Patent ID: 8267774
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of conducting a wagering game on a gaming system, the method comprising: initiating a trail-based game, the trail-based game having been triggered during play of an underlying wagering game, the trail-based game including a trail having a plurality of steps, the trail-based game further including a token being adapted to move along the trail; providing one or more markers to each of a plurality of players, each of the one or more markers being adapted to mark at least one of the plurality of steps within the trail; identifying at least one marked step along the trail for each of the plurality of players; stopping the token on at least two of the plurality of steps along the trail; determining an award value for each of the steps on which the token stops; and reducing at least a portion of the award value to one or more of the plurality of players when another of the plurality of players has marked a step of each of the steps on which the token stops.