JPS60241480A - Three-dimensional word game apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Industrial Field of Application The present invention is for games used for home use, teaching materials, etc., and is intended for use in games such as home use, teaching materials, etc.
Regarding games that have been developed to match letters and create words, or game equipment sets that can be used as teaching materials.
The present invention relates to a game device for a K3-dimensional word game, and provides technology for manufacturing and selling toys in a broad sense.

Conventional technology In this case, scramble (SCRABBL)
Games sold under the trademark E) are the most popular. In this game, the game board is divided into squares. Each player (hereinafter referred to as a player) has a plurality of building block-like blocks with letters printed on their tops, and they place several blocks on the squares of the board and arrange them in a line to write the word ℃ using the ℃ letters. Tsutsutsu ℃ go. The next player attempts to spell another word by extending from one letter of the word already spelled on the trap board and adding a string of letters along the board. The game is two-dimensional and words are spelled parallel to or perpendicular to the original word.

Some older patents disclose lettered blocks that can be stacked vertically or extended in horizontal rows using shafts and insertion holes.

This structure was published in McDougall's U.S. Patent No. 176.1.
As seen in No. 44, each block shows only one character,
Therefore, it is not possible to spell the word sen on the sen faces of the blocks forming the row.

Ca5tanls U.S. Pat. No. 4.019,743, Radar U.S. Pat. No. 3.930.651, LO
ng U.S. Pat. No. 2,886,325 and Falc
Three-dimensional word games are described in US Pat. No. 4,165,077 to ion@ and others. In addition, Ma
rtln No. 3.692,310, Dykoskl
No. 3,751,039 to Hem5 and US Pat. No. 3,827,695 to Hem5.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention As far as we can see from the above conventional examples, it is shown that shaft rods are used to connect blocks, but these shaft rods have fixed mounting positions and cannot be connected to adjacent blocks. There are a limited number of ways to connect between them. In addition, since the connecting shaft rod has a circular cross section and is inserted and supported into an insertion hole with the same cross section, it allows the blocks to rotate around it and provides stability to the structure formed as the game progresses. Lacks sex.

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention attempts to improve a word game in which the faces of cubic blocks have letters, and the blocks are used to form words by means of combinations, and allows the user to enjoy combinations in three dimensions. With the aim of providing a game device that can be used as a game device, letters are written on each side of a block formed into a cube, and an insertion hole for a connecting shaft is provided, and the shaft and the insertion hole are secured. The important point is that their cross sections are non-circular to prevent mutual rotation when connected, and as the game progresses, the structure formed by the blocks Place the protruding part on the board 3
It is characterized by the fact that the characters displayed on the blocks are given subscripts, rules for calculating points are added, and predetermined colors are given to make the game more enjoyable. .

Embodiment In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 indicates the entirety of the Japanese game device of the present invention, which includes a large number of cubes 2 as the most important parts. These cubes 2 have on each side 4 an indicator for displaying characters.

As shown in FIG. 4, each cube 2 has different letters and score values written on each side, and the letters on the sides ``K'' and ``K'', which are visible and hidden, are also shown expanded. This cube 2 has been provided with means on each side so that when each side is perpendicular, K is 5K so that at least one of the letters shown on that side can be read simultaneously. In this J' specific example, this means is to write four different letters near the four corners of each side. In the cube 21 in Fig. 4, there are four rBs on the front side 4.
The letter J is shown with its orientation changed by 90°, and the number ``3'', which is the score, is subscripted. This allows the player to easily see the upright letters no matter how the block is rotated during the game. Of course, during the game this surface 4 also appears in a horizontal position. By having four letters oriented in different directions on each side, one of the letters is oriented in the appropriate direction for spelling a word. To explain using the example in Figure 1, each block in the date pillar 6 is constructed by reading the upright letters in the upper left downwards from the pole of the pillar [with the position -0 in the direction to correctly read the word LEARNEDJ]. ing. Similarly, row 8 has the word rMEDDLE on the vertical side of the cube next to game board 10.
R1 and the letters in the upper left corner of each side can be easily read. Looking again at the three blocks on the front side of this board, the horizontal row 12 formed by the horizontal top surfaces of these three blocks spells the single @[MANJ. This text can be read in the upper left corner when viewed from the foreground.

