Birding game method

US4378941A · kind A · utility

Inventor

• Paul Derby · San Leandro, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 5, 1981
• Grant date: Apr 5, 1983
• Expiry date: Mar 5, 2001

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G09B19/00
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An educational and entertaining game for teaching and improving skills of players in the hobby of bird watching. The game includes a four-sided playing board having a continuous path around the perimeter, the path being partitioned into spaces, recessed; all of the spaces being blank with the exception of the four corners, which represent the four individual starting points for the players. The other apparatus includes the "tiles" which each player uses to construct his segment of the playing board path; four player identification pieces in different bird shapes; a set of playing cards depicting birds; a set of "mystery bird" cards providing clues to bird identities; 2 dice to determine the players' moves by chance; a binder containing bird identification information; four acetate-covered identical lists of of birds; four grease pencils (China Markers). Each tile represents a different habitat for birds, or directs players to clues for identifying birds, or directs them to another segment of the board. The game object is for each player to correctly match the birds with their habitats, or to identify them by use of written clues. The winner is the player who first identifies a pred…