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Patent application title:

Death and forensics trivia

Publication number:

US20060043681A1

Publication date:
Application number:

10/783,684

Filed date:

2004-08-27

Abstract:

We do hereby claim that Death and Forensics Trivia is a board game for adults containing factual trivia style questions and answers to be used as a fun and recreational form of entertainment. Each player will have a game piece which they will try to take around the game board a total of three times—each time around receiving a round board pass card. The first player to receive three round board passes wins the game. In order to advance around the board you must roll a die, and answer correctly the specified color question corresponding to the color of square you land on. If you do not answer the question correctly you must remain where you are without moving until your next turn. If you land on any one of the red squares, which are Bonus squares and you answer the question correctly you may move double the number shown on the die. Game Contents One Game Board One Die Six Game Pieces Thirty Board Passes Twelve Hundred Questions on Three Hundred Cards (with answers on the back)

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Classification:

  1. Human necessities
  2. Sports; games; amusements

A63F3/00006 »  CPC main

Board games; Raffle games; Types of board games Board games played along a linear track, e.g. game of goose, snakes and ladders, along an endless track

A63F9/18 »  CPC further

Games not otherwise provided for Question-and-answer games

A63F2001/0408 »  CPC further

Card games; Card games combined with other games with text

A63F2003/00018 »  CPC further

Board games; Raffle games; Types of board games; Board games played along a linear track, e.g. game of goose, snakes and ladders, along an endless track played along an endless track

A63F2003/0492 »  CPC further

Board games; Raffle games; Geographical or like games ; Educational games concerning life sciences, e.g. biology, ecology, nutrition, health, medicine, psychology Medical

A63F9/00 IPC

Games not otherwise provided for

Description

We do hereby claim that Death and Forensics Trivia is a board game for adults containing factual trivia style questions and answers to be used as a fun and recreational form of entertainment. Each player will have a game piece which they will try to take around the game board a total of three times—each time around receiving a round board pass card. The first player to receive three round board passes wins the game. In order to advance around the board you must roll a die, and answer correctly the specified color question corresponding to the color of square you land on. If you do not answer the question correctly you must remain where you are without moving until your next turn. If you land on any one of four corners, which are Bonus squares and you answer the question correctly you may move double the number shown on the die.

Game Contents

    • One Game Board
    • One Die
    • Six Game Pieces
    • Thirty Board Passes
    • Twelve Hundred Questions on Three Hundred Cards (with answers on the back)
OBJECT OF GAME

    • Each player must throw a die, pick up a card and answer the question corresponding with the color of the square you would land on. If you answer the question correctly you may advance the number of spaces on the die. If you do not answer the question correctly, you do not move your game piece.
    • Each player must collect a Board Pass card each time they pass Start.
    • The first player to collect three Board Passes wins.
    • If the player lands on a Bonus square and answers the question correctly that player gets to move double the number of the die they rolled. Bonus squares are red.
      Number of Players:
    • Up to six players each game
      Game Includes:
    • Question and Answer Cards
    • Die
    • Board Pass Cards
    • Game Board
    • Six Player Pieces

Claims

1. What we claim as our invention is a trivia style board game about Death and Forensics. The game is factual and is to be used as a recreational form of entertainment.

2. We claim that the game consists of 6 player pieces with 6 colored stands, a game board 24″×20″ unfolded, 1,200 questions on 300 cards with answers on the back, a die, a trivia card holder, a bonus card holder, 24 board pass cards. The board has 8 bonus squares, 11 blue squares, 9 black squares and 8 green squares.

3. We claim there is no existing game like ours about death and forensics.

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