CN101743042A

CN101743042A - Apparatus and method for simultaneous turn-based play board game

Info

Publication number: CN101743042A
Application number: CN200880024839A
Authority: CN
Inventors: B·拉维
Original assignee: Roshumbo Ltd
Current assignee: Roshumbo Ltd
Priority date: 2007-05-16
Filing date: 2008-05-11
Publication date: 2010-06-16
Also published as: WO2008139462A3; EP2158014A4; JP2010526634A; US20100289217A1; KR20100019986A; EP2158014A2; WO2008139462A2

Abstract

Apparatus and method for simultaneous turn-based play comprises: providing each one of a plurality of players with substantially identical play boards having a predetermined number of regularly arranged territories, providing each one of said plurality of players with an identical set of playing pieces, allowing all players simultaneous turns to place their playing pieces on said playing board, then, at the end of each simultaneous turn superimposing the play boards and providing a play result comprising eliminating certain playing pieces and leaving remaining pieces, then returning the boards to the players with the remaining pieces and repeating the simultaneous turns and said eliminating until only one player has any remaining pieces.

Description

Be used for carrying out simultaneously the equipment and the method for turn-based play board game

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of equipment and method that is used for carrying out simultaneously turn-based play board game.

Background technology

Turn-based play board game is well-known.One group of player moves chess piece around chessboard successively according to pre-defined rule, so that reach certain purpose.The player who reaches this purpose just wins recreation.Well-known turn-based play board game comprises chess, draughts, Monopoly ^TM, snake ladder chess, Battleships ^TM, Risk ^TMAnd Trivial Pursuit ^TM, and from pure skill and the depth-size strategy recreation of playing of pure probability, the recreation of the combination of skill and probability also extensively can obtain.

This recreation of chess is to play on the chessboard that expansion is set according to foursquare rule, and each square formation independent column (territory) that can be occupied by single chess piece.Different with it is that in Risk, chessboard is the map that intention is represented the world.In Monopoly or snake ladder chess, each player is represented by single chess piece, but more commonly each player has many group chess pieces.In this recreation of Battleships, it is not independent column that independent grid square can be occupied by chess piece on this meaning as independent unit at them.On the contrary, described chess piece (naval vessels) covers a plurality of grid squares, and the representative of grid square is from the injury unit of independent attack.

In all above-mentioned chessboard class recreation, each player carries out his bout under the situation that other players are had a panoramic view.Also exist wherein said bout be simultaneously and each player provide other recreation of hiding chess maneuvers.Described hiding chess maneuvers are made known subsequently together.Children's stone, scissors, cloth recreation are exactly wherein to need an example of the recreation of bout simultaneously.Though this recreation obviously is the recreation of pure probability, in fact allow each player that the chance of the nonrandomness of benefiting from its adversary's behavior is all arranged.

In computer game, from strategy and war game, can know with Stealth Modus and carry out and bout when making known together for all players subsequently.For instance, Tin Soldier:Alexander the Great ^TMBe exactly turn-based, but described bout carries out simultaneously, and each player only just know other players' chess maneuvers when the chess maneuvers of himself are made known.That is to say that the player does not move in turn with its adversary.On the contrary, the player of each opposition plans its oneself strategy and gives an order to its unit simultaneously, presses subsequently and carries out button, and fight is carried out intensely then, all unit its order of this bout of seeking unity of action at this moment.Described recreation is carried out on a map, and described map is represented a certain geographical position, therefore difference to some extent in its surface.In addition, the recreation with this while bout all is strategy game.But current also the existence on the surface is the recreation of pure probability allows the player to benefit from its adversary's nonrandom behavior again and allow concertante Trivial Pursuit Unhinged.

Summary of the invention

According to an aspect of the present invention, be provided for carrying out simultaneously the equipment of turn-based recreation, it comprises:

First game board, described first chessboard have the layout of homogeneous (homogenous) basically, comprise the rule interval of predetermined number and the column that rule is shaped;

Second game board, the layout that it also has described homogeneous basically comprises the rule interval of described predetermined number and the column that rule is shaped;

The first group of chess piece that is used to be placed on described first game board and between described column, moves;

The second group of chess piece that is used to be placed on described second game board and between described column, moves; And

Bout finishes combiner, and it is configured to superpose when each bout in the middle of a plurality of bouts finishes described first group of chess piece and described second group of chess piece, and calculates the total result that is used for described chess piece.

