Patent ID: 8251367

Claim:
A board game played by at least two players, the board game comprising: a game playing area, the game playing area defining a plurality of spaces for use with a plurality of game pieces, wherein the game pieces are placed on the plurality of spaces during gameplay and wherein the plurality of spaces including a first type of space and a second type of space, a value of the second type of space being different than a value of the first type of space, the plurality of spaces including a plurality of spaces of the first type and a plurality of spaces of the second type; and an electronic control system, the electronic control system including a timing mechanism, the electronic control system being configured to change the value of the plurality of spaces of the second type based on an elapsed time as determined by the timing mechanism, wherein the electronic control system changes the value of the plurality of spaces of second type by changing the color of the plurality of spaces of the second type.