GB1196482A - A Board Game - Google Patents
A Board GameInfo
- Publication number
- GB1196482A GB1196482A GB37333/67A GB3733367A GB1196482A GB 1196482 A GB1196482 A GB 1196482A GB 37333/67 A GB37333/67 A GB 37333/67A GB 3733367 A GB3733367 A GB 3733367A GB 1196482 A GB1196482 A GB 1196482A
- Authority
- GB
- United Kingdom
- Prior art keywords
- expedition
- player
- board
- game
- diving
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Expired
Links
Classifications
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
- A63F3/04—Geographical or like games ; Educational games
- A63F3/0457—Geographical or like games ; Educational games concerning science or technology, e.g. geology, chemistry, statistics, computer flow charts, radio, telephone
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
- A63F3/00003—Types of board games
- A63F3/00006—Board games played along a linear track, e.g. game of goose, snakes and ladders, along an endless track
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- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
- Probability & Statistics with Applications (AREA)
- Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
- Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
- General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- Organic Chemistry (AREA)
- Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
- Educational Technology (AREA)
- Multimedia (AREA)
- Management, Administration, Business Operations System, And Electronic Commerce (AREA)
- Pinball Game Machines (AREA)
- Credit Cards Or The Like (AREA)
- Control Of Vending Devices And Auxiliary Devices For Vending Devices (AREA)
Abstract
1,196,482. Board game apparatus. J. C. SPIRING. 6 Aug., 1968 [14 Aug,, 1967], No. 37333/67. Heading A6H. Apparatus for playing a board game comprises a board having an outer track and an inner subdivided map-like area, a plurality of playing pieces, a numerically marked die for use in determining the movement of the pieces around the outer track, a direction-indicating die for use in choosing the directions of movement of the pieces over the inner area and a plurality of cards bearing symbols corresponding with those marked on a number of the subdivisions of the inner map-like area. The apparatus may be used to play a game in which each player moves his playing pieces on a mountaineering, archaeology sailing or diving expedition in the inner subdivided map-like area of the board, the symbols on the cards and inner area of the board representing a schooner, diving clothing, charts and an aqualung for a diving expedition, a raft, sextant, dinghy and telescope for a sailing expedition, a compass, tools, netting and mules for an archaeology expedition and an ice axe, boots, porters and tents for a mountaineering expedition. The apparatus may also comprise token money used in buying the equipment for an expedition, sixteen Personnel Cards representing a captain, diver, marine engineer and diving shop equipment list for a diving expedition, a zoologist, navigator, crew man and sailing shop equipment list for a sailing expedition, an archaeologist, surveyor, photographer and archaeology shop equipment list for an archaeology expedition, and a mountaineer, guide, biologist and mountaineering shop equipment list for a mountaineering expedition, which are dealt to the players at the start of the game and fourteen Exploration Club' cards taken when a player's piece lands on certain of the squares of the outer track of the board and bearing various instructions to be followed by the player. The limit part of the game is played on the outer track, the playing pieces being moved in accordance with the numerical die until a player has at least two items of equipment and two men all belonging to the same expedition, exchanged or purchased in accordance with instructions given on the outer track, and is then played on the inner area of the track in accordance with the direction-indicating die. The player visits his main objective and optionally lesser objectives for which payments are made and returns to base, the winner of the game being the player who has the most money at the end of the expedition.
