Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Piece moves over board having pattern
Patent
1991-01-23
1992-11-03
Layno, Benjamin
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Piece moves over board having pattern
273288, 2732823, A63F 302
Patent
active
051601451
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to family games, or family board games, of the kind which include a checkered playing area comprising squares marked in alternate colours, e.g. black and white or otherwise marked alternately, such as a checkerboard, chessboard, for instance, or some other contrasting colour combination, and a set of game-pieces for each player.
As the reader may well be aware, chess is an ancient game which can be played by solely two players at one and the same time and which, in order to be truly interesting and stimulating, both to the players and to those watching the game, requires the players to have roughly the same degree of skill. Consequently, chess is not a family game in the true sense and therein lies a weakness in the game of chess which many have tried to overcome, by modifying the game in various ways, so that more than two players can take part at one and the same time.
For instance, the U.S. Pat. No. 4,093,237 describes and illustrates one such modified chess game which allows two, three or four players to play simultaneously and which includes conventional chess pieces, one set for each player. The pieces are set out in their intended places on a checkered board which includes 100 squares and which is thus somewhat larger than a conventional chessboard. The board is divided into four areas of mutually equal size, each consisting of five.times.five squares. The known variant uses conventional pieces, all of which have the same movement pattern as the pieces of a conventional chess set, with the exception of the pawns, which can be moved forwards, backwards or sideways one square at a time. Because this modified chess game is based on the use of conventional chess pieces, the endeavour to provide a game in which a learner can take part without needing to feel inferior to more experienced players, and to provide a true family game in which all can play without needing any real experience in the game concerned, has not been truly successful. Another drawback with this modified chess game is that it is restricted to a maximum of four players, and this limitation also applies to the majority of board games which have derived from chess.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Consequently, it is an object of this invention to provide a family game which while being at least equally as rich in combination and variation and therewith at least equally as interesting as chess, can be played in principle by an unlimited number of players, and the construction and nature of which is such as to enable anyone to play the game without particular prior knowledge thereof and yet still experience the same game as being interesting, stimulating and above-all entertaining, even when playing with other players who are more or less skilled players.
This object is achieved with the family game provided by the present invention and having the characteristic features set forth in the accompanying claims.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The inventive family game will now be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
FIG. 1 illustrates a playing board belonging to the game;
FIGS. 2-6 illustrate one embodiment of a set of game pieces,
FIGS. 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A and 6A being bottom plan views of respective pieces. FIGS. 2B, 3B, 4B, 5B and 6B being side elevational views of respective pieces, and FIGS. 2C, 3C, 4C, 5C and 6C being top plan view of respective pieces;
FIGS. 7-9 are sectional views taken on the lines VII--VII in FIG. 2, FIG. 4 and FIG. 6;
FIG. 10 illustrates from above one embodiment of a home which forms part of the game and which is provided with a transport and storage stand for the game-pieces belonging thereto;
FIG. 11 is an end view of the home illustrated in FIG. 10;
FIGS. 12-14 are each sectional views taken on respective lines XII--XII, XIII--XIII and XIV--XIV in FIG. 10;
FIG. 15 illustrates part of the board with a home placed thereon; and
FIG. 16 shows from above a home on which a relevant set of pieces has been placed.
DETAIL
REFERENCES:
patent: 3627324 (1971-12-01), Krepp
patent: 3844563 (1974-10-01), Isaac
patent: 4211420 (1980-07-01), Quioz
patent: 4856789 (1989-08-01), Carlson
patent: 4927155 (1990-05-01), Bellinger
Layno Benjamin
Lyckplay AB
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