Patent ID: 8702495

Claim:
A method for conducting a wagering game, the wagering game including a feature having a plurality of player-selectable elements associated with respective outcomes, the feature further including a path having a plurality of spaces, the plurality of spaces being associated with respective special rules, each respective special rule capable of being active or inactive, the method comprising: (a) using a player input device to accept input from a player for successively selecting different ones of the plurality of player-selectable elements from an array of selectable elements, each player-selectable element associated with a respective outcome; (b) for each player-selected element and associated respective outcome, using one or more processors for identifying a space from the path of the plurality of spaces, the identified space including a special rule for modifying the respective outcome associated with the player-selected element; (c) using the one or more processors for determining if the identified space is associated with a special rule that is active or inactive based on an outcome in the wagering game and wherein at least one of the plurality of spaces corresponds to a triggering symbol in the wagering game; (d) using the one or more processors for modifying the respective outcome associated with each player-selected element with the special rule associated with the identified space if the special rule for the identified space is active, and wherein the active special rule is displayed to a player during play of the wagering game.