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  Fantasy soccer board gameRelated Patent Categories: Amusement Devices: Games, Board Games, Pieces, Or Boards Therefor, Piece Moves Over Board Having Pattern, Chance Device Controls Amount Or Direction Of Movement Of Piece, Sports Or Outdoor Recreational Activities, Football Or SoccerThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070013129. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] This invention relates generally to board games that have its origins in sporting events, such as professional soccer games. More particularly, the present invention relates to a board game, which has a rolling dice, a plurality of playing pieces with indicia thereon, as well as score cards. [0002] There are numerous sport board games, which correspond to sporting events, such as football, basketball, and the like. Some board games are played by 2 persons, while others are more regularly played by three or more persons. Many board games employ a playing board in combination with playing cards, with a board defining a path along which a player moves upon rolling of the dice. The players are required to draw cards from a deck of randomly arranged cards and move a playing piece according to the instructions of the space wherein the player's playing piece has landed. It is noted that games give a player an opportunity to exhibit the player's knowledge of the game, while other games are purely games of chance, which little or no skill required to win the game. [0003] The present invention contemplates a provision of a board game that has its basis in and utilizes terminology of professional soccer. The present invention seeks to capitalize on a rapidly growing industry called "Fantasy Soccer" in which people pay to join leagues over the internet. Each of the leagues members draft Major League Soccer players to be on their team and receive points based on their drafted players performance each week of the season. [0004] I have invented a board game titled "Fantasy Soccer Board Game" in which people draft Major League Soccer players from a deck of soccer playing cards with statistics from their pervious season or from a deck of cards projecting what their stats will be in their next season (this deck will be purchased separately). They can then play through an entire soccer season in one sitting rather that having to follow the actual season one week at a time as they do in the internet leagues. [0005] This game involves some features of a game of chance with some features of a skill game. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0006] It is, therefore, and object of the present invention to provide a board game that can be played by two or more people using the decks of specially imprinted cards corresponding to the terminology of American soccer. [0007] It is another object of the present invention to provide a board game, which can be played by rolling to the die for advancing the playing piece of the player around the board game. [0008] These and other objects of the present invention are achieved through a provision of a board game, which simulates the game of fantasy soccer. According to the rules of the game, a first deck of cards is provided with indicia thereon representative of actual soccer players and their respective scores during a previous playing season. The indicia also includes the indication of the actual player's position in a team, such as a first goalkeeper, a defender, a midfielder, and a forward. A chance means, such as dice, is provided for selecting the first game player that is afforded a chance to compose the game player's team by drafting desired players from the first deck of cards. As a result, the first player has an opportunity to choose his or her "dream team" with the highest score, which will be added to the score during the game. [0009] Once all the game players built their team, the game is progressed according to the instructions on the game board and corresponding first plurality of playing cards. The game board has indicia thereon resembling a soccer field and a designated path divided into a plurality of spaces, each containing instructions for advancing along the designated path. The instructions contain indicia stimulating real situations in a soccer game, such as "You May Switch 1 Player with Free Agency Pile," "Propose a Trade," and the like. Some of the spaces have indicia directing a game player to "Pick Pile" which will cause the game player to pick a card from the first plurality of the Pick Pile deck of cards. The points can be added or lost as the player follows the game board and the playing card instructions. The game is played simulating the weekly games progressing to playoffs, with the player securing the highest score advancing to the finals. [0010] The board game further comprises a second plurality of decks of cards, which are used for recording the score during the "weekly" plays. The score is kept for every team and each week. The board game further comprises a plurality of tokens, which, depending on the roll of the dice, direct the players to add or subtract points during the progression of the game. Some of the instructions on the game board and the instruction cards instruct a particular soccer player to be excluded from the game due to an imaginary injury. The missing players cause the game player to lose a designated number of points. The board game may be played by two or more players, repeating weekly plays and season plays indefinitely. BREIF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0011] Reference will now be made to the drawings, wherein like parts are designated by like numerals, and wherein [0012] FIG. 1 is a plan view of the board game in accordance with the present invention. [0013] FIG. 2 is a plan view of the individual score sheet for the season issued to each player [0014] FIG. 3 is a plan view of the individual score sheets and weekly rosters to be filled in by an individual player for every week for Weeks 1 through 7. [0015] FIG. 4 is a plan view of the individual score sheets and weekly rosters for playing during Weeks 8 through 14. [0016] FIG. 5 is a plan view of a playoff score sheet for Week #15. [0017] FIG. 6a is a plan view of a playoff score sheet for Championship Round Week #16. [0018] FIG. 6b is a plan view of a player score sheet of the Consolation Round Week #16. [0019] FIG. 7 is a plan view of "Injured Players" tables to be filled in by the board game players. [0020] FIG. 8a is a plan view of the playing tokens for teams 1 through 12. [0021] FIG. 8b is a plan view of weekly point tokens. Continue reading... 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