Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Piece moves over board having pattern
Patent
1978-06-05
1980-04-29
Pinkham, Richard C.
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Piece moves over board having pattern
273288, 273262, A63F 302
Patent
active
042002931
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to games, and more particularly, to a chess-like board game. The game comprises, in the first embodiment, a gameboard having disposed thereon a playing field including a generally square area of individual checker-like squares forming said playing field. The squares form increments of travel for uniquely configured marker members. Each player is given a set of marker members, and each set has identification means for identifying the marker members of that set which belong to a particular player. Each marker member has eight sides with means disposed adjacent each side for indicating the number of squares that marker member may move in a predetermined direction. The game also includes chance means which is operable by each player for identifying the square upon which each of the marker members which belong to each player is placed at the inception of the game.
In another embodiment of the present invention, the gameboard is configured so as to have a honeycomb-like configuration, and the marker members which are used by each player, are hexagonal in shape.
By the use of the game of the present invention, a strategy and method of playing similar to chess is achieved. The complexity and number of different pieces used in chess, however, is substantially eliminated.
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Brown Scott L.
Pinkham Richard C.
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