Games

Credit Card Debt Management Board Game

patent#: US 6962336

“A board game comprising a board with a path having spaces thereon, wherein the path is navigated around the board by rolling dice, with the purpose being to teach the management and elimination of credit card debt. The game incorporates real life situations requiring the increase of debt due to both external events and personal choices, and further permits the use of discretionary income to decrease credit card debt, and subsequently the accumulation of wealth.”

This game can be yours for just 12 easy payments of $19.95!!!

Gone are the days when a child could dream of taking over Atlantic City with an impressive conglomeration of houses, hotels, utilities, and railroads. The millionaire of yesterday's Monopoly board has become destitute and penniless, selling his monocle for one night in a warm bed on Mediterranean Avenue. The glory days are over: The Dog has lost its bark, the Race Car has crashed, the Thimble has succombed to the needle.

Welcome to the Game of Real Life.

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posted on 11/23/2005, patent issued on 11/8/2005

Limbo Game

patent#: US 6854734

Puts all the ingredients of limbo into one convenient bar. Knee injuries not included.

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posted on 3/29/2005, patent issued on 2/15/2005

Billiard Training Aid

patent#: US 6827651

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posted on 12/7/2004, patent issued on 12/7/2004

Fuel Dispensing Nozzle Equipped with a Game or Other Activity

patent#: US 6783028

Have you ever been alone at a gas station, filling up your tank, thinking, "I have so many opinions. Some of them are strong, some are moderate, some don't even qualify as opinions but fall in a hazy middle ground. If only someone would listen."

Well guess what, the gas pump is listening.

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posted on 8/31/2004, patent issued on 8/31/2004

What's for Dinner Board Game

patent#: US 6755418

At last a board game has come along for the hungry and indecisive...

Illinois inventor Wayne Jackson, has come to the hesitant chef's rescue with his What's for Dinner Boar Game. The object of the game is to prepare one item from each of the four Midwestern food groups: "Main Course", "Veggies", "Soup or Salad" and "Dessert." The first one to fix a meal wins (and ideally heads to the kitchen to start the actual cooking).

The player rolls the dice until they land on a dish. Then they move around the square trying to avoid such time-consuming whammies as "boil" "simmer" and, worst of all, "stew" (no, not stew!). Next they try to land on the "Get Cooking" square, at which point they roll another set of dice to wear down the clock until the first course has been completely "cooked." Then the cycle is repeated three more times until a full meal has been prepared. Sadly, the important concept of kitchen multi-tasking is never introduced: "Darn, if only I had made the greenbeans, salad, and jello while the turkey roasted for the past 3½ hours!"

The game seems like a great way to teach spoiled brats how lucky they are to get a home-cooked meal, but if you're hungry and trying to decide what to eat, might I suggest taking out the scissors and tape and playing a little game called Take Out Menu Twister-Spinner (first course: Deep Fried Won Tons, from the China Garden, second Course: a large Meat Lover's Pizza, from Domino's, etc).

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posted on 11/8/2005, patent issued on 6/29/2004

Skate Board Maze

patent#: US 6742780

Please, watch the road

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posted on 6/1/2004, patent issued on 6/1/2004