Claims
- 1. A board game apparatus comprising:a game board, wherein the game board is divided into multiple grid spaces, each grid space imprinted with a distinguishing indication selected from a set of distinguishing indicia; multiple tiles, each imprinted with an indication selected from the set of indicia, wherein the tiles are adapted to be placed face down over the grid spaces so that the indicia on the grid spaces and the tiles are hidden; and multiple sequence cards, each imprinted with at least two distinguishing indicia configured in a particular order, each distinguishing indication imprinted on a card corresponding to at least one distinguishing indication imprinted on at least one of a grid space and a tile.
- 2. A board game apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein each distinguishing indication imprinted on the grid spaces, tiles and sequence cards includes at least one of a picture and a color.
- 3. A board game apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein the indicia on the tiles and the grid spaces include at least one indication not imprinted on a sequence card.
- 4. A board game apparatus comprising:a game board divided into multiple grid spaces; a group of first cards having at least one distinguishing indication and adapted to be placed upon the grid spaces; and a group of second cards, each second card having at least two indicia, and each indication on each second card corresponds to an indication on at least one of the first cards.
- 5. A board game apparatus in accordance with claim 4, where each indication on each second card also corresponds to an indication on at least one of the grid spaces.
- 6. A board game apparatus in accordance with claim 5, where each of the distinguishing indicia imprinted on the grid spaces, first cards, and second cards includes at least one of a picture and a color.
- 7. A board game apparatus in accordance with claim 5, where the indicia on at least one of the grid spaces and the group of first cards include at least one indication not imprinted on a sequence card.
- 8. A board game in accordance with claim 4, wherein each first card is sized to substantially correspond to a grid space.
- 9. A method of playing a board game by at least two players, comprising the steps of:placing multiple player pieces on designated areas of a game board; randomizing multiple tiles and placing them face-down on a grid of the game board, so that the identity of indicia printed on each of the tiles and the underlying grid section is concealed; randomizing sequence cards and placing them in a deck; drawing one of the sequence cards, upon which multiple indicia are printed; turning over the number of tiles that matches the number of graphic indicia printed on the drawn sequence card in a particular order in an attempt to match the indicia on the tiles or underlying grid to the particular order of the indicia shown on the sequence card; moving the player piece of a player up a level on the designated area of the game board, if that player correctly matches the particular order of the indicia on the tiles or underlying game board to the particular order of the indicia on the drawn sequence card; passing the opportunity to select tiles to match the particular order of the indicia on the drawn sequence card, if the previous player did not select a correct match; repeating the steps of randomizing the multiple tiles onto the grid of the game board and drawing of another sequence card when one of the players successfully matches the last drawn sequence card; and determining a winner based on who is the first player to progress to the highest level of the game.
- 10. A method of playing a board game by at least two players in accordance with claim 9, where the indicia are depicted by picture, color, or a combination of picture and color.
- 11. A method of playing a board game by at least two players in accordance with claim 9, where the indicia include penalty indicia, which designate a predetermined penalty to be assessed to that player.
- 12. A method of playing a board game by at least two players in accordance with claim 11, where the predetermined penalty requires a receiving player to move the corresponding player piece back one level.
- 13. A method of playing a board game, comprising:placing tiles on grid spaces of a game board, so that indicia printed on at least one of the tiles and the underlying grid spaces are concealed; drawing a sequence card from a deck of sequence cards each having a series of indicia corresponding to the indicia on at least one of the tiles and the grid spaces; and exposing an indication by removing a tile from the game board, for each indication in the series of indicia on the drawn sequence card, so long as an exposed indication corresponds with the associated indication in the series of indicia on the drawn sequence card.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/350,139 entitled “Sequence Tile Board Game,” filed Nov. 2, 2001, the disclosure of which is herein incorporated by reference.
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