JP3168510U - Game equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game tool in which children and foreigners can easily proceed with a game and can enjoy learning Japanese so as not to reduce their motivation to learn. SOLUTION: In a game tool having a plurality of pieces 1, a game board having a board surface in which a plurality of squares on which the pieces 1 can be arranged are arranged vertically and horizontally, and a plurality of cards on which instructions in a game are described. On the board surface, one identification mark arbitrarily selected from a plurality of types of identification marks is applied to each square. The plurality of pieces 1 are composed of a one-sided hiragana, a character piece 11 in which a katakana character having the same pronunciation as the hiragana is displayed on the opposite side thereof, and a blank piece 12 in which characters are not displayed on both sides. [Selection diagram] Fig. 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a game tool for a game that creates words by combining on a game board pieces having hiragana and katakana characters displayed on the front and back surfaces, respectively.

  Conventionally, there is a game of creating a word on a crossword using a card or the like on which characters are written for the purpose of learning a child's language. However, since the play is poor in game characteristics, there is a problem that it is not possible to maintain learning motivation.

  On the other hand, there are many known games that compete for scores by arranging words on a board and creating words, for example, Scrabble (registered trademark).

  Scrabble (registered trademark) is a game tool that uses a 15 x 15 square game board and pieces with letters of the alphabet displayed in various languages such as English, French, Spanish, Russian, etc. Has been enjoyed around the world.

  The game progresses with the first player using a pre-assigned piece to create a word so that it hits the central square of the game board, and then to any piece placed on the game board. This is done by placing hand-held pieces so that they touch and make sense as words.

  Despite the simplicity of this game progression, Scrabble (registered trademark) is also favored by adults as a profound and deep game. The reason is the structure of the game board and pieces and the rules using them.

  For example, in the game board, in addition to the normal squares, four types of special squares with different score definitions are scattered, and a system is aimed at making a high score by making full use of these squares.

  In addition, on the piece, a score determined in accordance with the frequency of use of the alphabetic character is displayed in numbers together with the alphabetic character. Further, the alphabet letters and the score numbers are displayed only on one side of the piece, and other players' pieces cannot be seen from each other. Therefore, how to use the possession piece while using various imagination is an important factor that separates this game.

  In other words, Scrabble (registered trademark) is an intelligent game whose main purpose is to enjoy a sophisticated strategy by combining the structure of complex game elements and the rules associated therewith.

  Here, as a Scrabble (registered trademark) game device using Japanese, one using a hiragana for a piece is known (for example, see Patent Document 1).

Akira 61-94074

  However, so far there are few Japanese versions of Scrabble (registered trademark) and games that use similar Japanese. This seems to be due to the Japanese characteristics. The number of English alphabets is 26, while the number of Japanese kana is about twice as many. In addition to clear sounds, there are muddy sounds, semi-voiced sounds, and roaring sounds. For this reason, it is difficult to create words with a large number of characters, making it difficult for the game to progress, and enjoying the strategy characteristic of Scrabble (registered trademark), making it difficult to establish a game. The game device described in Patent Document 1 is also a game device that is substantially equivalent to Scrabble (registered trademark), in which the alphabet is simply replaced with hiragana. Therefore, it has not yet solved the difficulty of game progression associated with the Japanese character.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a game tool that allows a child or a foreigner to easily progress in a game and to learn Japanese happily so as not to lower his motivation for learning.

  The game device of the present invention has a plurality of pieces, a game board having a board surface on which a plurality of squares on which the pieces can be arranged are arranged vertically and horizontally, and a plurality of cards on which instructions in the game are described. The board surface is provided with one identification mark arbitrarily selected from a plurality of types of identification marks for each square, and the plurality of pieces have hiragana characters on one side and the hiragana characters on the opposite side. It consists of a character frame in which katakana characters having the same pronunciation are displayed and a blank frame in which no characters are displayed on both sides.

  In this case, it is preferable that the game board is formed so that the identification mark can be changed to another identification mark. For example, the game board can be installed in the square and has the identification display. An eye tip can be used.

  Further, it is preferable that the game board includes a rotating means capable of rotating the board surface, and the pieces are formed so as to be fixed to the squares.

  As such a game tool, for example, the character pieces in which the number of pieces written in each hiragana is the number of pieces shown in Table 1 below, the blank piece in which the number of pieces is 20, and the squares are vertically arranged. What is necessary is just to comprise so that it may comprise 21 squares x 21 squares, and the said game board which has four types of identification marks.

  Since the game device of the present invention is devised for a piece, a game board, and a card, it is easy to create a Japanese word. Therefore, it is possible to easily advance the game, and to learn hiragana and katakana in a fun manner so as not to reduce learning motivation. In addition, you can freely control the level of difficulty of the game according to the target, so you can enjoy the game even if you play with children, elderly people, or even those who have differences in Japanese language skills be able to.

It is a perspective view which shows the piece concerning this invention. It is a top view which shows the game board which concerns on this invention.

