IL286841A - Royal BackGammon - Google Patents

Description

Field of the Invention The field of invention is an amusement device and a method of play which based on the old known game backgammon. The invention fundamentally changes the game of backgammon and creates a new amusement device. The invention, add interest and excitement to the well-known game, the backgammon. The substantial changes are reflected in the changes of the tools of the game, and in the change in the method of play.

References Cited: Us 6854732 B2 2/2005 Moody Us 4431194 2/1984 Lapadura Us 2013/0161907 A1 6/2013 Novinbakht Us 2010/0320690 A1 12/2010 Pollack Abstract The amusement device and the method of play that is the subject of the invention based on the well-known game, the backgammon. The components in this invention include game pieces that divided into groups that affecting differently on the game result and they behave differently in their course across the game board. Another element in the set of components allows special moves in the game, and affects the level of the victory. The game method in this invention was determined according to the set of components of this invention. The amusement device and the method of play here can be activated in physical format or in electronic format or through a combination of them.

Background of the invention Known as one of the classic board games, backgammon is thousands of years old is sample game which is based on a random result of rolling a dice and on simple game tactic. Over the years, the game and game methods have been changed like, adding a dice and changing rules in the ancient game, in order to add more interest to the game and an element of tactical thinking. But it did not succeed to leave the simplicity and the fun of the ancient game and at the same time insert in it elements of more interesting, thought-provoking, and exciting. There were some that brought about minor changes that did not add significantly interest, thinking and excitement into the ancient game. And the other changes that were very complex led to a violation of the simplicity of the ancient game that made it classic fun game. The invention here, does not change the simplicity, lightness, and enjoyment of the classic backgammon game but, rather, adds more shades and elements of diversity in content and excitement that are somewhat lacking in the classic game. Thus, the invention adapts the amusement tool to the whole population, children, young people and the adult population. In the invention here, the substantial and applicable change is expressed in the introduction of new set of components to the game and change in the existing components in the ancient game and in change slightly but fundamentally the method of play. These changes create a new amusement device and a new game method and thus they improve and add new elements of interest, excitement, and thought, to the classic game.

Summary of the invention This invention is for an amusement device and the method of play that based on the classic backgammon game. The invention here, amusement device and the method of play, refers to an amusement device which uses game pieces which differ in their effect on the game results and differ in their conduct in the game, and add an element whose activation determines a random result of the bonus the player will receive and the activation of the element depends on a random result of activating another element.

The game pieces divided to groups according to their influence on the result of the game and their conduct across the game board.

The game pieces are divided into 5 equal groups and can be distinguished using a symbol.

The recommended number of game pieces per game is 32 and is suitable for a 2-player game. The result of activating the bonus element indicates one or more of 3 groups from the groups of game pieces.

A method of playing in the invention allows the non-identical game pieces on backgammon board game form, to be promoted across the game board in a differences moves that depending on the result of activation of the randomly element and allows the player to use the bonus of the result in the activation of another element which it allows the non-identical game piece to get a different progress on the game board and different affected on the result of the game. This invention of the amusement device, leaves the characteristics of simplicity, comfort, and fun of the classic backgammon game, on the one hand, and on the other hand more characteristics of additional pleasure, surprise factor, additional tactical thought but simple, similar to that of the classic backgammon game.

The changes in the components of the game and the method of the game create a new amusement device and new method of game substantially different from the well-known backgammon game.

The new amusement device and the method of the playing in this invention provide new challenges of proficiency, thought processes, and interest and amusement, for children and adults.

The new amusement device and the method of play in which they are the subject of the invention, can be activated in physical format or in electronic format or through a combination of them.

The invention here is an amusement device that is a game that comes to improve and change the components and method of play known as the backgammon game that originated in an ancient game based on luck and tactic. The invention here adds new elements and changes to both the game components and rules of the game method and thus, it adds elements of surprise, luck, and tactics and thinking possibilities to the game, creating a new and improved game that can aptly name, Royal Backgammon®, Fig 1.