According to a second aspect of the invention, provide a kind of method that is used for carrying out simultaneously the turn-based recreation, described method comprises:

For each player in the middle of a plurality of players provides substantially the same game board, each chessboard has the column of the rule setting of predetermined number;

For each player in the middle of described a plurality of players provides one group of identical chess piece;

Allow all players to carry out bout simultaneously, so that its chess piece is placed on the described game board;

At the described described game board and provide game result to comprise to eliminate some in the middle of the described chess piece and stay other described chess pieces of carrying out simultaneously superposeing when bout finishes as the residue chess piece;

Described game board is returned to the described player with described residue chess piece and repeat described while bout and described eliminating, till having only a player to have the residue chess piece.

According to a third aspect of the invention we, provide a kind of networked server, comprise the equipment that is used for being carried out simultaneously by the player based on Terminal Server Client the turn-based recreation, described equipment comprises:

Be used to first player that the client interactive unit of first game board is provided, described first chessboard has the layout of the homogeneous basically of the at interval regular and column that rule is shaped that comprises predetermined number, described client interactive unit is also for second player provides second game board, and described second chessboard also has the layout of the described homogeneous basically of the at interval regular and column that rule is shaped that comprises described predetermined number;

Described client interactive unit also is configured to described first player provides first group of chess piece being used to be placed on described first game board and moving between described column, and provides second group of chess piece to be used to be placed on described second game board and to move between described column for described second player;

Described server also provides bout to finish combiner, and it is used for superpose when each bout in the middle of a plurality of bouts finishes described first group of chess piece and described second group of chess piece, and calculates the total result that is used for described chess piece.

Unless limit separately, otherwise employed here all technology and scientific terminology have the common identical meanings of understanding of those of ordinary skill in the affiliated field of the present invention.Material provided here, method and example only are illustrative, and are not intended to limit.

The implementation of method and system of the present invention relates to according to the combination of manual type, automated manner or dual mode and carries out or finish specific selected task or step.In addition, the actual instrumentation of the preferred embodiment of the method according to this invention and system and equipment can be implemented several selected steps by hardware, the software or the combination of the two that have on any operating system of any firmware.For instance, as hardware, can be embodied as chip or circuit to selected step of the present invention.As software, can be embodied as selected step of the present invention by the performed software instruction of computer that uses any proper handling system.Under any situation, the selected step of method and system of the present invention can be described to be carried out by data processor, and described data processor is such as being the computing platform that is used to carry out a plurality of instructions.

Description of drawings

Here only by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings to describe the present invention.Now at length specifically with reference to accompanying drawing, what should emphasize is, the details that illustrates only is exemplary and is for to the discussion of describing property of the preferred embodiments of the present invention that providing described details is the description that is considered to the most useful and easy understanding of principle of the present invention and notion aspect in order to provide.In this respect, do not attempt to exceed for basic comprehension details essential to the invention CONSTRUCTED SPECIFICATION of the present invention to be shown, the description of carrying out with reference to accompanying drawing can make those skilled in the art how in practice obviously find out specific implementation several forms of the present invention.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 shows the reduced graph of equipment that is used for carrying out simultaneously turn-based recreation between two or more players according to a first advantageous embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a reduced graph according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein shows one of them chessboard of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a reduced graph according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein shows two groups of chess pieces that ordering is arranged of the chessboard that is used for Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a rough schematic view according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein shows one of them chess piece of Fig. 3 in further detail.

Fig. 5 is a rough schematic view according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the chess piece that wherein shows Fig. 4 on the chessboard of Fig. 2 placement and how to show directed described chess piece.

Fig. 6 is another reduced graph according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein shows the chess piece of Fig. 5 and show how to realize described orientation by rotation.

Fig. 7 is a reduced graph according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein shows the chess piece that belongs to a player and how to assassinate the chess piece that belongs to another player, thereby cause a superseded back chess piece.

Fig. 8 is a reduced graph according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein shows the final result afterwards of eliminating among Fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is a rough schematic view according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein shows the superseded situation of the chess piece of the difference ordering on the identical column that is positioned on the chessboard.

