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Sports card and board game

US5221091A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 16, 1992
Grant dateJun 22, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 16, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63F3/00063
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A board game in which players acquire, then sell, sports cards. Each player is represented by a piece which traverses, in rotating turns, a common path along the board. Progress along the path is determined by a throw of a die. Upon his or her piece landing on a given square, a player makes a purchasing decision relating to a sports card represented by the square. Certain squares along the path are associated with instructions affecting a player's amassed wealth. After traversing the board, a second game phase begins in which acquired sports cards are surrendered for symbolic value, the disposal value being determined by further die throws. In this second phase, the color of a die face rather than the die numerical indicia determines disposal value. The player amassing the greatest symbolic value wins.

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