Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Alignment games
Patent
1998-01-28
1999-07-06
Stoll, William E.
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Alignment games
273264, 463 10, A63F 300
Patent
active
059188839
ABSTRACT:
A method of playing a board game for one or more players includes the steps of allocating a set of playing pieces for each player, each set being visually distinctive, and providing a playing surface. The playing surface contains defined spaces arrayed in two dimensions. Each space may have an identifying icon. The method includes variations for forming winning lines of playing pieces, and varying steps to play the game, depending on the level of difficulty and style of game required. The most frequently used method of determining a winning outcome is by the placement by one player of playing pieces to form a line from one side of the playing surface to another side without diagonal connecting links between pieces. Random number generators may be used. If icons are used, a random icon generator includes the same icons as those used to identify spaces on the playing surface for determining where a player may place a piece.
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McKenzie Richard Brooke
Swolf Roger John
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