Figure 10 shows two chess pieces of the same hexagonal same player of whole sensings, the position that this is according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention to be allowed.

Figure 11 is the simplified flow chart that shows overall game process according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 12 is the rough schematic view of the chessboard of Fig. 2, and two chess pieces that wherein show same player are placed on the same hexagon, and this is a unallowed situation according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 13 is the rough schematic view of the chessboard of Fig. 2, wherein shows two opposition chess pieces and assassinates each other, and this is the situation that causes eliminating low ordering chess piece according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 14 is the rough schematic view of the chessboard of the Figure 13 after solution according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 15 is the rough schematic view of the chessboard of Fig. 2, and two chess pieces that wherein sort identical are attempted assassinating each other, and this situation causes whole two chess pieces all to be eliminated according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 16 is the rough schematic view of the chessboard of Fig. 2, wherein shows identical two the opposition chess pieces of ordering and is positioned at situation on the same hexagon, and this situation causes eliminating of whole two chess pieces according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 17 shows the rough schematic view of the chessboard of Fig. 2, and three parts's conflict and solution according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention between chess piece are wherein arranged.

Figure 18 shows the rough schematic view of the chessboard of Fig. 2, and four directions conflict and solution according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention between chess piece are wherein arranged.

Figure 19 shows the simplified flow charts of beginning chess maneuvers of two opposition players in first chess step, and shows described chess maneuvers and be combined and cause eliminating.

Figure 20 shows by the internet and provides simplified block diagram according to the server of recreation of the present invention to remote client computer.

Figure 21 shows the next-door neighbour and is linked at together simplified block diagram with two computers that two recreation between the player are provided.

Figure 22 shows by cellular network and provides simplified block diagram according to the server of while according to the present invention turn-based recreation to two mobile phones.

The specific embodiment

Embodiments of the invention comprise and being used on the homogeneous Trivial Pursuit Unhinged based on carrying out equipment and the method that the while turn-based is played games.More particularly, each player provides hiding chess maneuvers on its chessboard, and when each player moves, the described different chess maneuvers that then superpose and according to game rule calculated population situation.Described game rule for example is that being provided with a kind of is at random initial situation on principle, but it allows independent player to benefit from the nonrandomness of its adversary's behavior and brings into play the skill certain space.

Can understand the principle and the operation of apparatus and method according to the invention better with reference to accompanying drawing and following description.

Before at least one embodiment of the present invention is explained in detail, should be understood that application of the present invention is not limited to set forth in the following description or structure detail illustrated in the accompanying drawings and assembly setting.The present invention can have other embodiment, perhaps can put into practice or implement the present invention according to multiple mode.What further, it is to be appreciated that is, wording that is adopted and term are in order to be described here, and is not appreciated that and limits.

Referring now to Fig. 1, wherein show the equipment 10 that is used to carry out turn-based recreation simultaneously.Described equipment comprises each player's game board 12 and 14.Though only show two chessboards, will be appreciated that as many other Trivial Pursuit Unhingeds, player's number can be expanded.

Each described chessboard all has the layout of homogeneous basically, and it is made of the space that occupies for chess piece or the repeat patterns of column.The described column that predetermined number is arranged usually, this number is set when the recreation beginning.This number is big more, and recreation is just difficult more, perhaps can expect the recreation cost longer time.

Fig. 2 is an example of chessboard, and the column that wherein said rule interval and rule are shaped is a hexagon 20.Hexagonal favourable part is that it considers six clearly adjacent cells of definition, and allows moving freely on diagonal.For this reason, hexagon extensively is used in the war game.

Referring now to Fig. 3, wherein show two groups of chess pieces 22 and 24.Each player has one group of chess piece for moving between each column on the described chessboard.As shown in this Fig and as shown in Figure 4, independent chess piece 26 is shaped as to have and meets hexagonal main body 27, but has the tip 28 of pointing to one of them adjacent hexagons.

Get back to Fig. 1, wherein also show bout and finish combiner 16, it is waited for up to signaling bout and finishing.When all players finish its chess maneuvers, chessboard is superposeed each other.Player's the particular pawn of as a result of may finding to oppose occupies identical or adjacent column.May find in this case to have conflict between two chess pieces, and service regeulations are calculated the result who solves described conflict subsequently, this normally realizes by superseded chess piece.As a rule, described result relates to superseded particular pawn, as below will explaining.

