Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Electrical
Patent
1982-09-14
1985-09-17
Pinkham, Richard C.
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Electrical
273 1E, 273260, A63F 302
Patent
active
045416338
ABSTRACT:
An electronic strategy game featuring playing fields comprising two chess-like boards each of which may contain 64 squares and be separated from each other by a partition of suitable size to conceal the moves made by each player and two sets of chessmen positioned on each board. Each square has a sensor embedded in its base arranged to transmit to an electronic processing unit the location of all chessmen on the game boards. The electronic processing unit determines the game status, controls announcements to the players, and includes logic whereby the position of all chessmen are maintained in a memory and moves are regulated in accordance with predetermined rules such as the rules of chess. Requests for additional status information and the selection of optional game features are transmitted to the electronic processing unit via two control panels located one on each game board. The electronic game includes features not normally available to players utilizing a human referee. These features include "timed games" where each player has a limited amount of time to execute his next move and a replay feature where the previous game can be automatically replayed to allow the players to determine whether their analysis of the battlefield conditions were correct.
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Lastova Mary Ann Stoll
Pinkham Richard C.
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