US1144927A - Game-board. - Google Patents

Description

W. WUNSCH.

GAME BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 16, 1914.

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W. WUNSCH.

GAME BOARD.

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GAME-BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1915.

Application filerl'OctObeI 16, 1914. Serial No. 866,982.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM VVUNsoH, a citizen of the, United States, residin at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and tate of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game-Boards; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to game boards, and one of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a game which will be interesting to oldand young and which will simulate the movements of armies and peace commissions, and will thus be'instructive as well as entertaining.

Another object of the invention is to provide a game board representing the fields of battle betweencountries and in which certain movements of armies will be made depending upon the spinning of'a game piece falling into various colored fields or territories having numbers thereon to {indicate the movements of flags upon the game board toward and from the capitals of the countries, other movements being made on the board to represent the various positions of armies and legislative bodies and peace commissions.

The foregoing and other objects may be attained by means ofthe construction illustrated in the accompanying] drawings, in

which p Y Figure 1 is a top plan view of the frame board and the box for containing the same connected together} and ready to play the game after the flags have been placed in position, Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the I board and boxor dial so-called and showing the flags of three ofthe countries in position on the board, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view through the board when inclosed within the box. p

Referring to thedrawings, the numeral 1 designates the game board, as an .entirety, and 2 designates the box for containing the game board and dial to be used' in connection with the game board. The game board is provided with a'flexible fabric loop 2 which extends through a slot ,3 in the box 2 and a metal pin 4: tohold the game board and box connected in position to play "the game. The game extends through the loop word Session therein and upon opposite sides of the panel are white curved border lines 6 and blue border lines 7, each provided with eyelet holes 8 and said eyelet holes are numbered 1, 3 and 5 in the upper series and 2, 4: and 6 in the lower series. In the center of the panel is an eyelet hole 9. The arms extending from the forts 10 at the ends of the session panel, are made in three colors, the white arms a, the center arms in blue 6 and the red arms 0. These arms are each provided with a series of perforations and at the sides of the arms spaced apart for each alternate perforation are the words, Mobilization; War, Charge; Boinbard, and Advance. At the outer end of each of the arms are circular devices 11 having a central perforation 12 and the legend capital and a number for said capital, Germany being numbered 1, Austria numbered 2, Russia 3, Turkey 4, and France 5.

Within the box 2 are various colored panels or squares 14: and said panels are each provided with numbers, said panels dial is a rectangular panel 15, one-half of which is colored red and the other half White 3 and in the center of this panel is a target or bulls eye 16. The panel 15 is also provided with the Flag, the letter M and the numeral 6, one upon each side of the bulls eye. At points opposite the central panel are bulls eyes each entitled orts, said bulls eyes being indicated by the numerals 17 and 18 and the fort 17 having the numerals 1, 3 and 5 indicated below the same and the fort 18 being provided with the numerals 2, 4 and 6. Thenational flags are each provided with a flag staff or p is indicated by the numeral 20. The flag staff 19 is placed in the eyelet hole 12 at the pole 19 and the German flag I German capital. The French flag 21 is and so on'for each of the countries. In the first eyelet hole at each side ofthe national flag are smaller flag staffs 23 having flags 24,25 and 26, each containing the name of the country to which the national flag corresponds. Said flags 24c, 25 and 26 being disposed in the white arms or columns a representing peace. and 28- are mounted on a flag stafi or pole 22 and said flag staffs are mounted in the columns 0 which may be called the war columns. The column b is designated the retreat column. a I

The game plece comprises a spinner or top consisting of a r1ng30hav1ng a stem 31 and a spinning point 32.

The manner of playing the game may be briefly described as follows: The game piece is spun first in the bulls eye 16, and when 7 the game piece falls upon the .dial, the num ber of the panel and the color of the same indicate the movements of the flags 21, 24' and 25, depending upon whether the game, piece falls upon white, red, blue or green.

If the game piece falls on red, the small national flags are moved forward and if the game piece falls on blue then the flags are moved backward orretreated. Should the game piecefall on white, the white flag is" moved forward and should the game piece fall ongreen, the vwhite flag or flag of peace is moved backward or retreated. the game piece fall upon any of the figures 1,3 or 5, the next player in order spins the top at the bullseye 17 and should the game piece fall on any of the numbers 2, 4: or 6,

the game piece is spun from the bulls eye 18. The red column is called the advance column, the blue column is entitled the retreat column, and the white column is called the truce or peace column. When one of the small national flags has been progressed in the perforations to the vfortsyat theop: posite sidef'lof the section panel, the player may then select which ever, country he-de-: sires to favor in the game. The various progressive movements of the game are made'with the object of capturing the large national flags and when in certain positions,"

these flags are capturedand the winner of the game is the one who secures the most The game board is packed Within the box and the flags are also placed in the box after the pin- 4 has been removed from the flexible loop and the latter pulled out of the slot 3.

I The manner ofplaying the game may be varied within wide limits, and the number 7 The war flags 26 27 Should of countries may be varied, any number be- "ing available;

ing various colored portions I having the namesof different countries thereon, and arms extending from a central panel out into said countries and provided with a circular device entitled Capital 3 and a series of columns running from said capital to Forts one at each side of the central panel, saidcolumns being provided with eye let holes, and flagsprovided with stafl'syfor location at the capitals and for moving along the columns toward the central panel and back toward the capitals.

2. A game board comprising a dial, hav: ing a number of ordinals indicated thereon in various colored panels, anda game board comprising a field representing various.

umn, and a game piece comprising a ring v and stem and point to be operated on the dial to indicate. the movements of the flags in the columns." a v 3. A game board comprising a boX having a dial therein, various colored panels on the dials, ordinals or numbers indicated in-the panels, a centrally disposed panel having a'targetor bulls' eye therein, forts at opposite sides of the central panel,- a game piece to .be spun at the center or at-the forts, and a game board provided with various colored portions, each indicating a l country, acentral panel entitled, Session j forts at opposite sides of the session, columns extending from said forts and provided with perforations, sai d columns being diflerently colored, and capitals at theouter ends of said columns, and flags to be located at each capital to indicate the country and a smaller national flag tofbe' moved along-the columns,

in 'the perforations, and a white or peace dial.

In testimony whereof I' affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. WILLIAM WUNSCH.

Witnesses: I I JOHN RBYRNE, JOHN L. FLETCHER,

G'opies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Gommissloner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.?

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