Patent ID: 7524246

Claim:
A game play system for facilitating interactive play, the game play system comprising: a play structure having a plurality of predetermined paths extending from a first common location to a second common location, wherein at least a portion of a first predetermined path of the plurality of predetermined paths comprises a substantially enclosed path; a plurality of discrete play media, each of the plurality of discrete play media comprising electronic identification information for identifying the respective discrete play media; at least one game input device in communication with the play structure, whereby the at least one game input device enables at least one play participant to selectively activate a plurality of controls that guide the plurality of discrete play media through one of the plurality of predetermined paths to the second common location, wherein at least one of the plurality of controls is configured to selectively direct at least a portion of the plurality of discrete play media from the first predetermined path to another predetermined path of the plurality of predetermined paths based on activation of the at least one game input device; and at least one reader disposed at or proximate the second common location and configured to wirelessly read the electronic identification information to monitor an amount of the plurality of discrete play media that reaches the second common location within the play structure.