Scent-based board game and method of playing

a board game and game technology, applied in the field of art of games, can solve the problem that games fail to directly challenge the senses of players

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-08-13
UNKNOWN GAMES LLC AN OHIO LIMITED LIABILITY
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Benefits of technology

"The present invention provides a game for at least one player that allows players to progress through the game without following any path and use their senses to correctly identify the identity of clues as part of the game. The game includes a playing surface with at least two different venues, location generator, position marker, and scent, texture, audio, and visual media for each venue. The player identifies the venue where the scent or texture is located using the location generator and markets it by selecting the appropriate media. The player then identifies the scent, texture, sound, or visual representation generated by the selected media and claims the venue if a predetermined number of media are correctly identified. The invention provides an immersive experience for players and allows them to use their senses to identify clues and progress through the game."

Problems solved by technology

Although these games provides intellectual challenges for players by asking questions or matching objects, these games fail to directly challenge the senses of the players.

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[0023]The invention will now be described with reference to the drawing figures, in which like reference numerals refer to like parts throughout. An embodiment in accordance with the present invention provides an interactive scent-based board game that directly challenges the different senses of the player and requires the player to correctly identify the identity of an object using the clue.

[0024]The Game

[0025]FIG. 1 is block diagram of a game 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the game 10 includes: a game surface 100, scent generating device 200, position marker 300, and a movement determinative device 400.

[0026]According to various embodiments, the game surface 100 may include any suitable surfaces. Examples of suitable game surface 100 generally include a card board surface, a plastic surface, a cloth surface, a monitor surface, a combinations thereof, or the like.

[0027]According to various embodiments, the scent generating device 200 may...

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Abstract

The present invention provides a board game and a method of play thereof to challenge the olfactory sense of the player. The game includes a game playing surface, a location generator, a position marker and a plurality of scent generating media. The game playing surface has at least two different venues and each scent generating media has a scent associated with one of the venues. The location generator has an indicator for each venue. The position maker indicates a location of each player on the game playing surface. Each of the plurality of scent generating media has a scent associated with one of the venues.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a Continuation-In-Part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______, entitled “SCENT-BASED BOARD GAME,” filed on Oct. 6, 2008, having a Ser. No. 12 / 246,271, which is a divisional application of U.S. patent application entitled, “SCENT-BASED BOARD GAME,” filed Nov. 3, 2005, having a Ser. No. 11 / 265,128, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 7,490,833, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application entitled, “SCENT-BASED BOARD GAME,” filed Nov. 5, 2004, having a Ser. No. 60 / 625,213, the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates generally to the art of games for at least one player. More particularly, the present invention relates to the art of board games which utilize the senses, including smell, touch, sight, hearing, and tasting.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Games are widely utilized to provide intellectual sti...

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Patent Type & AuthorityApplications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A63F3/00
CPCA63F1/04A63F2250/021A63F3/00006
InventorPINTO, RUSSELLMCCLURE, GEORGE W.HARRIS, DALE IAN
OwnerUNKNOWN GAMES LLC AN OHIO LIMITED LIABILITY