Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Having three-dimensional pattern
Patent
1994-10-17
1998-08-18
Stoll, William E.
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Having three-dimensional pattern
A63F 300
Patent
active
057949328
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention concerns a device which includes means for realizing a table game. The device comprises multiple game-boards superimposed one upon the other and `men` to be spatially moved.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The device according to the present invention is a complete novelty as it allows a player to play on different spatial planes with new means and rules.
The device according to the present invention includes a plurality of transparent planar game-boards superimposed one upon the other and linked one to the other. Two sets of parallel lines are provided on each game-board with the lines in one set crossing orthogonally with the lines in the other set so as to form a plurality of intersecting diagonally extending paths on the face of each board. The board game of the invention features three series of `men`, with each series having three different structure types. In playing the game in accordance with the rules of the game, a man is moved along the game-board supporting that man while consideration is given to the relative type and position of men on both the non-supporting and supporting game-boards. Particularly, consideration is given to the type of the man being moved and the type and relative positioning of the men on the other transparent game-boards with respect to a vertical viewpoint, a reflected semi-diagonal viewpoint and a diagonal viewpoint.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The device according to the present invention will be described hereinbelow relating to the enclosed drawings, in which a preferred embodiment is shown.
FIG. 1 shows an axonometric view of a variant with three planar game-boards of the device according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 shows a lateral view of three possible different shaped types for the `men`.
FIG. 3 shows one of the game-boards of the complete device, with the pool position of the `men`.
FIGS. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 show six possible game conditions: `men` A and one opponent B on the three planes (catching of the black `man`); with two `men` A and one opponent C on the three planes (catching of the white `man`); rules, with two `men` B and one opponent C on two of the three planes (catching of the black `man`); the rules, with two `men` B and one opponent A on two of the three planes (catching of the black `man`); `men` C and one opponent A on the three planes (catching of the black `man`); with two `men` C and one opponent A (catching of the black `man`).
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT(S)
Relating now to the details of the enclosed figures, the device for the table game with multiple game-boards superimposed one upon the other and spatial movements includes:
three transparent game-boards 1 superimposed one upon the other, and linked by a small central column 2;
two sets of lines 3 on each plane 1, with a first set of lines crossing the other set on a common plane in such a way as to form a plurality of diagonal paths which define seventy-two crossings or intersection points 4;
two series of twenty-seven pieces, different in colour, and with each series comprising fifteen `men` A, six `men` B and six `men` C, that are provided for being placed respectively in the number of five, two and two for each colour and opposite on each plane, on the starting fields of the gameboards.
As shown in FIG. 1, each game-board has a similar sized playing field and a common peripheral shape such as an octagonal shape. Also, as shown in FIG. 1, each playing field includes a central area free of the paths with each central area having a peripheral edge defining a greater area than that of a horizontal cross-section of the central support column. The lower game-board is also shown to be thicker in vertical width. The game pieces in FIG. 1 are shown schematically while FIGS. 2 and 3 show the game pieces in detail.
The game is performed on each game-board 1 and at the same time on all three of the game-boards, thus conferring to the game a very high number of possibilities.
On each game-board 1, the men A, B and C a
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