  The game device of the present invention includes a plurality of pieces 1, a game board 2 having a board surface in which a plurality of squares 21 on which the pieces 1 can be arranged are arranged in a vertical and horizontal direction, a plurality of cards on which instructions in the game are described, It is mainly composed of.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the piece 1 includes a character piece 11 on which characters are displayed and a blank piece 12 on which no characters are displayed on both sides.

  The shape of the piece 1 may be any shape as long as it can be arranged in the grid 21 on the board surface. For example, it is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape (see FIG. 1) or a card shape. At this time, each corner may have a rounded shape in order to prevent an injury caused by the use of an infant or a child.

  Here, the character piece 11 indicates that the hiragana 11a is displayed on one side of the piece 1 and the katakana 11b of the same pronunciation corresponding to the hiragana 11a is displayed on the opposite side. The kana includes clear sounds, repellent sounds, muddy sounds, semi-turbid sounds, prompt sounds, roaring sounds, and the like.

  Such a structure of the character piece 11 has an advantage that an infant, a lower elementary school student, a foreigner, or the like who wants to learn languages can learn hiragana and the corresponding katakana simultaneously.

  In addition, the normal Scrabble (registered trademark) piece has a structure in which characters are displayed only on one side of the piece and the characters of the pieces held by other players cannot be grasped from each other. Characters are displayed on both sides of the piece 1 so that each player's possessed pieces can always be grasped. Therefore, as will be described later, it is possible to easily exchange the pieces owned by other players that he desires with his own pieces. This facilitates the creation of words and produces the effect of reducing the difficulty of game progression associated with Japanese characteristics.

  The blank piece 12 refers to a piece on which no kana characters are displayed on all sides of the piece 1 and can be used as a wild card that can be used as all characters in the rule. Further, it may be used as a spare when the character piece is lost.

  The number of each character piece 11 is preferably set to be substantially the same as the ratio of the usage frequency of each kana character in a Japanese word. This makes it easier to create words. The ratio of the usage frequency of each kana character in a Japanese word can be calculated using a book, a dictionary, or an electronic version thereof, and can be calculated using, for example, a Japanese dictionary. As the national language dictionary, Iwanami national language dictionary (Iwanami Shoten), Shinmeiken Japanese language dictionary (Sanseido), Sanseido national language dictionary (Sanseido), etc. can be used.

  For example, when the ratio of the number of characters of each word excluding foreign words from the words published in the Iwanami Japanese dictionary is calculated, it is as shown in Table 2 below. Therefore, the number of frames may be adjusted based on this ratio and the total number of frames. The total number of pieces may be arbitrary, but 60% or more of the total number of squares can be used as a guide.

  The number of blank frames 12 can be set freely. For example, the number of blank frames 12 is larger than the maximum number (18 in the example of Table 3) among the number of character frames determined by the above calculation method or the like. A number may be set. When the blank piece 12 is a piece that can be used as an arbitrary character in the rules, the difficulty level of the game is controlled by increasing or decreasing the number of blank pieces 12 according to the age and language ability of the player. be able to.

  The game board 2 has a plurality of grids 21 arranged vertically and horizontally on the board surface. The square 21 is provided with one identification mark arbitrarily selected from a plurality of types of identification marks for each square 21. Any identification mark may be used as long as it can be distinguished from other identification marks. For example, a color, a pattern, a symbol, a character, or a combination thereof can be used.

  Also, the position of the identification mark can be arbitrarily arranged. In this case, the game board 2 may be formed so that the identification mark can be changed to another identification mark. For example, other board surfaces having different types, numbers and positions of identification marks may be prepared and formed so as to be interchangeable. In addition, a square chip that can be installed in any square 21 and has an identification display is prepared, and the square chip may be arranged in any square 21. In this case, in order to prevent the position of the grid chip from shifting, irregularities matching the shape of the grid chip are provided so that the grid chip can be fitted, or either one of the grid chip and the game board 2 is a magnet and the other is the said chip. It is preferable to use a material such as a metal on which the magnetic force of the magnet acts so that the magnet can be fixed by the magnetic force. Of course, the square chip may be formed in a size corresponding to a plurality of squares, and each square 21 may be arbitrarily identified and displayed.

  If formed in this way, the type, number, and position of the identification mark can be arbitrarily set according to the language ability and intelligence of the player, and the satisfaction of the game can be increased according to the target player.

  The game board 2 is preferably provided with a rotating means capable of rotating at least the board surface, for example, a turntable. Thereby, each player can easily see the characters of the piece 1 and can easily place the piece 1 on the board. In this case, in order to prevent the piece 1 from moving from the grid 21 due to rotation, the piece 1 is preferably formed so as to be fixed to the grid 21. For example, irregularities with a predetermined height matched to the shape of the piece 1 can be provided on the grid 21 so that the position of the piece 1 is not displaced, and can be formed so as to be fitted. At this time, it is preferable that the height of the piece 1 is set to a height at which the piece 1 can be easily detached and the piece 1 does not come off the grid 21 by rotation. Moreover, you may form the piece 1 and a board surface so that attachment or detachment is possible via magnetic force. For example, a magnet can be used for the piece 1 and iron can be used for the board surface.