The preferred embodiment of the amusement device for its components and the recommended method for the game of invention, refers to the game and method of play for 2 players and use 32 game pieces arranged on a backgammon board as shown in Fig. 1 and 2 regular game dice that shown in Fig. 3, and it is also possible to have 4 regular game dice, 2 dice per player. These regular dice determine the progress of the game pieces on the game board and also determinate the option to roll the lucky dice, the Royal dice® Fig. 2, which depends on the score that came out by rolling of the game regular dice, say, in the result of 5:6 or 6:6 of the game regular dices that shown in Fig 3.

The preferred option to arrange the pieces on the game board, at the beginning of the game described in Fig. 1. 32 game pieces, 16 for one player, divided into 5 groups according to the how they affected on the game. Each group of game pieces has the option to progress differently and have a different impact on the game results.

Group of game pieces: The first group: 2 pieces, one piece for each player, which are symbolized is said in letter K (King) or/and form of king's crown.

The second group: 2 pieces, one game piece per player, which are symbolized is said in letter P (Prince) or/and form of prince's crown.

The third group: 4 game pieces, 2 game piece per player, in which the symbolized is said in letter Kn (Knight) or/and form of knights helmet.

The fourth group: with 22 game pieces, 11 game pieces per player, where the symbolized is said in letter S (Soldier) or/and form of soldier's helmet.

The fifth group: 2 game pieces, one game piece per player, where the symbolized is said in letter Q (Queen) or/and form of Queen's crown.

The game board is divided into 4 areas - the "Kingdoms Area" described in Fig. 1, and the 2 areas, the neutral areas, between the kingdom areas.

Between the kingdoms area and the neutral areas, across the entire game board, there is a stripe called the Waiting Place described in Fig. 1. In this place there are game pieces that came out, as a result of being hit by the opponent's game pieces, during the game until they re-enter the game.

There is a place in kingdom area, for the Q-type game pieces described in Fig. 1 the Queen Place in cases the player can manages to insert such a game piece during the game.

Another element is the lucky dice, the Royal Dice® described in Fig. 2, with 6 sides marked with the following symbols: Side 1 – K (King) and Q (Queen), Side 2 - P (Prince) and Q (Queen), Side 3 - K (King) and P (Prince), Side 4 - Q (Queen), Side 5 - K (King), Side 6 - P (Prince) Effect of the result on the rolling the Royal Dice: 1. K & Q - The player move the king game piece from where he is on the game board, to available triangle (at the choice of the player) in his kingdom area. At the same time, the player inserts his queen game piece and places it in its marked place in his kingdom area. 2. K & P - The player move the king game piece and the prince game piece to available triangles (at the choice of the player) in his kingdom area. 3. P & Q - The player move the prince game piece, from where he is on the game board, to available triangle (at the choice of the player) in his kingdom area. At the same time, the player inserts his queen game piece and places it in its marked place in his kingdom area. 4. Q - the player inserts the queen game piece and places it in the mark place in his kingdom area.

. K - The player move the king game piece, from wherever he is on the game board, to available triangle (at the choice of the player) in his kingdom. 6. P - The player move the prince game piece, from wherever he is on the game board, to available triangle (at the choice of the player) in his kingdom, described in Fig. 1.

The purpose of the game is - remove all game pieces outside the game board.

Each player has to move all his game pieces to his kingdom area, as described in Fig. 1.

When all the game pieces are in his player kingdom area, he took them out of his kingdom area, outside the game board depending on the result of rolling the regular game dice. The player who first removes all his game pieces from his kingdom area, win the game.

Queen game piece do not participate in the course of the game across the game board, but affects the score result of the game.

The players, each in his turn, throw the 2 regular game dice and move his game pieces according to the score of rolling the dice. The player have the option to move one game piece according to the sum of the 2 points that came out of rolling the 2 dice, or move game pieces, each game piece according to the score of one of the dice.

The game pieces on the game board can only be moved to an empty triangle or to a triangle where the player's game pieces are already on this triangle. It is not possible to advance game pieces to the triangle occupied by 2 or more game pieces of the opposing player. The exception is the knight game piece, which can land on a triangle with 2 opponent game pieces (only 1 or 2 game pieces) and take them out to the waiting place and this is possible only in areas outside the kingdoms regions - in Neutral areas.

