FR2705249A1 - Parlour game - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a parlour game. This parlour game is noteworthy in that it is composed: - of a board 100 divided into squares 110, - of a set of pieces 200 accredited to the players, indicating their position on a square 110 of the abovementioned board 100 and intended to be moved over the squares 110 of the latter, - of a set of orientation cards 300 imposing the direction of the displacements of the pieces 200, - of at least one die 400, of which the number thrown at random determines, in terms of the number of squares 110, the speed of progression of the displacement of the piece 200 over the board 100 in the direction imposed by the orientation card 300. Applications: parlour games.

Description

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BOARD GAME

  The present invention relates to entertainment games and more particularly to a board game comprising a playful and educational aspect while involving the laws of chance. According to the invention, the board game is remarkable in that it consists of: - a table divided into boxes, - a set of tokens assigned to the players indicating their position on a box in the above table and intended for move on the boxes of the latter, - of a set of orientation cards imposing the direction of movement of the tokens, - of at least one dice whose number drawn by lot determines, in number of boxes, the speed of progression of the movement of a token on the board following the imposed direction

by the orientation map.

  The object of this game is simple. The table, on which a representation of the total or partial surface of the terrestrial globe can be reproduced, is subdivided into boxes on which the tokens assigned to the players are moved according to a movement whose direction and direction are imposed by the orientation map and whose speed of progression making it possible to determine the length of the movement is fixed by a geometric progression corresponding to the number of boxes drawn at random by the die. Thus, a player chooses one or two orientation cards that he has in hand (or that he draws in a heel according to the guidelines of the game rule) in order to indicate the direction (s) (north, south, east , west, northeast, northwest, southwest, southeast) in which he will move his token, then, depending on the number of directions chosen, he will draw as many numbers (with a dice) as of selected directions, in order to move its token in its number of boxes corresponding to said

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  figures. The board game of the invention also includes several pawns intended to mark the positions of the starting square, the finishing square and at least one stage square. In this way, at the start of the game, it is possible to freeze, by positioning these pawns, a start square, a stage square and an finish square defining the trajectory that

  players must travel to win a game.

  According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the above boxes are distributed on the above table according to a coordinate system so that an alignment of said boxes, located horizontal and above on said table, suggests the abscissa axis and that another alignment of said boxes, located vertical and to the left of the table, suggests the ordinate axis so that each box of said table is identified by the abscissa and the ordinate of the position of the box corresponding to the 'intersection of the two lines at the coordinates considered. These provisions make it possible to associate with each box an identification code, defined by the abscissa and the ordinate of the box, which code is, according to a particularly advantageous characteristic of the invention, listed in a collection of questions and answers. . Thus, when a player announces the coordinates of the identification code of the box on which he arrives, according to the guidelines set by the rules of the game, he will be automatically asked by another player a question from the collection corresponding to this code. 'identification. The correct answer to this question by the player concerned may, for example, allow him to move again. Also, this game, both entertaining and educational while involving tactics and the laws of chance, also allows you to use your knowledge in the field of culture and practical life, through the collection of questions and answers. In addition, when a representation of the surface of the terrestrial globe is reproduced on the above table, the game of the invention allows the player to roam our planet while discovering by means of a collection or questionnaire judiciously adapted, all what makes our planet, the Earth, deserves to be known, as well as those who inhabit it or have inhabited it. This game therefore has a fun aspect, of course, but also educational. Another advantage which results from this game resides in the different courses across the planet, the choice of which for each new part of the game engaged determined by the positioning of the "start", "stages" and "arrival" counters, renews the interest playful game

according to the invention.

  The invention having just been demonstrated above in its most basic form, other characteristics and other advantages will appear more clearly on

  reading of the description which follows, giving by way of nonlimiting and illustrative example and in

  look at the accompanying drawings, an embodiment of a board game respecting the

  fundamental concepts of the invention.

  In these drawings: Figure 1 is a top view of the board game of the invention, Figures 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d and 2e are intended to illustrate a mode of movement of a game element, Figures 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e and 3f are intended to illustrate a mode of

  move another game item.

  As illustrated in the drawing in FIG. 1, the game of the invention consists of a table 100 divided into 252 boxes 110 delimiting a grid on a representation of our planet reproduced on said table 100. On this table 100, at the top of the latter, the first horizontal alignment of said boxes 110 suggests the abscissa axis A, and to the left of the same table, the first vertical alignment of said boxes 110 suggests the axis

  ordinates B of an orthonormal coordinate system.

