Electronic talking board game
First Claim
1. A game comprising a game board having a plurality of defined locations, a plurality of pawns for moving on the game board one pawn for each of the game players, a plurality of cards having machine readable information thereon, said cards also containing machine readable identification information, first machine means for asking questions of the game players and directing the players to move the pawns on the game board, the second machine means for identifying the game cards by reading the machine readable information and determining if the player has selected the card having information responsive to game questions.
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Abstract
A talking board game having a board and an electronic computer system providing speech information to the players, and cards which can be read by the electronic computer system.
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12 Claims
- 1. A game comprising a game board having a plurality of defined locations, a plurality of pawns for moving on the game board one pawn for each of the game players, a plurality of cards having machine readable information thereon, said cards also containing machine readable identification information, first machine means for asking questions of the game players and directing the players to move the pawns on the game board, the second machine means for identifying the game cards by reading the machine readable information and determining if the player has selected the card having information responsive to game questions.
- 9. A method of teaching information to players of a game having pawns, one for each player, a game board having a plurality of locations and a plurality of cards for each player, and machine means for directing the play of the game, said cards having machine readable information and information to assist the player in learning, said method comprising said machine audibly instructing the player to move a pawn along a game board, said machine means then audibly asking questions of said player relating to cards in the possession of said player and the determining by reading said machine means readable information if said player has a card responsive to the question asked.
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12. A talking board game comprising a playing board having eight "place" locations, four "take or give a card locations" and four "play again" locations, pawns for each player to be used on the game board, a plurality of cards having machine readable information for identifying the card, a card reader and first machine means for directing the play of the game, said first means comprising second machine means for providing instructions to each player for moving a pawn on the game board, and third machine means for asking the player if the player has a card with the information thereon responsive to the question asked.
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