GB2430894A

GB2430894A - A board game with removable panels

Info

Publication number: GB2430894A
Application number: GB0520213A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Angela Henshall
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2005-10-05
Filing date: 2005-10-05
Publication date: 2007-04-11
Also published as: GB0520213D0

Abstract

A board game comprises a board with removable panels concealing all or part of the board and the instructions for play. During the game, panels may be scratched off to reveal an instruction. Once played the board may be disposed off. Dice or another number generator may be concealed by the panels, or may be pressed out of the board together with the playing pieces. The game may be for more than one player.

Description

BOARD GAMES

This invention relates to board games that have panels which when the surface is scratched off reveal the next move or play instruction, unlike the more traditional methods of play where you throw a dice or read instructions from cards. (See diagram I) which shows part of a playing board with (a) covered panels and (b) uncovered panels.

Once the panels have been scratched off the game is no longer playable and can be disposed of, thus making this a consumable product.

Disposable games allow people to play board games together in the traditional way whilst bringing the board game right up to date with modem methods.

Games using scratch off panels to guide the course/outcome of the game are designed to suit all age groups and cover an assortment of different game ideas. The games are disposable and many people will make repeat purchases, so game structures, formats and outcomes will have to be altered batch to batch in order to avoid familiarity.

Games using forfeits or chances will also incorporate these in the form of scratch off panels. See diagram 2 (a & b) apply. These panels will increase or decrease in number according to individual game requirements.

Some games will also be played by using disposable dice, also designed using the scratch off method. They will be designed as Grids with concealed numbers that will be printed in different positions batch to batch to avoid familiarity to numbering sequences. The grids will also come in various sizes according to the game requirements, meaning bolder grids with less scratch off panels for games more suitable for younger players. See diagram 3, and dice with smaller grids and a greater quantity of scratch off panels for older players or more complex games. See diagram 4. Dice will also be made with fewer or greater quantities of scratch off panels than shown in diagrams 3 and 4. The diagrams show the dice after the substance covering the panels has been scratched off.

Where points are gained and tracked throughout a game this will also be done using the scratch off panel method. (See diagram 5), which shows uncovered panels. These panels will increase in number to accommodate individual game requirements.

All games will be brightly printed on board which can be folded and secured closed or sealed in a cellophane wrap, thus disposing of the need to come boxed up. Each game will have a title, suggested age group, target audience and full playing instructions printed on it. In the cases where props are needed, these items will be listed and made fully visible through any packaging. in most cases props will be general every day items that are readily to hand and will require no additional expense. (2)

Disposable scratch off board games will come in various shapes and sizes and any counters or game pieces required will be supplied with the game as pre- cut, push out parts.

Disposable, scratch off board games are designed to be played in many different circumstances from families in their homes, groups of people in their place of work and party gatherings. The games are designed to accommodate different amounts of players which can be any thing from a single person to a larger number of people. The games are designed as board games not scratch cards and therefore will not have an immediate winning opportunity attached. Prize winning opportunities can be supplied by the players themselves and some games are designed to accommodate this facility if required.

The main advantage of these games is that they are designed to be short bursts of fun, they will be inexpensive and the fact that they are disposable means no long term storage space is required. They will be perfect for taking on holidays, to give as gifts or play at parties. They will have a modem slant to them as the designs will cover games such as charades, forfeits, sweepstakes, quizzes etc. as well as more traditional themes. (3)

Claims

I Board games that are designed with scratch off panels and are disposable.
2 Board games according to claim I, in which disposable means when the panels have been scratched off the game is completed and rendered used.
3 Board games according to claim I, in which disposable means made of card that can be disposed of once the game is completed.
4 Board games according to claim I, in which panels covered in a removable substance, conceal game moves and information that guide and instruct the players or indicate a players position in the game.
Scratch off panels according to claim I, meaning the use of scratch off panels on disposable board games.
6 Scratch off panels according to claim 5, for the use of uncovering play moves and instructions on board games.
7 Board games that are designed with scratch off panels and are disposable according to claim 1, that vary from game to game and come in a number of different designs/formats and have a number of different scenarios/outcomes and that all use the scratch off method to guide the game/players round the board.
8 Board games according to claim 1, that are designed to be played by multiples of people who play together by taking turns scratching off panels and following instructions as the games commences.
9 Board games according to claim I, in which the disposable dice, points table, chances and forfeits are also designed as scratch off panels.
Disposable dice according to claim 9, where by the dice is played by scratching off panels on a piece of card, once removed each panel will reveal a number and the dice will have the numbers 1 -6 repeatedly printed in random formation and amounts according to size and vary from larger more manageable panels with fewer multiples of the numbers 1 -6 to dice with smaller panels in larger multiples of the numbers 1 -6. (4)
11 Points tables according to claim 9, where by the players Scratch off numbers to log points gained during a game.
12 Chances and forfeits according to claim 9, in which the player scratches off a panel to obtain information/instructions relating to the chance, forfeit in question.
13 Board games according to game 1, in which all counters and playing parts come in the form of pre-cut push out pieces.
14 Board games according to claim 7, in which designs/formats, scenarios/outcomes means alterations to these things as required with each game design.