Claims
- 1. A method of playing a game which incorporates therein steps of preparing food or beverages or both, said game comprising the steps of:
providing game apparatus including an image of a path comprising sequentially disposed position spaces including a first space and a final space, a plurality of player pieces to be moved along the path by selectively alighting on the position spaces, wherein each player piece represents a player comprising at least one person, and a number generating device operable to indicate a numerical value; causing the players to move by using the number generating device to determine a numerical value and moving that player piece associated with the player who is moving to progress along the path according to the determined numerical value; designating a particular space along the path as being associated with performing a step in the preparation of food or beverage or both; and requiring a player alighting on the particular space in the course of a move to perform a step in the preparation of food or beverage or both.
- 2. The method according to claim, wherein said step of requiring a player alighting on the particular space to perform a step in the preparation of food or beverage or both comprises the further step of requiring that the player alight on the final space of the path prior to performing the step in the preparation of food or beverage or both.
- 3. The method according to claim 1, comprising the further step of causing the first player to alight on the particular space to choose among a plurality of choices of different steps in the preparation of food or beverage or both.
- 4. The method according to claim 1, comprising the further step of causing the first player to alight on the particular space to choose among a plurality of choices of different steps in the preparation of food or beverage or both, said further step including the option to be relieved of preparing food or beverage or both.
- 5. The method according to claim 4, comprising the further step of depriving a subsequent player to alight on the particular space of an option selected by a prior player to alight upon the particular space.
- 6. The method according to claim 1, comprising the further steps of
providing game apparatus including a plurality of instructional indicia bearing members each containing instructions to perform a step in the preparation of food or beverage or both, and requiring that player alighting on the particular space to perform a step in the preparation of food or beverage or both according to instructions of the instructional indicia bearing members.
- 7. The method according to claim 1, including the further step of determining the order in which the players each take their respective turns to move.
- 8. The method according to claim 1, wherein said step of causing the players to move by using the number generating device comprises the further step of requiring the player piece of each player to move along the path a number of position spaces equal to the numerical value obtained using the number generating device.
- 9. The method according to claim 1, comprising the further steps of
providing game apparatus including activity instructional indicia bearing members each containing instructions to perform an activity, visually associating each one of said activity instructional indicia bearing members to be visually associated with at least one of the position spaces of the path, and requiring each player to draw one of and perform the activity specified on the drawn activity instructional indicia bearing member.
- 10. The method according to claim 1, comprising the further steps of providing an image of at least one additional path comprising additional sequentially disposed position spaces including a first space and a final space, and
causing the players to move along each one of the additional paths by using the number generating device to determine a numerical value and moving that player piece associated with the player who is moving to progress along the path according to the determined numerical value, after all players have completed negotiating the first path.
- 11. The method according to claim 10, comprising the further steps of
designating a particular space along each additional path as being associated with performing a step in the preparation of food or beverage or both; and requiring a player alighting on the particular space of each additional path in the course of a move to perform a step in the preparation of food or beverage or both which is different from a step in the preparation of food or beverage or both associated with a prior path.
- 12. Game apparatus for playing a game which incorporates therein steps of preparing food or beverages or both, said game apparatus comprising:
a device for displaying an image of a path comprising sequentially disposed position spaces including a first space and a final space; a plurality of player pieces to be moved along said path by selectively alighting on the position spaces, wherein each said player piece represents a player of said game; a number generating device operable to indicate a numerical value; and a plurality of first indicia bearing members each containing instructions to perform a step in the preparation of food or beverage or both.
- 13. The game apparatus according to claim 12, wherein
a plurality of said position spaces of said path each have one visual characteristic, and wherein each said position space bears one of at least two different visual characteristics, and wherein said game apparatus further comprises a plurality of second indicia bearing members each containing instructions to perform an activity and each having one of said different visual characteristics such that some of said position spaces are visually associated with certain ones of said second indicia bearing members and others of said position spaces are visually associated with certain other ones of said second indicia bearing members.
- 14. The game apparatus according to claim 13, wherein at least some of said second indicia bearing members bear inquiries requiring verbal response by a player of said game.
- 15. The game apparatus according to claim 13, wherein at least some of said second indicia bearing members bear directions requiring that the player drawing the card reproduce aspects of a specified musical melody without using words.
- 16. The game apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising printed invitations announcing a social gathering and a playing of an associated board game.
- 17. The game apparatus according to claim 13, wherein each said invitation is configured as mail, and displays blank return address lines and blank destination address lines, and indicates a location on said invitation for affixing postage.
- 18. The game apparatus according to claim 17, wherein each said invitation is configured as a postcard.
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims priority benefit of Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/______, filed Apr. 19, 2002.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60373608 |
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