In one embodiment, when showing it, whole two players can generate the bout end signal when having finished its corresponding chess maneuvers.Replacedly, can use timer, and provide the maximum time of finishing its chess maneuvers for the player.In one version of back, the chess maneuvers that transmitted are chess maneuvers of having finished.That is to say, if chess piece when described time finishes just by in the middle of the towing, then it returns its position.

In one embodiment, described bout finishes combiner and comprises the activation point that is used for each chessboard, finishes thereby the player can show its bout.Described chessboard is implemented stack after all described activation points all activate.

As shown in Figure 3, described chess piece is sorted progressively.A kind of mode that manages conflict when two opposition chess pieces are in same position is to eliminate the lower chess piece of ordering.In this case, described calculating will be referred to carry out this eliminating.If two opposition chess pieces have identical ordering, a kind of mode that then solves described conflict will be to eliminate whole two chess pieces.Another kind of mode will be to select to eliminate one of them chess piece at random.

Referring now to Fig. 5, direction indicator 28 or the pointer mentioned above described chess piece comprises.Along with described chess piece is placed on the specific hexagon, described direction indicator can point to the hexagon around any, and is indicated as arrow 30.Preferably, described chess piece can rotation fully as the round arrow among Fig. 6 32 is indicated.At described column is under hexagonal situation, and described pointer can point to any in the middle of six adjacent columns.

Fig. 7 shows the reduced graph that conflicts between white side 40 and the black chessmen 42.In this example, described black chessmen is eliminated owing to being pointed to or assassinate by the pointer 28 of white side 40, thereby obtains the result shown in Fig. 8, wherein only remaining white side 40.As below will explaining in further detail, unless two chess pieces are assassinated each other, the ordering between the described chess piece is inoperative.

Referring now to Fig. 9, wherein show and find that two chess pieces 44 and 46 are superimposed upon the situation at same position place.Such just as explained above, that sorts minimum in the middle of described two chess pieces is eliminated.This superseded form is known as compacting hereinafter.If described two chess pieces have identical ordering, then whole two chess pieces all are eliminated.Replacedly, select to eliminate one of them chess piece at random.

Referring now to Figure 10,

chess piece

48 and 50 points to same position.Described chess piece belongs to same team and is allowed to point to same position.If it is the opposition chess piece, then conflict does not produce and does not eliminate.

In a preferred embodiment, the game rule regulation, chess piece freely is placed on the chessboard in the first leg of game process, and can only be moved on the adjacent column in follow-up bout.But described chess piece can be at any time rotated freely to point to any in the middle of six adjacent columns.Alternative comprises as the fixing initial original position of knowing from chess, perhaps by the original position at random of computer settings.

In one embodiment, described chessboard is a physics, and described bout to finish combiner be to manage conflict automatically and remove the machinery or the electronics setting of the chess piece of being eliminated.In another embodiment, described two chessboards are the virtual chessboards that are implemented on the display screen, and described bout end combiner is embodied on the digital processing unit.Described processor can be the processor of computer, mobile phone or any other suitable equipment.

In another embodiment, described two chessboards are embodied on the specific installation that links together.Two mobile phones or two computers can be by wired links or such as Bluetooth ^TMWireless link link to each other, it is continuous perhaps can pass through telephone network, cellular radio network, internet, LAN, WAN, VPN or any similar network.Hereinafter various possibilities will be discussed in further detail.

As mentioned above, the adversary of recreation is true man.But the adversary of recreation also can be based on the machine element of artificial intelligence.

Referring now to Figure 11, the simplified flow chart of the recreation flow process when this figure shows according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention in the preferred embodiment of turn-based recreation.Described recreation starts from beginning screen, and starts from if necessary waiting for that the adversary adds recreation.

By provide identical homogeneous game board to begin to play for each player.Each chessboard all has the column that the rule of predetermined number is provided with, and provides one group of identical chess piece for each player.Can select chessboard size or chess piece number or whole chances of the two for the player provides.

