Patent ID: 7118110

Claim:
A method of playing an orthography board game on a game board, the game board comprising plurality of spaces, at least some of the spaces containing point altering indicia, the method comprising the steps of: during a single round of play, (a) optionally, each player placing one or more game tiles on the spaces of said playing board to form one or more words; (b) determining a base score for the formed word using a random number generator, such that the base score for the word formed is not based on the length of or letters used in the word so formed; and (c) modifying each determined base score in a predetermined manner based upon locations on said game board on which each corresponding player has placed said combination of game tiles to spell said one or more words; upon completion of all rounds of play, providing a total score for each player consisting of the sum of each modified base score achieved during each round of play.