When the letters are oriented in the direction shown, they always stand upright in the upper left hand corner when viewed from the viewpoint.
``It is clear that C& is included.''

Next, referring to FIG. 2, in this figure the cube 14
presents a modification of the means of presenting at least one upright character on the vertical face of the cube.

In this case, the means comprises rotating members or dials on each side of the cube. Three such dials 16, 18 and 20 are visible in FIG. The internal structure of block 14 and these dials is best understood by the cross-sectional view in FIG.

This cross-sectional view also shows the dials 16 and 18 of FIG. 2 and other dials 22 and 24 that are not visible in FIG.

Each dial has a circular outer surface 26 on which is indicia in the form of printed letters such as can be seen on dial 16 in FIG. This format of the present invention is preferable to the format of FIG. 1 in that spelled words are easier to read.

The side surface of the dial has a sloped portion 28 on the inside, and a corresponding sloped opening 30 on the cube side.
I'm addicted to it. The inner end of each dial has a circular ridge 32 which is received in an auxiliary circular groove 34 in the cube. This protrusion 32 is inserted into the recess 3 by a snap action.
4, hold the dial in the specified position kVc,
At the same time, there is a KLi so that the dial can rotate normally.

This dial can therefore be rotated any desired amount kK so that the letters appear correctly on a particular side of the cube.

As seen in FIGS. 1 and 4, these cubes have rectangular insertion holes 36 on each side for receiving shaft rods 38. As shown in FIGS. The shaft rod 38 is likewise rectangular in cross section, and its size is such that it fits snugly into the insertion hole. This shaft is in the form of a rod and connects the cubes to form a word as shown in Figure 1, and forms a cube as illustrated in the third deaf cube from the right in the bottom row of Figure 1. It is used to connect the quantity. The fitment above is tight enough to connect and hold the cubes together, but the trap is such that the axle can be pulled out if you wish to reassemble the cube. This method of providing rectangular insertion holes on each side of the cube, in addition to the fact that this game device is equipped with a large number of shaft rods 38, also makes it possible to assemble a cube using any two faces of a given set of cubes facing each other. There is a % mark in the point where it is possible to do 5Il'c. At the same time, since the shaft 38 and the insertion hole 36 are non-circular in cross section, the cube does not rotate about the shaft. This is especially important when creating a cantilever structure as shown in FIG. Compared to the circular rods, insertion holes 4, and 1-way 5-piece metal fittings, the structure has a considerable degree of stability. As shown in FIG. 1, when the adjacent surfaces of the long cubes of the shaft rod 38 come into contact, one end of the shaft rod is fully inserted into the insertion hole of one of the cubes. The colic is completely inserted into the insertion hole of the adjacent cube and set to a length of t'+, 7).

Figures 2 and 3 [YIK shown 5'7. Similarly, in the body 14, a rectangular insertion hole 40 is provided in each dial,
A metal-shaped insertion hole 42 on the same extension line is located in the inner part of the cube. The insertion hole 40 of No. 1 is located at the center of each face of the cube, and is also very slightly larger than the square cross section of the shaft 38, and is large enough to fit snugly with the shaft. ￥
In Figure 2, the bottom of each letter on the dial is one side of each side.
The injection hole should be placed at a point in the 40-hole block that must be in line with the insertion hole 42 by facing the hole. when using block it
, adjust the dial to the desired position and then insert the axle. When the square shaft is inserted from the -tan dial into the cube, rotation no longer occurs. In this way, the same effect as the specific example of FIGS. 1 and 4 can be obtained.

FIG. 1 shows a large number of insertion holes 44 arranged at grid intervals on the surface of the board 100. These holes allow for the fitting of cubic axles placed on the top surface of the board, such as the cube 2.20 axle 38 shown. Additionally, these insertion holes 44 serve to accept the longer struts provided when the cube arrangement is in a cantilevered position. Three such struts 46, 48 and 50 are shown in FIG.

