MULTI-PLAYER GAME
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1. A system for playing a game between a plurality of players, said system comprising:
- a game board comprising a playing surface marked with a grid pattern of spaces sized and shaped to accommodate a written representation of a character or a game piece;
at least one die having a plurality of surfaces, each of the plurality of surfaces having a unique identifier displayed thereon; and
a plurality of cards, each of the cards having a predefined number of seed words printed thereon, each of the words on a single card assigned to a different one of the unique identifiers.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided herein for playing a multi-player game. Players select words related to a seed word and place or write the selected words in spaces on a game board. In some embodiments, the related words are synonyms, while in other embodiments they are one of antonyms, homophones, or homonyms. Each of the words, when placed in the spaces on the game board, shares at least one letter with a word previously placed on the game board. A score is determined for each player in the multi-player game by summing a point value assigned to each letter in each word placed by the player on the game board.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for playing a game between a plurality of players, said system comprising:
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a game board comprising a playing surface marked with a grid pattern of spaces sized and shaped to accommodate a written representation of a character or a game piece; at least one die having a plurality of surfaces, each of the plurality of surfaces having a unique identifier displayed thereon; and a plurality of cards, each of the cards having a predefined number of seed words printed thereon, each of the words on a single card assigned to a different one of the unique identifiers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of playing a game between a plurality of players, said method comprising:
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(a) providing a game board comprising a playing surface marked with a grid pattern of spaces sized and shaped to accommodate a written representation of a character; (b) rolling, by a first player, a die having a plurality of surfaces, each of the plurality of surfaces having a different number of indicia displayed thereon; (c) selecting, by the first player, a single card from a plurality of cards, each of the plurality of cards having a plurality of seed words displayed thereon, each of the seed words on one of the plurality of cards associated with the different numbers of indicia displayed on the plurality of surfaces of the die; (d) writing, by the first player, letters of a first word in adjoining spaces in the grid pattern on the game board playing surface, the first word being a synonym of a first seed word on the selected card corresponding to the number of indicia shown on an upward-facing surface of the rolled die; (e) repeating steps (b) and (c) for a second player; and (f) writing, by the second player, at least one letter of a second word in adjoining spaces in the playing surface, the second word being a synonym of a second seed word on the card selected by the second player corresponding to the number of indicia shown on an upward-facing surface of the die rolled by the second player, the second word comprising at least one letter in the first word written by the first player in one of the spaces on the playing surface. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of playing a game between a plurality of players using at least one computing device, said method comprising:
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(a) outputting a first seed word to at least a first player; (b) receiving, from the first player, a synonym of the first seed word and a location for placement of the synonym of the first seed word on a representation of a playing surface having a plurality of spaces each sized for placement of at least one letter therein; (c) outputting a second seed word to at least a second player; and (d) receiving, from the second player, a synonym of the second seed word and a location for placement of the synonym of the second seed word on the representation of the playing surface, wherein the location of at least one letter in the synonym of the second seed word has the same location as at least one letter in the synonym of the first seed word. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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