Each player is placed on any position on the game board at initial bout with its chess piece, and described chess piece is pointed to any direction.Described initial bout is implemented simultaneously.When the described bout of implementing simultaneously finishes, with described two chessboards stack and inspection conflict, result of calculation subsequently.Described result relates to does not have chess piece to be eliminated, some or all in the middle of the perhaps superseded described chess piece.Subsequently the chessboard that finally obtains with remaining chess piece is in any case returned to the player.The chessboard that is returned preferably also demonstrates the position of adversary's chess piece.In another embodiment, do not demonstrate adversary's chess piece.

Proceed other bout, but will apply other restriction now, promptly only so that chess piece is moved to position adjacent.Game over when only having a player to have the residue chess piece.

Below a preferred embodiment will be described in further detail.

Preferably carry out described recreation on the hexagon chessboard, described chessboard itself is made of littler hexagon (being column).As shown in Figure 2, basic game board itself is a hexagon, and it is made of 37 littler hexagons.But also can on greater or lesser chessboard, carry out described recreation, preferably can when the recreation beginning, select the chessboard size according to desired grade of difficulty or length of game.As mentioned above, described recreation can onlinely be carried out, carried out on the internal network, carrying out on the physics chessboard group or carrying out on any suitable gaming platform.

Each player has the chess piece of one group of aforesaid ordering.Basic recreation is undertaken by two players, and wherein each player for example has six monochromatic chess pieces.According to a group code, some setting, numeral or any other suitable mark described chess piece is sorted according to 1-6.Each symbology particular sorted, and typical symbol has been shown among the Fig. 3 that mentions in the above.Those skilled in the art will recognize that have many other modes to indicate ordering, comprise on chess piece, showing numeral simply.

According to expectation, each player can play by enough more or less chess pieces.In addition, can be by playing more than two players, but the chess piece that ordering arranged of each player wherein with its oneself identification colors.Therefore, for example three players can play with white, black and red pawns respectively.

The purpose of recreation is to eliminate all chess pieces of adversary by a series of bouts that carry out simultaneously.Decision about independent chess maneuvers is made on the hiding chessboard that accurately duplicates as main chessboard simultaneously by all players, and is disclosed simultaneously subsequently.On described main chessboard, all players are shown.Each player under the situation of software version, needn't hide, because can walk out his or her chess maneuvers on his or she chessboard (this chessboard also serves as main chessboard).Under the situation of physics chessboard, two chessboards certainly must be each other beyond the invisible.

Each group while bout and the stack on described main chessboard thereof and solution are known as the chess step hereinafter.Recreation was made of a series of chess steps.

Chess piece can be divided into two different key elements any one chess moving in the step:

A) chess piece 26 can be moved to any in abutting connection with hexagon on the chessboard, and perhaps it also can stay the original place certainly.

B) most advanced and sophisticated 28 can be rotated subsequently pointing to any in the middle of six adjacent hexagons, as top about Fig. 6 explained.

A preferred constraint for described game process is not allow most advanced and sophisticated 28 to extend to outside the border of chessboard.The player can stay its original place to chess piece, perhaps the tip of mobile chess piece only.It is illegal that two or more chess pieces of player are placed on the same hexagon, thereby does not allow two

black chess pieces

52 and 54 to be in same position in the situation of Figure 12.It is legal that but two or more chess pieces point to same hexagon, as long as its main body is placed on the different hexagons.Therefore allow to occur the situation among Figure 10.Preferably do not allow the player to point to its oneself one of them chess piece.

In the one bout or the process in a chess step, the player can move its all chess pieces, move wherein some chess pieces or not mobile chess piece, as long as each concrete the moving of any chess piece all is legal.

As mentioned above, there is dual mode to eliminate adversary's chess piece.Hereinafter this dual mode is called and assassinate and compacting.No matter assassination is meant eliminates any adjacent chess piece be arranged in adjacent hexagons pointed and its ordering.Suppress being meant the chess piece of eliminating on the same hexagon, just take place but only have under the identical or low situation about sorting at this chess piece.

When the chess EOS, if the main body of the tip of chess piece and adversary's chess piece is positioned on the same hexagon, then the latter is eliminated.Therefore, chess piece 40 is assassinated chess piece 42 in Fig. 7.This is known as " assassination ", consequently only stays chess piece 40 as the survivor.The ordering of chess piece does not influence the situation of assassination.For instance ordering be 1 chess piece can to assassinate and eliminate ordering be 6 chess piece, vice versa.

