Amusement devices: games – Chance devices – Electric or magnetic
Patent
1975-01-10
1976-04-20
Lowe, Delbert B.
Amusement devices: games
Chance devices
Electric or magnetic
273131BB, A63F 304
Patent
active
039514102
ABSTRACT:
The equipment for a board game includes a game board depicting the map of a geographic area divided into a multiplicity of adjoining individual areas, preferably of varying sizes. Some of these areas are marked with the names of towns. A plurality of playing pieces are provided for the use of the players, a first group of these playing pieces representing two rival contending power blocs to be controlled by respective ones of the players, and a second group of playing pieces representing units of power to be moved by the players at their turn of play. A first pack of cards to be dealt to the players includes at least some cards marked with indicia each representing units of power allocated to the players holding the cards. The indicia on these cards is identical to indicia on the playing pieces of the second group, and some of the individual map areas are marked with these indicia to indicate home sites for the playing pieces marked with the same indicia. A second pack of cards to be drawn by the players at their turns carry information determining the movement of the playing pieces of the second group to respective ones of the individual map areas.
REFERENCES:
patent: 940855 (1909-11-01), Clemens
patent: 2470632 (1949-05-01), McLeod
patent: 3851881 (1974-12-01), Smith
Kelman Kurt
Lowe Delbert B.
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