Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Piece moves over board having pattern
Patent
1987-06-29
1989-03-07
Pinkham, Richard C.
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Piece moves over board having pattern
273284, A63F 300
Patent
active
048099864
ABSTRACT:
A regatta board game is disclosed in which a rectangular game board is laid off in a grid of squares established by a first series of parallel lines extending in a first direction and a second series of parallel lines extending in a second direction which is normal to the first direction. Some of the squares are designated as falling within a first, second or third category, the first category designating preliminary course marker positions, the second and third categories providing an indication that a player is to draw a card which partially determines the progress of play. A single eight-sided die is provided, and a plurality of players' tokens and a plurality of course marking pennants are also included among the game accessories, the pennants being each adapted to mark a selected one of the squares in the first category as a sequential position in a randomly selectable course set forth on a "Course Card" drawn just prior to the commencement of play. When a player's token lands on a square in the second or third category, a "Wind Card" or a "Boat Card" is drawn, each card carrying indicia specifying that a wind or boat/crew-related event has taken place and what the consequence of that event is to the competitor. A fourth series of cards, designated as "Tacking Cards", are earned upon the roll of a certain count of the die and may be reserved for later tacking use during maneuvering of the player's token.
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Cates Charles E.
Layno Benjamin
Phillips James H.
Pinkham Richard C.
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