Patent ID: 7413192

Claim:
A hide and seek board game for a plurality of players, comprising: a planar game board, said game board including a playing field having a circular outer path of movement spaces surrounding and outwardly spaced from an inner home area and divided into a plurality of evenly circumferentially spaced sectors of consecutive movement spaces a designated hiding space on said board connecting each of said sectors with said home area; a direction card for each of said hiding spaces, said direction card bearing a designation of the hiding place and having a first section indicating movement in one direction and a second section indicating said movement in an opposite direction; a start area on said board surrounding each sector adapted to hold a direction card associated with the hiding space connected with such sector, said start area having first and second ends, said first end having one arrow indicating movement on said path in one direction and another arrow indicating movement to said hiding space connected with such sector, said second end having one arrow indicating movement on said path in an opposite direction to said one directing and another arrow indicating movement to said hiding space connected with such sector; a seeker player piece originally placed at said home area at a seeker starting position; a plurality of hider player pieces, each hider player piece having a form distinctive from other hider player pieces and said seeker player piece; a random number generator operable for prescribing movement of said player pieces; a draw space in each of said sectors; a plurality of draw cards each having written instructions designating actions to be undertaken; and a manual of rules having written instructions governing movement of said player pieces and enabling continuation of the game until a hider player piece reaches said home area.