US1363769A - Game - Google Patents

Description

L. B. GAYLOR.

GAME.

APPLICATION HLED-MAR. 19. I920.

1,363,769.. Patented Dec. 28, 1920.,

llllllllllIIllllllllllll UNITED STATES LEONARD B. GAYLOR, OF STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT.

GAME.

Specification of Letters-Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, 1920.

Application filed March 19, 1920. Serial No. 367,113.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONARD B. GAYLoR, a citizen'of the United States, and a resident of the city of Stamford, county of F airfield, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Game, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

It is the purpose of this invention to pro- ,vide an altogether new game adapted to be played upon the well known checker board comprising sixty four equal spaces or squares and two differentiated sets of pieces, or so-called men, of novel construction, each set comprising ten pieces and a supplemental member, which during the playing of the game are employed in a manner which I believe has never before been contemplated, whereby possible movements of the several pieces are greatly increased and the value or power of the pieces varied at will, thus materially enhancing the interest of the players because of the added opportunity for the exercise of skill, in this respect resembling the well known game of chess, al though markedly differing therefrom in many respects, among them that under my invention by the employment of but twenty two pieces, there are possible five hundred and ten moves, whereas chess which employs thirty two pieces has an aggregate moving possibility under the most favorable circumstances of two hundred and forty two only. Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of an ordinary board used in playing my new game, showing the pieces disposed thereon in their primary or initial position; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one of the main or primary pieces; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one of the supplemental pieces, which I designate a ball; Fig. l is a vertical sectional view of a primary piece having a supplemental piece superimposed thereon.

Referring to Fig. 1, 1 represents an ordinary checker board upon which the game is played. It may be made of any suitable material. 2 represents the usual sixty four equal spaces or squares which are characteristic of a checker board.

The game is played by two players who are opponents, preferably sitting opposite each other and the board between them. Each player has a set of ten pieces, which may be called the main pieces, and also a supplemental piece, which I designate the ball. The pieces of each set and its ball are sultably differentiated from the pieces and ball of the other set, as, for instance, by being differently colored, made of different material or otherwise. In the drawings I have shown one set colored black and the other set colored red. 3 represents the black pieces and 4 the red pieces. 5 represents the supplemental black piece and 6 the supplemental red piece.

Fig. 2 shows one of the main pieces. It has a recess, or its equivalent, 7, in its upper surface, within which the lower part 8 of the supplemental piece shown in Fig. 3 may enter, so as to be detachably supported thereby, as shown in Fig. 4.

In order that the power and possible movements of the pieces resulting from their construction and manner of employment may be realized, the way in which the game is played must be stated. It is as follows:

The object of the game is for the reds to land their ball on one of the squares of the black home row, and the blacks to prevent their doing so and to land their ball on one of the squares of the red home row. The side having the move can move any piece in a straight line, either forward or backward, or to the right, or to the left, or in a diagonal line, forward or backward, a distance of the full extent of the board in any one of these directions, or as much less as they wish, provided that no piece of either side intervenes, with the exception that any piece while carrying the ball can .inove only one square at a time, and that diagonally only, either forward or backward. Instead of making a move, the side having the move may pass their ball from the piece on which it rests, to any other piece of theirs on the board, provided that said piece is in a straight line, either forward, backward or to the right, or to the left, or inone of the four diagonal directions, providing that no piece of either side intervenes between the two pieces, between which the pass is made. Should one side back up its pieces to block its home row to play safe, and the other side is able to form a solid line of pieces across the board in front of its ball, thus absolutely preventing it from going forward, it shall lose the game, provided the blockade is formed on that side of the center line of the board. If one side can surround the ball of the other side on any part of the board, so that it cannot be moved or passed out, it shall Win the game.

I claim:

A game apparatus comprising a board having sixty four squares divided into two differentiated sets, each comprising thirty two squares arranged as in a checker board, and tWo sets of differentiated pieces, each comprising ten main pieces and one supplemental piece so constructed that the supplemental piece may be interchangeably superposed upon and detachably supported by the main pieces, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

LEONARD B. GAYLOR.

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