JP2004135814A - Game instrument - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new game instrument for two or more playing methods capable of coping with any players regardless of ages and experiences by setting various rules to one game instrument. <P>SOLUTION: The game instrument is composed of a board and pieces used for a game played by arranging the pieces on the board surface of the board placed on a table. The piece has a regular N-gon planar shape and is used for the game whose basic rule is to adjacently arrange the pieces so as to make the colors of the respective sides of the pieces the same by using all kinds or at least one kind of the pieces obtained by disposing the colors selected from N types of different colors selected from M types (M≥N) to the respective sides of a regular N-gon, colors being allowed to overlap. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
[Industrial applications]
The present invention relates to a board on which a color, a character, a symbol, and a pattern are arranged on each side of a planar regular polygon, and the sides of the board are arranged so that the colors, characters, symbols, and patterns of adjacent pieces are the same. The present invention relates to a board game tool characterized in that the basic principle is to arrange them in a row.
[0002]
[Prior art]
There are various kinds of games, which are commercially available, and there are various kinds of games in which pieces are arranged on a board using predetermined tools and according to predetermined rules.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, conventional games of this type often have complicated and difficult procedures or are too simple and uninteresting, and are therefore less enjoyable for many people of all ages and experiences. Many of such conventionally provided games are full and obsolete, and it can be said that new games are expected.
[0004]
Regarding rules, it is common that only one rule is defined for one game tool, and once tired, the role of the game tool usually ends.
[0005]
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a novel game tool that can be set in various ways for one game tool and that can be used in a plurality of ways regardless of age or experience and that can be used for any player. Things.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention relates to a board on which a color, a character, a symbol, and a pattern are arranged on each side of a planar regular polygon, and the sides of the board are arranged so that the colors, characters, symbols, and patterns of adjacent pieces are the same. The object of the present invention relates to a board game tool characterized in that the board and the piece are arranged on the table, and the board and the piece are used in a game in which pieces are arranged on the board of a board placed on a table. The piece has a plane shape of a regular N-sided polygon, and each side of the regular N-sided polygon is allowed to overlap with a color selected from N kinds of different colors selected from M kinds (M ≧ N). All games of the kind obtained by arranging on each side, or at least one of them, is used in a game whose basic principle is to arrange the pieces side by side so that the color of each side of the piece is the same. Achieved by gaming equipment characterized by using That.
[0007]
Further, the object of the present invention is that instead of arranging, on each side of the regular N-sided polygon of the piece, one selected from N kinds of different colors selected from M kinds (M ≧ N) on each side while allowing overlap. , By arranging each side of the regular N polygon on each side using all N different colors selected from M types (M ≧ N), or using characters instead of the colors in the piece By or, in the piece, by using a symbol instead of the color, or in the piece, by using a design instead of the color, or by coloring or excluding the colored side portion of the piece By arranging letters, symbols, designs, etc., or by assuming that M and N in the pieces have a relationship of M = N, or as a board surface of the board, a regular polygon combined regularly without gaps By displaying a frame of a figure filled with a grid consisting of: or a game triangle having a relation of M = N = 3 in M and N in the piece, and an equilateral triangle in which the pieces are regularly combined without gaps. The game in which a board having a board surface displaying an equilateral triangle or a hexagonal frame filled with a grid of sides is displayed, or M and N in the pieces have a relationship of M = N = 4. By using a board having a board having m × n squares in which m squares and m squares are arranged vertically or M = N = 6 And a board having a board surface displaying a regular hexagonal frame filled with a grid of sides of regular triangles regularly combined without gaps. Or the game frame having the relationship of M = N = 6 between M and N in the frame, and a frame of a figure filled with a grid of regular hexagonal sides that are regularly combined without gaps. By having a board having the indicated board surface, or by assuming that M and N in the piece have a relationship of M = N + 1, or when M and N in the piece are M = 4 and N = 3. A game piece and a board having a board displaying a regular triangle or a hexagonal frame filled with a grid of regular triangle sides that are regularly combined without gaps, or A board having the game piece in which M and N are M = 5 and N = 4 and a board surface having m × n squares in which m squares and n squares are arranged vertically. Or a regular hexagon filled with a grid of sides of an equilateral triangle in which M and N in the pieces are regularly combined with the game pieces in which M = 7 and N = 6 without gaps. Or the game piece having M = N and N = 6, and a regular hexagonal side which is regularly combined with no gaps. A board having a board displaying a frame of a figure filled with a grid, or by assuming that m and n in the board have a relationship of m = n, or This is more effectively achieved by assuming that n has the relationship m = n = 8.