In other cases, the progress of the knight game piece is like all other types of game pieces.

If there is a situation where it is not possible to advance the one or two game pieces according to the score that came out in the dice, then the player is delayed and waits for his next turn.

He can return game piece/game pieces according to the result of rolls the dice, and waiting until he re-enter all his game pieces that are in the waiting place, and only after that he allowed, to promote the game pieces.

The rules for taking out the game piece / game pieces to the waiting place: When there is a single game piece in a triangle, any game piece of the opponent can take it out for waiting place. The removal of the opponent's game piece will also be in the case where the game piece that was brought in from the waiting place and the result of the game dice, allow this game piece to re-enter the playing area (in the opponent's kingdom area) and hit and remove the opponent's playing game piece to the waiting place.

In this case, even the Knight's game piece not re-enter because, the Knight's Game piece can take out 2 opponent's game pieces only in the triangles in the neutral areas and he can't do it in the Kingdom areas (there he act like the rest of the game pieces).

Rules of the waiting place: The player who has a game piece / game pieces in the waiting place can't move his game pieces in the game areas but after he inserting all his game pieces from the waiting place.

A game piece that is on hold on the waiting place can re-enter the game board and that is, to the opponent's kingdom area (the area opposite his kingdom area). The waiting game piece will re-enter to the game according to the score in of the dice thrown by him in his turn.

The game piece will enter to the opposite's kingdom area in the following cases: 1. The dice score is in empty triangle. 2. When there is only one opponent's game piece in the triangle that came out in the dice, he can hit the opponent's game piece from the triangle to the waiting place. 3. When the score came out in the dice on a triangle in which there are already game pieces of his.

If the triangles that came out in the dice score are occupied by 2 or more of the opponent's game pieces, then he loses his turn and does not re-enter the game piece / game pieces, and his turn passes to his opponent.

If a player comes out with 5:6 or 6:6 on the dice and there is game piece/s in a waiting place, he must first put his game pieces from the waiting place, according to the score, and he cannot throw the Royal Dice.

Rules of the game according to the dice results: The game pieces are move according to the results of the 2 dices thrown by each player in his turn.

In the process of progress across the board, always, he must move first the game piece that is highest game piece in the triangle even when he moves 2 game pieces when the result of the 2 dice is double.

The exception is only when the player roll the Royal Dice and then, he can move the game piece that came out, said the prince game piece, even if there are game pieces above it in the triangle.

Special occasions: Double (the two dices with the same number) - The game pieces are move by the double number in dice. For example, if the number comes out in both dice then, it is possible to move 2 game pieces simultaneously 3 triangles and again 3 triangles, always first the higher game piece in triangle. It is also possible to move one game piece forward 12 triangles (3 * 4). In case that in the jumping triangles in 3, on the triangle is 2 game pieces or more of the opponent and then, it is not possible to move there.

As for the knight game piece, he can take out 2 game pieces of the opposing player that are in a triangle when he is in the highest in the triangle (and only in the transition areas).

Royal position - If the score is 5:6 or 6:6, then the player can move the game pieces according to the above rules or, the player may decide to roll the Royal Dice.

Extract the game pieces from the kingdom area outside the game board: Only when all of a player's game pieces are in his kingdom area, the player begins to extract the game pieces outside the game board according to the result of the regular dice he throws in his turn.

The game pieces come out of the board in the order they are in the triangle, the highest in the triangle comes out first.

The game pieces come out of a triangle that score in rolling the dice he threw for example, if in one dice the score appears 3 then he can take out the highest game piece on triangle 3.

If there is no game piece in that triangle then if there is a game piece in the kingdom area that can move forward then it will move from the highest triangle in the kingdom area and not removed. For example in a dice the score was 3 and the third triangle in the kingdom area is empty and there is a game piece in triangle 5 then, the game piece will move 3 forward to triangle 2. And if the score was 6 then the player removed the game piece from the game board.

