Patent ID: 6431547
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A game for use by two or more players, comprising:a plurality of flat, polygonal playing pieces, which have edges, with said polygonal playing pieces marked to form at least three groups of polygonal playing pieces; and a plurality of flat, polygonal scoring pieces, which have edges, with said polygonal scoring pieces marked to form at least three groups of polygonal scoring pieces; wherein said game is played by players alternately placing said polygonal playing pieces on a flat playing surface edge to edge, so that said scoring pieces are surrounded or partially surrounded by playing pieces which are of a marking contained in said scoring piece, and in which points are scored by surrounding a scoring piece with playing pieces, and forming runs of playing pieces adjacent a scoring piece, in which said playing pieces are of markings contained in said scoring piece and adjacent playing pieces in a run are of alternating markings.