Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Path forming
Patent
1979-03-12
1981-05-12
Skogquist, Harland S.
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Path forming
273148R, 368 3, A63F 300, G04B 520
Patent
active
042667747
ABSTRACT:
A competitive game apparatus comprised of a game board having a playing surface with a plurality of intersecting playing paths on which playing pieces may be positioned. Two or more players are each provided with a set of the playing pieces which are distinguishable from the playing pieces of the other player by indicia, as for example the color of the playing pieces. The players alternate in playing pieces on the paths, with each player attempting to extend a continuous strip of his or her player pieces while attempting to block the further extension of the strips of his opponents. A timer may be provided with each player required to complete his or her turn in a preestablished time period. This imposes a tempo on the play. Particularly when the game is played at a very fast tempo, the playing pieces already on the board tend to be inadvertently displaced, and it is desirable that the board and/or the playing pieces be constructed to detachably maintain the pieces where they are placed on the surface. The player who succeeds in preventing the opponent player from making any further moves wins the game or achieves a score. The playing pieces may be of different lengths so that the players must choose among playing pieces as well as choosing positions on the playing surface to occupy.
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