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Building gamesRelated Patent Categories: Amusement Devices: Games, Board Games, Pieces, Or Boards ThereforBuilding games description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060284372, Building games. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. .sctn.119(e) to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/687,242 entitled "Building Games," filed Jun. 3, 2005, and U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/687,995 entitled "Building Games," filed Jun. 6, 2005. The complete disclosures of both patent applications are hereby incorporated by reference for all purposes. BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE [0002] The present disclosure is directed to building and/or construction games, including building games where play may be facilitated by indicia on building components, one or more dice, and/or one or more game boards. [0003] Examples of building games are found in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,857,633; 6,761,354; 6,684,591; 6,086,067; 5,788,233; 5,749,579; 5,711,524; 5,685,545; 5,683,087; 5,560,611; 5,301,953; 5,281,185; 5,251,900; 4,950,912; 4,895,543; 4,790,759; 4,666,162; 4,484,748; 4,387,897; 4,133,538; 4,055,348; 3,899,169; 3,678,602; 3,657,838; 3,649,018; 3,427,028; 3,226,122; 2,506,184; 2,456,098; 2,175,939; 1,591,554; 1,472,536; and 1,143,636; U.S. Patent Application Nos. 2005/0049036 and 2004/0212149; European Patent Nos. 106770 and 92660; European Patent Application No. 92660; PCT Application Nos. 9967764 and 05023385; and United Kingdom Patent Application Nos. 2402348; 2307867; 2255510; 2231499; 1560989; 1471139; and 0436959, the complete disclosures of those patents and patent applications are herein incorporated by reference for all purposes. SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE [0004] Some embodiments provide a method of playing a game. The game including a plurality of building pieces and a plurality of playing pieces. The method comprising selecting a playing piece having a first indicium from the plurality of playing pieces; selecting a building piece having a second indicium from the plurality of building pieces; comparing the second indicium with the first indicium; and engaging the building piece with one or more of the other building pieces to form one or more buildings when the second indicium on the building piece corresponds with the first indicium on the playing piece. [0005] Some embodiments provide a method of playing a game. The game including a plurality of building pieces and a plurality of base assemblies. The method comprising selecting a base assembly having a first indicium from the plurality of base assemblies; selecting a building piece having a second indicium from the plurality of building pieces; comparing the second indicium with the first indicium; and engaging the building piece with at least one of the base assembly and one or more of the other building pieces to form one or more buildings when the second indicium on the building piece corresponds with the first indicium on the base assembly. [0006] Some embodiments provide a method of playing a game. The game including a plurality of building pieces, a plurality of playing pieces, a plurality of base assemblies, at least one die, and a game board having a plurality of playing piece receiving spaces, at least some of the playing piece receiving spaces include at least one building piece indicium that corresponds to the building pieces. The method comprising selecting a playing piece having a first indicium from the plurality of playing pieces; selecting a base assembly having a second indicium from the plurality of base assemblies, the second indicium corresponding with the first indicium; rolling the at least one die; moving the playing piece to a first playing piece receiving space having at least one building piece indicium based, at least in part, on the rolled die; selecting a building piece that corresponds to the at least one building piece indicium on the first playing piece receiving space from the plurality of building pieces, the building piece having a third indicium; comparing the third indicium with at least one of the first and second indicia; and engaging the building piece with at least one of the base assembly and one or more other building pieces to form one or more buildings when the third indicium on the building piece corresponds with at least one of the first and second indicia. [0007] Some embodiments provide a game. The game comprising a plurality of building pieces, at least some of the building pieces are configured to engage one or more other building pieces when manually assembled to form one or more buildings, a first set of the building pieces each include a first indicium and a second set of the building pieces each include a second indicium; and a plurality of base assemblies configured to engage one or more of the building pieces and to provide foundations for the one or more buildings, the base assemblies include at least one of the first and second indicia. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0008] FIG. 1 shows a building game. [0009] FIG. 2 shows a plurality of building pieces of the game of FIG. 1. [0010] FIG. 3 shows a plurality of base elements for a base assembly of the game of FIG. 1. [0011] FIG. 4 shows one of a plurality of reference boards for a base assembly of the game of FIG. 1. [0012] FIG. 5 shows a plurality of playing pieces of the game of FIG. 1. [0013] FIG. 6 shows a game board of the game of FIG. 1. [0014] FIG. 7 shows a die of the game of FIG. 1. [0015] FIG. 8 shows a flowchart of a method for playing the game of FIG. 1. [0016] FIG. 9 shows a flowchart of another method for playing the game of FIG. 1. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DISCLOSURE [0017] Referring to FIG. 1, a game 20 is shown and may include a plurality of building pieces 22 and a plurality of base assemblies 24. Building pieces 22 may include any suitable structure configured to represent components of any suitable object(s), building(s), and/or structure(s). For example, the building pieces may depict and/or represent castle pieces configured to form one or more two- and/or three-dimensional castles, as shown in FIGS. 1-2. Although building pieces 22 are shown to depict and/or represent castle pieces, the building pieces may be any suitable pieces configured to form any suitable building(s) and/or structure(s). [0018] Building pieces 22 also may be configured to engage and/or interlock one or more other building pieces, such as when manually assembled, to form one or more buildings 26. For example, the building pieces may include one or more interlocking structures 28 configured to allow two or more building pieces to be interconnected, as shown in FIGS. 1-2. The interlocking structures may include one or more receiving portions 30 (such as cutouts and/or notches) configured to receive one or more portions of other building pieces and/or the base assemblies. Although interlocking structures 28 are shown to include cutouts or notches, those structures may include any suitable structure configured to allow the player to interconnect two or more building pieces, and/or one or more building pieces with one or more base assemblies. [0019] Additionally, building pieces 22 may include one or more building piece indicia 32. The building piece indicia may include any suitable type of indicia configured to correspond to and/or at least substantially match indicia on base assemblies 24, and/or to convey any suitable information to the players. The building piece indicia may be in any suitable form, such as numeric, text, alphanumeric, symbolic, color, and/or any suitable combination. For example, building piece indicia 32 may include graphic images and/or object representations, which may correspond to the graphic images and/or object representations on the base assemblies. "Correspond," "corresponds," and "corresponding," as used herein, means that there are one or more characteristics in common between the indicia. Although building piece indicia 32 are shown to be in the form of graphic images and/or object representations, the indicia may be in any suitable form(s), including numeric, text, alphanumeric, symbolic, color, and/or any suitable combination. Continue reading about Building games... Full patent description for Building games Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Building games patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. Each week you receive an email with patent applications related to your keywords. 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