[0008]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0009]
FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of an equilateral triangle piece, FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of a square piece, and FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of an equilateral hexagonal piece. Each regular polygonal piece is divided into a region including a side and a region not including a side, regardless of the number of sides. The region that does not include the side is the region 1 of A shown in each of FIGS. In FIG. 1, the area including the side is the area 2 of B, the area 3 of C, the area 4 of D, and the area 2 of B, the area 3 of C, the area 4 of D, and the area 5 of E in FIG. 3, a region 2 of B, a region 3 of C, a region 4 of D, a region 5 of E, a region 6 of F, and a region 7 of G. The size of the region can be determined as appropriate, and in FIGS. 1 to 3, all the regions including the sides are congruent, but the size or shape of each region can also be determined as appropriate. Things.
[0010]
Further, the material of the piece can be appropriately determined, such as a synthetic resin, wood, paper, or a magnetic material. Furthermore, it is also possible to use as a card game without using a board. Furthermore, it is also possible to display and implement the game implement of the present invention in a video game.
[0011]
In general, when the sides of a regular N-sided square piece are painted in M colors, if M = N, the type of the piece is (N-1)! ... (1), and when M> N, the type of the piece is _M C _N (N−1)! .. Given by (2). Here, the symbol C is a symbol representing the mathematical formula of the combination.
[0012]
In the square piece of FIG. 2, when M = 4, the types of the pieces by the color arrangement are six types from the equation (1), and when M = 5, the types of the pieces by the color arrangement are 30 types by the equation (2). . It is conceivable to use some or all of the pieces obtained by painting each side of the square piece in the game in the game. Furthermore, the player's pieces are distinguished by painting a different color on the area A depending on the player's pieces.
[0013]
Also, in consideration of the possibility that the player may have difficulty in identifying the type of the piece due to the increase in the type of the piece, in order to identify the player's possession in the area A, Apart from the color, characters, symbols, patterns, etc. for identifying the type of the piece obtained by coloring the side can be arranged.
[0014]
FIG. 4 shows a fourth embodiment of the pieces. FIG. 4A shows an embodiment of a square piece in which any of the alphabets a to d is arranged in the areas B to E in place of the color, and a number indicating the kind of the piece is written in the area A. FIG. 4B shows another set of pieces in which the black color is arranged in the area A.
[0015]
Here, the board indicates a board on which a piece is placed in the game, and the board indicates a pattern on the board on which a line of a square on which the piece is placed is written. The grid 8 is a boundary of a place where a piece is placed, that is, a grid line, and the outermost grid 8 is called a frame 9. A regular polygonal figure surrounded by the grid 8 is called a cell 12, and pieces are placed according to the cell.
[0016]
FIG. 5 shows a first embodiment of the board surface in which each side of the equilateral triangle is arranged along the grid 8 without any gap, and the frame 9 is an equilateral triangle.
[0017]
FIG. 6 shows a second embodiment of the board surface in which each side of the square is arranged along the grid 8 without any gap, and the frame 9 is made a square. The horizontal arrangement of the cells is referred to as row 10 and the vertical arrangement is referred to as column 11. The number of rows 10 and columns 11 on the board need not be equal.
