Amusement devices: games inventions 11/08

20080290596 - Game apparatus and method of playing game with a minimum prize: A game apparatus and method of playing a game that provides a minimum prize. The game apparatus comprises a game piece, a minimum prize value, an additional prize value and a means to determine the prize. As is described herein, the game is based on common games such as matching... Agent: John J. Brooks, Iii

20080290597 - Poker pal: A fortune telling device is disclosed that may be consulted while playing poker. The device is hollow, and simulates a stack of poker chips. A cube with alternate, distinct betting choices on each side floats within a liquid medium within the hollow wall. When playing poker, the player may consults... Agent: Eugene H. Eickholt

20080290598 - Remote controlled toy vehicle, toy vehicle control system and game using remote controlled toy vehicle: A vehicle toy combination includes a wireless controlled toy vehicle having a mobile platform configured to move over a surface. A central controller on the platform is configured to control at least one aspect of the toy vehicle. A hand-held manually actuable wireless controller is configured to remotely control user... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20080290599 - Wealth development game: A board game is configured for learning and practicing principles of wealth development. The board game broadly includes, among other things, a game board, game tokens for tracking player movement during the game, activity cards that players draw in response to landing on board spaces, and a worksheet for tracking... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20080290600 - One card pot game with tiebreaker options: This is a one card game designed for the novice player. Each player makes an ante bet. The dealer will collect the bets and place them in the pot. Each player receives one card. The player having the highest card will win the pot. In the event, two or more... Agent: Dean G. Simpson

20080284095 - Fortune dice: Fortune Dice is a casino game that allows players to play with 3 dices. This game adds a whole new twist for playing a dice game at casino by offering players to play with its betting system. Players can enjoy the different payout styles that Fortune Dice has to offer... Agent: Yung Chuan Tuan

20080284096 - Apparatus and method for automatically shuffling cards: An apparatus and method of automatically shuffling a deck of playing cards is described. The apparatus includes three compartments disposed laterally with respect to each other and at least one compartment movable vertically with respect to another other compartment. Cards placed in one of the compartments are dispensed into the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080284097 - Game: Apparatus for playing a game includes question cards (36) having questions (37) which are separated into levels of difficulty, a playing area (4) which is separated into geometrically shaped pathways (18, 20, 22, 24, 26) of consecutive playing spaces (8) corresponding to the levels of difficulty of the questions (37),... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080284098 - Poker-based game and method for playing same: Multi-player board game includes a substrate defining eight receptacles, each receptacle being associated with a respective one of eight designations of winning hands of a traditional poker game, each receptacle being receivable of chips representing wagers by the players on their attaining the winning hands, a traditional deck of fifty-four... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20080284099 - Wagering game: A casino wagering game which consists of a board, a plurality of tokens, each token having a primary side and a secondary side, each token having one of at least two characteristics, and wherein there is a means for shaking the tokens, casting the tokens such that the tokens land... Agent: Don E. Erickson

20080284101 - Fencing card game: A fencing match is simulated by a card game that includes a plurality of action cards and a plurality of judgment cards. Each action card includes an indication of a movement distance, a reach distance and a relative strength of an action. Each judgment card includes an indication of a... Agent: Joseph P. Curtin

20080284100 - Playing cards: A pack of playing cards for visually impaired persons has a small narrow indicator along the outside edge of the card, and large indicators at the top and bottom of the card, that indicate the suit of the card. These indicators are colored dark for all cards in the Spade... Agent: Law Offices Of Tim Headley

20080284102 - Numerical card games: A method for playing cards, the method includes: defining an arithmetic correlation between at least two cards out of multiple cards; dealing at least one card out of the multiple cards to each participant of the game; allowing each participant to arrange participant cards or to discard at least one... Agent: Reches Patents

20080284104 - Chemistry card game: The present invention provides a novel method of game play and game components that in one embodiment are in the form of a board game with education cards which have actual information about the topic, along with game information such that learning becomes fun, and learning happens as a side... Agent: Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080284103 - Instructional board or electronic media game: A method and a system for playing a political game include distributing a number of PROPs to the players and establishing a first campaign for votes in voting districts. A general election is held where a country leader is determined by a majority of electoral votes won, a first legislative... Agent: Moshe Cohen

