Dart Throwing Game

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The disclosure relates to dart games and more particularly pertains to a new dart game for challenging a player to spell words or to complete challenges by throwing darts at a game board. The game includes a game board that has letter indicia and tilted letter indicia and numerical indicia and symbol indicia applied to the game board in plurality of squares of a grid. The game includes a plurality of darts and a respective dart is assigned to a player. The game includes a plurality of game cards which are drawn by the player to instruct the player as to which square of the grid the user should attempt to strike with their dart.

The prior art relates to dart games including: a dart board device that includes a dartboard which is divided into a grid comprising a plurality of squares that each has either number indicia or letter indicia; a dart board game that includes a dart board that has a plurality of circular targets that are arranged in a pair of zones; a plurality of dart board games that each at least includes a dart board that has indicia comprising images of playing cards of a standard deck of fifty two playing cards. In no instance does the prior art disclose a dart board game that includes a game board with a grid comprising a plurality of squares with letter indicia and tilted letter indicia and numerical indicia and symbol indicia and a plurality of game cards that has indicia applied to the game cards which are drawn by players to instruct the players as to which of the squares of the grid the player should attempt to strike with a dart.

An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a game board which has letter indicia and tilted letter indicia and numerical indicia and symbol applied to the game board. The letter indicia, the tilted letter indicia, the numerical indicia and the symbol indicia is arranged in a grid of a plurality of squares on the game board. A respective one of the plurality of darts is assigned to a player thereby enabling the respective dart to be thrown at the game board in the attempt to strike a respective square of the plurality of squares of the grid. A respective one of a plurality of game cards is drawn by the player before the player throws the dart at the game board to instruct the player as to which square the player should attempt to strike with their dart.

There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.

The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.

1 7 FIGS.through 10 With reference now to the drawings, and in particular tothereof, a new dart game embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeralwill be described.

1 7 FIGS.through 10 12 14 12 14 15 12 16 12 16 17 12 12 18 12 18 19 12 12 20 21 14 16 18 20 22 24 12 12 22 24 25 As best illustrated in, the dart throwing gamegenerally comprises a game boardwhich has letter indiciaapplied to the game boardand the letter indiciacomprise letters of the alphabet. The game boardhas tilted letter indiciaapplied to the game boardand the tilted letter indiciacomprise letters of the alphabetwhich are tilted with respect to a vertical axis of the game board. The game boardhas numerical indiciaapplied to the game boardand the numerical indiciacomprise numbers. Additionally, the game boardhas symbol is applied to the game boardand the symbol indiciacomprise asterisks. The letter indicia, the tilted letter indicia, the numerical indiciaand the symbol indiciaare arranged in a gridof a plurality of squareson the game board. Furthermore, the game boardis mounted to a vertical support surface, such as a wall in a room for example, thereby enabling the gridof the plurality of squaresto be visible to a player.

14 16 18 20 24 22 14 16 18 20 26 12 14 16 18 20 12 20 24 22 28 22 19 18 30 32 Each of the letter indicia, the tilted letter indicia, the numerical indiciaand the symbol indiciais assigned to a respective one of the plurality of squaresof the grid. Furthermore, each of the letter indicia, the tilted letter indicia, the numerical indiciaand the symbol indiciaare applied to a front surfaceof the game board. Additionally, each of the letter indicia, the tilted letter indicia, the numerical indiciaand the symbol indiciahas one of a plurality of colors which are randomly distributed on the game board. Each of the symbol indiciaare located in a respective square of the plurality of squaresof the gridthat defines a respective one of four cornersof the gridand the numbersof the numerical indiciainclude “−1”and “−1”.

12 34 22 36 38 34 12 22 40 42 34 12 22 44 46 34 12 22 48 50 34 12 38 34 50 34 42 34 46 34 34 The game boardhas a perimeter edgeand the gridhas a top sidewhich is spaced from and is oriented parallel to a top sideof the perimeter edgeof the game board. The gridhas a first lateral sidewhich is spaced from and is oriented parallel to a first lateral sideof the perimeter edgeof the game board. Additionally, the gridhas a second lateral sidewhich is spaced from and is oriented parallel to a second lateral sideof the perimeter edgeof the game board. Lastly, the gridhas a bottom sidewhich is spaced from and is oriented parallel to a bottom sideof the perimeter edgeof the game board. Each of the top sideof the perimeter edgeand the bottom sideof the perimeter edgeare perpendicularly oriented with each of the first lateral sideof the perimeter edgeand the second lateral sideof the perimeter edgesuch that the game boardhas a rectangular shape.

