US2070608A - Game - Google Patents

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INVENTOR Ar'foRNEYS 2 sheets-sheet i GAME R. MITCHELL Filed Nov. 29, 1955 ABCDEFGHIJKLHNOPQRSTuvwxYZ 23450 l 23450 l 345012345012 Feb. 16,1937.

Feb. 16, 1937. R. MITCHELL 2,070,608

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INVENTOR ATTORNEY-5 Patented Feb. 16, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 5 Claims.

This invention relates to amusement devices and has for its object to provide a game which may be enjoyed by two to four players.

The game comprises a playing board, playing pieces with letters of the alphabet thereon and dice having a letter of the alphabet on each face thereof. It is an object of the invention to provide dice with the letters so arranged thereon Athat the probabilities of forming words and sequences in the spaces provided on the playing board are so computed as to render the game a source of great amusement.

Other objects and advantages will become hereinafter more fully apparent as reference is had to the .accompanying drawings wherein my lnvention is illustrated and in which- Figure 1 is a view of the playing board with playing pieces arranged in certain spaces there- Figs. 2 to 8 are developed views of my improved dice;

. Fig. 9 is a perspective of the die oi' Fig. 8, and

Fig. 10 is a perspective of one playing piece. More particularly, Fig. 1 shows a playing board having a diierent colored space, indicated as a .Hoosegow, in each corner and intended to contain an allotted number of playing pieces, one

of which may be seen in Fig. 10. The space between the Hoosegows is marked oil into playing sections for the playing pieces during the course of, or at the start of the game, depending on which one of several sets of rules are to be followed. A Home is indicated in the middle of the board and around the edges the alphabet with a numeral below each letter appears in front of each playing position.

Each of the playing pieces carries a letter of the alphabet, These pieces may be suitably made of cardboard and, in all there are enough letters to make up several alphabets.

There are preferably seven dice, each of which has a letter on each face, with the exceptions to be noted.` Fig. 2 illustrates one die which contains three consonants, a star and two vowels.

The two vowels are identical and arranged on op-` posite sides of the die. The dice of Figs. 3, 4, 5 and.6 also have two 'vowels each of which is identical with and opposite to the other, the die of Fig, 3 having two As, that of Fig. 4 having two Us, that of Fig. 5 having two Is and that of Fig. 6 having two Es. Each vowel appears three times but not more than twice on the same die, and each consonant appears once except that the letters X and Z are omitted. Y is not considered and hence in order to complete this arrangement an extra die as illustrated in Fig. 'l is necessary. This one die does not have opposed identical vowels. The die of Fig.` 8 is the control die and is preferably of a diierent material and color. If this die is made of colored transparent material "the others may suitably be white and opaque. This die of Fig. 8 has a single letter on each vof ve faces and a. plus sign on its other face. The letters are R, G, B, P, O, to indicate red, green, w blue, orange, and P indicates a penalty.

Several sets of rules may be employed in order to provide several different games with the same equipment. One set will now be given, as an illustration. )5

The playing pieces are thoroughly mixed in their box or otherwise and each player is then given, say, twelve letters which he places on his section of the playing board, as indicated in the green section oi Fig. l. The object of the game is then to ll the four series of squares in' each section with 'either three letter words or letters in alphabetical sequence. For instance the top row may be ABC, the next row DOG, the third JHI and the fourth BUT. After any sequence or word is completed no other player can disturb it. 25

The players, in turn, throw the dice and the first to throw the star starts the game. He then throws again and if his section is Green and G should appear on the control die, he may substitute any letters as shown on the dice for -any letters inhis section, theadditional letters being drawn from theindividual portion. For instance, his rst line showsvEAV. If the letter 'I' appears on the dice he may substitute the T for the V to spell the word EAT. If another players 35 symbol appears on the control' die he is limited for substitution to the letters in his indicated opponents section, the opponents letters which are in formed words or sequences being excluded. Ii the blank of vthe die of Fig. '7 appears the thrower loses his turn. If the plus sign appears and the blank does not appear the player gets a. free throw.' If the P appears on the control die, the letters appearing on the other dice are placed in that players Hoosegow. After the rows of words are completed, the letters may be removed from the Hoosegow if they appear on any dice,l provided the blank does not appear. The star may represent any letter which the thrower de- 50 sires.

The first to complete all words or sequences and to remove all pieces from his Hoosegow wins the game. y

, A variation isvto proceed as above and when 55 finished to evaluate each letter according to thesystem of scoring indicated on the playin! bOard. Thus the letter A counts one point, the letter B two points and so on.. Score may 'be kept accordingly from game to gaine.

1. As equipment for a game, a set of six dice each having vowels and consonants on the faces thereof, each of said vowels appearing in triplicate and each of said consonants with the exception of the letters X andZ appearing unduplicated, one of the remaining faces having a star thereon and the other of said remaining faces being blank.

2. As equipment for a game. a set of six dice as described in claim 3 in combination with a seventh die of distinctive appearance therefrom containing symbols on the faces thereof to constitute a control member for said set.v

3. As equipment for a game, a playing board having indicated playing sections for playing pieces and differently colored penalty sections on each side of said playing sections, said playing pieces each having a letter of the alphabet on the upper face thereof, a control die having symbols on the faces thereof indicative of the colors of said penalty sections, and ,a set of six dice each having letters of the alphabet appearing on its faces.

4. As equipment for a game. a playing board having indicated playing sections for playing`A pieces and diiferently coloredv penalty sections on each side of said playing sections, said playing pieces each having a letter of the alphabet on the upper face thereof. a control die having symbols on the faces thereof indicative of the colors of said penalty sections, and a set of six dice each lhaving letters of the alphabet appearing on its faces, the vowels. each appearing three times with two of the three appearing in each instance on opposite sides of the same die and the third thereof appearing on another of said dice.

5. As equipment for a game, a playing board having indicated playing sections for playing pieces and differently colored penalty sections on each side of said playing sections. said playing pieces each having a letter of the alphabet on the upper face thereof, a control die having symbols on the faces thereof indicative of the colors of said penalty sections, and a set of six dice each having letters of the alphabet appearing on its faces. the vowels each appearing on three different faces of said dice with two of the three appearing in each instance on opposite sides of the same die and the third thereof appearing on a different die, said consonants each being limited to a single appearance.

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