Simple chess-type board game for two, three, and four players

Details Simple chess-type board game for two, three, and four players Simple chess-type board game for two, three, and four players

1999-10-22

2001-03-06

Layno, Benjamin H. (Department: 3711)

Amusement devices: games

Board games, pieces, or boards therefor

Piece moves over board having pattern

C273S261000, C273S258000, C273S262000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06196545

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to board games, specifically to simplified chess-type board games.
BACKGROUND
2. Description of Prior Art
Chess is the most highly regarded abstract strategy board game because it allows players to create the most complex strategies. However, most board game enthusiasts do not play chess, citing the difficulties in mastering its complex rules of play and, especially, in coordinating playing sets that have sixteen playing pieces with six different manners of movement. Board game enthusiasts who object to the rigors of chess have long expressed a desire for a simple chess-type board game.
OBJECTS AND ADVANTAGES
Accordingly, several objects and advantages of the present invention are to provide a simple chess-type board game for two, three, or four players that is substantially simpler than chess, in that:
(a) the rules of play are very simple and require no knowledge of the rules of chess;
(b) a playing set has only four playing pieces; and
(c) the playing pieces are not subject to the numerous rules governing the movement of playing pieces in standard chess.
Still further objects and advantages will become apparent from consideration of the ensuing description and drawings.


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