Patent ID: 6523827
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method of playing a board game with pegs and dice comprises the steps of:providing a game board having a plurality of game-piece movement sections being displayed thereupon and arranged in rows and forming a square-shaped grid and having holes centrally disposed therein with said game-piece movement sections having home-base rows being arranged along sides of said square-shaped grid, and also providing game pieces and a pair of die; placing said game pieces in said holes of game-piece movement sections of a respective said home-base row: rolling said pair of die to determine movement of said game pieces; moving one or more of said game pieces upon said square-shaped grid a number of spaces corresponding to a number total displayed face up upon said pair of die; repeating said rolling and moving steps until a player has moved all of the player's said game pieces upon an opposed said home-base row which is disposed on an opposite side of said square-shaped grid with respect to the player's said home-base row; wherein the step of moving one or more of said game pieces includes the step of totaling the numbers displayed upon said pair of die and moving one of said game pieces upon said square-shaped grid or moving two of said game pieces with each of said game pieces being moved a number of spaces corresponding to the number displayed upon one of said die, wherein the step of moving one or more said game pieces includes the step of moving up to four of said game pieces upon the player rolling doubles upon said pair of die; wherein the step of moving one or more said game pieces includes the step of moving only forward out of the player's home-base row, and moving only forward and sideways once upon said square-shaped grid; wherein said step of moving one or more said game pieces includes the step of moving over and capturing an opposing player's said game piece, and moving around the opposing player's said game pieces when three of the opposing player's said game pieces are arranged in a row, and moving around the player's own said game piece; and wherein said step of moving one or more said game pieces includes the step of moving upon the opposed said home-base row upon rolling an exact number displayed upon said pair of die.