Referring now to Figure 13, wherein show sensing two opposition chess pieces each other.That is to say that

chess piece

60 and 62 is assassinated each other.In this case, in a preferred embodiment, the minimum chess piece that sorts is eliminated.As shown in the figure, the ordering of chess piece 60 is 5, and the ordering of chess piece 62 is 3.Therefore chess piece 62 is eliminated and is removed chessboard, thereby provides the result among Figure 14.

Referring now to Figure 15-1, wherein show the situations that two

chess pieces

64 and 66 with identical ordering are assassinated each other.In this case, the ordering of whole two chess pieces all is 5.Assassinate each other when having two of identical ordering opposition chess pieces at the chess EOS, then whole two chess pieces all are eliminated, thereby provide the result among Figure 15-2.

Another kind of form of eliminating is compacting.When two the opposition players two chess pieces be placed on the same hexagon at the chess EOS, then the ordering lower chess piece be eliminated.This is known as " compacting ".For instance, if being the main body of 5 chess piece with its ordering, player A moves to specific hexagon, and same chess in the step player B be that the main body of 3 chess piece moves to same hexagon with its ordering, then the ordering of player B is that 3 chess piece is eliminated and is removed chessboard.Figure 9 illustrates this situation above, wherein chess piece 44 is eliminated chess piece 46.

Referring now to Figure 16, wherein show a kind of modification of the situation of Figure 15, but involved whole two chess pieces has identical ordering in described compacting.As shown in Figure 16, when two chess pieces with identical ordering (here being 68 and 70) when suppressing each other, whole two chess pieces all are eliminated.

Figure 17 and 18 shows the complicated more interaction that relates to three and four chess pieces respectively, and has explained these situations that solves how according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.

Figure 17-1 shows such a case, and wherein chess piece 70 assassinations and superseded adversary's chess piece 72 still meanwhile is eliminated as the result who is suppressed by the chess piece 74 of higher ordering.For instance, the ordering of chess piece 70 is 2 and to assassinate ordering be 3 chess piece 72.But chess piece 74 is orderings is 5 chess piece.Therefore

chess piece

70 and 72 all is eliminated and is removed chessboard, thereby only stays chess piece 74 in Figure 17-2.

Referring now to Figure 18, wherein top example is extended to that to make chess piece 72 also assassinate ordering be 4 chess piece 76.In this case, eliminating and the same generation in the past among Figure 17, but also additionally superseded described ordering is 4 chess piece 76.Final result shown in Figure 18-2 is identical.In fact unconfined potentially chain reaction can be caused, and all chess pieces on the chessboard might be in first chess goes on foot, eliminated in theory.

Beginning chess step has the rule that is different from the back chess step.In beginning chess step, each player is placed on him or she with his or she chess piece and hides any position on the chessboard.Only restriction is that two chess pieces of same player can not be placed on (such just as explained above) on the same hexagon, perhaps can not point to outside the chessboard, perhaps can not point to player's oneself chess piece.When beginning chess step finishes and during the stack of main chessboard beginning when demonstrating whole two players, chess piece is eliminated according to above-mentioned rule of elimination and is removed chessboard.

Referring now to Figure 19, wherein show involved sequence in beginning chess goes on

foot.Stage

80 and 82 shows two players in beginning chess maneuvers of described beginning chess in the step, and wherein said two players place its chess piece according to expectation.Stage 84 shows the stack of two chess maneuvers, and the stage 86 show superseded result, thereby stayed 3: 2 material advantage (materialadvantage) for white player, perhaps be 13: 7 quality-advantage according to the point system of hereinafter discussing.

Game over when having only a player that the residue chess piece is arranged on chessboard.This player is exactly the winner of recreation.If all players lose its all residue chess pieces at same chess in the step, then recreation is draw.

When having passed through given rounds under situation about being eliminated without any chess piece, described recreation can finish.In a kind of modification, have the player of low mark so the winner can be its chess piece, thereby for more weak player provides the inducement that survives in prolonging end, and the chess maneuvers that make stronger player not walk out to lose time are up to the recreation termination.