The game Winner is the player who first extracts all his game pieces out of the game board.

The types of wins and scores are: Prince Win: One player extracted from his kingdom's area all his game pieces and the opponent player extracted only some of the game pieces and one off them is the king game piece and the prince game piece still in his kingdom area.

Score - 1 point.

King Win: One player extracted from his kingdom's area all his game pieces and the opponent extracted only some of the game pieces and one off them is the prince game piece and the king game piece still in his kingdom area.

Score - 2 points.

Royal Win: One player extracted from his kingdom's area all his game pieces and the opponent not yet taken out the game pieces of the king and the prince (this score is even when the loser has not removed any piece or few of them but not the king game piece or the prince game piece).

Score - 3 points.

The influence of the Queen, in case: 1. The two players managed to get the Queen into her place in the Kingdom area, so the score in favor of the winner would be like a game without a Queen (so the queen game game pieces neutralize each other). 2. Only one of the players has the Queen in his Kingdom area: If this is the winning player then the score in his favor will be the usual score dual 2: In Prince Win: 2 points, In King Win: 4 points, In Royal Win: 6 points.

Claims (9)

As mentioned, the application of the amusement device subject to the invention can be done through an electronic game system. The electronic application can be made with many alternatives and combinations that can be played with. The player can play using buttons, touch screens, a system of shared game terminals, a game system for singles against opponents or against the computer. The electronic game can be implemented with one or more data processors that satisfy the needs of the game. The description of the invention here is intended to be the closest to the most practical application and describes the preferred assembly for its application. It is identified by case force, the parts can be made according to the view of the invention and the designs can be in the gaze of a professional in this art, and the method of play recommended here. The claims are:

1. The invention here is an improvement and substantial change of the well-known backgammon game and includes: Backgammon game board form; Game pieces that not identical in their effect on the result of the game and not identical in their progress across the game board; A first element in the game set whose random result of its activation determines the type of bonus the player can receive; A second element in the set game whose random result of its activation determines the progress of the game pieces across the game board and also determines the option to activate the first element in the set of the game.

2. The game board based on the backgammon game board form can contain at least 24 position points.

3. The game pieces in claim 1 are divided into different groups according to the intensity of their effect on the result of the game and the conduct of the game like progress across the game board.

4. The first element in claim 1 is said to be a dice which has 6 ribs that on each of its ribs is marked with one or more of symbols which represents the groups of the game pieces in claim 3.

5. The second element in claim 1 is said to be dice which has ribs that on each of its ribs is marked the digits 1 to 6.

6. The number of game pieces in claim 1 is 32 game pieces divided into 5 groups: In the first group, 2 game pieces, 1 for each player; In the second group, 2 game pieces, 1 for each player; In the third group, 4 game pieces, 2 for each player; In the fourth set, 22 game pieces, 11 for each player; In the fifth set, 2 game pieces, 1 for each player.

7. The group symbolization of the game pieces in claim 6 can be distinguished by: First group can be symbolized in the letter K, symbolizes the game pieces that have the first level impact on the victory score; Second group can be symbolized in the letter P, symbolizes the game pieces that have the second level impact on the victory score; Third group can be symbolized in the letters Kn, symbolizes that the rules of conduct for this group, different from the rest of the other groups and they have the third level impact on the victory score; Fourth group can be symbolized in the letter S, symbolizes the game pieces that have the third level impact on the victory score; Fifth group can be symbolized in the letter Q, symbolizes the group of game pieces that do not participate during the progression on the game board but, determine the power of victory.

8. On 6 ribs of dice in claim 4 marked one or more of the symbols of the groups in claim 7.

9. A method of playing a Royal Backgammon is based on the old backgammon method which is played on a backgammon board form listed in claim 1, and which differs from the old game method in that it allows the non-identical game pieces in claim 1, to be promoted across the game board in a differs from the method of the old game, depending on the result of activation of the second element in claim 1, and allows the player to use the bonus of the result in the activation of the first element which is in claim 1, and it allows the non-identical game pieces in claim 1, to get a different result depending on the progress of the game.