Themed board game
US6446968B1 · kind B1 · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 31, 2000 |
| Grant date | Sep 10, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 2, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F3/00148
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A themed board game, is family oriented and recreates the fun and wonder of Halloween, preferably for 3 to 8 players (ages preferably 8 and older), and takes about one hour to play. A game board has printed thereon a thematic scene, a preferred example of which being a Haunted House. Twin sets of cards each include three category groups: a place category (depicted as locations of the Haunted House), an entity category (Halloween related persons or things, as for example a werewolf, a witch, a ghost, etc.), and an event category (Halloween related occurrences, as for example a scream, a laugh, a howl, an odor, etc.). A randomizing instrument is provided, preferably in the form of a single die which preferably may uniquely include a Halloween indicia in place of the six dots face (as for example a cat or a jack-o-lantern). Three cards, one from each category are secretly selected, the indicia of which form a Haunting Mystery. Players try to solve the Haunting Mystery by deducing which of the cards in play have no matching duplicate. This objective is achieved in the course of play by a careful process of elimination of possibilities by each player using his/her “Tracking Chart&…
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