[0018]
FIG. 7 shows a third embodiment of the board surface in which the sides of the equilateral triangle are arranged along the grid 8 without any gap, and the frame 9 is a regular hexagon. In the present embodiment, the board surface can be used for equilateral triangle pieces and regular hexagonal pieces.
[0019]
FIG. 8 shows a fourth embodiment in which the sides of a regular hexagon that are adjacent to each other are combined without any gap to make the board surface. In this embodiment, a regular hexagonal side is called a grid 8. The use of the outermost grid 8 as the frame 9 is the same as in the other embodiments of the board.
[0020]
The pieces shown in FIG. 4A (hereinafter referred to as white pieces) and the pieces shown in FIG. 4B, that is, the area of A in FIG. An example is shown in which a piece (hereinafter referred to as a black piece) in which the numbers shown are written and a board having an 8 × 8 square. Here, as described above, there are six types of pieces obtained by separately painting the four sides with different colors. Here, four types are selected and used from six types of pieces. Here, using the numbers written for identifying the pieces, the pieces marked 1 in the area A will be referred to as one piece, and the other numbers will be referred to in the same manner.
[0021]
Here, eight pieces are prepared for each type. There are various methods for selecting the four types of pieces. As a method of selecting a piece that is not used, a dice may be rolled to remove a piece that appears, or in this case, a player may remove pieces of different types from each other. Further, in FIG. 4, it is considered that the positions of the alphabets arranged on each side are 1-frame, 4-frame, 2-frame and 5-frame, 3-frame and 6-frame have a mirror image relationship, and the like. Then, it is conceivable to select a piece to be used in the game.
[0022]
Hereinafter, a description will be given of an embodiment of a game in which the game is performed under the condition that the pieces arranged in the area A among the pieces, the numbers 2 and 3, are not used.
[0023]
A common principle of all the rules is that a new piece placed on the board must have the same alphabet as the neighboring piece.
[0024]
9 to 11 show progress examples of the first embodiment of the game using the game tool according to the present invention.
[0025]
The two players decide whether to use the white piece or the black piece. Here, black is the first player. The two players face each other across the board and choose one of their own pieces at the right end of row 10, which is closest to them (Figure 9). The type of piece to be placed first may be arbitrarily selected from the prepared pieces. Each player alternately places pieces next to the piece of the player's arm, which he has placed immediately before, so that the alphabets of the pieces are the same (FIG. 10). The opponent's pieces cannot be overlapped or jumped over, and the pieces are repeatedly placed until the pieces cannot be placed. The player who cannot place a piece ends the game, and the player who has a small number of pieces is the winner when both players cannot place the pieces. In FIG. 11, the white player in the later attack can place at most four pieces, and in this case, the victory is black.
[0026]
12 and 13 show progress examples of the second embodiment of the game using the game tool according to the present invention.
[0027]
After the first player shuffles the pieces, the black pieces are arranged in a checkered pattern every other cell 12 on the board (FIG. 12). The later player places the white piece in the empty cell 12 so that the symbols of the sides match (FIG. 13). Next, the first play and the second play are switched, and the above play is performed in the same manner, and the player who has many pieces is the winner. It is a condition for the later player to place the white piece that the symbols of the black pieces on the four sides of the cell 12 on which the later player places the white piece are different. Since there are only two pieces 12, a plurality of types of pieces can be placed in the cell 12 at the corner of the board. In the cell 12 of FIG. 13 (i), any one of 4 and 6 pieces among the pieces of FIG. 4 can be placed. However, since eight pieces of the four pieces can be placed in the other cells 12 except for the cell 12 of (i), putting the four pieces here is more than placing the six pieces here. , The total number of pieces that can be placed is reduced by one. In addition, the cell 12 in (ii) can place 2 pieces in FIG. 4, but since the 2 and 3 pieces are removed before the game, the player of the later attack is the player Even if the symbols of the four pieces of the cell 12 where the pieces are placed are different, the pieces of the own army cannot be placed.
[0028]
14 to 17 show progress examples of the third embodiment of the game using the game equipment according to the present invention.
