Patent ID: 6062561
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method of playing a board game comprising:providing a game board having a plurality of playing spaces arranged in an equal number of rows and columns;providing tow sets of playing markers, one set for each of two players, each set of playing markers being distinguishable one from the other;selecting the order of play;each player on his alternating turn placing a playing marker on a playing space until all of the playing spaces have a playing marker placed thereon;allocating a numerical score to each player for each placement of a playing marker upon a playing space; andwherein a first point value is allocated to a player upon the placement of his playing marker upon a playing space in such manner that the playing marker so placed is not adjacent to a playing space having a player marker from the same set of playing markers, a second point value is allocated to a player upon the placement of his playing marker in such manner that two playing markers from the same set of playing markers are positioned upon adjacent playing spaces, adjacent playing spaces being playing spaces adjacently disposed along the same row or column or adjacently disposed diagonally from each other, a third point value is allocated to a player upon the placement of his playing marker in such manner that three playing markers are positioned upon adjacent playing spaces, a fourth point value is allocated to a player upon the placement of his playing marker in such manner that four playing markers are positioned upon adjacent playing spaces, a fifth point value is allocated to a player upon the placement of his playing marker in such manner that five playing markers are positioned upon adjacent playing spaces, a sixth point value is allocated to a player upon the placement of his playing marker in such manner that six playing markers are positioned upon adjacent playing spaces, and wherein adjacent playing spaces having playing markers from the same set of playing markers further comprise runs, each player being allocated points for up to four runs per placement of each playing marker.