Scramble 500

Abstract

A board game comprised of arranging numerical tiles on a playing surface for the entertainment of a plurality of players. The game consists of a playing surface consisting of 260 square rectangles and a plurality of tile game pieces marked with a numerical and/or alphabetic inscription. The tiles are arranged on the playing surface in a line of tiles, not fewer than three and not more than eight. The tiles are arranged in a line of numerically matching numbers or numerically sequential numbers. The tiles inscribed with an alphabetical inscription are used as “wild” tiles. Each subsequent play must cross or add to an existing line of tiles already on the playing surface. Play is scored by adding the number of tiles played, then multiplied by “multipliers” inscribed on the tile. The play ends when the predetermined score is achieved, all tiles have been played or no player is able to make a play.

1 . A way in which to play a new tile board game wherein the playing surface is comprised of 260 square rectangles arranged in the shape of a cross. 
   
   
       2 . A new board game wherein tiles are inscribed with numbers one through eight and arranged in line of tiles no few than three and no longer than eight. The line of tiles may be a line of numerically matching tiles or a line of numerically sequential tiles. The numerically sequential tiles may increase from right to left or from left to right in the horizontal line of tiles and the numerically sequential line of tiles may increase from top to bottom or bottom to top in the vertical line of tiles. 
   
   
       3 . A new board game wherein, in addition to tiles inscribed with the numbers one through eight on them, a plurality of tiles are inscribed with the letter “S” on them. These tiles with the letter “S” inscribed on them act as “wild” tiles and may be substituted for any number, from one through eight, during play. 
   
   
       4 . A new board game where in addition to the numbers one through eight or the letter “S” are inscribed on each tile, on a select number of these tiles there is an additional, smaller number inscribed which represents the “multiplier” used in scoring the game. 
   
   
       5 . A new board game where the score is calculated by adding up the number of tiles in each new line played on the playing surface then multiplied by the sum of the new “multipliers” present in each new line of tiles on the playing surface.