Patent ID: 7293771

Claim:
A board game, comprising: a game board defining a playing area having first and second ends, said first end of said game board defining a first half circle dividing line resembling the three-point line on a standard basketball court; and a plurality of marked locations at said first end comprising a first consecutive sequential series of non-repeating alphanumeric characters; said first consecutive sequential series forming an alternating pattern in which one location in the consecutive sequential series is on a first side of its respective dividing line; the next location in the consecutive sequential series is on a second side of its respective dividing line; the next location in the consecutive sequential series is on the first side; and the next location in the consecutive sequential series is on the second side, wherein the location on one of the first and second sides of the first half circle dividing line is inside the half circle and the location on the other side of the half circle dividing line is outside the half circle; said second end of said game board defining a second half circle dividing line resembling the three-point line on a standard basketball court; and a plurality of marked locations at said second end comprising a second consecutive sequential series of non-repeating alphanumeric characters; said second sequential series forming an alternating pattern in which one location in the consecutive sequential series is on a first side of its respective half circle dividing line; the next location in the consecutive sequential series is on a second side of its respective dividing line; the next location in the consecutive sequential series is on the first side; and the next location in the consecutive sequential series is on the second side, wherein the location on one of the first and second sides of the second half circle dividing line is inside the half circle and the location on the other side of the half circle dividing line is outside the half circle; a plurality of game pieces; and a random event generator.