DE2738798A1 - Board game for very young children - uses dice with different colours on faces and similar colours forming patterns on board - Google Patents

Abstract

A game played with a die and board uses a die which has a different colour on each face instead of the usual number of dots. A board has squares or circles of colours corresponding to the colours on the faces of the die but arranged in random order. When the die is thrown the player moves his counter onto the next square of the same colour as that of the upper face of the die. This game is especially suitable for very young children who have not learned to count.

Description

A game of pegs with at least one dice and at least one

Play area The invention relates to a dice game with at least a cube and at least one playing surface, arranged on the side by side Single playing fields for setting and moving game pieces or the like. Provided are.

Such dice games are in large numbers and with different Rules known. The number of individual fields that a player advances at a time allowed, is determined with a cube that has six different faces Shows numbers of points. The number rolled indicates how many fields have moved forward can be. In practice, the thrown dice instructs the player to how far the piece is to be moved. However, this assumes that at least have a certain basic knowledge of counting and adding. The applicability such games is therefore of a certain minimum age and level of training Teammate dependent. Especially within families with children of different ages The problem can arise that individual children cannot yet play along while other kids could already grasp and carry out the game.

Another problem with the known dice games is that a player after rolling the dice removes the token from the field on which he was previously stood and must now advance. Does he miscalculate intentionally or unintentionally and an exact memory of the original location is no longer possible, there is no possibility of control for the player yourself or also for his teammates.

There is therefore the task of playing a dice game of the type mentioned at the beginning Art to create in which a control possibility with simple technical means it is available for whether a piece has been correctly placed after rolling the dice; At the same time, with the help of these technical means, that too Players who cannot count well enough can master the game. Miscounting should also be avoided.

The solution to this problem is essentially that the cube faces have different colors and with correspondingly different colored individual playing fields correspond to the playing area. The single playing fields arranged side by side have different colors depending on the number of cube faces, so that depending on which color is on top after throwing the dice, with help the optical laws determine on which field a piece is to be placed. It is also easy to check whether there is a piece after rolling the dice has been drawn correctly. For simplified games, several Cube faces each have the same color, e.g. B.

two opposite cube faces could each be the same Have color. Then three differently colored individual playing fields are sufficient Repeat accordingly in the row of fields. Correspondingly little progress the game pieces on each throw would be given. Another possibility is of course, that a hexagonal cube is provided and there are six different colored ones Repeat single playing fields in the row of playing fields. Any group of six can do this of individual playing fields match in terms of the order of the different colors.

To increase the variety of the game and with appropriate Rules of the game, however, it can also be useful if the order of the colors within each of the number corresponding to the faces of the cube Playing field groups changes.

After leaving a group of playing fields, a dice could suddenly be thrown, which previously made little progress due to the arrangement of the colors, lead to great progress in the next group of playing fields.

In either case, the mental process of counting and transferring becomes of the counting result on a playing field avoided, so that children of the most varied Age ranges, at least some of which are not yet sufficiently powerful at counting are, could easily play together by merely following the laws of physics optics and color theory are exploited. In addition, after each roll of the dice with the dice still on the table clearly visible to all players, which space a piece must be placed on, even if the player is his has already lifted the corresponding piece from the previous field, since the Memory will always suffice to know within which group of playing fields the stone has been so far. With the technical means of coloring the Thus, on the one hand, counting is avoided and, on the other hand, a control option created. The individual cube faces therefore each reflect light waves or Mixtures of light waves of different wavelengths that correspond to certain colors, and correspond to correspondingly reflective ones arranged side by side Single playing fields.

At least individual cube surfaces and individual playing fields can at least partially colored with luminous paint. This allows the game to be played even with unfavorable Lighting conditions can still be carried out well and a falling cube is easier to find.

For an even better assignment of the cube to the individual playing fields to achieve, it can be useful if on the square cube surfaces each a geometrically shaped area, preferably of the same size and shape like the single playing fields, especially a circular area be colored.

The following is the invention and its essential pertaining to it Details are described in more detail using the drawing. It shows in schematic Representation: Fig. 1 is a plan view of a simple playing surface with a row of single playing fields, where od by different hatching. Like. Different Colors are indicated, with a cube lying on the playing field, and Fig. 2 in a diagrammatic representation of a die belonging to the game.

A dice game designated as a whole by 1 has at least one in the exemplary embodiment hexagonal cube 2 and a playing surface 3 on which Single playing fields arranged side by side in a more or less curved row 4 provided for setting and advancing game pieces, not shown in detail are.

