Patent ID: 7100918
Filing Date: 2006-09-05
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A method of using a game kit for learning facts about art subjects, said method comprising: obtaining the game kit comprising: volunteering by a first person to become a first player; enlisting by second person to become a second player; unfolding the game board; attaching the rotating base to the game board; placing the rotating base attached to the game board onto a table top so that the playing facade of the game board faces up; sitting down the first and second players so that the first and second players face each other and so that the game board is between the first and second players; putting the first set of play pieces onto dark squares of the plurality of dark squares of the game board in the first three rows of the game board, wherein the first three rows of the game board are the rows of the game board closest to the first player sitting down; positioning the second set of play pieces onto dark squares of the plurality of dark squares of the game board in the last three rows on the game board, wherein the last three rows of the game board are the rows of the game board closest to the second player sitting down; mixing together the question tabs with the bonus tabs to form a set of playing tabs; depositing the playing tabs into the bucket; inserting the plurality of first award tokens into the pail; adding the plurality of second award tokens into the pail; agreeing on a playing sequence of alternate turns to be allowed between the first and second players; letting the first and second players to decide on which of the first and second players is to initiate the playing sequence of alternate turns; moving any given play piece of the first set of pieces by the first player onto any diagonally forward unoccupied dark space of the plurality of dark spaces on the playing facade of the game board when the first player is allowed to take a corresponding turn in the playing sequence of alternate turns, wherein the diagonally forward unoccupied dark space of the plurality of dark spaces is forwardly positioned adjacent relative to where the given piece of the first set of pieces was originally at prior to when the first player is allowed to take the corresponding turn in the playing sequence of alternate turns and wherein the diagonally forward unoccupied dark space of the plurality of dark spaces is forward relative to the sitting position of the first player; responsive to moving said play piece to a diagonally forward unoccupied dark space having a unique art image affixed thereupon, drawing a tab from the set of playing tabs from within the bucket by the first player, wherein the drawn tab is randomly drawn from the set comprising question tabs and bonus tabs; responsive to drawing a question tab, reading by the first player the separate corresponding question printed on the randomly drawn question tab; responsive to drawing a bonus tab, reading by the first player the separate corresponding query printed on the randomly withdrawn bonus tab; referring to the plurality of reference cards to determine if an answer given by the first player to the question or query is correct; giving to the first player one first award token from within the pail, when the first player answers correctly the question printed on the randomly drawn question tab; and awarding to the first player one second award token from within the pail, when the first player answers correctly the query printed on the randomly withdrawn bonus tab.