12 52 26 12 52 54 56 22 52 36 22 54 52 56 22 58 44 22 The game boardhas column indiciaapplied to the front surfaceof the game board. The column indiciacomprise numberseach positioned over a respective one of a plurality of columnsof the grid. Furthermore, the column indiciaare distributed along the top sideof the grid. The numbersassociated with the column indiciarange between zero and eleven. Additionally, the plurality of columnsof the gridincludes a blank column of the gridwhich is aligned with the second lateral sideof the grid.

60 12 60 34 12 60 62 62 62 22 14 16 18 20 60 12 A borderis attached to the game boardand the borderextends along a full length of the perimeter edgeof the game board. The borderincludes a plurality of memberseach being perpendicularly oriented with an adjacent one of the plurality of members. In this way the plurality of membersforms a rectangle which surrounds the griddefined by the letter indicia, the tilted letter indicia, the numerical indiciaand the symbol indicia. The bordermay be comprised of a rigid material, including but not being limited to wood or plastic for example, to enhance rigidity of the game board.

64 64 25 64 12 64 25 25 24 24 22 25 64 66 68 70 68 66 64 68 66 64 25 26 12 64 25 12 12 A plurality of dartsis provided and a respective one of the plurality of dartsis assigned to the playerthereby enabling the respective dartto be thrown at the game board. In this way the respective dartthat is assigned to the playerenables the playerto attempt to strike a respective squareof the plurality of squaresof the gridwhich corresponds to a choice of the player. Each of the plurality of dartsincludes a shaftwhich has a front endand a back end; the front endof the shaftof each of the plurality of dartstapers to point thereby enabling the front endof the shaftof the respective dartthat is assigned with the playerto penetrate the front surfaceof the game boardwhen the respective dartthat is assigned to the playeris thrown at the game board. Furthermore, the game boardis comprised of a penetrable material including but not being limited to compressed felt or cork or other similar material commonly associated with dart boards.

64 64 72 66 68 70 66 72 25 64 64 74 76 78 66 70 66 74 66 64 64 64 64 12 74 64 78 66 64 Each dartof the plurality of dartsincludes a gripextending around the shaftat a point located between the front endand the back endof the shaftthereby enabling the gripto be gripped by the player. Each dartof the plurality of dartsincludes a plurality of wingswhich each has a coupled edgethat is coupled to an exterior surfaceof the shaftat a point located adjacent to the back endof the shaft. Each of the plurality of wingson the shaftof a respective dartstabilizes the respective dartwhile the respective darttravels through the air when the respective dartis thrown at the game board. Additionally, the plurality of wingson the respective dartis radially distributed around the exterior surfaceof the shaftof the respective dart.

80 80 80 25 25 64 25 12 80 82 82 25 25 64 25 12 82 82 84 82 82 86 84 82 25 25 24 24 22 12 14 86 82 25 A plurality of game cardsis provided and a respective game cardof the plurality of game cardscan be drawn by the playerbefore the playerthrows the dartthat is assigned to the playerat the game board. The plurality of game cardsincludes a plurality of word game cardsand a respective word game cardis drawn by the playerbefore the playerthrows the dartthat is assigned to the playerat the game boardduring the course of a word spelling challenge. Each word game cardof the plurality of word game cardshas word indicaapplied to the word game cardof the plurality of word game cardscomprising a word. Furthermore, the word indiciaon the respective word game cardthat is drawn by the playerinstructs the playerto attempt to strike a respective squareof the plurality of squaresof the gridon the game boardwhich has the letter indiciain the attempt to spell the wordon the respective word game cardthat was drawn by the playerduring the course of the word spelling challenge.

