Patent ID: 7497440

Claim:
A method for playing a board game, comprising the steps of: providing a game board defining a playing area representing a basketball court having two ends, each of which defines a half-circle dividing line representing the three-point line on a basketball court, each half circle dividing line having a concave side which defines the inside and a convex side which defines the outside, and a plurality of marked locations forming a sequential series of non-repeating consecutive alphanumeric characters in an alternating pattern from inside to outside of the half circle dividing line; providing a plurality of game pieces and a random event generator; generating a first random event in order to sequentially advance one of said game pieces along said sequential series from one of said marked locations outside of said dividing line to the next location in the sequential series; and generating a different, second random event in order to sequentially advance one of said game pieces along said sequential series from one of said marked locations inside the dividing line to the next location in the sequential series; and winning the game by traversing all positions in sequence at its end of court.