Abstract:
This disclosure is directed to an amusement game and methods for playing the game. The amusement game includes a programmable game device configured to operate under a predetermined set of parameters, which may appear to the players to be random. Players then engage the programmable game device with a plurality of game pieces while moving game markers along a game path from start to finish. The amusement game may be played using one or more game sets, for example a physical board game set and a pair of digital games may be played simultaneously using the Internet. The game sets, including the programmable game devices, are in digital communication with each other so players in different locations can play a single game together. The amusement game includes processors and memory to store and communicate game data between physical game sets and digital games, such as played on mobile electronic devices. The programmable game device may be configured in a variety of forms, including animate and inanimate objects, both real and imagined.