80 88 88 25 25 64 25 12 88 88 90 88 88 92 92 90 88 25 25 24 24 22 12 88 25 80 94 94 96 94 14 16 18 20 52 The plurality of game cardsincludes a plurality of category game cardsand a respective category game cardis drawn by the playerbefore the playerthrows the dartthat is assigned to the playerat the game boardduring the course of a category challenge. Each category game cardof the plurality of category game cardshas category indiciaapplied to the category game cardof the plurality of category game cardscomprising a wordor wordsdescribing an object. Additionally, the category indiciaon the respective category game cardthat is drawn by the playerinstructs the playerto attempt to strike a respective squareof the plurality of squaresof the gridon the game boardwhich corresponds to the object described on the respective category game cardthat is drawn by the playerduring the course of the category challenge. The plurality of game cardsincludes a plurality of battle game cardseach of the plurality of battle game cardshas battle indiciaapplied to the battle game cardswhich comprises a description of one of the colors of any of the letter indiciaor the tilted letter indiciaor the numerical indiciaor the symbol indiciaas well as one of the numbers of the column indicia.

25 24 22 64 20 25 24 24 64 14 25 98 25 24 22 64 14 25 24 24 25 24 16 100 64 In use, during the course of an alphabet challenge game the playermust strike the squareof the gridwith their dartthat has the symbol indiciato begin the alphabet challenge. The playermust then strike each squareof the plurality of squareswith their dartwhich has the letter indiciain alphabetical order until the playerreaches the letter “Z”. During the course of a challenge match game the playermust strike a pair of the squaresof the gridwith their dartwhich has matching letter indicia. The playermust then strike two pairs and then three of a kind and then two sets of three of a kind and then five consecutive letters of the alphabet and then six squaresof the plurality of squaresthat has the same color. The challenge match game is completed when the playerstrikes one of the squaresthat has the tilted letter indiciaof the letter “X”with their dart.

25 24 20 25 88 25 24 14 88 25 25 24 16 102 25 25 24 16 100 25 88 25 24 16 104 25 88 25 25 24 16 104 25 25 24 18 32 25 24 18 32 25 24 18 30 25 24 18 30 25 20 20 20 20 25 25 During the course of a challenge word game the playermust strike one of the squaresthat has the symbol indiciaand then the playerdraws a category game card. The playermust then attempt to strike the squaresthat have the letter indiciain the proper sequence to spell the object on the category game cardthat the playerhas drawn. If the playerstrikes one of the squaresthe has the tilted letter indiciawhich is the letter “R”then the playermust restart from the beginning of spelling the object. If the playerstrikes one of the squaresthe has the tilted letter indiciawith is the letter “X”then that playermust draw a new category game cardand start over. If the playerstrikes one of the squaresthat has the tilted letter indiciawith is the letter “S”then the playermust switch category game cardswith a different player. If playerstrikes the squarewith the tilted letter indiciaof the letter “S”more than one time then the playerloses their remaining attempts for their turn. If the playerstrikes one of the squareswith the numerical indiciawith the “−1”then the playermay skip a letter of the object they are attempting to spell. The squarewith the numerical indiciawith the “−1”may only be used twice per round. If the playerstrikes one of the squareswith the numerical indiciawith the “−1”then the playermust go back to the previous letter of the object they are attempting to spell. Additionally, the squarewith the numerical indiciawith the “−1”may only be used twice per round. The challenge word game consists of four rounds and the playermust strike one symbol indiciato commence round one, two symbol indiciato commence round two, three symbol indiciato commence round three and four symbol indiciato commence round four. Furthermore, the playerwins the challenge word game when the playercompletes round four.

25 94 25 24 22 96 94 94 96 25 24 94 25 94 25 25 During the course of a challenge battle game the playerdraws five of the plurality of battle game cards. The playermust strike one of the plurality of squaresthat is both located in the column 56 of the gridindicated by the battle indiciaon the battle game cardas well as having the color that is described by the battle indiciaon the battle game card. Once the playersucceeds in striking each of the plurality of squaresdescribed by all five of their battle game cardsthen the playermust draw an additional five battle game cards. The challenge battle game consists of four rounds and the playerwins the challenge battle when the playercompletes all four rounds of the challenge battle.

With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.

Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.