Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Piece moves over board having pattern
Patent
1981-08-27
1984-04-10
Pinkham, Richard C.
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Piece moves over board having pattern
273242, A63F 304
Patent
active
044417187
ABSTRACT:
An educational game primarily for the simulation of the spread of the Bibical New Testament gospel throughout the Roman Empire. A game board has indicia associated with various playing spaces, representing cities, ports, and land and sea routes. A plurality of moveable game pieces representing Apostles are provided for movement around the game board, at least two game pieces for each participant. Each participant is provided with as many player boards as he has moveable game pieces, each player board having indicia thereon associated with a corresponding game piece. Each game piece is assigned a movement factor which is used to advance the piece around the game board. Moreover, each game piece is assigned other "ability factors" which, when compared to the roll of dice, may allow an Apostle to establish and build churches. Other playing markers and chips (having different indicia thereon) are employed to keep track of each participant's progress and accomplishments. Two sets of chance means (embodied in cards and having indicia thereon corresponding to the plight of converts, Apostles, and churches) are provided for competition against the participants collectively, as each player cooperates with the others. At the end of a designated number of game turns, the number of converts and deacons "won" during the game is counted and victory or defeat for the players is proclaimed.
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patent: 3756604 (1973-09-01), Laszlo
patent: 4200293 (1980-04-01), Benson
Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Dungeon Masters Guide, 1979 Gary Gygax.
Kingmaker Avalon Hill Game Co., c. 1976 pp. 1-12.
Bismark The Avalon Hill Game Co. c. 1979, pp. 2-4, 26.
Brown Scott L.
Pinkham Richard C.
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