Patent ID: 6527272
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A multiple path board game comprising:a game board having a top side and a plurality of game-piece movement sections displayed upon said top side thereof and a plurality of deck placement sections also being displayed upon said topside thereof, said game-piece movement sections defining a pair of paths including a continuous base movement path and a continuous skill-it movement path inside of said base movement path, said base movement path and said skill it movement path being linked to permit movement therebetween; a plurality of game pieces for moving upon said game-piece movement sections; decks of cards each determining movement of said game pieces and each being used for a particular player status; and pairs of die each being used for a particular said player status; wherein the base movement path of said game-piece movement sections includes a plurality of base movement sections being disposed in corners of said game board and also being disposed along sides of said game board intermediate of said corners, said base movement sections including four corner base movement sections and eight intermediate base movement sections, said base movement sections being numbered consecutively from â€œ1â€  to â€œ12â€ ; wherein the skill-it movement path of said game-piece movement sections includes a skill-it movement section being centrally disposed upon said top side of said game board; wherein the base movement path of said game-piece movement sections further include a plurality of safety-zone movement sections being disposed along said perimeter of said game board between said intermediate base movement sections and said corner base movement sections and also being disposed between said intermediate base movement sections and said skill-it movement section; wherein the base movement path of said game-piece movement sections also include a plurality of plain movement sections being disposed along said perimeter of said game board between said intermediate base movement sections and said corner base movement sections and also being disposed between said intermediate base movement sections and said skill-it movement section; wherein said game-piece movement sections are colored which includes black, blue, orange, red, and yellow, said top side of said game board having words â€œSKILL-ITâ€ , â€œSAFE ZONEâ€ , â€œBASE RUNNER GOLDâ€ , â€œBASE RUNNER SILVERâ€ , and â€œSKILL-IT BLACKâ€  displayed thereupon; wherein said game pieces include pawn-shaped game pieces for base-runner players and also include knight-shaped game pieces for skill-it players; wherein said decks of cards include a gold base-runner deck of cards and a silver base-runner deck of cards both for use by base-runner players to determine movement of said game pieces, and further include a black deck of cards for use by skill-it players to determine movement of said game-pieces; wherein said pairs of die include a first pair of die with each die having six sides and having up to six dots displayed upon said sides, said first pair of die being usable for determining which player is to begin said multiple level board game; wherein said pairs of die also include a second set of die with each die having six sides and having up to four dots and the words â€œcardâ€  and â€œbaseâ€  displayed upon said sides of said die, said second pair of die being usable for determining a player's movement of the player's said game piece to a particular said game-piece movement section or for directing the player to select a card from either of said silver base-runner deck of cards or said gold base-runner deck of cards when said word â€œcardâ€  is rolled on one of said die; wherein said pairs of die further includes a third set of die with each die having six sides and having up to four dots and the words â€œcardâ€  and â€œskill-itâ€  displayed upon said sides, said third pair of die being usable for determining movement of the player's said game piece out of said skill-it movement section and to said â€œ12â€  base movement section or for directing the player to select a card from said black deck of cards.