Baseball Board Game

Abstract

Disclosed is a baseball board game and method for playing a baseball board game the includes a game board having a baseball diamond provided thereon, one or more conventional, six-sided game dice that are rolled to achieve a sum value of three through eighteen, and rules which include batting outcomes that correspond with the three through eighteen sum values to determine events that occur during a simulated baseball game that includes two participants taking turns rolling the dice, each turn including three or more dice rolls and representing three outs of the simulated baseball game, each out being determined according to the batting outcomes. In some embodiments, the baseball board game also includes two sets of nine or more baseball cards that may be positioned at locations proximate each of the four bases on the baseball diamond. One or more score sheets are also provided in some embodiments.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]N / AFIELD OF INVENTION[0002]The present inventive concept relates generally to a baseball board game, and more particularly to a system and method to simulate a baseball game on a game board wherein conventional six-sided game dice are rolled to achieve a sum value that corresponds to a particular baseball event, namely a batting outcome.BACKGROUND[0003]The concept of simulating a baseball game using a playing surface and dice has been provided in the art according to various arrangements, configurations, and rules. For instance, various baseball board games utilize a game board and specialized dice to simulate baseball events. Other games utilize random number generators and one or more sets of special event cards to simulate baseball events. Indeed, known prior art baseball board games may require specialized dice or additional components beyond baseball player cards, conventional game dice, and a game board. Prior art baseball board gam...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

[0010]In some embodiments, the rules include the following sum values and corresponding batting outcomes: 3=HOME RUN: advances each card to score; 4=TRIPLE: advances each card three bases; 5=DOUBLE: advances each card two bases; 6=BASE ON BALLS: advances each card one base; 7=SACRIFICE FLY: (i) if a card is on third base, advances that card to score and records one out for the card at bat, unless the sacrifice fly is the third out of the inning, or (ii) if no card is on third base, records one out; 8=DOUBLE PLAY: (i) if a card is on first base, records two outs for the card on first base and the card at bat and advances cards on second base and/or third base one base if there were no outs prior to the at bat, or (ii) if no card is on first base, records one out for the card at bat and advances cards on second base and/or third base one base if there was one out or less prior to the at bat; 9=FLY OUT: records one out for the card at bat; 10=GROUND OUT: records one out for the card at bat; 11=FLY OUT: records one out for the card at bat; 12=DOUBLE PLAY: same as 8; 13=STRIKE OUT: records one out for the card at bat; 14=SINGLE: Advances each card one base, and if a card is on second base it advances to home for a run scored; 15=SINGLE: same as 14; 16=DOUBLE: same as 5; 17=TRIPLE: same as 4; 18=HOME RUN: same as 3.

[0011]In acco

Problems solved by technology

Some individuals may find these prior art baseball board games to be undesirable due to, for exa

Images