Patent ID: 6341780
Filing Date: 2002-01-29
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A method of playing a game, comprising the steps of:providing a first board, said first board having three bores therein, said bores being generally aligned, wherein said first board is generally rectangular, said first board having a first and second edge, said first and second edges being opposite edges, said first board having a longitudinal axis such that said longitudinal axis generally bisects said first and second edges, said first board having three bores therein, said bores being generally aligned, each of said bores being generally bisected by said longitudinal axis of said board; providing a second board, said second board being substantially identical to said first board; providing point indicia on said first and second boards, said indicia being adjacent to each of said bores, said indicia adjacent to a first outside bore indicating five points, said indicia adjacent to a middle bore indicating three points, said indicia adjacent to said a second outside bore indicating one point; providing a plurality of discs for tossing into said bores, wherein each of said discs has a bore therein, each of said discs being generally planar, each of said discs being annular; providing two players or two pairs of players; placing said first board approximately ten feet from said second board; standing on an edge of one of said boards; tossing said discs toward the bores in the other of said boards, wherein each player or pair of players tosses four of said discs, wherein each turn of four tosses defines a series; accumulating points, the step of accumulating points comprises: adding all points as indicated by said indicia corresponding to each bore having a first player's disc therein, receiving one point for having all four discs on said board; canceling any scoring of opponents+ discs located in the same bore in a one to one ratio such that a series score is defined; summing said series scores to define an accumulated score; and subtracting said series score from said accumulated score if summing said series score to said accumulated score is greater than twenty-one points; winning the game by acquiring twenty-one points and hitting the board with any remaining discs for that series.