Bag Toss Game Apparatus and Method of Play

Abstract

A bean bag toss and board hole game apparatus and method is disclosed. The game apparatus comprises a durable, weatherproof planar board with a top and underside surface or bottom surface, featuring four openings with numerical point values, for example, from one to four. The board's design is customizable in shape, size, and aesthetics to cater to various user preferences and event themes. The game includes a unique scoring gameplay that requires players to accumulate, for example, exactly 11 points for victory, with a specific rule that resets the score to one if the accumulated points exceed 11 points. A cancellation rule is included, where points are nullified by opposing players' successful throws into the same opening in the same round. In one embodiment, the board includes detachable, telescoping legs for stability and a net associated with each hole for bean bag retrieval.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A bag toss and board hole game comprising:
 a planar board having a top surface, a bottom surface, a front edge, and a rear edge;   a plurality of bags;   wherein said planar board having at least three holes therethrough; and   further wherein a first hole having a first score value, a second hole having a second score value, and a third hole having a third score value.   
     
     
         2 . The bag toss and board hole game of  claim 1  further comprising a fourth hole having a fourth score value. 
     
     
         3 . The bag toss and board hole game of  claim 2 , wherein said first hole, said second hole, said third hole, and said fourth hole having the same size and same shape. 
     
     
         4 . The bag toss and board hole game of  claim 2 , wherein said first hole, said second hole, said third hole, and said fourth hole having different sizes. 
     
     
         5 . The bag toss and board hole game of  claim 3 , wherein said first hole, said second hole, said third hole, and said fourth hole are a shape selected from the group consisting of a circle, a rectangle, a triangle, and a paw print. 
     
     
         6 . The bag toss and board hole game of  claim 4 , said different sizes of said first hole, said second hole, said third hole, and said fourth hole are inversely proportional to said first score value, said second score value, said third score value, and said fourth score value. 
     
     
         7 . The bag toss and board hole game of  claim 2 , wherein said first score value is 1 point, said second score value is 2 points, said third score value is 3 points, and said fourth score value is 4 points. 
     
     
         8 . The bag toss and board hole game of  claim 2 , wherein said first hole is disposed proximal to said front edge. 
     
     
         9 . The bag toss and board hole game of  claim 8 , wherein said fourth hole is disposed proximal to said rear edge. 
     
     
         10 . The bag toss and board hole game of  claim 9 , wherein said second hole is disposed between said first hole and said third hole. 
     
     
         11 . The bag toss and board hole game of  claim 10 , wherein said third hole is disposed between said second hole and said fourth hole. 
     
     
         12 . The bag toss and board hole game of  claim 11 , wherein said bottom surface having a plurality of legs detachable to said bottom surface. 
     
     
         13 . The bag toss and board hole game of  claim 1 , wherein each one of said at least three holes having a net thereunder for capturing said plurality of bags thrown through said at least three holes. 
     
     
         14 . A method of playing a bag toss and board hole game, the method comprising the steps of:
 providing a planar board having a top surface, a bottom surface, a front edge, and a rear edge, and a plurality of bags, wherein said planar board having at least three holes therethrough, further wherein a first hole having a first score value, a second hole having a second score value, and a third hole having a third score value;   tossing from a distance said plurality of bags at said planar board;   scoring each of said plurality of bags in a round of said tossing said plurality of bags;   totaling said scoring of each said round; and   accumulating said totaling of said scoring to reach a target score of said totaling said scoring.   
     
     
         15 . The method of playing a bag toss and board hole game of  claim 14  further comprising a fourth hole having a fourth score value. 
     
     
         16 . The method of playing a bag toss and board hole game of  claim 15 , wherein said first hole, said second hole, said third hole, and said fourth hole having the same size and same shape. 
     
     
         17 . The method of playing a bag toss and board hole game of  claim 15 , wherein said first hole, said second hole, said third hole, and said fourth hole having different sizes. 
     
     
         18 . The method of playing a bag toss and board hole game of  claim 16 , wherein said first score value is 1 point, said second score value is 2 points, said third score value is 3 points, said fourth score value is 4 points, and said target score is 11 points. 
     
     
         19 . A method of playing a bag toss and board hole game, the method comprising the steps of:
 providing a planar board having a top surface, a bottom surface, a front edge, and a rear edge, and a plurality of bags, wherein said planar board having at least three holes therethrough, further wherein a first hole having a first score value, a second hole having a second score value, a third hole having a third score value, and a fourth hole having a fourth score value;   positioning said first hole proximal to said front edge and said fourth hole proximal to said rear edge;   tossing from a distance said plurality of bags at said planar board;   scoring each of said plurality of bags in a round of said tossing said plurality of bags;   totaling said scoring of each said round; and   accumulating said totaling of said scoring to reach a first target score of said totaling of said scoring.   
     
     
         20 . The method of playing a bag toss and board hole game of  claim 19  further comprising the step of: resetting said totaling of said scoring to a second target score if said totaling of said scoring is greater than said first target score.