[0029]
The two players decide whether to use the white piece or the black piece. Here, the black piece is the first player. The two players face each other across the board. Here, each row of cells 12 on the board parallel to the line connecting the two players is called a column 11, and each row of cells 12 on the board perpendicular to the line connecting the two players is called a row 10. And The first player alternately places his or her own piece in one of the cells 12 belonging to the row closest to the board as viewed from the player. Next, the second player puts pieces in the same manner (FIG. 14).
[0030]
In this embodiment, as an exception to the basic principle, the cell 12 on which the player's own piece can be placed is not limited to the cell 12 bordering the side of the player's piece on which the player's own piece is placed last (the black piece in FIG. 15). ), Any cell 12 in the row next to the row 10 where the player's own piece is placed last can be placed (white piece in FIG. 15). However, the alphabet on the side closest to the opponent of the piece placed last by oneself (the white piece c in FIG. 15) and the alphabet on the side closest to one of the pieces newly placed by yourself (white piece in 6 in FIG. 15) Must be placed so that c) of one white piece placed in the row 10 next to is the same. Also, if the alphabets on the contacting sides are the same, it is assumed that the player's own piece can be placed in the cell 12 adjacent to the left and right of the row 10 where the player has placed the piece last.
[0031]
Further, the players alternately place their own pieces, and the player who reaches the cell 12 in the row 10 closest to the opponent first is the winner. It is assumed that the player's own piece cannot be placed on top of the opponent's piece, but the piece can be placed so as to sandwich the opponent's piece (FIG. 16). When the opponent's piece is sandwiched, the opponent's piece can be removed from the board by the player's own piece (FIG. 17). A piece once removed from the board cannot be used again during the same play. At this time, there is a line 10 in which no piece is placed between the two pieces of the player's arm from which the opponent's piece has been removed. It is assumed that a new player's piece cannot be placed in the cell 12 in the row 10 next to the cell in contact with and the last placed piece.
[0032]
In the example of the square piece, a board having mxm squares is used in the embodiment, but depending on the rules of the game, the shape of the frame 9 of the board may be rectangular, or various other shapes may be used. It is also conceivable to change to a frame 9 having a different shape. When a game is played with regular hexagonal pieces, a board having a grid 8 combined with regular triangles can be used in addition to the board grid 8 combined with regular hexagons.
[0033]
【The invention's effect】
Using the game tool of the present invention, if a new piece is to be placed in a cell adjacent to an already placed piece (hereinafter referred to as a first piece) or in a row or column adjacent to the board, a new piece is placed. The second piece is placed so that the color painted on the four sides of the piece (hereinafter referred to as the second piece) or the letters, symbols, and patterns arranged on the four sides of the second piece are the same as the piece. With this as a basic principle, and by adding rules thereto, it is possible to provide a new game tool that can be used in multiple ways by one tool.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a first embodiment of a piece.
FIG. 2 is a view showing a second embodiment of a piece;
FIG. 3 is a view showing a third embodiment of a piece;
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a fourth embodiment of a piece.
FIG. 5 is a view showing a first embodiment of the board surface.
FIG. 6 is a view showing a second embodiment of the board surface.
FIG. 7 is a view showing a third embodiment of the board surface.
FIG. 8 is a view showing a fourth embodiment of the board surface.
FIG. 9 shows a first embodiment of the game in which two players have placed the first piece on the board.
FIG. 10 shows the progress of the game in which pieces are alternately placed in the first embodiment of the game.
FIG. 11 shows an example of a state at the end of the game in the first embodiment of the game.
FIG. 12 shows a state in which black pieces are placed on the board in a checkered pattern in the second embodiment of the game.
FIG. 13 shows a state in which a white piece is placed between black pieces in the second embodiment of the game.
FIG. 14 shows a third embodiment of the game in which two players have placed the first piece on the board.
FIG. 15 shows a state where two players' pieces meet in the middle of the game in the third embodiment of the game.
