Building games

Title: Building games

Related Patent Categories: Amusement Devices: Games, Board Games, Pieces, Or Boards Therefor

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The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060284372, Building games.

1. A method of playing a game, the game including a plurality of building pieces and a plurality of playing pieces, 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.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising returning the building piece to the plurality of building pieces when the second indicium on the building piece fails to correspond with the first indicium on the playing piece.

3. The method of claim 1, where the game further includes a plurality of base assemblies, further comprising selecting a base assembly from the plurality of base assemblies, and wherein engaging the building piece with one or more of the other building pieces includes engaging the building piece with the base assembly to form one or more buildings when the second indicium on the playing piece corresponds with the first indicium on the building piece.

4. The method of claim 1, where the game further includes a plurality of base assemblies, further comprising: selecting a base assembly having a third indicium from the plurality of base assemblies; and engaging the building piece with the base assembly to form one or more buildings when the second indicium on the building piece corresponds with the third indicium on the base assembly.

5. The method of claim 1, where the game further includes 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, further comprising: rolling the at least one die, and moving the playing piece to a playing piece receiving space having at least one building piece indicium based, at least in part, on the rolled die, wherein selecting a building piece having a second indicium includes selecting a building piece that corresponds to the at least one building piece indicium on the playing piece receiving space.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising removing a building piece from the one or more buildings.

7. The method of claim 6, where the game further includes at least one die, a foiler playing piece, and a game board having a plurality of playing piece receiving spaces, further comprising: rolling the at least one die, and moving the foiler playing piece to a playing piece receiving space based, at least in part, on the rolled die, wherein removing a building piece from the one or more buildings includes removing a building piece from the one or more buildings associated with a playing piece when the playing piece and the foiler playing piece occupy the same playing piece receiving space.

8. The method of claim 7, where the at least one die includes a plurality of sides, one or more sides includes a foiler indicium, and wherein moving the foiler playing piece to a playing piece receiving space includes moving the foiler playing piece to a playing piece receiving space when a side with the foiler indicium is rolled with the at least one die.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising rolling the at least one die when the foiler playing piece is moved to a playing piece receiving space with one or more playing pieces, and wherein removing a building piece from the one or more buildings associated with a playing piece includes removing a building piece from the one or more buildings associated with a playing piece when a side with the foiler indicium is rolled with the at least one die.

10. A method of playing a game, the game including a plurality of building pieces and a plurality of base assemblies, 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.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising returning the building piece to the plurality of building pieces when the second indicium on the building piece fails to correspond with the first indicium on the base assembly.

12. The method of claim 10, where the game further includes a plurality of playing pieces, further comprising: selecting a playing piece having a third indicium from the plurality of playing pieces; 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 second indicium on the building piece corresponds with the third indicium on the playing piece.

13. The method of claim 12, where the game further includes at least one die and a game board having a plurality of playing piece receiving spaces, at least some of the plurality of playing piece receiving spaces include at least one building piece indicium that corresponds to the building pieces, further comprising rolling the at least one die, and moving the playing piece to a playing piece receiving space having at least one building piece indicium based, at least in part, on the rolled die, wherein selecting a building piece having a second indicium includes selecting a building piece that corresponds to the at least one building piece indicium on the playing piece receiving space.

14. 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, 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.

15. A 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.

16. The game of claim 15, wherein at least some of the building pieces are configured to interlock with one or more other building pieces to form the one or more buildings.

17. The game of claim 16, wherein at least some of the building pieces include one or more receiving portions configured to receive a portion of at least some of the other building pieces.

18. The game of claim 17, wherein the receiving portions include one or more notches.

19. The game of claim 15, wherein the base assemblies each includes a reference board having at least one of the first and second indicium.

20. The game of claim 19, wherein the base assemblies each includes one or more base elements configured to engage one or more of the building pieces.

21. The game of claim 20, wherein the reference board includes one or more receiving portions configured to receive one or more portions of the base elements.

22. The game of claim 15, wherein the one or more buildings includes one or more three-dimensional castles.

23. The game of claim 15, further comprising a plurality of playing pieces having at least one of the first and second indicia.

24. The game of claim 23, wherein the playing pieces depict at least one of a princess, a knight, and an ogre.

25. The game of claim 23, further comprising a game board with a plurality of playing piece receiving spaces, and at least one die.

26. The game of claim 25, wherein at least some of the playing piece receiving spaces include building piece indicia that correspond with one or more of the building pieces.

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