Board Games and Methods of Playing

Abstract

A board game includes a plurality of game pieces, a plurality of reward cards, and a game board, where the game board includes a travel path on the game board, said travel path including a plurality of instruction spaces, a plurality of hidden cache spaces, and a plurality of open cache spaces, where one of said plurality of hidden cache spaces and one of said plurality of open cache spaces are associated with one of said plurality of game pieces, and at least one instruction space includes directions to add one of said plurality of reward cards to one of said plurality of open cache spaces that is associated with one of said plurality of game pieces.

1 . A board game, comprising:
 a plurality of game pieces;   a plurality of reward cards; and   a game board, comprising:
 a travel path on the game board, said travel path comprising a plurality of instruction spaces; 
 a plurality of hidden cache spaces; and 
 a plurality of open cache spaces, wherein one of said plurality of hidden cache spaces and one of said plurality of open cache spaces are associated with one of said plurality of game pieces, 
   
       wherein at least one of said plurality of instruction spaces comprises directions to add one of said plurality of reward cards to one of said plurality of open cache spaces that is associated with one of said plurality of game pieces. 
     
     
         2 . The board game of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of said plurality of instruction spaces comprises directions to add one of said plurality of reward cards to one of said plurality of hidden cache spaces that is associated with one of said plurality of game pieces. 
     
     
         3 . The board game of  claim 2 , wherein at least one of said plurality of instruction spaces comprises directions to remove one of said plurality of reward cards from one of said plurality of open cache spaces that is associated with one of said plurality of game pieces. 
     
     
         4 . The board game of  claim 3 , wherein at least one of said plurality of instruction spaces comprises directions to remove one of said plurality of reward cards from one of said plurality of hidden cache spaces that is associated with one of said plurality of game pieces. 
     
     
         5 . The board game of  claim 2 , further comprising a plurality of instruction cards, wherein at least one of said plurality of instruction cards comprises directions to add one of said plurality of reward cards to one of said plurality of open cache spaces that is associated with one of said plurality of game pieces, and at least one of said plurality of instruction cards comprises directions to add one of said plurality of reward cards to one of said plurality of hidden cache spaces that is associated with one of said plurality of game pieces. 
     
     
         6 . The board game of  claim 7 , wherein at least one of said plurality of instruction cards comprises directions to remove one of said plurality of reward cards from one of said plurality of open cache spaces that is associated with one of said plurality of game pieces. 
     
     
         7 . The board game of  claim 6 , wherein at least one of said plurality of instruction cards comprises directions to remove one of said plurality of reward cards from one of said plurality of hidden cache spaces that is associated with one of said plurality of game pieces. 
     
     
         8 . The board game of  claim 6 , wherein at least one of said plurality of instruction cards comprises directions to remove one of said plurality of reward cards from one of said plurality of open cache spaces that is associated with one of said plurality of game pieces, and if no reward card is present in said open cache space, to remove one of said plurality of reward cards from one of said plurality of hidden cache spaces that is associated with said game piece. 
     
     
         9 . The board game of  claim 2 , further comprising a plurality of question cards comprising a question and a correct answer to the question, wherein a player who provides the correct answer to the question is entitled to add one of said plurality of reward cards to one of said plurality of open cache spaces that is associated with one of said plurality of game pieces the player is using. 
     
     
         10 . The board game of  claim 2 , further comprising a plurality of question cards comprising a question and a correct answer to the question, wherein a player who provides the correct answer to the question is entitled to add one of said plurality of reward cards to one of said plurality of hidden cache spaces that is associated with one of said plurality of game pieces the player is using. 
     
     
         11 . The board game of  claim 2 , further comprising a plurality of question cards, wherein said plurality of game pieces comprise bird indicia, said plurality of reward cards comprise food indicia, and said plurality of question cards comprise trivia related to birds. 
     
     
         12 . A method of playing a board game that comprises a plurality of game pieces, a plurality of reward cards, and a game board that comprises a travel path on the game board, said travel path comprising a plurality of instruction spaces, a plurality of hidden cache spaces, and a plurality of open cache spaces, wherein one of said plurality of hidden cache spaces and one of said plurality of open cache spaces are associated with one of said plurality of game pieces, the method comprising:
 beginning a turn with one of said plurality of game pieces at a first instruction space;   advancing said game pieces along said travel path until said game piece has moved a predetermined number of spaces and lands on a second instruction spaces, said second instruction spaces comprising directions to interact with one of said plurality of game cards;   interacting with one of said plurality of game cards, wherein at least one of said plurality of game cards comprises directions to remove one of said plurality of reward cards from one of said plurality of open cache spaces other than one of said plurality of open cache spaces that is associated with said game piece; and   ending said turn.   
     
     
         13 . The method of playing the board game of  claim 12  further comprising, removing one of said plurality of reward cards from said open cache space if one of said plurality of reward cards is present in said open cache space. 
     
     
         14 . The method of playing the board game of  claim 12 , wherein at least one of said plurality of game cards comprises directions to remove one of said plurality of reward cards from one of said plurality of open cache spaces other than one of said plurality of open cache spaces that is associated with said game card, and if no reward card is present in said open cache space, to remove one of said plurality of reward cards from one of said plurality of closed cache spaces that is associated with said open cache space, the method further comprising removing a reward card from said closed cache space. 
     
     
         15 . A board game related to birds, comprising:
 a plurality of game pieces comprising bird indicia;   a plurality of reward cards comprising food indicia; and   a game board, comprising:
 a travel path on the game board, the travel path comprising a plurality of instruction spaces and at least one start space; 
 a plurality of hidden cache spaces; and 
 a plurality of open cache spaces, wherein one of said plurality of hidden cache spaces and one of said plurality of open cache spaces are associated with one of said plurality of game pieces, 
   
       wherein the instruction spaces comprise directions that relate to a behavior of birds. 
     
     
         16 . The board game related to birds relating to birds of  claim 15 , wherein at least one of said plurality of instruction spaces comprises directions to add one of said plurality of reward cards to one of said plurality of open cache spaces that is associated with one of said plurality of game pieces and at least one of said plurality of instruction spaces comprises directions to add one of said plurality of reward cards to one of said plurality of hidden cache spaces that is associated with one of said plurality of game pieces. 
     
     
         17 . The board game relating to birds of  claim 16 , further comprising a plurality of game cards comprising a plurality of instruction cards and a plurality of question cards. 
     
     
         18 . The board game relating to birds of  claim 17 , wherein at least one of said plurality of game cards comprises directions to add one of said plurality of reward cards to one of said plurality of open cache spaces that is associated with one of said plurality of game pieces, and at least one of said plurality of game cards comprises directions to add one of said plurality of reward cards to one of said plurality of hidden cache spaces that is associated with one of said plurality of game pieces. 
     
     
         19 . The board game relating to birds of  claim 18 , wherein at least one of said plurality of game cards comprises directions to remove one of said plurality of reward cards from one of said plurality of open cache spaces that is associated with the game piece, and if no reward card is present in said open cache space, to remove one of said plurality of reward cards from one of said plurality of hidden cache spaces that is associated with said game piece. 
     
     
         20 . The board game relating to birds of  claim 19 , wherein at least one of said plurality of game cards comprises directions to remove one of said plurality of reward cards from one of said plurality of open cache spaces that corresponds with one of said plurality of game pieces, and at least one of said plurality of game cards comprises directions to remove one of said plurality of reward cards from one of said plurality of hidden cache spaces that corresponds with one of said plurality of game pieces.