FIG. 16 shows a state in which a black piece jumps over a white piece in the third embodiment of the game.
FIG. 17 shows a state in which a white piece sandwiched between black pieces has been removed in a third embodiment of the game.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 A region 2 B region 3 C region 4 D region 5 E region 6 F region 7 G region 8 Grid 9 Frame 10 rows 11 columns 12 cells

Claims (19)

A game tool comprising a board and a piece used for a game in which pieces are arranged on a board surface of a board placed on a table, wherein the piece has a regular N-gonal plane shape, and each side of the regular N-gon has M Each of the pieces is selected from all of the types of pieces obtained by arranging colors selected from N types selected from the types (M ≧ N) on each side while allowing overlap, or at least one of the pieces. A game tool for use in a game whose basic principle is to arrange the pieces side by side so that the colors of the sides are the same. Instead of arranging on each side of the regular N-gon of the piece from N kinds of different colors selected from M kinds (M ≧ N) on each side while allowing overlap, each side of the regular N-gon is 2. The game tool according to claim 1, wherein all the N different colors selected from the M types (M ≧ N) are used and arranged on each side. The game tool according to claim 1, wherein a character is used in the piece instead of the color. The game tool according to claim 1, wherein a symbol is used instead of the color in the piece. The game tool according to claim 1, wherein a symbol is used in the piece instead of the color. The game tool according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein coloring, characters, symbols, designs, and the like are arranged on portions other than the colored sides of the pieces. The game tool according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein M and N in the pieces have a relationship of M = N. The game tool according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein a frame of a figure filled with a grid composed of regular polygonal sides that are regularly combined without gaps is displayed as the board surface of the board. 8. A game triangle according to claim 7, wherein M and N in said pieces have a relationship of M = N = 3, and equilateral triangles or regular hexagons filled with a grid of sides of an equilateral triangle regularly and without gaps. 9. The game tool according to claim 8, comprising a board having a board surface displaying a rectangular frame. 8. The game piece according to claim 7, wherein M and N in the piece have a relationship of M = N = 4, and have m × n squares in which m squares and n squares are arranged vertically. The game tool according to claim 8, comprising a board having a board surface. 8. A regular hexagonal frame filled with a grid consisting of equilateral triangular sides which are regularly and without gaps, wherein M and N in the pieces have a relationship of M = N = 6. The game tool according to claim 8, comprising a board having a board on which the game is displayed. 8. The game frame according to claim 7, wherein M and N in said piece have a relationship of M = N = 6, and a figure frame filled with a grid of regular hexagonal sides that are regularly and without gaps combined. 9. The game tool according to claim 8, comprising a board having a displayed board surface. 7. The game tool according to claim 1, wherein M and N in the pieces have a relationship of M = N + 1. 14. The game triangle according to claim 13, wherein M and N in the piece are M = 4 and N = 3, or an equilateral triangle filled with a grid of sides of an equilateral triangle regularly and without gaps, or 9. The game tool according to claim 8, comprising a board having a board surface on which a regular hexagonal frame is displayed. 14. The game piece according to claim 13, wherein M and N in the piece are M = 5, N = 4, and m × n squares in which m squares and n squares are arranged vertically. The game tool according to claim 8, comprising a board having a board surface. 14. A regular hexagonal frame filled with a grid of regular triangular sides combined with the gaming piece according to claim 13, wherein M and N in the piece are M = 7 and N = 6. The game tool according to claim 8, comprising a board having a board on which the game is displayed. The game frame according to claim 13, wherein M and N in the piece are M = 7 and N = 6, and a figure frame filled with a grid of regular hexagonal sides regularly and without gaps. 9. The game tool according to claim 8, comprising a board having a displayed board surface. The game tool according to claim 10 or 15, wherein m and n on the board have a relationship of m = n. 19. The game tool according to claim 18, wherein m and n on the board have a relationship of m = n = 8.

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