Patent ID: 6340159
Filing Date: 2002-01-22
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
In a modified crossword puzzle gameshow, including a game board having a plurality of shapes substantially defining a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows intersecting and formed thereby, each of the shapes accommodating at least one of at least one letter and at least one word, the modified crossword puzzle game further including at least one clue associated with, and optionally providing at least partial information regarding the at least one of the at least one letter and the at least one word, a method of playing the modified crossword puzzle game with a plurality of players at least including first and second players, comprising the steps of:(a) presenting the at least one clue to at least one of the first and second players associated with and optionally providing the at least partial information regarding the at least one of the at least one letter and the at least one word; (b) responding, by the at least one of the first and second players, to the at least one clue presented in said presenting step (a); (c) determining whether the response by the at least one of the first and second players provided in said responding step (b) is at least substantially correct; (d) when the at least one of the first and second players is at least substantially correct as determined in said determining step (c), revealing the at least one of the at least one letter and the at least one word accommodated by at least a first section of the plurality of shapes, and rewarding the at least one of the first and second players, and when the at least one of the first and second players is at least substantially incorrect, providing another of the first and second players with the option of responding to the at least one clue or being presented with at least another clue; and (e) repeating said steps (a)-(d) for each of the first and second players in accordance with predetermined criteria until at least substantially all of the plurality of shapes substantially defining the plurality of columns and plurality of rows are revealed, thereby at least substantially solving the modified crossword puzzle game, wherein said responding step (b) optionally includes the step of the at least one of the first and second players choosing to guess the at least one letter or at least one word associated with the at least one clue and accommodated by the at least one or choosing to â€œdouble crossâ€  another of the first and second players thereby challenging the other at least one of the first and second players to guess the at least one letter and at least one word.