Priority Applications (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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GB37333/67A GB1196482A (en) | 1967-08-14 | 1967-08-14 | A Board Game |
US750819A US3556528A (en) | 1967-08-14 | 1968-08-07 | Expedition simulating board game |
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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GB37333/67A GB1196482A (en) | 1967-08-14 | 1967-08-14 | A Board Game |
Publications (1)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
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GB1196482A true GB1196482A (en) | 1970-06-24 |
Family
ID=10395643
Family Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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GB37333/67A Expired GB1196482A (en) | 1967-08-14 | 1967-08-14 | A Board Game |
Country Status (2)
Country | Link |
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US (1) | US3556528A (en) |
GB (1) | GB1196482A (en) |
Cited By (3)
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US4262907A (en) * | 1978-02-24 | 1981-04-21 | Pentagames, Inc. | Game having a game board and components to be used therewith |
GB2116438A (en) * | 1982-03-08 | 1983-09-28 | Kenneth Cecil Spratt | Gold-prospecting board game |
US4948146A (en) * | 1989-02-06 | 1990-08-14 | Marvin Glass & Associates | Apparatus and method of playing a menu item collecting game |
Families Citing this family (16)
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GB1274366A (en) * | 1970-06-12 | 1972-05-17 | Edward De Bono | Board game apparatus |
US3973775A (en) * | 1974-10-02 | 1976-08-10 | William Bernard Bolan | Game board apparatus |
JPS5180248U (en) * | 1974-12-18 | 1976-06-25 | ||
US3942800A (en) * | 1975-04-09 | 1976-03-09 | Dwight Holbrook | Archeological game |
US4016939A (en) * | 1975-07-28 | 1977-04-12 | Harry Marshall Thron | Board game apparatus |
US3997166A (en) * | 1975-08-04 | 1976-12-14 | Geraldo Flores | Board game apparatus |
US4070026A (en) * | 1976-08-20 | 1978-01-24 | Cambardella Nicholas A | Board game apparatus |
US4456260A (en) * | 1982-07-19 | 1984-06-26 | Hilton Allen L | Property game having inner path space markers |
US4569527A (en) * | 1983-11-14 | 1986-02-11 | Marvin Glass & Associates | Treasure game with separable, changeable surfaces |
US4570939A (en) * | 1983-11-21 | 1986-02-18 | Tourville David A | Board game |
US4575093A (en) * | 1984-04-23 | 1986-03-11 | Russell Ethel C | Travel board game |
US5295695A (en) * | 1993-04-22 | 1994-03-22 | Tamanini Vicki L | Method of coding gifts |
USD386541S (en) * | 1995-05-24 | 1997-11-18 | British Gas Plc | Game board |
USD388130S (en) * | 1996-10-23 | 1997-12-23 | British Gas Plc | Game board solution |
MXPA06001616A (en) * | 2005-04-27 | 2007-02-14 | Mattel Inc | Game with players competing for points and avoiding obstacles. |
CN109876442A (en) * | 2019-04-15 | 2019-06-14 | 网易(杭州)网络有限公司 | Route indicating means, equipment and storage medium in game based on map |
Family Cites Families (8)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US2211297A (en) * | 1937-06-17 | 1940-08-13 | Bull George Geoffrey | Apparatus for playing an indoor game |
GB515816A (en) * | 1938-07-02 | 1939-12-14 | William Henry Storey | Improvements in or relating to apparatus for playing games |
US2273292A (en) * | 1940-01-26 | 1942-02-17 | James E Smith | Game |
GB566994A (en) * | 1943-08-10 | 1945-01-23 | Audrey Braham | Apparatus for playing a board game |
GB619427A (en) * | 1946-12-10 | 1949-03-09 | Benjamin Guy Vernon | Improved apparatus for playing a game |
CH281160A (en) * | 1949-10-01 | 1952-02-29 | Sora Hans | Soccer dice game. |
GB801964A (en) * | 1956-06-07 | 1958-09-24 | Waddington Ltd J | Improvements in and relating to apparatus for playing board games |
GB915550A (en) * | 1958-05-01 | 1963-01-16 | Kenneth Graham Hughes | Improvements in or relating to board games |
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1967
- 1967-08-14 GB GB37333/67A patent/GB1196482A/en not_active Expired
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1968
- 1968-08-07 US US750819A patent/US3556528A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
Cited By (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US4262907A (en) * | 1978-02-24 | 1981-04-21 | Pentagames, Inc. | Game having a game board and components to be used therewith |
GB2116438A (en) * | 1982-03-08 | 1983-09-28 | Kenneth Cecil Spratt | Gold-prospecting board game |
US4948146A (en) * | 1989-02-06 | 1990-08-14 | Marvin Glass & Associates | Apparatus and method of playing a menu item collecting game |
Also Published As
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US3556528A (en) | 1971-01-19 |
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Legal Events
Date | Code | Title | Description |
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PS | Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949] | ||
PLE | Entries relating assignments, transmissions, licences in the register of patents | ||
PLE | Entries relating assignments, transmissions, licences in the register of patents | ||
PLNP | Patent lapsed through nonpayment of renewal fees |