additional sudden death round. The player scoring highest score in the sudden death round is declared as the winner.
PLAYING DEVICE
The invention relates to dice suitable for use in gaming. In particular the invention relates to a new indicator system for use in gaming dice, the indicator system providing a di value. More specifically the invention relate to a di incorporating the indicator system providing a di value, and the use of the di to provide a di value, and a method of using the di.
PRIMULAM
A board game incorporating the Ulam Spiral in which players compete to advance along a square spiral path of natural numbers via the prime numbers which are color coded according to the order of the subsequence of primes to which they belong. A player can occupy only one position on the board at any one time, and the player's position is determined by the prime index total that is accumulated via the roll of a die at each turn. The first player to reach the first prime number above some predetermined point on the natural number line wins the game.