Amusement devices: games – Surface projectile game; game element – Ball games
Patent
1980-05-27
1982-08-24
Marlo, George J.
Amusement devices: games
Surface projectile game; game element
Ball games
273286, A63F 700
Patent
active
043457606
ABSTRACT:
An educational marble game in which players project spherical playing pieces--marbles--on a textured game board carpet on which indicia are presented having unnamed geographical significance, such as a map of the United States, subdivided into the various subdivisions, such as states. By playing the game, the players enjoy the challenge of the manual dexterity of projecting the marbles along with the benefit of naming and learning geographical facts simultaneously and in combination.
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"The Washington Star," Sunday Magazine Section, Jun. 25, 1967, p. 9.
Marlo George J.
Watkins Robert B.
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