US 12,383,815 B2
Steal the bacon board game
Stevie Amos Burke, Wilmington, NC (US); and Alayne Mahoney, Wilmington, NC (US)
Filed by Stevie Amos Burke, Wilmington, NC (US); and Alayne Mahoney, Wilmington, NC (US)
Filed on Jun. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/898,408.
Prior Publication US 2021/0387082 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. A63F 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63F 3/00082 (2013.01) [A63F 3/00006 (2013.01); A63F 2003/00015 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of playing a game for four players, the method defined by:
assigning each player a number from 1 to 4;
assigning each player a pawn positioned on one of four game board homes of a game board and assigning each player to the game board home on which that player's pawn is positioned, the game board defined by a central octagon and the four game board homes, wherein each home connects to the central octagon by a set of spaces, wherein one of the spaces comprises a “running faster” box and one of the spaces comprises a “running slow” box for each set of spaces;
shuffling a set of ref cards, the ref cards defined as a set of cards, each card comprising two numbers ranging from 1 to 4, wherein each number corresponds to a player number;
selecting a ref card, wherein the numbers on the ref card identify two of the players;
wherein the two players selected on the ref card roll dice simultaneously, and the player that rolls a highest number moves the corresponding assigned pawn the number of spaces rolled by that player's die in a direction towards the central octagon and back to that player's home;
repeating the moving by the player that rolled a second highest number;
shuffling the set of ref cards and repeating the selecting step the dice-rolling step, and the moving step by the player that rolls a highest number and the player that rolls a second highest number in the dice-rolling step;
wherein when one of the players moves from that player's home to the central octagon and back to that player's home without getting tagged, that player wins one point;
wherein a tag occurs when one of the players, as a trailing player, is one space behind or passes a second one of the players that has reached the central octagon and is heading back to the second player's home and when the tag occurs, both players return to their homes with no points awarded;
wherein when one of the players wins three points, that player is declared the winner of the game.