Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Piece moves over board having pattern
Patent
1997-06-23
2000-09-19
Stoll, William E.
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Piece moves over board having pattern
A63F 302
Patent
active
061200298
ABSTRACT:
A chess-like game method and apparatus are disclosed. The game includes a gameboard (10) or gameboard representation having a central chess board (20) capable of occupation by two sets of chess pieces, one light and the other dark. A chess-move storage device stores representations of example moves by the chess pieces on the chess board (20). A randomizing means is utilized to introduce the element of chance and to assign a prediction regarding the type of chess piece which will be captured next according to the example moves. After this prediction is assigned, the example moves by the chess pieces result in a captured chess piece. If the captured chess piece matches the selected prediction, then the piece is scored. Otherwise, it is temporarily stored in a corral (40) or its equivalent for later scoring opportunities. The game is played by one or multiple players, depending on the chosen embodiment. In playing marker embodiments, playing markers (12) are driven around a game track (30) by dice, some having chess piece designations thereon. Chess dice (14) and chess symbol spots (34) function as part of the randomizing means for this embodiment. In a playing card embodiment, predictions are made by placing playing cards (100) that were drawn from a draw pile (102) on top of the nearest play pile (104). The randomizing means for this embodiment is playing cards (100). An efficient indexing system and chess-move storage device are disclosed for the playing marker and playing card embodiments. In addition to the software equivalents of the above embodiments, a similar software technique is disclosed that trains players to quickly visualize possible chess movements.
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Petty Chess, published in Sep. 1930 B. Walker Watson issue of the British Chess Magazine.
Boyd Brian Lee
Carmichael Craig G.
Boyd Brian Lee
Carmichael Craig G.
Stoll William E.
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