Described given rounds for example can be set to seven, perhaps even can leave customization for.

When the recreation termination,, thereby provide sum with mark as this winner the ordering addition of winner's residue chess piece.For instance, if when game over player B to be left ordering on chessboard be 1,2 and 5 chess piece, then player B wins 8 fens.The self-explantory player of being can carry out a series of recreation and cumulative point, perhaps can relate to the championship that a plurality of players play separately from each other.The winner of championship can be the player who has the highest accumulative total total points when described championship finishes, and the preliminary contest that perhaps can wherein keep cumulative point is until a series of elimination serieses of finals subsequently.Those skilled in the art can be susceptible to many other modes of organizing championship.

Referring now to Figure 20, wherein show the server 90 that recreation is provided for the player 91 based on Terminal Server Client by the link 92 (such as passing through the internet) of networking.Described server provides client for the user, the function that described client provides chessboard, chess piece and moves described chess piece according to rule for described user.Replacedly, described client has been positioned at player place, and only needs described server to exercise supervision, solve the independent chess step or hold championship.

Can finish or the solution of chess EOS according to a kind of bout of implementing game process in the middle of three kinds of modes.A kind of possibility is to carry out at the server place to solve.Second kind of possibility is to carry out at one of them the client place that is chosen as main frame to solve, and the third possibility is to carry out solution simultaneously at whole two client places.Latter event is possible, and this is because solution rule is deterministic fully, and therefore whole two clients must draw identical conclusion.Unique requirement for each client is that its local chess maneuvers are sent to another client.

A part that can be used as the website that many recreation are provided provides described recreation.Can be winner's awarding.Described website may require member system, and uses membership dues to best player's awarding.Described website can provide aforesaid championship.Provide the website of this recreation can be by the advertisement support.Replacedly, can be divided into cost with royalty, usage charges or ad revenue and provide this recreation to different web content providers.

Replacedly, a part that can be used as online gambling website provides described recreation.The player can make a bet as the result of many other recreation to described recreation.Can itself make a bet to described recreation,, perhaps can make a bet the final score of recreation such as whether it is made a bet triumph.Can also make a bet with other players or with described website supplier according to expectation.

Championship can be provided, wherein decide the winner in the mode of best of three games or according to any other suitable setting.In this championship, can decide the winner by office's number of win recreation, but the mark of the chess piece when overall score can be based on each innings game over of being won.

Referring now to Figure 21, this figure shows the next-door neighbour's that links to each other by wireless link 104 two computers 100 and 102 reduced graph.Wireless link 104 can be Bluetooth ^TMLink or infrared link, perhaps it can be the link by local wireless LAN.Replacedly, described wireless link can be replaced by wired link.Have client at each computer place, and except do not have server exercise supervision game process as before, therefore carry out solving at a client place that is being designated as main frame, perhaps whole two client executing solve.

Described recreation can be advantageously provided to cellular telephone subscribers.Described recreation is less relatively and be applicable to the mobile phone of most of types.Can be by the GPRS between the DR telephone or WAP communication or by the Bluetooth between the physically approaching phone ^TMDescribed game process is supported in communication.Figure 22 shows the server 110 that is connected to mobile phone 114 and 116 by cellular internet 112.Described cell phone can and independently be played subsequently from described server 110 download client, perhaps replacedly may need to play games to the connection support of described server.

Described server can be supported championship equally, thereby mobile phone subscriber can haggle each other according to modes such as league matches or elimination serieses.Utilize mobile phone, can use subscriber's telephone bill to collect usage charges, thereby and according to expecting to be website and the paying of fund prize.

Be expected in time limit of this patent and will develop many relevant equipment and system, and a priori comprise all these new technologies in the scope intention of this term.

Will be appreciated that for the sake of clarity the special characteristic of describing of the present invention also can be combined and be provided among the single embodiment in the context of independent embodiment.On the contrary, the different characteristic of describing in the context of single embodiment for simplicity of the present invention also can be separated to provide or provide with any suitable sub-portfolio.

