Patent ID: 6679494
Filing Date: 2004-01-20
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method of playing a board game between two opponents involving both strategy and the consumption of confectionary game pieces, comprising the steps of:(a) providing a game board having borders defined by a first player end, a second player end and two sides, the game board having aligned forward-backward and side-to-side rows of playing spaces, respectively; (b) providing a plurality of playing pieces, the playing pieces being divided into a first set of playing pieces and a second set of playing pieces; the first set of playing pieces and the second set of playing pieces each including a number of movement pieces and a number of strategy pieces; (c) placing the movement pieces of each first and second set in a predetermined starting configuration on the playing spaces of the game board with movement pieces of the first set being placed in side-to-side rows adjacent the first player end and movement pieces of the second set being placed in rows adjacent to the second player end; (d) moving the movement pieces about the game board to unoccupied playing spaces in accordance with predetermined rules, the movement pieces being moveable to jump and thereby capture the playing pieces of an opponent, the first and second sets of playing pieces each including a number of distinguishable strategy pieces, the movement pieces of each of the first and second set being replaceable by the strategy pieces of the respective first or second set when the movement piece has moved forwardly across the game board to a side-to-side row immediately adjacent to the corresponding player end, the strategy piece then moving about the game board in accordance with the predetermined rules; and (e) consuming the opponent's playing piece when the opponent's playing piece has been captured; wherein the strategy pieces are not placed on the game board at the commencement of the game.