Patent ID: 6425581
Filing Date: 2002-07-30
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A map puzzle game, comprising:(a) a puzzle game base including a lightweight, durable, flexible, material, (b) said puzzle game base having indicia on a front surface thereof, comprising: (i) a world continental or world regional outline map; (ii) border indicia; and (iii) outline map indicia circumscribing a plurality of numbered location marker indicia; (c) a plurality of playing pieces having a front face comprising reproductions of postage stamp indicia present on front surfaces of official postage stamps, said postage stamp indicia being related to said puzzle game base indicia; (d) attachment means for removably attaching said playing pieces to said base, said attachment means comprising a two-part, self-adhesive hook-and-loop fastener system including a hook member that attaches to a back face of each of said playing pieces, and a loop member that attaches to said base at each of said marker indicia and said numbered location marker indicia; (e) a map puzzle key comprising: (i) miniature replica of all base indicia; (ii) an alphabetical list of all political entities represented on said base indicia; (iii) each of said political entity names being juxtaposed with a number indicating the correct position of each of said game pieces on said base; (iv) each of said numbers juxtaposed with a one-line description of the corresponding correct stamp image; and (v) an ascending numeric list of each of said political entity names, juxtaposed with the same indicia as in â€œ(f) (ii), (iii), and (iv)â€ ; (f) an expanded reference that relates the stamp image for each playing piece to the political entity it represents.