Patent ID: 6446967
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A Method of playing a game, on a game board, said game board divided into a plurality of horizontal rows, each of said horizontal rows segmented into a plurality of rectangles by a plurality of vertical columns intersecting said rows, each of the horizontal rows bearing a letter of an alphabet in a first column, each of the vertical columns labeled with one or a combination of a multiplier and a colorized zone, further comprising the steps of:(a) distributing to players of said game, a defined number of letters having a letter value, from a defined collection of alphabet letters; (b) each of said players, in order, positioning a chosen number of said letter tiles on said rectangles adjacent to said letter of an alphabet in the first column, on said game board, said letters so positioned to form one of a complete word, or, a longer word, said longer word formed by adding additional letters to said squares to form an additional end segment to a prior played complete word; (c) calculating a point score for one of said complete word or said longer word in steps comprising: (i) said point score for said complete word calculated by adding said letter values to a word sum with said first letter in the first column having a higher value than said letters placed adjacent thereto, multiplying said word sum by said multiplier intersecting said rectangle occupied by the last letter of said complete word and adding any bonus designated by said last letter of said complete word ending in a colorized zone; (ii) said point score for said longer word calculated by adding the letter values of said longer word, each of said letter values of said longer word equaling a longer word sum, multiplying said longer word sum by said multiplier intersecting said rectangle occupied by the last letter of said longer word and adding to said longer word point score any bonus points awarded for ending said longer word in a colorized zone; and (iii) awarding bonus tiles for words or longer words formed by a player which terminate in a colorized zone, said bonus tiles playable by a player possessing them at any time during their turn, either as any letter of said collection of alphabet letters, or, to negate the score achieved by an opponent player during said opponents previous turn; and (d) repeating steps b and c until all the letters and bonus tiles have been played, or until no player is able to play any letters or bonus tiles.