Amusement devices: games – Card or tile games – cards or tiles therefor
Patent
1997-06-19
1998-09-08
Layno, Benjamin H.
Amusement devices: games
Card or tile games, cards or tiles therefor
273146, 273293, 273153R, D21 42, D21104, D21 41, A63F 100, A63F 904, A63F 920
Patent
active
058034617
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material which is subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, but otherwise reserves all copyright rights whatsoever.
PRIORITY DECLARATION
This applicant is claiming priority based on an earlier U.S. application, Ser. No. 08/359054, entitled Mathematical Puzzle Type Card Game, filed on Dec. 19, 1994 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,524,898.
TECHNICAL FIELD OF INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to the field of intellectual game sets. In particular, this invention relates to a mathematical puzzle game set, having a predetermined plurality of game pieces with playing surfaces having visible indicia, which can be placed on two-dimensional cards or three-dimensional tiles or dice, and useful to create a mathematical puzzle that may be played by one player, played competitively by two or more players or against a computer, or for other purposes of entertainment or intellectual simulation, and a method of playing with this game set.
BACKGROUND ART
There is always a need for new games that are intellectually stimulating and interesting, and can be played with a minimum of physical inconvenience to the participants. There is a need for multi-player games and also for games for a single player.
Some examples of game sets are found in U.S. Pat. No. 4,410,180 issued to Clark on Oct. 18, 1983 and in U.S. Pat. No. 4,067,580 issued to Tzeng on Jan. 10, 1978.
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION
According to the present invention, a game set consisting of a predetermined plurality of game pieces is provided, having playing surfaces with visible indicia, which can be placed on a deck of two-dimensional cards for various card games and mathematical puzzles, on three-dimensional tiles, for a modified form of the well-known Dominos or other games, or on faces of a set of dice.
The basic game set comprises a set of game pieces of the same size and geometrical configuration, each having a square-shaped playing surface, upon each side of which there is a selected visible indicia. The criteria are mathematically selected so as to permit the use of the game as a mathematical puzzle that may be worked on by only a single player, a competitive mathematical puzzle game that is played competitively by several players at the same time, or for other purposes of entertainment or intellectual stimulation.
In many of the methods of playing the games utilizing this game set, and played with or without a computer, the game pieces are arranged in a mutually abutting side-by-side relationship, whereby the indicia on each of the sides may match and align with the indicia on a side of another game piece of the set, and with the top surfaces of the game pieces forming a square. Other games can be played without requiring that specific relationship.
This game set possesses an advantage over most game sets already known to human kind. The playing surfaces described in the game set can be placed on objects with different physical characteristics, allowing unlimited number of games to be played, some of them resembling most popular games played by several people, like dominoes, gin etc., or played in solitaire by creating puzzles. Moreover, each game set is easy to understand, memorize, play, make, handle, store and program in a computer. Further, it is ideal for people of all ages and nationalities, since the indicia chosen are very simple and represented by stripes, the game pieces are color-coded for easy visual recognition, and no reading, translation or counting is necessary.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a top plan view of a basic game set of thirty-four two-dimensional game pieces, in accordance with the invention;
FIG. 2A illustrates a random selection of nine of the game pieces of the basic game set of FIG. 1;
FIG. 2B illustrates a partial re-arrangement of the nine game pieces of FI
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