SCRAMMBLE GAME

SCRAMMBLE (JEU)

English Abstract

The SCRAMMBLE Game is based on guessing a co-player's hidden word.
The minimum number of players is two, and the maximum number is infinite.
The game is composed of a bag (or box) of letter and blank tiles (aims)(figure
1), another bag (or box)
of guessing (marks) tokens (figure2) and a board for each player (figure 3),
eventually with an inclined
small board (figure 4).
The game can also could be played on a computer/smartphone/tablet or an
electronic device, via an app
(software application).

Claims

Claims:
1. A game based on guessing the co-player's hidden word.
2. Each player has a game board (figure 3). On the left column (Aims) are the
rows of the guessing
letters (figure 1), and to the right column (Marks) are the results of each
try, via white and red tokens
(figurel), with the meaning:
a. White token ¨ a letter of the hidden word is guessed, but it is not in the
right position in the
word
b. Red token - a letter in the right position is guessed.
3. Each player (side) game board (figure 3) have an inclined board cover
(figure 3a) (or an optional
inclined display, figure 4 and 4a), under (or on) which he'll compose and hide
his word.
4. A bag of letters and a bag of guessing tokens are in the middle, for common
use.
5. The words are composed using random letter tiles picked blindly from the
bag, or each player
chooses his own word and ¨ after the word is written with the tiles from the
bag ¨ it is positioned in a
secret way under the inclined board cover (or on the inclined board), in a
manner which is hidden from
the other players.
Date Recue/Date Received 2022-05-04

Description

Description:
1. The SCRAMMBLE board game description:
The SCRAMMBLE game is based on guessing the hidden (secret) word of your co-
player.
The minimum number of players is two, and the maximum number is infinite.
Each player has to compose a hidden word, and that hidden word has to be
guessed by the other
player(s). Meantime, the player also has to guess his opponent hidden word.
At the beginning of the game, the players have to follow the general rules, or
to decide some
custom ones.
The game board ¨ figure 3 ¨ could be extended infinitely, until the
competitors guess the hidden
secret word.
The winner is the one who guesses the secret word in the least number of tried
attempts. If two
players have the same number, then the winner is the one with the longest
word. If they have the same
length, then the winner is the one with no blank. If all of them didn't use a
blank, then the winner is the
one who used the most consonants in his word. If they have the same number,
then it is a draw.
2. General rules:
a. The game is composed of a bag (or box) of letters, printed on little
squares on one side
(figure 1), some blank ones, with no letter inscribed, a bag (or box) of some
same sized squares painted
in two colours (figure 1), white and red, which are used in the process of
guessing the words, a game
board (figure 3), with an inclined board cover (figure 3a) or (optional) an
inclined board display (figure
4), where the hidden word is composed and hidden. The bag of letters have the
specific percentage of
use for each language, the number of blanks should be sufficient for 4
players, same for the white and
red tokens.
b. The word composition:
- the word can be composed blindly by extracting a specific number of
letters from the bag.
That specific number of letters by default is 10, but could be changed by the
custom rules.
- or the word can be custom made by each player, who then picks the chosen
letters from the
bag.
- after the word is made or chosen, then the tokens are arranged on the
hidden board, not visible
to the other players, or are placed them upside down, in the word arrangement.
- the word can be any length (up to ten letters) or a specific one, for
example seven letters,
established at the beginning of the game among the players.
- the word should be at singular mode, the verb only at infinitive or
participle, proper names are
not allowed, the word should be a minimum of 3 letters.
- in case a player cannot build a word with a minimum of 3 letters, then he
can swap or pick
another 3 letters. And so doing can be penalized 1 point (one point is a row
in the guessing attempts)..
If again he cannot build his word then he can pick (or swap) another 3 letter
tokens, which results in
him penalized by 3 points.
- if a player wants a blank, which could be any letter, then he is
penalized by 3 points. Only one
blank per player can be used in the word composition, and the blank should not
be used in an
Date Recue/Date Received 2022-05-31

ambiguous way, that means the same blank can have multiple meanings, and the
word too. For
example, the word "to en", the blank could be a "k" or a "t", so the words
could be "token" or "totem".
c. The guessing procedure:
- the first player picks ten letters (or the specific number which the
players agreed to at the
beginning of the game) and then arranges them on his board, on the first line.
The second player places
on the same board, on the same line white and red tokens, a white token for
each guessed letter, but not
in the right place, and a red token for each guessed letter in the right place
in the word. For example,
the hidden second player word is "direct", and the first player put on the
first line the letters "aeiouy".
So, the second player puts on the right of the first line only two white
tokens, for the letters "e" and "i".
- the second player puts on his board's first line his letters, after that
he'll receive the answer
tokens from the third player and so on.
- if a player can't guess the word, he could use a blank, but then is be
penalized by 5 points. He
can use only one blank for the guessing procedure.
- the winner will be the one who has the smallest number of points, i.e.
the sum of the row
numbers plus the penalties. For example a player guesses the word in 9 rows
(tries), and he has a blank
token for word composing, 3 points. So his total is 12 points.
- There is an example on the attached figure 5, "SCRAMMBLE board game-play
example".
3. Custom rules
a. The word composing procedure
- for the blind version of picking the word letters, if the word is bigger
than 5 letters the player
could obtain extra points, for example one point for each extra letter.
- the player can have a one time free (or payed with 1, 2 or 3 points)
option of calling "help"
from a specific other player, or from a dictionary.
- each player can have a free blank, which he can use for the word
composition or for the
guessing procedure.
- once the word is composed, the player should announce the length of his
word.
- the words can be only on a chosen theme, for example only geographic, or
technical, or nature
¨ plants or animals ¨ category.
b. The not use of a letter, in the word. As in the example of a game-play,
figure 5, row 8, a player could
not use any token for certain positions (letters of the word). That fact is
not like he used blanks, so he'll
not be penalized.
c. The players could agree for specific details of the game, before the game
starts (for example calling
the number of letters of his word).
4. The APP variant. The SCRAMMBLE game can be played on a
computer/tablet/smartphone and
other electronic devices, via an app (application).
Date Recue/Date Received 2022-05-31