Method of movement and play in a game

Abstract

A method of movement and play in a game by which cards are used to define the path of movement for the game pieces in the game, movement markers are used to plot the path of movement for a game piece, and the game piece is moved along the plotted path according to the rules of the game.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A method for defining the movement of a game piece in a game, comprising: 
 providing at least one game piece;    providing a plurality of movement markers;    defining a path of movement with a navigation card;    plotting the path of movement with the plurality of movement markers for the at least one game piece; and    moving the at least one game piece along the path plotted by the plurality of movement markers.    
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , the method further comprising providing a plurality of navigation cards.  
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein defining the path of movement further includes selecting one of the plurality of navigation cards to define a path of movement for the at least one game piece.  
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein providing a plurality of navigation cards includes providing different paths of movement on different navigation cards within the plurality of navigation cards.  
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein defining a path of movement with a navigation card includes selecting one path from multiple paths of movement on the navigation card.  
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein plotting the path of movement with a plurality of movement markers includes placing the at least one game piece at a starting location, the path of movement plotted from that starting location.  
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein plotting the movement of the at least one game piece with a plurality of movement markers includes laying out multiple movement markers on the playing surface to match the path of movement.  
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein plotting the path of movement with the plurality of movement markers includes aligning one side of a movement marker with the side of an adjacent movement marker to create a path of movement identical to the path specified by the navigation card.  
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the movement markers are octagonal tokens.  
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein providing the at least one game piece includes providing variable information on the at least one game piece, the variable information relating to the status of that game piece during a game.  
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein moving the at least one game piece along the path plotted by the plurality of movement markers includes moving the at least one game piece a distance along the path, the distance defined by the variable information on the at least one game piece.  
     
     
         12 . A method of defining the movement of game pieces in a game, comprising: 
 providing a plurality of game pieces;    providing a plurality of movement markers;    providing a plurality of navigation cards for determining the paths of movement by the game pieces;    plotting the paths of movement of the game pieces with the plurality of movement markers to match the paths of movement specified on the navigation cards; and    moving the game pieces along the paths plotted by the plurality of movement markers.    
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein providing a plurality of navigation cards includes providing different paths of movement on different navigation cards.  
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein providing a plurality of navigation cards includes at least one of the plurality of navigation cards having multiple paths of movement.  
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein plotting the paths of movement with a plurality of movement markers includes placing the game pieces at starting locations, the paths of movement plotted from the starting locations.  
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein plotting the paths of movement of the game pieces with the plurality of movement markers includes laying out multiple movement markers on the playing surface to match the paths of movement specified by the navigation cards.  
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the movement markers are octagonal tokens.  
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein plotting the paths of movement of the game pieces with the plurality of movement markers includes aligning one side of a movement marker with the side of an adjacent movement marker to create paths of movement identical to the paths of movement specified by the navigation cards.  
     
     
         19 . A card for use in a game having a game piece, the card comprising: 
 at least one path of movement for the game piece.    
     
     
         20 . The card of  claim 19 , wherein the path of movement defines a direction and a distance.  
     
     
         21 . The card of  claim 20 , wherein the direction is non-linear.  
     
     
         22 . The card of  claim 19 , wherein the path of movement is defined by multiple shapes illustrated on the card.  
     
     
         23 . The card of  claim 22 , wherein each of the multiple shapes indicates an orientation of the game piece.  
     
     
         24 . The card of  claim 23 , wherein the multiple shapes are identical shapes.  
     
     
         25 . The card of  claim 24 , wherein the multiple shapes are octagons.  
     
     
         26 . The card of  claim 19 , wherein the at least one path of movement includes two paths of movement.  
     
     
         27 . The card of  claim 26 , wherein the two paths of movement are mirror images of each other.