Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Alignment games
Patent
1986-03-12
1987-03-24
Skogquist, Harland S.
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Alignment games
A63F 300
Patent
active
046519963
ABSTRACT:
A rectangular game board includes four base lines each forming an edge of the board. A plurality of spaced locations are designated on an upper surface of the game board such as by circles or squares to form a rectangular matrix of playing spaces comprised of equally spaced rows and columns aligned perpendicular to one pair of facing edges and parallel to the other pair of facing edges of the board. A row of such playing spaces is aligned along and is positioned adjacent to each base line of the board and defines a base row thereon. The game begins with a first player positioning a first playing piece on a playing space of one of the base rows. A second player then positions a second playing piece on either an unoccupied playing space in the same or another designated base row, or on the playing space immediately adjacent to the occupied playing space and in the same row or column as the occupied playing space so as to be positioned toward the center of the board with respect thereto. The game continues with the alternating positioning of the first and second types of playing pieces by the two players, or two teams, on an unoccupied playing space in one of the designated base rows or on an unoccupied playing space immediately adjacent to an occupied playing space in either the same row or column so as to be connected to a designated base row by a continuous, straight column or row of occupied playing spaces until a predetermined number of playing pieces of one of the players are aligned in a single row or column or are aligned diagonally so as to form a linear, continuous pattern.
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