GB2398256A - A magic square puzzle game - Google Patents

Abstract

A board game comprises a main board marked into squares. Ten playing pieces in the form of boards or tiles divided into quadrants have a number or symbol printed in each square. The pieces are placed on the board so that matching edges are placed together. The pieces may be overlapped provided the tile remains within the confines of the board. To solve the puzzle the pieces must be placed on the board so that the total of the numbers on each side of the board is 25.

Description

MIND GAME PUZZLE

THIS INVENTION IS A COLOURED CHECK

FLAT BOARD,CONSISTING OF RED,BLUE,

YELLOW AND GREEN

SQUARES IN TOTAL 5X5

PREFERABLY MADE FROM CARDBOARD

WITH A THIN MAGNETIC STRIP THROUGHOUT

POSSIBLY WITH A PLASTIC COVERING TO

PROTECT IT

FIGURE 1 SHOWS THE CHECK BOARD FIGURES 2 THROUGH TO 1 1 SHOW THE

BOARD PIECES EACH OF WHICH HAVE

4 SQUARES 2X2 ON BOTH SIDES EACH CONTAINING NUMBERS FROM 1 TO 9

MADE FROM CARDBOARD ALSO WITH

A MAGNETIC STRIP AND PLASTIC COVERING

SO THAT THEY MAY SIT ON FIG 1

THE OBJECT OF THE PUZZLE IS TO USE ALL

2X2 CARDS PLACED ON FIG 1 NOT GOING OUTSIDE THE 5X5 SQUARE BOARD AND FOR ALL OUTER LINES TO TOTAL 25.

YOU MAY OVER LAP ANY CARD AT ANY

TIME AS LONG AS THE NUMBER ON THE

CARD UNDERNEATH HAS THE SAME NUMBER

AS SHOWN IN FIG 12 IN FIG 13 YOU CAN SEE THE BOARD

PIECES REVERSED SO IN TOTAL YOU

HAVE 80 NUMBERS ALLTOGETHER TO

PLAY WITH THEREFOR MAKING THE PUZZLE

THAT MUCH HARDER

THE SAME CONCEPT COULD BE USED

WITH A 16 4X4 BOARD FIG 14 AND A 36 6X6 BOARD FIG 15 AND A 49 7X7 BOARD INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF BOARD PIECES EACH TIME Old 16 FIGURES 1,1 4,1 5 AND 1 6 MAY FOLD TO HALF OR

QUARTER THEIR SIZE SO IT ALL COULD BE PACKAGED

SMALLER

YOU CAN PLACE THE 10 BOARD PIECES OVER 1,2 OR ALL 4 OF THE UNDERNEATH NUMBERED

SQUARES AS LONG AS THE NUMBERS ALL MATCH UP

THERE IS ONLY ONE SOLUTION TO THIS PUZZLE 4.

Claims (5)

1. CIAIMS

   A game using one main board
2. 2. Ten smaller game pieces with different numbers on each side to be placed on the main board À À À À... À Àe
3. 3. The smaller pieces may overlap Àe À . one another but staying inside the À À main board a.

   À..... À
4. 4. Using Ail ten pieces to complete the game
5. 5. The game is finished only when Ail pieces have been placed in their correct position and the total number required on the four outer edges Amended claims have been filed as follows Amended claims You start by placing one tile anywhere on the board Dither pimp In there are 4 different numbers on each side all _. _ _ o'w' o' o ' ''n The next tile can be placed again anywhere on the board The tiles may overlap one another as long as the bottom tile number matches the above tile number You can overlap tiles by one or Iwo squares The object is for all ten tiles in this 5x5 game to completly cover the board not going outside and to cover all twentyfive squares The top five squares and bottom five and the two outer sides forming the outer square all have to amount to the same number twenyfive in this game There are ten tiles each with four numbers on each side eighth,/ numbers in total One tile can be placed in many different positions therefor making the possibility of reachig you total nearly impossible