Patent ID: 6609713
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method for playing a scavenger hunt-type game comprising the steps of:preselecting a social environment having a population of members with personality characteristics distinctive to the social environment; providing a plurality of targets, wherein the plurality of targets are provided on a plurality of cards, wherein the plurality of cards comprises at least one of: a first type of card having indicia representing a personality stereotype of a person conforming to at least one of the personality characteristics distinctive to the preselected social environment; a second type of card having indicia representing a command to be performed by one of the members of the population located in the preselected social environment, the command being related to the preselected social environment; and a third type of card having indicia representing a stereotypical event expected to occur with at least one member of the population in the preselected social environment, the event being related to the preselected social environment; assigning a number of the plurality of targets to each player of the game; and matching, by the players of the game, of each of the assigned number of the plurality of targets with: a first match type comprising a member of the population in the preselected social environment having at least one of the distinctive characteristics conforming to indicia on a card of the first type assigned to the player; a second match type comprising an act performed at the request of a player conforming to indicia on a card of the second type assigned to the player; and a third match type comprising an event witnessed by a player conforming to indicia on a card of the third type assigned to the player.