Patent ID: 7468002

Claim:
A method of playing a game, the game comprising: providing a first plurality of spherical billiard balls to a first team of one or more players; providing a second plurality of spherical billiard balls to a second team of one or more players; placing a non-spherical billiard ball on a surface, the non-spherical billiard ball having an ellipsoidal or ovoidal shape and a generally smooth outer surface lacking a concave portion, wherein the surface is a table surface having one or more cushioned rails along corresponding edges of the surface; alternating turns by the first team and the second team, wherein a turn comprises rolling at least one spherical billiard ball along the surface generally towards the non-spherical billiard ball by rolling the at least one spherical billiard ball towards the one or more cushioned rails such that the at least one spherical billiard ball impacts the one or more cushioned rails and changes trajectory generally towards the non-spherical billiard ball, wherein the turn results in a foul if the at least one spherical billiard ball does not impact the one or more cushioned rails before contacting the non-spherical billiard ball or any other spherical billiard balls; and tallying scores for the first team and for the second team, wherein the scores are indicative of distances between the non-spherical billiard ball and balls of the first plurality of spherical billiard balls and distances between the non-spherical billiard ball and balls of the second plurality of spherical billiard balls.