Three-dimensional memory and matching game

Abstract

A game set according to embodiments of the present invention includes a plurality of sets of game pieces, wherein each set includes two or more game pieces, each of which includes a common portion and an interfitting portion, wherein the common portion of each of the two or more game pieces is visually similar to the common portion of each other of the two or more game pieces, and wherein the interfitting portions of the two or more game pieces interfit three-dimensionally with each other to form a match, wherein the interfitting portions of one set are uniquely shaped with respect to the interfitting portions of another set; and a covering system configured to cover at least a portion of each game piece, such that each game piece of the plurality of sets of game pieces is visually similar when covered by the covering system.

1 . A game comprising:
 a plurality of sets of game pieces, wherein each set of the plurality of sets of game pieces comprises two or more game pieces, wherein each of the two or more game pieces comprises a common portion and an interfitting portion, wherein the common portion of each of the two or more game pieces is visually similar to the common portion of each other of the two or more game pieces, and wherein the interfitting portions of the two or more game pieces interfit three-dimensionally with each other to form a match,   wherein the interfitting portions of a first set of the plurality of sets of game pieces are uniquely shaped with respect to the interfitting portions of a second set of the plurality of sets of game pieces; and   a covering system, the covering system configured to cover at least a portion of each of the two or more game pieces of each set of the plurality of sets of game pieces, such that each game piece of the plurality of sets of game pieces is visually similar when covered by the covering system.   
     
     
         2 . The game of  claim 1 , wherein the two or more game pieces is a pair of game pieces. 
     
     
         3 . The game of  claim 1 , wherein the covering system is a base comprising a plurality of receptacles configured to receive the at least a portion of each of the two or more game pieces. 
     
     
         4 . The game of  claim 1 , wherein the common portion of each of the two or more game pieces of each set of the plurality of sets of game pieces is the same. 
     
     
         5 . The game of  claim 1 , wherein the interfitting portions of each set of the plurality of sets of game pieces are uniquely shaped with respect to the interfitting portions of each other set of the plurality of sets of game pieces. 
     
     
         6 . The game of  claim 1 , wherein the match is formed as a geometric solid shape. 
     
     
         7 . The game of  claim 6 , wherein the geometric solid shape is the same for each set of the plurality of sets of game pieces. 
     
     
         8 . The game of  claim 6 , wherein the geometric solid shape is at least partially a shape selected from the group consisting of: an egg shape, an ellipsoid, a cylinder, and a rectangular solid. 
     
     
         9 . The game of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sets of game pieces is at least five sets of game pieces. 
     
     
         10 . The game of  claim 1 , wherein one of the two or more game pieces comprises a first interfitting portion with a first three-dimensional shape, and wherein another of the two or more game pieces comprises a second interfitting portion with a second three-dimensional shape. 
     
     
         11 . The game of  claim 10 , wherein the first interfitting portion comprises a first interfitting element that extends to a first distance from the first common portion, and a second interfitting element that extends to a second distance from the first common portion, the second distance different from the first distance. 
     
     
         12 . The game of  claim 11 , wherein the first interfitting portion further comprises a third interfitting element that extends to a third distance from the first common portion, the third distance different from both the first distance and the second distance. 
     
     
         13 . The game of  claim 10 , wherein the first interfitting portion comprises at least four interfitting positions, each of the at least four interfitting positions comprising an interfitting element extending to a zero, a first, a second, or a third distance from the first common portion. 
     
     
         14 . The game of  claim 13 , wherein each of the at least four interfitting positions comprises the interfitting element extending to the zero, the first, or the second distance from the first common portion. 
     
     
         15 . A game comprising:
 a plurality of pairs of game pieces, wherein each pair of the plurality of pairs of game pieces comprises:
 a first game piece having a first common portion and a first interfitting portion; and 
 a second game piece having a second common portion and a second interfitting portion, 
 wherein the first common portion is visually the same as the second common portion, wherein the first interfitting portion interfits three-dimensionally with the second interfitting portion to form a geometric solid shape; 
   wherein the geometric solid shape is the same for each pair of the plurality of pairs of game pieces, and wherein each pair of the plurality of pairs of game pieces has first and second interfitting portions that are uniquely shaped with respect to the first and second interfitting portions of each other pair of the plurality of pairs of game pieces; and   a base comprising a plurality of receptacles configured to receive at least a portion of the plurality of pairs of game pieces, wherein each pair of the plurality of pairs of game pieces has first and second common portions that are visually the same as the first and second common portions of each other pair of the plurality of pairs of game pieces, such that each game piece of the plurality of pairs of game pieces is visually similar when received by the base.   
     
     
         16 . The game of  claim 15 , wherein the first interfitting portion has a first three-dimensional shape, and wherein the second interfitting portion has a second three-dimensional shape that is a negative of the first three-dimensional shape. 
     
     
         17 . The game of  claim 15 , wherein the first interfitting portion comprises at least nine interfitting positions, each of the at least nine interfitting positions comprising an interfitting element extending to a zero, a first, a second, or a third distance from the first common portion. 
     
     
         18 . The game set of  claim 15 , wherein the plurality of pairs of game pieces is a first plurality of pairs of game pieces, wherein the geometric solid shape is a first geometric solid shape, the game set further comprising a second plurality of pairs of game pieces wherein each pair of the second plurality of pairs of game pieces comprises:
 a third game piece having a third common portion and a third interfitting portion; and   a fourth game piece having a fourth common portion and a fourth interfitting portion,   wherein the third common portion is visually the same as the fourth common portion, wherein the third interfitting portion interfits three-dimensionally with the fourth interfitting portion to form a second geometric solid shape;   wherein the second geometric solid shape is the same for each pair of the second plurality of pairs of game pieces, and wherein each pair of the second plurality of pairs of game pieces has third and fourth interfitting portions that are uniquely shaped with respect to the third and fourth interfitting portions of each other pair of the second plurality of pairs of game pieces; and   wherein the first interfitting portion consists of one or more interfitting elements which extend to either a zero height or a first height, and   wherein the third interfitting portion comprises at least one interfitting element which extends to a second height greater than the zero height and less than the first height.   
     
     
         19 . A game having a covering system and at least three pairs of game pieces, each pair of the at least three pairs of game pieces comprising dual three-dimensionally shaped interfitting portions which interfit with one another to indicate a match, the covering system configured to receive the at least three pairs of game pieces so as to hide the three-dimensionally shaped interfitting portions, such that all game pieces of the at least three pairs of game pieces look visually the same when received by the covering system. 
     
     
         20 . The game of  claim 19 , wherein the at least three pairs of game pieces are part of a first plurality of game pieces, the game set further comprising a second plurality of game pieces, the second plurality of game pieces comprising dual three-dimensionally shaped interfitting portions which interfit with one another to indicate a match, wherein a difficulty level of the second plurality of game pieces is higher than a difficulty level of the first plurality of game pieces.