Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Piece moves over board having pattern
Patent
1996-05-14
1997-11-25
Stoll, William E.
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Piece moves over board having pattern
273291, A63F 302
Patent
active
056903324
ABSTRACT:
A board game including in a preferred embodiment, a standard checker board and game pieces, each characterized by a negative or concave image of a dragon footprint on one face of the game piece and a positive or convex dragon footprint image on the opposite face of the game piece. The game is played by two teams or players, and one player lines his or her game pieces up on his or her base line of the game board, with the positive or convex image facing upwardly and the opposite player lines his or her game pieces up on the opposite base line of the game board, with the negative or concave side of the game piece facing upwardly. Each player moves a game piece forward on the board, until a negative game piece and a positive game piece face each other, at which point either a block occurs or a negative game piece may jump over a positive game piece or vice-versa, in the forward diagonal direction. When this occurs, both game pieces reverse "polarity", with the negative game piece inverted to a positive game piece and the positive game piece inverted to a negative game piece. Neither game piece involved in a jumping action may be moved by either player for one full turn and a "stalemate" or neutralization occurs in the game when the player or team whose turn it is, may not make a legal move. The first player or team to reach such a stalemate loses the game.
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Harrison John M.
Stoll William E.
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