Chosun prophecy game

• US 20110057388A1
• Filed: 09/09/2009
• Published: 03/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Doug Cook, Richard Tamian
• Original Assignee: Doug Cook, Richard Tamian
• Inventors: Tamian, Richard, Cook, Doug
• Application Number:
  US12/584,584
• Publication Number:
  US 20110057388A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 273/161
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2003/0011 Board games having religion aspects
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/001 Board games concerning astrology, religion, or fortune-telling fortune-telling games A63F9/181

Abstract

The Chosun Prophecy Game is a unique fortune-telling game which incorporates the ancient Chinese philosophy of the I Ching with concepts of the Tarot. The game consists of sixteen sets of eight different I Ching trigram cards, in which two sets or sixteen trigrams are randomly selected and then placed, by eight randomly picked Chosun Prophecy Coins, into eight specific prognosticative sites, filling both the upper and lower sections of each, forming a pattern of eight hexagrams on the game board. A psychic reading is formulated by relating the I Ching context of the eight unified hexagrams with specific line analysis to their game board inscriptions as this data applies to the query.

Claims

1. The Chosun Prophecy Game is a unique fortune-telling game that consists of a game board having eight specific location sites, numbered “

I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII”

, with each site having an upper and lower section, with each site having its own prognosticative inscription, and eight two-sided Chosun Prophecy Coins, whereby, each coin is inscribed with a numeric symbol from “

1”

to “

8”

non repeating on one side of said coin and the same number written on its reverse side, and sixteen sets of eight different I Ching trigram cards, along with one standard six-sided die, eight indicator amulets and a worksheet note page designed for compiling data, and played with an I Ching handbook, wherein, the Querent first selects a trigram card randomly from a pouch of said 128 cards and then selects a Chosun Prophecy Coin, whose numerical value of said coin signifies the numbered site the trigram is transferred to, while the side facing up denotes the section, either “

upper”

or “

lower”

of that site where said trigram is then placed, wherein, the querent repeats this procedure until all eight location sites including their corresponding “

upper” and

“

lower”

sections are filled with sixteen trigram cards, such that, each site has one trigram stacked on top of another forming a unique hexagram pattern of eight around the board, at which time the Reader now formulates a statistically generated 1 in 2.8×

10¹⁴ psychic reading from the contexts of the eight unified hexagrams, relating their meanings, obtained from an I Ching handbook, to their positional game-board-site inscriptions as they apply to the query, and to further broaden the intent of all eight prognosticative sites, one line from each hexagram is randomly selected by the throw of said die, marked with an amulet, and analyzed, creating an even more profound and unique oracular rendition.

2. The game board, as described in claim 1, has eight outlined card location sites numbered “

I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII”

, which include the following specific prognosticative inscriptions;

Site “

I”

signifies the “

Query” and

question to be analyzed and discussed;

Site “

II”

signifies the “

Past Circumstances”

concerning the query;

Site “

III”

signifies the “

Present Influences”

as they apply to the query;

Site “

IV”

signifies the “

Obstacles to Overcome”

blocking the progress of the querent;

Site “

V”

signifies the “

Methods for Solution”

to overcome the obstacles;

Site “

VI”

signifies any “

Hidden Influences”

concealing other conditions associated with the query;

Site “

VII”

signifies the “

Time Frame”

encompassing the situation;

Site “

VIII”

signifies the “

Future Possibilities” and

the best possible scenario that can be obtained with regards to the query;

whereas, each of said location sites are divided into an “

upper”

section and a “

lower”

section, such that the “

lower”

section borders the game'"'"'s central design, while the “

upper”

regional section is located furthest from the game'"'"'s central pattern.

3. The eight Chosun Prophecy Coins, as described in claim 1, have inscribed a numerical symbol identifier associating one number per coin which include “

1”

, “

2”

, “

3”

, “

4”

, “

5”

, “

6”

, “

7”

, “

8”

on one face and its said number written on the other surface, which includes “

one”

, “

two”

, “

three”

, “

four”

, “

five”

, “

six”

, “

seven”

, “

eight”

, whereby, said coins function as a random chance generator for the placement of the trigrams by designating the location site by its number and the section of said site by its surface face, such that if the symbol side is orientated upward, the trigram is placed in the “

upper”

section, and conversely, if the written side is facing upward, the trigram is placed in the “

lower”

section of that numbered site, such that when combined, each location site generates a unified hexagram which in turn forms an eight hexagram pattern around the game board from which a psychic reading is then formulated.

4. The eight trigrams, as described in claim 1, are portrayed as the following lined diagrams,

5. A unified hexagram, as described in claim 1, is composed of two randomly selected trigrams, whereby, one trigram is stacked on top of another trigram, such as, “

Thunder”

over “

Lake”

which produces hexagram number #54 whose meaning can be ascertained from an I Ching handbook and applied to the psychic reading.

6. A unique reading, as described in claim 1, can be statistically calculated from two sets of eight different trigrams taken two at a time for each of the eight different prognosticative site locations on the game board, and shown to yield (8×

8=) 64 possible hexagrams per site, whereby, each hexagram of one site has 64 possible hexagram partners for the next site which continues over 8 sites which yields (64⁸=)2.8×

10¹⁴ possible hexagram relationships all accomplished with only 128 trigram cards offering a maximum probability with a minimum amount of cards, and to further embellish on this probability and uniqueness, a single line from each hexagram is randomly picked by the throw of a six sided die and whose data is added to the reading.