The cross-section of the column is the same as that of the shaft 38, and is adapted to fit into the insertion hole of the cube and the insertion hole of the disk.

The length of the support is determined to be the length of one side of the cube or a multiple of that length, excluding the part of the rod that is fitted into the insertion hole of the cube and the insertion hole of the board. For example, struts 46 and 4
8 is equal to the length of five cubes, and the column 50 has a length of three cubes. As mentioned above, this length excludes the portion of the column that fits into the upper cube and into the lower disk.

In a preferred form of the invention, the indicia displaying the letters on each side of the cube are colored with different colors on different sides of each cube. A preferred embodiment provides four colors: green, blue, red and black. In the cube 2.1 in Figure 4, the B-shaped side is green, the 2 and K are red, the T and A are black, and the Eγ°C side, which cannot be learned, is blue.

Function The function of the present invention configured as described above and how to use it will be explained as follows.

First, I will talk about the rules of the game.

The game can be played by two or more players and begins with each player taking out a block from a bag containing all cube blocks.

The preferred example uses a total of 95 blocks. Each person rolls the one he or she has chosen like a dice, and even though the letters on the top are in alphabetical order, the order is determined with the person closest to AK coming first.

Each person then takes out 6 more blocks from the bag and each person has 7 blocks.

The first player combines two or more blocks to spell out a word and uses the spindle to mark a 9 on the board. Read from left to right on a single @line, vertically on a pillar from top to bottom, or from the other side to the front on a board. In Figure 5, on the horizontal plane on the top of the block, the word ``REGULARJ'' is read from left to right when facing 52 with 52 in front of the board.

However, in the horizontal words facing 54 on the other side of the board, “FE
The words RT I LEJ are read from left to right only when the other side of the board is facing you. Words formed diagonally are not allowed.

Each player's score is calculated at the end of his or her turn according to the rules described in the Scoring section below.

Each player takes out a new block at the end of his or her turn, keeping the number of pieces constant at seven.

Each player then takes turns adding a new block, connecting at least one side to an already assembled block to spell a new word. At least one letter of the word must contain a letter on the board.

The game ends when one player has used all his blocks and all players have taken their turn the same number of times, and the player with the highest score wins.

You can use any word that does not require capital letters, an apostrophe, or a hyphen. Abbreviations are not allowed. Blocks must not be rotated once they have been assembled and scored using the axle.

Words formed downwards will not be scored.

When stacking on pillars, K is up to 12 blocks high.

Next, I will talk about the scoring method for competitions.

When a player adds blocks to an existing block composition to form a new word on only one side of a row or column of blocks, each letter on each side of the block is adjacent to the one shown in the diagram. The score is determined by adding the number of points for the subscript of the letter included. At this time, if the words on this first side of the block all contain letters of the same color, double the points for this word.

When a player assembles blocks to form a new word along two sides of a column or row of blocks, and the blocks are mixed in each color, K is the sum of the letter points and 2.
Multiply. If all the words on the first page are in one color,
First calculate the score for this word and then double it. The score doubled for the first word is added to the score for the second word, and the sum is doubled again to obtain the overall score. If the words on the first side are the same color and the words on the second side of the block row or pillar are the same color, then the score for K is determined by adding the points for each letter and multiplying the total by 4. do.

If a player adds blocks to form a word on three sides of a column or column, and the word is a mixture of each color, add up the points for the letters and the score is triple that point.

If one side is the same color, first double the score for this word, then add it to the scores for the other two words. Multiply that total by 3 again. If the two sides are the same color, first add the scores of the letters on these two sides, then double them. This total is then added to the score for the third word, and the total is multiplied by three to obtain the overall score.

If the player combines words on three sides and each word has the same color, the total number of letters is multiplied by 6 to obtain the score.

Note that the only time you can get words on the four sides is when you use the vertical pillar. This is because downward facing words are not included in the calculation.

