Global Patent Index - EP 2117657 A4

EP 2117657 A4 20120815 - GAME APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PLAY

Title (en)

GAME APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PLAY

Title (de)

SPIELVORRICHTUNG UND SPIELVERFAHREN

Title (fr)

APPAREIL DE JEU ET PROCÉDÉ DE JEU

Publication

EP 2117657 A4 20120815 (EN)

Application

EP 08714365 A 20080306

Priority

  • AU 2008000317 W 20080306
  • AU 2007901143 A 20070306

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2008106743A1] A game in which a number of players can participate comprising a playing surface and number of playing pieces, the playing surface having a track comprising a number of lanes in a one to one correspondence with the playing pieces, each playing piece being associated with one of the lanes, each lane comprising an equal number of spaces extending from a start to a finish space, in use the playing pieces being moveable sequentially along the spaces or their respective lane from start to finish, the game apparatus further comprising a set of playing tokens divided into a number of subsets also in a one to one correspondence with the number of playing pieces, each playing piece being associated with one of the subsets of playing tokens, the playing surface further comprising a set of stations representing an outcome of the passage of at least one of the playing pieces from its start to finish on the track in accordance with the disposing of a token, the stations being associated with reward tokens which can be placed on one or more stations by players and also representative of a reward in the event of the designated outcome of the station being achieved.

IPC 8 full level

A63F 3/00 (2006.01); A63F 1/04 (2006.01); A63F 9/14 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A63F 3/00082 (2013.01 - EP US); A63F 3/00157 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

  • No further relevant documents disclosed
  • See references of WO 2008106743A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2008106743 A1 20080912; AU 2008222615 A1 20080912; CN 101674866 A 20100317; CN 101674866 B 20120905; EP 2117657 A1 20091118; EP 2117657 A4 20120815; SG 179444 A1 20120427; US 2010127453 A1 20100527

DOCDB simple family (application)

AU 2008000317 W 20080306; AU 2008222615 A 20080306; CN 200880014962 A 20080306; EP 08714365 A 20080306; SG 2012015905 A 20080306; US 53014408 A 20080306