Published on 08/28/2009

"Trip-N-Trap"

"I have a passion for chess and enjoy it a lot, but I am always concerned that it is a table game to be played by only two people in "solitary", in a brain challenge only for two. The other people in the same room are excluded, unable to share comradeship, and lose the benefits of it's mental exercise.

I invented TRIP-N-TRAP because it is suitable for a wide range of ages and types of people. Others in the same room may be included even if not playing, because they may participate at least with their exclamations. It is a multiple player table game, useful as a tool for encouraging social and family interaction among players of all ages.

It is a way to pass time, but it strongly serves as a useful educational and developmental tool for children, young, and older adults to maintain both their wit and dexterity. It introduces basic terms and concepts of banking and incorporates the exercise of basic mathematical skills in a way that is appealing and fun for young children. In addition, the game may develop logic and visual memory as it exercises manual dexterity in young and old."

The invention, called TRIP-N-TRAP, features a four level table game with a center piece and a plurality of removable attachments "play-fields or countries" that connect to the center piece. This is a multiple player game that uses capital investment terminology like deposits, withdrawals,coins, money, banks and earnings. The game depends on your wit to trip and trap the other players on every transaction. The primary objective of this game is to have an educational, yet fun experience. With TRIP-N-TRAP, the consumer is able to introduce or sharpen their basic math skills, banking concepts, thinking skills, strategies and visual memory.
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