Amusement devices: games – Chance devices – Electric or magnetic
Patent
1976-02-23
1977-10-04
Lowe, Delbert B.
Amusement devices: games
Chance devices
Electric or magnetic
273134B, 273134C, 273134G, 273137R, 273157R, A63F 304
Patent
active
040520722
ABSTRACT:
An educational world map game adapted to be played on a pachisi-like game playing board bearing the world continental areas with countries marked off and lines of playing spaces to be traversed by playing pieces counted off in number according to the roll of dice and directed by a drawing of a card or playing piece showing the country shape in one of the continental areas. With the playing pieces being shaped as puzzle parts and each having the puzzle outline of a country, they are adapted to fit with one another and to overlie the country spaces marked off in the continental areas at the terminal ends of inwardly-extending lines of the playing spaces and these country spaces may be counted in continuation of the line space the shortest distance within the continental area to reach final country destination. The lines of spaces are arranged to provide one closed peripheral line about the board with a starting point therein and lines of playing spaces extending inwardly from the closed peripheral line at points therealong that respectively terminate in the respective continental areas. The playing piece is advanced along the lines of playing spaces and into continental areas according to the rolling of dice by the players. The game is completed with all of the countries provided for the continental areas being placed therein and the winner will be the player who has located the greater number of countries in the continental areas or scored the most points according to variations of the game.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2479747 (1949-08-01), Lachance
patent: 3368816 (1968-02-01), Milazzo et al.
patent: 3698718 (1972-10-01), Kuhn
Lowe Delbert B.
Saulsbury Laforest S.
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