Patent ID: 8529351

Claim:
A method of conducting a role playing game using at least one computer system having a plurality of players comprising acts of: providing, via the at least one computer system, for an entry of at least one of the plurality of players into at least one session of the role playing game; accepting payment for an entry fee by each of the at least one of the plurality of players that enters the game, the entry fee being associated with the at least one session of the role playing game; representing each of the at least one of the plurality of players entered into the game with an avatar during game play; crediting a first player of the at least one of the plurality of players with points accrued by a second player, if the avatar of the first player eliminates the avatar of the second player from the at least one game session; and determining, via the at least one computer system, a player who wins a prize among the plurality of players playing in the at least one game session of the role playing game.