  The boxes 110 of the alignment of the abscissas A are indexed with the numbers 1 to 19 and, the boxes 110 of the alignment of the ordinates B are indexed from 1 to 10 in order to

  mark their ordered numerical arrangement on said table 100.

  Similarly, the abscissa axis A is reproduced at the bottom of the table in the last horizontal alignment of said boxes 110 and the ordinate axis B is reproduced to the right of the same table in the last vertical alignment of said boxes 110. This double representation of the purpose of the abscissa axis A and of the ordinate axis B is to facilitate the location of the cages 110 situated outside the abscissa boxes (A1, A2, A3 ... A19) and the ordinate boxes (B1, B2, B3 ... B19). Thus, the city of Paris located in France, corresponding on table 100 to the intersection of the axis of the abscissa A9 with the axis of

  the ordinate B2, will therefore be identified by the reference A9, B2.

  According to a particularly advantageous characteristic of the invention, all of the boxes 110 of the table 100 located outside the abscissa axis A and the ordinate axis B, each identified by their abscissa (A1, A2 ... A19) and their ordinate (B 1, B2 ... B 19), define identification codes which are listed in a collection of questions and answers. The content of this collection of questions and answers, in line with the representation reproduced on table 100 and in this case with the representation of our planet, is intended to make players browse the latter, while discovering,

  via the questionnaire, everything related to the planet.

  The board game also relates to game elements necessary for the proper functioning of the game, object of the present invention, and which will be described below to better highlight their structure, their shape and their role in the course of a game. According to the invention, these game elements consist of: - a set of chips 200 assigned to the players to indicate their position on a box 110 of the table 100 and intended to move on the boxes of the latter, as shown on the drawing of FIG. 2e, - of a set of orientation cards 300, illustrated in the drawing of FIG. 2a and 2b and intended to impose the direction of movement of the tokens 200 on the table 100, - of a die 400 at least, whose number drawn by lot determines in number of boxes the speed of progression of the movement of a token 200 on the table 100, according to the

  direction imposed by an orientation map 300.

  The principle of moving the tokens on the table 100 illustrated by the drawings of FIGS. 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e, is simple and the following: When one of the players is positioned on the box 110 at the coordinates A7, B7 as 'illustrated in the drawing of Figure 2e, which he selected according to one of the directives of the imposed game rule (picking in a heel ...) the two orientation cards 300 illustrated in the drawings of Figures 2a and Figure 2b imposing the first the north direction and the second the east direction, which he then drew with the dice 400 the number 3 for the north direction and the number 4 for the east direction, so he moves his token three boxes in the north direction to bring it to box 110 at coordinates A7, B4 then four boxes in the east direction to bring it to box 110 at coordinates A11, B4. Moving the tokens 200 assigned to the players therefore calls for tactics thanks to the judicious choice of orientation maps 300 and the laws

  by chance thanks to the draw of the die 400.

  As indicated above, the arrival of a token 200 on a box 110 of the table therefore corresponds to an identification code (in this case A11, B4) corresponding in the collection to a question which may be asked by a another player and who, according to the rules of the game, can allow the player to play again or to validate

  his arrival on the square concerned.

  In order to determine the trajectory to be covered on the table 100 during a game, this board game also includes pawns 501, 502, 503 intended to mark the positions of the starting square, the stage square and the square arrival. The positioning of these pawns 501, 502, 503 on the table 100 is determined at random using the identification codes of certain boxes listed in a collection with a digital index

  corresponding to the possible combinations of a draw for one or more numbers.

  Thus, by choosing the possible combinations for drawing lots for three numbers of a dice for example, it is possible to define 216 places corresponding to boxes 110 of the table 100 identified by their identification code. At the start of the game, a player rolls the die three times to determine the place of the starting square by imposing his pawn 501 then renews (twice him or another player) the same operation to determine the square step 502 and the arrival box 503. In the example of a game part illustrated in the drawing in FIG. 1, the players have a start in box A12, B2 must complete a step in box A3 and B3 and

  must arrive to complete the game in box A14, B 1.

  According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the boxes 110 bordering the table and located outside the abscissa axis A and the ordinate axis B have orientation inscriptions 600 imposing one or more directions of movement . These orientation inscriptions constituted by one or more arrows are intended to indicate to the players, when his token arrives on a box 110 bearing this inscription but has not completed the number of points indicated by his die, that he must continue his journey in

  one of the directions indicated by said arrows.