  For each card, a game instruction is written on one side of each card. The other side has the same pattern and color on all cards, and from this side, it is configured not to know what instruction is written on which card. It is preferable that these cards have at least a number equal to or greater than the number of squares provided with an identification mark instructing to draw the card.

  Next, an example of the game set of the present invention and an example of its rules will be described below.

  In the embodiment, the grid 21 of the game board is a square board with 21 squares × 21 squares. As the identification marks, four types of identification marks M1 to M4 were used as shown in FIG.

  Here, the identification mark M1 is a square at the start point. Further, the identification mark M2 is a square that instructs to draw a card. Further, the identification mark M3 is a square that can be exchanged for a piece possessed by another player. Further, the identification mark M4 is a square without any special rule.

  The number of character pieces 11 was determined by multiplying the ratio in Table 2 by 3 and rounding off the numbers after the decimal point. However, the number of characters for which the number of frames is less than 2 is 2. Table 3 shows the number of character frames calculated by this method.

  Also, the number of blank frames was 20.

  Each holding piece 11 is put in a bag whose contents cannot be seen and mixed.

  Cards that indicate that “scores will be doubled” and cards that indicate “scores will be tripled” are prepared, and each card is mixed and piled up.

  The game is played with 2 to 4 players.

  The player creates a word from the pieces, and places the pieces 1 on the game board 2 so that they are arranged in a straight line in any of vertical, horizontal, and diagonal directions of the square. At this time, except for the first player, the hand piece 1 must be placed so that it touches any piece 1 already placed on the game board 2 and makes sense as a word. When pieces 1 are arranged on the game board 2, new pieces 1 corresponding to the number of pieces are selected from the bags whose contents cannot be seen and replenished as possessed pieces.

  The winning or losing of the game is determined by the total score of piece 1 that created the word. Each character frame 11 and blank frame 12 are all one frame and one point. Therefore, the longer the word is created, the more points can be earned. Further, when the piece 1 is placed on the identification mark M2 where a card whose score is doubled or tripled can be drawn, a high score can be earned.

  The game proceeds according to the following flow.

  First, each player selects ten character pieces 11 from a bag whose contents cannot be seen, and sets them as possession pieces. Furthermore, three blank pieces 12 are distributed to each player, and each player also has his own piece. The blank piece 12 can be used as an arbitrary character during the game.

  First, the first player creates a word of 3 or more characters from the piece, and the piece 1 is placed on the game board so that it is placed on the identification mark M1 and arranged in a straight line in either the vertical, horizontal, or diagonal direction of the square. Place in 2. When the placement is complete, refill the holding pieces.

  Next, the second player creates a word that touches any of the pieces 1 arranged by the first player and makes a meaning from the pieces, and places them on the game board 2 to replenish the pieces. Similarly, the third and fourth players will perform.

  When the piece 1 is placed on the identification mark M2 while the game is in progress, the card is turned over and the score instruction is followed. In this case, since the identification mark M2 is a square 21 that is related to the score that determines the outcome of the game, it is possible to enjoy bargaining and strategy in terms of how to place the piece 1 on the identification mark M2.

  Also, when the piece 1 is placed on the identification mark M3, if desired, another player's possession piece is designated and exchanged for his own possession piece. As a result, you can get the necessary letter block 11 for the word you want to create from the opponent's letter block 11, making it easier to create the desired word, creating an effect of smooth game progress . At this time, since the hiragana and katakana of the same pronunciation are written on the front and back of the character piece 11, the players can easily confirm each other's possessed pieces.

  Note that the difficulty level of the game can be freely operated by changing the rule setting for each identification mark. For example, when the card instruction content in the identification mark M2 is set to “acquire blank piece”, it is possible to facilitate the creation of a word and to smoothly progress the game.

  The game ends when one piece in the bag runs out, when any player's piece runs out, or when all players are unable to create words, and wins or loses the total score at that time. Decide.

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Claims (5)

In a game device having a plurality of pieces, a game board having a board on which a plurality of squares on which the pieces can be arranged are arranged vertically and horizontally, and a plurality of cards on which instructions in the game are described,
The board surface is provided with one identification mark arbitrarily selected from a plurality of types of identification marks for each square.
The game piece characterized in that the plurality of pieces are composed of one surface hiragana, a character frame on which the katakana characters having the same pronunciation as the hiragana are displayed, and a blank piece on which no characters are displayed on both sides.   The game device according to claim 1, wherein the game board is formed so that the identification mark can be changed to another identification mark.   3. The game device according to claim 2, further comprising a square chip that can be installed in the square and has the identification display.   The game device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the game board includes rotation means capable of rotating the board surface, and the piece is formed to be fixed to the grid. The character pieces in which the number of pieces described in each hiragana is the number of pieces shown in Table 1 below,
The blank piece having 20 pieces;
The game board in which the squares are 21 squares x 21 squares and there are four types of identification marks;
The game device according to claim 1, further comprising:

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