MUSICAL PLAYING CARD BOARD GAME
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1. A board game comprising:
- a) a board, comprising;
i) a playing surface having a plurality of playing positions arranged along a path;
ii) a sensor mounted to the board, having a sensor input for reading machine-readable indicia and an output;
iii) a processor having an input coupled to the output of the sensor;
iv) a memory coupled to the processor, comprising a plurality of audio files and a a look up table indexing each of the audio files to an identification; and
v) an audio processing unit having an input coupled to the processor and an audio output;
b) a plurality of cards bearing machine-readable indicia readable by the sensor; and
c) a plurality of player tokens for movement along the path;
wherein the processor is programmed such that when the sensor reads a machine-readable indicia from a card and an identification corresponding to the indicia is provided to the processor on the output of the sensor, the processor looks up the identification in the look up table and retrieves an audio file from memory based on the index of the identification in the look up table, and the audio file is provided to the input of the audio processing unit, playing the audio file on the audio output.
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Abstract
A musical board game and playing method that permits players to respond to playing cards both visually and aurally without requiring additional manual intervention by the game player. By incorporating computer-readable indicia such as RFID tags or bar codes in player'"'"'s cards and providing a suitable computer assisted reader in the game board, it is possible to play music when enabled player cards come within proximity of a reader.
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1. A board game comprising:
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a) a board, comprising; i) a playing surface having a plurality of playing positions arranged along a path; ii) a sensor mounted to the board, having a sensor input for reading machine-readable indicia and an output; iii) a processor having an input coupled to the output of the sensor; iv) a memory coupled to the processor, comprising a plurality of audio files and a a look up table indexing each of the audio files to an identification; and v) an audio processing unit having an input coupled to the processor and an audio output; b) a plurality of cards bearing machine-readable indicia readable by the sensor; and c) a plurality of player tokens for movement along the path; wherein the processor is programmed such that when the sensor reads a machine-readable indicia from a card and an identification corresponding to the indicia is provided to the processor on the output of the sensor, the processor looks up the identification in the look up table and retrieves an audio file from memory based on the index of the identification in the look up table, and the audio file is provided to the input of the audio processing unit, playing the audio file on the audio output. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of playing a board game using a plurality of cards bearing questions and machine-readable indicia, a plurality of player tokens, a chance device, a plurality of monetary tokens, and a board comprising a playing surface having a plurality of playing positions arranged along a path;
- a sensor mounted to the board, having a sensor input for reading machine-readable indicia and an output;
a processor having an input coupled to the output of the sensor;
a memory coupled to the processor, comprising a plurality of audio files and a a look up table indexing each of the audio files to an identification; and
an audio processing unit having an input coupled to the processor and an audio output;
the method comprising;a) a player using the chance device to produce a movement count; b) the player moving a player token from a current playing position to a new playing position based on the movement count; c) the player choosing a card based on an action indicator at the new playing position; d) the player reading at least one question from the card and placing the machine-readable indicia on the card proximate to the sensor; e) the sensor reading the machine-readable indicia from the card and providing an identification corresponding to the indicia to the processor on the output of the sensor; f) the processor looking up the identification in the look up table and retrieving an audio file from memory based on the index of the identification in the look up table and providing the audio file to the input of the audio processing unit; g) playing the audio file on the audio output; h) the player answering the at least one question; and i) if the player answered the at least one question correctly, providing the player with a monetary token. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
- a sensor mounted to the board, having a sensor input for reading machine-readable indicia and an output;
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