  According to another preferred embodiment of the invention, certain boxes 110 of table 100 are assigned an acronym corresponding to a particular function of a game part, fixed by the game rule. These acronyms which will neither be described , nor represented may constitute, at the option of the game publishers, bonus or penalty conditions that may facilitate or delay the player's journey. For example, one of these acronyms known as a cataclysm will allow the player to advance a pawn 700 pictured in the drawing in Figure 3a and occupying an area of 9 spaces 110 in Table 100. As shown in the drawing in Figure 3e, the moving this cataclysm 700 counter is the same as moving a player marking token. If the player chooses the 300 NORTH orientation cards of figure 3b and EST of figure 3c and that he draws the die 400 to have the figures 3 figure 3d, and the figures 4 of figure 3e, he will move said cataclysm 700 pawn three spaces to the north and four spaces to the east. This cataclysm 700 counter may have the effect of sweeping players' tokens in its path in order to return them to square one or to square

  step 110, marked with the corresponding pawn 501 or 502.

  It is understood that the board game, which has just been described and represented above, was for the purpose of disclosure rather than limitation. Of course, various arrangements, modifications and improvements could be made to the above example, without going beyond the ambit of the invention taken in its aspects and in its spirit most

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  wide. In order to allow a better understanding of the drawings, a list of

  references with their legends is listed below.

  100 .............................................. Table 110. ...................................... Boxes A .......... ...........

  ................. X axis A0, Ai ... A19 ..................... Boxes abscissa B ........................................ Axis of ordinates B1, B2 .. B10 ....................... Boxes of ordinates 200 ..................... ..................... Tokens 300 ........................... .................. Orientation maps..DTD: 400 ....................... ..................... Dice

  501 ............................................. Starting counter 502. .........

  ................................. Pawn step 503 ............. DTD : ................................ Pawn arrival 600 .............. ........... DTD: .................. Orientation inscriptions..DTD: 700 .......... ................................... Cataclysm pawn.

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Claims (8)

  1. Board game, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT It consists of: - a table (100) divided into boxes (110), - a set of tokens (200) assigned to players indicating their position on a box (110) of the above table (100) and intended to move on the boxes (110) of the latter, - a set of orientation maps (300) imposing the direction of movement of the tokens (200), - d '' at least one die (400) whose number drawn by lot determines in number of boxes (110) the speed of progression of the movement of a token (200) on the table (100) according to the   direction imposed by the orientation map (300).   2. Board game according to claim 1, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT the above boxes (110) are distributed on the above table (100) according to a coordinate system such that an alignment (A) of said boxes (110) , located horizontal and at the top in said table, suggests the abscissa axis and that another alignment (B) of said boxes (110), located vertical and to the left of said table, suggests the ordinate axis, AND BY THE   FACT THAT each box (110) of said table (100) is identified by the abscissa (A1, A2, A3 ...   A19) and the ordinate (B1, B2 ... B10) of the positioning of the box (110) corresponding to   the intersection of the two lines at the coordinates considered.   3. Board game according to claim 1, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT certain boxes (110) are assigned an acronym corresponding to a particular function of   progress of a game, set by the game rules.   4. Board game according to claim 1, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT It includes several pawns (501, 502, 503) intended to mark the positions of the box   departure, arrival box and at least one stage box.   5. Board game according to claims 1 and 2, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT   THAT the abscissa (A1, A2, .... A19) and the ordinate (B1, B2, ... B10) of a box (110) of the table (100) located outside the abscissa axis (A) and the ordinate axis (B), define a   identification code, which code is listed in a collection of questions and answers.   6. Board game according to claims 1 and 2, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT   THAT the boxes (110) bordering the table (100) and located outside the abscissa axis (A) and the ordinate axis (B), include orientation inscriptions (600) imposing one or more   several directions of movement.   7. Board game according to claims 1, 2 and 4, CHARACTERIZED BY THE   FACT THAT the identification codes of certain boxes (110) are listed in a collection with a numerical index corresponding to the possible combinations of a draw of a lot -8- 2705249 or several numbers allowing to determine at random the positioning of the pawns of   departure (501), stage (502), and arrival (503). 8. Board game according to claims 1 to 7 taken together, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT a representation of the total or partial surface of the terrestrial globe is   reproduced on the above table (100) on a grid background of the above progression boxes (110).