20080277868 - Baseball simulation game: A baseball simulation game includes a standard or universal base unit or structure (20) on which is placed a removable playing field surface (22), as well as a removable outfield fence configuration (24). The playing surface (22) and fence configuration (24) can be changed so that the game unit (20)... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080277869 - Innovatory rotary-table game machine: A rotary-table game machine composed mainly of a rotary-table device and an index device, the rotary-table device has a rotary table rotated by a first motor; the index device has three index pins arranged to space equiangularly and rotated by a second motor. When in operation, the first motor and... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20080277870 - Health education board game: A board game for facilitating health education by involving players in scenarios leading to either “health” or “illness.” Players move game pieces along a path (16) between “health” (18) and “illness” (20) by drawing game cards depicting various health-related content specific to the theme of the game, deciding if the... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080277871 - Bingo jackpot insurance: A bingo game that offers players an option to purchase jackpot insurance. Typically, in the game of bingo, when multiple winners win a same jackpot, the multiple winners have to share the jackpot. This is undesirable to the winners since they would prefer to have the entire jackpot for themselves.... Agent: Muskin & Cusick LLC

20080277872 - Lottery ticket with play action game: A lottery ticket has printed thereon a matrix of nine rows and nine columns defining eighty one locations some of which are pre-marked with numbers from 1 to 9 and is arranged such that the player can select and enter the numbers in open locations to provide an arrangement of... Agent: Ade & Company Inc.

20080277873 - System and method for enhancing intimate relationships: A system and method to enhance an intimate relationship over a period of time. The system may include communication elements and associated physical elements. A communication element may suggest an activity for participation by intimate relationship partners. The communication element may be delivered by the first partner to the second... Agent: Nelson & Nelson, P.C.

20080277874 - Tossed projectile game: A projectile having multiple openings for tossing onto a game field for encouraging and developing hand-eye coordination. The projectiles have plural fingers extending from a central hub of the projectile. The game field includes plural targets sized to fit within the projectile openings. Points are scored by using hand-eye coordination... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080277875 - Target shooting game: A target shooting game including a shooting device for projecting a signal or projectile; a target having a target surface including a target area; and at least one indicator associated with a portion of the target area and for indicating an interaction with the signal or projectile. A method of... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080277876 - Adjustable target: An adjustable target has a first target section and second target section attached to a base and an adjusting device. The second target section is at least partially visible through an opening in the first target section. An adjusting device engageably attaches to the first target section providing for a... Agent: The Intellect Law Group

20080277877 - Progressive stall timer: A progressive stall timer is disclosed. For example, in one disclosed embodiment, a participant in an online turn-based social experience is provided with a time interval in which to take an action in a current turn. If the participant does not take an action in the current turn during the... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080272541 - Method and apparatus for providing a bonus to a player: A method, system, device and computer readable medium are described, in which a wagering game and a secondary game may be provided at a gaming device, wherein the secondary game comprises detecting an occurrence of a trigger; determining, responsive to the trigger, a player number based on a first criterion;... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20080272542 - Dice with opening face: A die having a regular polyhedral form, at least one opening face of the die being hinged to an adjacent hinge face such that the at least one opening face can be opened by pressing on at least one pressure face adjacent to the at least one opening face.... Agent: Ip Group Of Dla Piper US LLP

20080272543 - Varieties of human experiences board game: The variety human experiences board game provides the player with real life experiences such as confrontations against other players as well with the inevitable elements of nature. The game creates a greater awareness about the complexities of modern living, and how interdependent we are with our environment.... Agent: Eugenio J. Torres

20080272544 - Method of playing game: A board game and methods of playing a board game are described herein. The board game involves the movement of a game piece based upon the generation of a random number. The game piece is moved until the movement causes a win or loss scenario, which may be conducive to... Agent: Cislo & Thomas LLP

20080272546 - Blackjack and poker game combination: A gaming method is disclosed and comprises the following steps, which need not necessarily be performed in the exact order: allowing a player to play a first poker game using at least two card representations; allowing the player to play a blackjack game using card representations from the first poker... Agent: Roland Tong

20080272545 - Card game: A card game is played between a dealer and at least one player. Each player is required to ante a bet before receiving a hand of cards. Cards are dealt to the dealer and each player so that the dealer and each player each receive two cards with faces of... Agent: Hanes & Schutz, LLC

20080272547 - \"gotcha\" card game system & method: The present invention comprises systems and methods of playing a card game as well as decks of playing cards that are particularly adapted for playing the card game. Features of the card game have similarities in many respects to “Rummy” types of games, and in particular the present invention is... Agent: Klotzer Patents

20080272548 - Target hanger and target support system: The present invention discloses novel hangers for hanging shooting targets such as clay targets in place for shooting practice. In addition it relates to a target system which includes hangers of the invention in combination with a horizontal support and optional support stands designed to hang one or more targets... Agent: Jeffrey Lloyd Kienker