Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Game board having pattern separable into sections
Patent
1982-08-05
1986-09-30
Pinkham, Richard C.
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Game board having pattern separable into sections
273284, 273153R, A63F 300
Patent
active
046143440
ABSTRACT:
A game board is composed of interchangeable congruent game board segments butted together randomly. The game board has an overall pathway design that differs with each arrangement of the congruent game board segments, in an infinite number of arrangements of the game board segments, each resulting in a unique overall pathway design. The geometric shape of the congruent game board segments of one particular embodiment of the invention is square, but other geometric shapes may also be used if all the game board segments of a particular set are congruent, all sides of all the game board segments are of equal length, and all interior angles of all the game board segments are equal in arc measurement. These stipulations ensure interchangeability regardless of the orientation of the various game board segments. Equilateral triangle and regular hexagons could be used. The pathway designs on the various congruent game board segments may be different for the several segments of a given set. However, entry/exit points of all the game board segments are at the same spaced locations on all sides of the game board segments. Thus, these entry/exit points align so that any side of any game board may be butted to any side of any other game board segment, permitting larger board playing areas and complex pathway designs on which the same game rules may apply.
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Layno Benjamin
Pinkham Richard C.
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