Though described the present invention, it is evident that many alternatives, modification and modification are tangible for those skilled in the art in conjunction with specific embodiment of the present invention.Correspondingly, the invention is intended to comprise spirit and interior all these alternatives, modification and the modification of broad range that drops on appended claims.All publications, patent and the patent application of mentioning in this manual all merged in full in this manual with for referencial use, and this is equivalent to specifically show that separately the publication that each is independent, patent or patent application are incorporated in this with for referencial use.In addition, quoting or mention and to be understood that to admit that this list of references can be used as prior art of the present invention for any list of references in this application.

Claims

1. be used for carrying out simultaneously the equipment of turn-based recreation, comprise:

First game board, described first chessboard has the layout of homogeneous basically, comprises the rule interval of predetermined number and the column that rule is shaped;

2. the equipment of claim 1, wherein, described rule at interval and the column that is shaped of rule be hexagon.

3. the equipment of claim 1, wherein, described chess piece is sorted progressively, and described calculating is included in described stack and determines to eliminate when described chess piece is positioned on the same column lower one of ordering in the middle of the described chess piece.

4. the equipment of claim 1 is included in and eliminates whole two described chess pieces when whole two the described chess pieces that are positioned on the same column have identical ordering.

5. the equipment of claim 1, wherein, described chess piece comprises direction indicator, described direction indicator can the selectable adjacent column of directed towards user.

6. the equipment of claim 5, wherein, described calculating comprises the chess piece of eliminating by described direction indicator indication.

7. the equipment of claim 6, wherein, described chess piece is sorted progressively, and when the chess piece of two opposition is indicated each other, and described calculating comprises the minimum chess piece of eliminating in the middle of the described chess piece of ordering.

8. the equipment of claim 7, wherein, described eliminating is included in described chess piece superseded whole two described chess pieces when having identical ordering.

9. the equipment of claim 2, wherein, described chess piece comprises direction indicator, described direction indicator can point to the at user option column in the middle of six adjacent columns.

10. the equipment of claim 9, wherein, described calculating comprises the chess piece of eliminating by described direction indicator indication.

11. the equipment of claim 1, wherein, described chess piece can freely be placed on described chessboard in first leg, and is mobile by single column only in follow-up bout.

12. the equipment of claim 1, wherein, each chessboard is a physics, and described bout end combiner comprises machinery setting.

13. the equipment of claim 1, wherein, each chessboard is embodied on the corresponding computer, and described computer is connected together by the electronics connection.

14. the equipment of claim 13, wherein, it is wireless connections that described electronics connects.

15. the equipment of claim 1, wherein, it is network that described electronics connects.

16. the equipment of claim 15, wherein, described network is a cellular radio network.

17. the equipment of claim 1, wherein, described bout finishes combiner and comprises the activation point that is associated with each chessboard respectively, and implements described stack when operation after all described activation points activate.

18. a method of carrying out the turn-based recreation simultaneously, described method comprises:

Superpose described game board when bout finishes and game result is provided described carrying out simultaneously, comprise some that superseded described chess piece is central and stay other described chess pieces as the residue chess piece;

19. the method for claim 18, wherein, the first leg in the middle of the described while bout comprises each chess piece is free to travel to any described column, and follow-up bout only allows each chess piece is moved to adjacent column.

20. the method for claim 18, wherein, each column is a hexagon, thereby allows six adjacent columns.

21. the method for claim 18 is included as each chess piece ordering is provided, and in described eliminating, eliminates the central minimum chess piece of ordering of chess piece that is superimposed upon on the same column.

22. the method for claim 21 wherein, when whole two the described chess pieces on the described same column have identical ordering, is eliminated whole two chess pieces.

23. the method for claim 18, being included as each chess piece provides direction indicator being used to indicate one of them of corresponding adjacent column, and in described eliminating, eliminates any opposition chess piece on the indicated described adjacent column.

24. the method for claim 18, being included as each chess piece provides ordering and provides direction indicator to be used to indicate one of them of corresponding adjacent column for each chess piece, and when two opposition chess pieces are indicated each other, eliminate the central minimum chess piece of ordering of described chess piece.

25. the method for claim 24 wherein, when indication described two opposition chess pieces each other have identical ordering, is eliminated whole two chess pieces.

26. a networked server, comprising the equipment that is used for being carried out simultaneously by the player based on Terminal Server Client the turn-based recreation, described equipment comprises: