Patent ID: 8684828

Claim:
A system for conducting a game for at least one player, said system comprising: a first game device having a first game device interface, said first game device configured to execute program instructions to conduct a self-contained achievement game, said achievement game including at least one achievement outcome that may be earned through said achievement game; and a second game device having a second game device interface, said second game device configured to execute program instructions to conduct a game logically independent from said achievement game, wherein said game includes at least a base game and at least one exclusive optional feature which alters said base game, wherein said second game device is configured to receive said achievement outcome, if any, earned in said achievement game conducted at said first game device, determine the exclusive optional feature, if any, associated with any achievement outcome received, and conduct said base game including said at least one exclusive optional feature only when an achievement outcome associated with said at least one exclusive optional feature is received otherwise said second game device is configured to conduct said base game without said at least one exclusive optional feature.