Patent ID: 7665735
Filing Date: 2010-02-23
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. In a method of playing a word discovery game apparatus comprising: a rectangular closable-type box, the rectangular closable-type box including a rectangular lid and a rectangular open-sided bottom container of congruent length and height, wherein a rectangular lid and a rectangular open-sided bottom container are hinged together on one side so as to be closed, and when opened to a ninety-degree angle then reveal three separate playing fields each of congruent dimensions, with each playing field being a rectangular grid defined by a predetermined number of rows and columns which are sectioned into individual unit spaces, with each playing field having an equal number of rows and columns, and where each unit space of each grid is of congruent dimensions; a first playing field, located inside a rectangular closable-type box on a surface of a rectangular open-sided bottom container, that is used as an action area for placing a first set of game pieces that are received onto and removed from individual coordinates of that playing field for the purpose of spelling words in any direction; a second playing field, located inside a rectangular closable-type box on a surface underneath a lid, that is used, in competition of two or more players, for the purpose of selecting individual coordinates that may be occupied by letters in the corresponding spaces of opponent's first playing fields, and where the status of those chosen coordinates, either occupied or unoccupied by letters, is recorded through the utilization of a first set, a second set, a third set and a fourth set of game pieces which are placed onto those chosen coordinates of a second playing field during competition; a third playing field, located on top of a rectangular lid surface, that is used, in competition of three or more players, to record the status of individual selected coordinates by placing a first set, a second set and a fourth set of game pieces onto coordinates of a third playing field to display for all opponents which letters on opponents' first playing fields have been discovered, which spaces on opponents' first playing fields are occupied by unknown letters, and which spaces on opponents' first playing fields have not been prepositioned with letters; a perimeter of space equal to one row of grid units surrounding all three playing fields; a coordinate label, adhered with magnetic backing so as to allow for its placement above, below and to the sides of each playing field, sectioned into unit spaces corresponding with the same number of unit spaces found in each row and column of all playing fields, with each sectioned space marked with an identifying symbol for the purpose of coordinate identification; four sets of game pieces wherein a first set of game pieces each has one letter imprinted on it and which are adhered with magnetic backing on the opposite side so as to allow each to be received onto and removed from individual unit space coordinates of the playing fields for the spelling of words; a second set of game pieces that each has a question mark imprinted on it and which are adhered with magnetic backing on the opposite side so as to allow each to be received onto and removed from individual unit space coordinates of a second playing field, in a two-player competition where a separate rectangular closable-type box is being utilized per player, or of a second and of a third playing fields, in a three or more player competition where a separate rectangular closable-type box is being utilized per player, to indicate a selected coordinate that is currently occupied by a letter in a corresponding coordinate on an opponent's first playing field, the identity of which is not currently known; a third set of game pieces that each has a black surface imprinted on it and which are adhered with magnetic backing on the opposite side so as to allow each to be received onto and removed from individual unit space coordinates of the playing fields, and where a third set of game pieces replaces a first set of game pieces on coordinates of a first playing field in a two-player competition when letters are discovered by an opponent so that a first set of game pieces on those spaces is in turn surrendered to an opponent to be placed on opponent's second playing field of the corresponding space, and which in turn replaces a second set game piece from that space on that opponent's second playing field, or where, in a three or more player competition, a third set of game pieces is placed on spaces of players' second playing fields which correspond to letters displayed on coordinates of opponents' third playing fields which have been successfully discovered from those opponents' first playing fields, and a fourth set of game pieces that each has a red surface imprinted on it and which are adhered by magnetic backing on the opposite side so as to allow each to be received onto and removed from individual unit space coordinates of a second playing field, in the case of a two-player competition, or a second and a third playing fields, in the case of three or more player competition, to indicate a coordinate selected by a player where no letter had been prepositioned by any opponents on those corresponding coordinates in their first playing fields.