If all the words are mixed in each color, the total number of characters is multiplied by 4. If the letters on the first page are the same color, first double the score for this word, then add it to the scores for the other letters, and then multiply the total by 4 in the same way. If two words have the same color, add the scores of the letters of these two words and multiply this by 2.
Next, add the points for the other 2@ characters and multiply that point by 4. If a player has combined three words with each letter of the same color, add the letter scores for the three single-color words, multiply by 2, and then add to the letter scores for the fourth word. This total is then multiplied by 4 to obtain the score. Finally, if a player successfully completes four words with letters of the same color, the letter scores are added together and multiplied by eight to give the total score in that order.

One thing to note here is that if a player were to add a letter that would split an existing word into two separate words. For example, when looking at the upper surface of the horizontal row of blocks at the bottom of Figure 1, on both sides of the column 1/C "
Two words are shown: FIRJ and MANJ. The invisible letter between the letters R and M is the letter E. Therefore, the original word was ``p I REMA NJ.'' In turn, players add the word [LEARNEDJ] and at the same time add the word ``FI REMANJ''.
If it is thus divided into the words JF I RJ and [MANJ, this player will be divided into the words FIR, MAN, and LEARN.
Scores are obtained by adding up the scores for the ED words. If any of these three words have letters of the same color, first double the score for that word and then add them together to get the total score.

Figure 6 depicts two horizontal rows of blocks that intersect to form a T-shaped structure.

Here, a special case occurs if it is assumed that a certain player adds the remaining blocks during his turn to a place where the word K jEVOLVEJ was originally determined. In this case this player has four words: rcRUD
ITYJ, City RJ, ~Kaku and Hir))EVOLVEJ
K. Earn honor by winning. When these words include letters of the same color, the points are doubled and added to obtain the total score.

Effects of the Invention Since the present invention is constructed as described above, a large number of cubes are combined to spell words, and a non-circular axis is used to connect each face of each cube. Since we decided to connect the rods by fitting them into the insertion holes of the parallelepipeds, the structures formed as the game progresses can be arbitrarily combined into a three-dimensional KIiU, and at that time the structures are extremely stable. , especially when the device includes a board and a support, the game progresses in a particularly stable manner.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the word game device Ω1 embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a cube according to a modification of the device shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. m3 is a sectional view taken along line 3-3 in Fig. 2. , Figure 4 Fitting 1
Fig. 5 is a simplified perspective view of a row of cubes arranged on the game board of Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is a column-shaped cube and the horizontal plane above it. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a column cube; 1...Game device 2.14...Cube, 4...
Surface, side, 6...Column, 8.12...Horizontal row, 10...Game board, board 16.
18.20.22.24 needle committee...rotating member, 38.
...Axle rod, 36.40...Insertion hole (cube) 44.
...Insertion hole (piece) 26...Dial circular surface agent Masao Miyake (and 1 other person)

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] (1) A game device comprising cubes, means for connecting the cubes, and a game board on which the cubes are placed, including (a) a plurality of cubes having indicators for displaying characters on each side; (o) an insertion hole in the center of each face of each cube; and (c) adjacent faces of two adjacent cubes for connecting each cube to form a word by letters along adjacent faces of the cubes. When brought into contact K, one end is completely pushed into the insertion hole of one cube, the other end is completely pushed into the insertion hole of the other cube, and the cross section of the insertion hole is non-circular. 1. (2) A word game device comprising: a plurality of shaft rods having a cross-section of 1.degree. and a plurality of shaft rods that are removably inserted into each insertion hole so as to prevent rotation of the cube; A game board that has a plurality of insertion holes arranged at lattice intervals for insertion of the cubes, and is designed so that adjacent cubes can be placed and connected; It includes a plurality of support rods that are firmly inserted, and each support rod has a length that is the length of one side of each cube or a multiple of the length of the side, excluding the part that is press-fitted into the insertion hole of the cube and the board. The word according to claim 1, further comprising a support member extending between the insertion hole of the board and the spaced cube above the board, for supporting the cube above the board. gaming equipment. (3) Means including a rotating member having on each face of said cube an indicia for each face, such that each face of said cube has at least one upright character on each vertical face of the cube; The word game device according to claim 1, further comprising: