DE102019131165A1 - Method for producing a playing surface for a board game - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for producing a playing surface (2) for a board game. According to the invention, the playing area (2) is based on a current map and / or aerial image display (3) of a real existing area. In one embodiment of the invention, the playing surface (2) is applied to a fine carrier (3) to form a game board. The image and / or the relief is preferably modified game-specific by playing fields (4).

Description

The invention relates to a method for producing a playing surface for a board game.

For board games in which pieces or pieces have to be moved, e.g. random numbers rolled according to the dice, game boards are used, the playing area of which is designed with playing fields and, if necessary, a background image. There is no functional relationship between the playing fields that are decisive for the game and the background image.

The present invention creates a new method for producing a playing surface for a board game, which is characterized in that the playing surface is based on an up-to-date map and / or aerial view of a real existing area.

According to the invention, the playing area comprises a map and / or aerial image display of an area that is actually present. If the players are familiar with this area, the playing area offers a special incentive to use.

While it would be conceivable to generate the game surface according to the invention as a computer image on a screen and to carry out game actions e.g. through inputs or to let them run automatically, in a special embodiment the game surface is applied to a carrier as a picture and / or relief forming a game board. Thus, the board game can be used in a conventional manner by several players placed around the game board.

The image and / or the relief is preferably applied to the carrier by a program-controlled processing device, so that game boards can be produced automatically in series.

Image data to be processed by a control program can optionally be generated automatically by scanning the underlying map and / or aerial image representation.

The image and / or the relief is expediently applied to the carrier using a laser, in particular a CO2 laser, which can easily remove plastic and wood materials that form a coating on the carrier or the carrier itself. Screen printing or direct printing can also be used for the production of the game board.

While it would be conceivable to apply an illustration and / or a relief based on the map and / or aerial image display without playing field elements related to a board game and to define the use of the illustration or the relief solely by game rules, in a preferred embodiment of the method, the illustration or / and the relief modified game-specific by playing fields.

This modification includes in particular the insertion of game positions to be occupied by game pieces or pieces or at least one game path to be used by game pieces or pieces.

Particularly prominent points come into consideration as playing positions, e.g. an intersection, a square or a height position of the image or the relief. A play path is expediently formed by a road, a railway line and / or a river. Playing fields, in particular playing positions, can also be entire countries, towns or other outlined regions.

In a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention, the current map and / or aerial image display relates to a location or to several locations. A board game produced by the method according to the invention can be of particular interest to residents of the localities.

• 1 und 2 verschiedene, gemäß dem erfindungsgemäßen Verfahren hergestellte Spielflächen für Brettspiele.

The invention is explained in more detail below with the aid of exemplary embodiments and the accompanying drawings relating to these exemplary embodiments. Show it:

• 1 and 2 various playing surfaces for board games produced according to the method of the invention.

An in 1 The game board shown in plan view has a carrier 1 with a playing area 2 on that through a current map display 3 a locality is formed.

The map display 3 is through different colored playing fields 4th modified, which are to be filled with pieces according to the rules of a board game that cannot be described in more detail here (possibly not yet known), e.g. a board game in the style of a man don’t get angry - game.

In the example shown, an essential feature is the insertion of game fields to be filled with game pieces or figures into a map display of a real existing location. The board game can therefore be of particular interest to those familiar with the area.

The rules of the game do not need to be discussed further here. It goes without saying that the rules of the game for such a board game as well as a playing area based on a map or aerial image display with or without playing fields can be designed completely differently.

In the example shown, the playing surface is produced solely by a flat, printed image surface, the pressure being based on control by a program that processes image data. It goes without saying that the image printed on the basis of the image data can be modified by the control program, the control program being able to ensure, for example, that lettering is omitted, as shown in FIG 2 is shown.

As an alternative to a flat playing surface, a relief could be provided as the playing surface, which is also based on the above-mentioned image data, with a control program controlling a machining head or laser beam that removes material in accordance with the desired relief depths.

In the latter case, the support of the game board must be covered with a material suitable for removal, e.g. by a CO2 laser, or consist of such a material itself.

One in 2 Shown, flat or formed as a relief playing surface 2a has play areas delimited by streets, preferably of different colors ( 5 ) to be filled with pieces or figures.

It goes without saying that the game boards described above can be designed according to customer requirements. The latter relates in particular to game pieces and pieces, including lettering on playing cards used in connection with the game board.

Claims (8)

Method for producing a playing surface for a board game, characterized in that the playing surface (2) is based on an up-to-date map and / or aerial image representation of a real existing area. Procedure according to Claim 1 , characterized in that the playing surface (2) is applied to a carrier (1) with the formation of a game board as an image (3) and / or a relief. Procedure according to Claim 2 , characterized in that the image (3) and / or the relief is applied to the carrier (1) by program-controlled printing or program-controlled material removal. Procedure according to Claim 2 or 3 , characterized in that the image (3) and / or the relief is applied to the carrier (1) by a program-controlled laser beam. Method according to one of the Claims 1 to 4th , characterized in that the image (3) and / or the relief is modified game-specific by playing fields (4). Procedure according to Claim 5 , characterized in that the playing fields (4) relate to game positions to be occupied by game pieces or pieces and / or at least one game path to be used by game pieces or pieces. Procedure according to Claim 6 , characterized in that a play position is formed at a prominent point such as a crossroads, on a square, on a special building, or in a certain height position of the relief and a play path through a street, a railway line and / or a river. Method according to one of the Claims 1 to 7th , characterized in that the current map and / or aerial image display relates to at least one locality or to several localities.

Images