Timer and dice word games

Abstract

A game for at least two players is disclosed. The game includes a plurality of playing pieces, wherein at least some of the playing pieces include at least one of a letter indicium and a number indicium; a letter die having a plurality of sides, wherein at least some sides have a letter indicium; a bonus die having a plurality of sides, wherein at least some sides have at least one of a bonus factor indicium and an additional action indicium; and a timer.

1 . A game for at least two players, comprising: 
 a plurality of playing pieces, wherein at least some of the playing pieces include at least one of a letter indicium and a number indicium;    a letter die having a plurality of sides, wherein at least some sides have a letter indicium;    a bonus die having a plurality of sides, wherein at least some sides have at least one of a bonus factor indicium and an additional action indicium; and    a timer.    
   
   
       2 . The game of  claim 1 , further comprising a game board having a plurality of playing piece receiving spaces.  
   
   
       3 . The game of  claim 2 , wherein at least some of the playing piece receiving spaces include at least one of a bonus indicium and a bonus die indicium.  
   
   
       4 . The game of  claim 1 , wherein the letter die has at least twenty sides.  
   
   
       5 . The game of  claim 1 , wherein the timer includes a receptacle portion sized to contain the playing pieces.  
   
   
       6 . The game of  claim 1 , wherein the timer includes a pointer and a marked face having a plurality of sections, wherein the pointer is configured to point to one of the sections and to move among the sections when the timer is actuated, and wherein at least some of the sections include a score adjustment indicium.  
   
   
       7 . The game of  claim 6 , wherein at least one of the sections of the marked face includes a starting point indicium.  
   
   
       8 . The game of  claim 7 , wherein at least one of the additional action indicium of the bonus die requires starting the timer with the pointer pointing at a section of the marked face with a particular starting point indicium.  
   
   
       9 . The game of  claim 6 , wherein the timer includes an actuator configured to start the timer.  
   
   
       10 . The game of  claim 9 , wherein the actuator is configured to stop the timer.  
   
   
       11 . The game of  claim 10 , wherein the actuator is housed within the pointer such that a user may start and stop the timer by manipulating the pointer.  
   
   
       12 . The game of  claim 11 , wherein the user may start and stop the timer by pushing the pointer.  
   
   
       13 . The game of  claim 1 , further comprising a set of rules, wherein the set of rules provides that a round of game play includes one or more of: 
 rolling the letter die to determine a required playing piece;    rolling the bonus die;    starting the timer;    forming a word using the required playing piece;    stopping the timer; and    calculating a total score based at least in part on at least one of number indicia on at least some of the playing pieces used to form the word, and a score adjustment indicium on the section of the marked face that the pointer is pointing to when the timer is stopped.    
   
   
       14 . The game of  claim 13 , further comprising a game board having a plurality of playing piece receiving spaces, wherein the set of rules further provides for calculating a total score based at least in part on at least one bonus indicium when at least one of the playing pieces used to form the word on the game board is placed on at least one playing piece receiving space having at least one of the bonus indicium.  
   
   
       15 . The game of  claim 14 , wherein the set of rules further provides for following the bonus die when at least one of the playing pieces used to form the word on the game board is placed on at least one playing piece receiving space having a bonus die space indicium.  
   
   
       16 . The game of  claim 13 , wherein the set of rules further provides for calculating the total score based at least in part on a bonus factor indicium on a rolled side of the bonus die.  
   
   
       17 . The game of  claim 14 , wherein the set of rules further provides that a goal of the game is to play successive rounds until at least one of all of the playing pieces have been placed on the game board, an insufficient number of available playing piece receiving spaces is on the game board to form a word with the required playing piece, and all players have rolled the letter die and each time the required playing piece that must be placed on the game board is unavailable.  
   
   
       18 . The game of  claim 13 , wherein the set of rules further provides for, prior to game play, placing the playing pieces in a receptacle portion of the timer, and arranging the playing pieces such that the letter indicium and the number indicium of each of the playing pieces with such indicia are visible to the players.  
   
   
       19 . A game for at least two players, comprising: 
 a plurality of playing pieces, wherein at least some of the playing pieces include a letter indicium and a number indicium;    a game board having a plurality of playing piece receiving spaces, wherein at least some of the spaces include at least one of a bonus indicium and a bonus die indicium;    a letter die having at least twenty sides, wherein at least some of the sides have a letter indicium;    a bonus die having a plurality of sides; wherein at least some of the sides have at least one of a bonus factor indicium and an additional action indicium; and    a timer having a tray sized to contain the playing pieces, wherein the timer includes a pointer and a marked face having a plurality of sections, wherein the pointer is configured to point to one of the sections and to move around the sections when the timer is actuated, and wherein at least some of the sections include at least one of a score adjustment indicium and a starting point indicium.    
   
   
       20 . The game of  claim 19 , wherein the timer includes an actuator configured to start and stop the timer, wherein the actuator is housed within the pointer such that a user may start and stop the timer by pushing the pointer.  
   
   
       21 . The game of  claim 19 , wherein at least one of the additional action indicium of the bonus die requires starting the timer with the pointer pointing at a section of the marked face with a particular starting point indicium.  
   
   
       22 . The game of  claim 19 , further comprising a set of rules, wherein the set of rules provides that a round of game play includes one or more of: 
 rolling the letter die to determine a required playing piece that must be placed on the game board;    rolling the bonus die;    starting the timer;    forming a word on the game board using the required playing piece;    stopping the timer;    following the bonus die when at least one of the playing pieces used to form the word on the game board is placed on a playing piece receiving space having a bonus die indicium; and    calculating a total score based on at least one of number indicia on at least some of the playing pieces used to form the word, a bonus factor indicium on a rolled side of the bonus die, at least one bonus indicium when one or more of the playing pieces used to form the word on the game board is placed on at least one playing piece receiving space having a bonus indicium, and a score adjustment indicium on the section of the marked face of that the pointer is pointing to when the timer is stopped.    
   
   
       23 . The game of  claim 22 , wherein the set of rules further provides that a goal of the game is to play successive rounds until at least one of all of the playing pieces have been placed on the game board, an insufficient number of available playing piece receiving spaces is on the game board to form a word with the required playing piece, and all players have rolled the letter die and each time the required playing piece that must be placed on the game board is unavailable.  
   
   
       24 . A method of playing a game for at least two players, wherein the game includes a game board having a plurality of playing piece receiving spaces and a plurality of playing pieces, comprising: 
 rolling a letter die to determine a required playing piece that must be placed on the game board;    rolling a bonus die;    starting a timer;    forming a word on the game board using the required playing piece;    stopping the timer; and    calculating a total score.    
   
   
       25 . The method of  claim 24 , wherein calculating a total score is based at least in part on number indicia on at least some of the playing pieces used in forming the word on the game board.  
   
   
       26 . The method of  claim 24 , wherein calculating a total score is based at least in part on a bonus factor indicium on a rolled side of the bonus die.  
   
   
       27 . The method of  claim 24 , wherein calculating a total score is based at least in part on at least one bonus indicium when at least one of the playing pieces used to form the word on the game board is placed on at least one playing piece receiving space having the bonus indicium.  
   
   
       28 . The method of  claim 24 , wherein the timer includes a pointer and a marked face having a plurality of sections, wherein the pointer is configured to point to one of the sections and to move around the sections when the timer is actuated, wherein at least some of the sections include a score adjustment indicium, and wherein calculating a total score is based at least in part on the score adjustment indicium of the section of the marked face that the pointer is pointing to when the timer is stopped.