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They Invented What? (No. 220)

Posted in They Invented What? by Jake Ward on September 19, 2012

U.S. Patent Appl. Pub. No. 20120187627:  Scallywags board game.

JW Note:  In honor of “International Talk Like A Pirate Day”, September 19, 2012 – Yarrrrr.

1. An interactive pirate themed board game comprising: a. a pirate ship shaped game board; b. a plurality of spaces on the game board, where said plurality of spaces are arranged in a plurality of levels; c. a plurality of physically acquired pirate related paraphernalia is provided as a player moves along the plurality of spaces on the game board; d. a starting position, where said starting position is at a lowest level of the plurality of levels; and e. a finishing position, where said finishing position is at a highest level of the plurality of levels, and where said finishing position is associated with physically receiving at least one object and with winning the interactive pirate themed board game.

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