Game die with face cavity-insertable game chips and methods for use thereof

Abstract

A game die having a chassis with face cavities into which game chips are removably insertable. The game chips have differentiable insignia, which may be designs, numbers, letters, colors, etc. Play generally involves inserting one or more game chips into faces cavities of the die, specifying one or more target insignia, a player rolling the die, and that player winning chips if the insignia which comes up on the die roll matches one of the target insignia.

1 . An amusement system comprising:
 a game die chassis having a plurality of faces, a first subset of said faces each having a face cavity, and   a first plurality of game chips used for score keeping and having a second plurality of differentiable insignia, said first plurality being greater than said second plurality, each of said game chips being removably insertable into said face cavities.   
   
   
       2 . The amusement system of  claim 1  wherein said first subset of said faces is all of said faces. 
   
   
       3 . The amusement system of  claim 1  wherein said face cavities are positioned in said game die chassis corresponding to the faces of a regular polyhedron. 
   
   
       4 . The amusement system of  claim 3  wherein said regular polyhedron is a cube. 
   
   
       5 . The amusement system of  claim 1  wherein said game chips are disks and the face cavities have a circular aperture of a diameter which allows one of said game chips to be retained by a press fit of said one of said game chips into one of said face cavities. 
   
   
       6 . The amusement system of  claim 1  wherein said differentiable insignia of said game chips are colors. 
   
   
       7 . The amusement system of  claim 6  wherein each of said game chips has a face uniformly colored with one of said colors. 
   
   
       8 . The amusement system of  claim 1  wherein said game die chassis is made of a flexible material and said game chips are made of a non-flexible material. 
   
   
       9 . The amusement system of  claim 1  wherein a second subset of said face cavities have a set of differentiable markings. 
   
   
       10 . The amusement system of  claim 9  wherein said differentiable markings provide an integer numbering of said face cavities. 
   
   
       11 . The amusement system of  claim 1  wherein the outer surface of said game die chassis outside of said face cavities is substantially spherical. 
   
   
       12 . A method of play with a game die chassis having a plurality of faces, each of said faces having a face cavity, and a plurality of game chips used for score keeping, said game chips being removably insertable into said face cavities of said die chassis, said game chips having a plurality of differentiable insignia, comprising the steps of:
 inserting a number of said game chips into said face cavities of said die chassis, said number being between one and the number of face cavities in said die chassis;   specifying one or more target insignia;   a player rolling the die chassis, and   a game action being taken if the insignia which comes up on the roll matches said target insignia.   
   
   
       13 . The method of play of  claim 12  wherein said game action is said player being awarded an additional number of said game chips.