Game apparatus and method
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a game position marker comprised, at least in part, of electrically conductive material;
a first substrate comprising at least a part of a guessing game, the first substrate having a game position marker channel formed therein, wherein the game position marker channel has a width at least large enough to accommodate the game position marker;
a second substrate disposed proximal to the first substrate and having an access channel disposed therethrough, the access channel having a width that is, at least in part, narrower than the game position marker, wherein the game position marker is retained within the game position marker channel, at least in part, by the second substrate and wherein a narrow object can be inserted through the access channel and used to move the game position marker to different game positions within the game position marker channel.
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Abstract
A game board apparatus (10) includes a channel (12) that contains and guides a game position marker (11) to a game position marker station as selected by a game player. An access channel (28) serves to provide convenient access to both the marker (11) and the channel (12) to facilitate such selected movement and positioning. Pressure exerted on the apparatus in the vicinity of the game position marker (11) will cause the game position marker (11) to close an electric circuit that includes two opposing electrodes (13 and 15). Completion of this circuit in turn can serve to energize a corresponding alert (such as a visual cue, an auditory cue, and the like). In a preferred embodiment, two such game boards are coupled one to the other to facilitate game play.
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41 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a game position marker comprised, at least in part, of electrically conductive material;
a first substrate comprising at least a part of a guessing game, the first substrate having a game position marker channel formed therein, wherein the game position marker channel has a width at least large enough to accommodate the game position marker;
a second substrate disposed proximal to the first substrate and having an access channel disposed therethrough, the access channel having a width that is, at least in part, narrower than the game position marker, wherein the game position marker is retained within the game position marker channel, at least in part, by the second substrate and wherein a narrow object can be inserted through the access channel and used to move the game position marker to different game positions within the game position marker channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. An hermaphroditic guessing game apparatus to facilitate a game wherein opposing players attempt to guess a present location of a game position marker, comprising:
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a first player'"'"'s game board having a game position marker movably encapsulated therein, and further having;
on a first side thereof, a first plurality of candidate game position indicators and access to the encapsulated game position marker, such that the first player can selectively move the game position marker to a selected game position as denoted by one of the candidate game position indicators;
on another side thereof, a second plurality of candidate game position indicators;
such that when a first and second one of the game boards are properly disposed in proximity to one another, the first plurality of candidate game position indicators for the first game board are substantially aligned with the second plurality of candidate game position indicators for the second game board, and the second plurality of candidate game position indicators for the first game board are substantially aligned with the first plurality of candidate game position indicators for the second game board. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method comprising:
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providing a consumer commodity;
providing packaging for the consumer commodity;
providing a promotional item comprising guessing game apparatus comprising;
a game position marker comprised, at least in part, of electrically conductive material;
a first substrate comprising at least a part of a guessing game, the first substrate having a game position marker channel formed therein, wherein the game position marker channel has a width at least large enough to accommodate the game position marker;
a second substrate disposed proximal to the first substrate and having an access channel disposed therethrough, the access channel having a width that is, at least in part, narrower than the game position marker, wherein the game position marker is retained within the game position marker channel, at least in part, by the second substrate and wherein a narrow object can be inserted through the access channel and used to move the game position marker to different game positions within the game position marker channel.
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