In the drawing is through different patterns inside the Playing fields 4 and indicated on the cube surfaces that the cube surfaces are different Have colors and with correspondingly differently colored individual playing fields 4 of the playing surface 3 correspond. In the exemplary embodiment lies on the playing surface 3 the cube 2 and points with its cross-hatched area upwards. Accordingly would be a token that is between two cross-hatched fields, move to the next cross-sharpened field in the direction of play, where in reality the cross hatching stands for a certain color. An analog However, the design could also include such different patterns.

The mental process of counting becomes through this optical aid of dice and the corresponding counting of Playing fields avoided. Errors in gaming can be kept correspondingly low and in addition, the game is also accessible to much younger children. Here you can of course in a known manner at various points on the row of fields Branches or cross connections or certain obstacles or the like. Provided be, d. H. the technical design of the cube game through the arrangement differently colored individual playing fields, whose colors match the colors of one The corresponding colored cube can be applied to a wide variety of rules of the game find or encourage the creation of new rules of the game.

In the embodiment it is indicated that a hexahedral cube 2 is provided and there are six different colored individual playing fields in repeat the row of fields.

In the exemplary embodiment, each group of six 5, of which In Fig. 1, two groups are identified by reference numerals, with regard to the The order of the different colors of the individual playing fields is the same.

There would also be the option of changing the order of the colors within the individual playing field groups corresponding to the number of cubes 5 to change, so that under certain circumstances when passing from one group 5 to the next even more than six fields can be bridged with a die roll.

In the embodiment it is also provided that the square Cube areas each have a geometrically shaped area, in the exemplary embodiment a circular area 6, preferably of approximately the same size and shape as the individual playing fields 4 is colored. This makes the game even for people who still count are not powerful, even more simplified.

In any case, it is essential that the individual cube faces each Light waves or light wave mixtures of different Wavelengths, i.e. different colors, reflect and with correspondingly correspondingly reflecting, side by side arranged single playing fields can correspond. Through this technical measures of coloring and the laws of the Optics and color theory, the intellectual achievement of counting and counting is avoided and created a better possibility of control.

It should also be mentioned that the cube surfaces and / or the playing field Wells or the like. to receive the color or colored inserts or the like can, so that they are protected and possibly when using inserts the order of the colors can also be changed.

Another or additional possibility is that the coloring - be it that of the cube surfaces, be it that of the individual playing fields - by glued on Foil pieces is formed, the z. B. can be punched out.

The game itself can, for example, begin at the arrow Pf 1 and the player who was the first to reach end E wouled. Through obstacles those when reaching certain, possibly additionally marked individual playing fields become effective, the incentive to play can be increased in a known manner.

Of course, the type of coloring is by painting or gluing not limited by foils, but there can also be other coloring options, e.g. B. attaching the individual playing fields when printing the playing field and the like be provided.

All in the description, the following claims and the drawing The features and construction details shown can be used individually or in any combination with one another are of essential importance.

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Claims (10)

Claims 1. Dice game with at least one dice and at least a playing area on which individual playing fields are preferably arranged side by side for setting and advancing game pieces or the like. Are provided, d a d u r c I would like to point out that the faces of the cube have different colors and with correspondingly differently colored individual playing fields (4) of the playing area (3) correspond. 2. Game according to claim 1, characterized in that a preferably hexagonal cube (2) is preceded by the number of cube faces Correspondingly many, preferably six, different colored individual playing fields (4) repeat in the row of fields. 3. Game according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that each Playing field group (5) of individual playing fields (4) with regard to the order of the Colors match. 4. Game according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the sequences the colors within the individual playing field groups with the number of dice areas corresponding single playing fields changes. 3. Game according to one or more of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that that the individual cube faces each light waves or light wave mixtures of different Wavelengths reflect and with correspondingly reflecting, side by side arranged individual playing fields correspond. 6. Game according to one or more of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that that at least individual cube surfaces and / or individual playing fields (4) at least are partially colored with luminous paint. 7. Game according to one or more of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that that on each of the square cube faces a geometrically shaped area preferably of the same size and shape as the individual playing fields (4), in particular a circular area (6) is colored. 8. Game according to one or more of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that that the coloring of the dice surfaces and / or the individual playing fields by glued on Foil pieces is formed. 9. Game according to one or more of claims 1 to 7, thereby characterized in that at least the coloring of the individual playing fields by a corresponding Pressure of the playing surface is formed. 10. Game according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized characterized in that the cube surfaces and / or the playing field (3) depressions od. The like. For receiving paint or colored inserts or the like. Have.