Patent ID: 8056901

Claim:
A system for providing an electronic and material board game, comprising: a database configured to store: game segment templates; game element templates; default game elements; user defined game segments, based on the game segment templates, each user defined game segment being selectable for defining a segment of a single logical game board, each segment containing a set of game elements, each corresponding to a different location in the segment; and user defined game elements based on the game element templates, each user defined game element being selectable for inclusion in the user defined game segments, each of the user defined game elements including content that is stored in the database with a designation as one of a correct choice and an incorrect choice; and a processor configured to: present copies of the game segment template and the game element templates and process user input modifying the copies for defining the user defined game segments and user defined game elements, wherein each of the user defined game segments includes a plurality of game elements based on the game element templates; and generate and output a plurality of the game segments for inclusion in the game board, wherein the game segments are shaped such that the game board is formed by aligning each of the plurality of game segments with the other game segments of the plurality of game segments according to one of: a shape of the game segments and markings on the plurality of game segments.