US1025940A - Game-board. - Google Patents

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W. J. ARCHER.

GAME BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 13, 1911' V L25,9%U.. Patented May 7, 1912.

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4 UNITED STATES 1- WILLIAM J'.- ARCHER, or wasnrneronvrtta; onro, 'assreiron oro DE BOLT, or. EAST LIVERPOOL, 01110.

Washingtonville, in the county ofJColumbiana and State of Ohio,- have inyentedcertain new and useful Improvements v 1n Gamecation, reference, being panying drawings. My 1n\ *ent1on re1ates to new had to the accomlarly to the class of games comprising a checkered board and a plurality of playing pieces therefor and my object is to provide a game'of this character. which will require considerable. thought and skillin-the playing thereof, and at the same time be extremely interesting both to young and old.- i

' A further object is to provide a playing board, one'face of which'is provided with a central square surrounded by a'plurality of smaller squares, said small er and said central square being divided into smaller tri-.

angles.

A furtherobjeot "is td provide a plurality Lof playing pieces, one of which has a different identity from the others. t IVith these and other objects in VleW, my

invention consists in the novel features ofconstruction, combination vand arrangement of parts asjwill be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out-inthe,

specification and claims.

In the accompanying drawings formingia partof this application, Figure 1 is a top plan view of the-playing board. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of oneof the playing pieces used, and, Fig. 3tis a similar view of another of the playing pieces used. In carrying out my invention, I shall re-:

fer-to the drawings in which similar reference characters des gnate corresponding parts throughout the several. views and in which 1 indicates a board of any preferred size, but preferably octagonal in shape, as shown in the drawing, adapted .to be placed on a tableor'the like, whe reb'y a game may be played thereon. Said board 1 has one face thereof wholly divided into numerous Speciflcati ono f Letters Patent. 'Applidation fi ed March 13,1911. Serial No. 614,045.

and useful improvements in games andinore particu-v GAME-BOARD.

is designatedfrom the other triangles by being'of a diiierent color.

A plurality. of thetriangles surrounding the square 3 a'reoutlined by means of the Patented'May 7,191.2.-

,line'S and colored differently from the tri;

" angles surrounding-the same, so that when properly colored, there will be three sets of colored triangles, colored preferably as follows: The central square,'white, the collec- .tion of triangles surrounding the same, red,

and the triangles surrounding said .latter collection, colored inblue, but I do not wish to limit myselfto these colorsand, of course,-

may use any colors desired so long as the three sets are coloreddifferently. The 'outi line of the outer collection of triangles is provided-with sixteen circles of dots and the outline of the middle. collection of triangles is provided with twelve circles 'or dots, said circles or dots peing placed at the points of intersection offthe lines forming the'sides square- 3 is further provided. witha central circle or dot at the points of intersection ofdescribed.

8 1 jwillbe hereinafter and more particularly I y In order to playthe game',twenty-eight,

Yplaying pieces ]:v of the same identity andan additional playing piece 5 of a different identity than the other pieces'are provided,

said twenty-eight pieces being placed'alpon the twenty-eight circles on the outlines of the twoco'llect-ions of triangles and the ad- 1 ditional playing piece being placed on the .central'circle within the central. square 3. As st'ated,-this additional, playing piece 5 is of a different identity than the playing pieces 4, and to thisextent, any, preferred forms of designs 'may' be placed thereon which are 95,

appropriate to the name given the game.

v This, game is played as follows: The twenty-eight pieces it of .the-. same identity are placed upon the twenty-eight circles or dots, above describechand the single piece 5 is placed-in the central circle of the central square, it being understood that this game is to be played liy' two persons, one

of whom is to care for the central'figure, 105

while the other takes charge of the twentyeight surrounding'men. F or thesake of convenience, I shall refer to the central playing piece and the twenty eight-sur and bases. of said'triangles and the central I "rounding/pieces as the outlaw and the detectives -respect iv ely, and in moving the men, it must be understood thatthe same are to'be moved on the lines forming the triangles, to the' points of intersection thereof.- The outlaw makes. the first liQinaI1d the .detectives follow, each 'un'drStQod thatthe men formin'g-the desideoving alternately, and it will be here ,10 teotivesfl "may only move forwardly to- ;ward the center'o'r on lines retaining them the's'a'me' distance from said center, and

5' said menmay not jump the central figure when in position to do so, while said central' figure or outlaw f. may move in any,

direction whatsoeverat-any time and may jump any of the. detectives when un- Protected, tha not follwedmediately by'an'additional man. The central figure or''outl-aw. may move around-..

, in any'direction, as stated,'as far a'sthe I' 1 'v outline 3 'and the detectives maymove up to and on the line forming the square 13, and by allowing the f outlaw to jump the various other men -lwhen unprotected, a

method-of elimination-is provided.-

The idea of the gameis to have the dei 1' "f tectives charge upon the outlaw in such yforces' as'to prevent said o'utlaw.? from f jumping said-detectives, thereby for-c ing him to move back into the-cent-ral'square 31' TWhen the outlaw or central. figure -h'as been cornered in'thecentral square so that he cannotmove in any direction, the 35 game has'been won. and'it will be understood that itis possible for the central figure to' be -cornered beyond the central square,

' if-the playerbe not so skilled as toprevent the same. I

In, playing the game, it will be, appreciated that a great number of detectives ':;will be jumped by-'- the central figure,

thereby eliminating them from the game, and by allowing the central figure to move in any ,direction, while the surrounding men may only move 1n restricted directions,

considerable thought' will be required to charge of said central figure. 1

capture the central figure. If the, central figure jumps such a great number of men as to prevent it being cornered, the game is, of 'course,,'won by the player-having It will be appreciated'when this game .1 his played properly, that a-great amount of 155 thought and skill is required so. that the same will be [doubtless interesting to both Hold and young. As the game also requires considerable forethought in the moving of f "thevariousmen, it will be seen that, the same is a" wonderful training for the mind.

- additional identity.

' It may app'ear'at-first that this game with twenty-eight men on one side and one on the :other is uneven or one-sided, but when consideringthe limitations of the twenty eight men, it will be appreciated that the chances are equal, possibly favoring the'one man'.

, 1. A game of the class described, com:

prising a board having an. octagonal outline thereon, the space inclosed' by said outangles, saidtriangles being arrangedin sets and said sets, distinguished from one another, one of said, setsbe'ing outlined to line being divided into-a plurality of trii form a substantial 'sq'uare, a plurality of playing pieces of the same identity, andjan pleying piece of a different 2. A game c t-the class described, comprising a board ha'vin an octagonal o'ut-,

line thereon, the space inclosed b said'outlinebeing divided into a plu'ra ity of triangles arranged in sets, said sets being distingui'slied' from' oneanother and the apices ofoneof said sets being provided with certain indications, a plurality of playing pieces of the same'id'entity 'adaptedto be initially positioned on the aforesaid indications,.and an additional playing iece of a different identity adaptedtd be initially positioned in a predetermined place: on said-- board, the first mentioned playing pieces be- 3. A- game of-the class described,1comsets .ing limited in their movements on the board. g

sets being provided with certain indications,

the triangles of one of said sets being outlined to forma substantial central square, a

lurality of playing pieces of the same identity adapted to be initially positioned on the indications at 'the apices' of tlievtriangles in one set, and an additional playmg piece of,a diflerent identity adapted to be initially positioned inthe" aforesaid central square, the first mentioned playing pieces being restricted in their movements on said board.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiik my signaturein the presence of two witnesses.

.- Witnesses: 1 v I ALIN LuTAY LOR, J Davis. '1

IWILLIAM J.-IA RCHER.

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