US3469845A - Board game apparatus wherein advancement of pieces is controlled by movements of other pieces - Google Patents

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Sept. 30, 1969 H. G BOARD GAME APPARATUS WHERBIN 1 GONTROLLBD BY MOVBMENTS OP OTHER PIECES F11ed March 28. 1966 colof felations of placenlentS P, and the quantitative va1 ueS v and arrangeInents thereof, can all be aS above de ScTibed. Hovvevef, in fhe forn1 novV Under conSidefation, the color Sequence consists of siX Colors and the gaIne iS therefofe lin1ited to six players, but it may be angmented fof the acconInodation of Inofe pefsonS SiIn ly by pro viding n1ofe than Six boafds and Inofe than siX pTincipalS of objectS, eqllaHy, as Inay be desired, To this end, each raceway R thfough R iS cafTied upon a sepafate boaTd B thfoUgh B feSpectively, and each of Said facewayS is a continUouS loop, The advantage of this pfovision of facevVayS aS individual looped TaceWays is that fhere iS an unobvionS incfeaSe in the ultiIIlate nUInber of fedeteTnlinafe operationS, as foHoWS= Fof instance, the race way R (aS Well aS all otheT TaceWayS) is a continuouS loop So aS to expoSe any one of tho siX color placeInentS P to be Selected as the coInInonceInent point. It iS fo be Under- Stood that in place of color diStinctions each placeInent P can be ideI1tifiable aS a figLlrative of objective TepTesen tation SL1ch aS a fafn^l yard aniInal (pig, cow, hen, hofSe, etc.) or the placeInents can bo identined aS diStinguishable facing autOS ()f diffefent Inanufactufo. Thus, in accofdance vVith the invention, InakefS through X are proVided, one for each boafd B thfough B and theSe n1aTl(eTS X aTe arbitfafily placed upon diIfefent placements P of the Taceways on the several boards in ofdef to establiSh Start and niSh lines of varying potenfial in tho cofTesponding TacewayS. It iS to be undefstood that thefe can be an unliIT1ited nuInbef of boaTdS played SiInultaneonSly when eIn loying thiS fofIn of the invention,

In playing the gane aS depicted, one playef arbiffarily Inoves his object a nunlber of placen1ents one to thTee, for eXaInple the playef at boaTd B Inoves tWo placeInentS (doted line object A and the gan1e iS inifiated to opefate With a predeterIninod definite role of action as follows= AS ShovVn, ofange obiecf A iS upon a green laceInent P of the value Z, in which caSe gTeen object A n1oveS two placeInentS. (}feen obiect iS now upon a blue place- Inent of the value 1, in Which caSe blue object A n1oves one plaCeInent (dotted line objecf Blue object A iS now Upon a bIue placeInent P of the value Z, in which case blue obiect A again InovoS tvVo placofnents (Solid line obiect A Blue object A iS now upon an oTange placenlent 1 of the value 3, in Which caSe ofange obiect z n1oveS three placen1ents (Solid lino obiect A ofange object Z iS now npon an ofange placeIIlent of the value 3, in Which caSe orange obiect again moveS thfee place- InentS (not shown) and so on untiI opefation of the gaIne iS continued to itS fI1111lInent. Nofe, howovef, that in the Six playS juSt fecited only thfee obiectS have moved, the other thfee obiects Temaioing at their aTbitfaTHy Selected Stafts awaiting difection fToIn the alfeady Inoving objectS.

FTon1 the fofegoing it vvin be appafent that I have pfovided an apparently competitive game wherein there is a definifo rIlle of action vvhich iS deterInined by the afbiffaTy Selective aTfangeInent of cooPeTatively felated ele Inents. The facfoTS which control the pfedetern1ination of the gaIIle aTe the nun1erous possible affangen1entS of the obiectS A relative to the racewayS R. FuTther, the initial n1ove of any ono obiect A then predeteTo1ines the I11ti- Inate Winnef, so to speak, fhe opeTation of the gafne being abSolute in its deteTInination of said Winnef. Coffelated to the pfedetefn1inate opofation of the gaIne is the exefciSe fof fhoSe peTSons vvho are knovvledgeable in calculating the outcoIne of the outwardly appaTent Inechanics in volved, since the entire operation of the game iS open upon its face vVifh opefational fesults that are unobviouS.

fIaving deScfibed Iny invention, I claifn= 1. Apparatus for playing contfoHed gan1e having pTedetefIninate TesultS U on opeTation to itS fulfillIIlent and dependent upon inifial Selection of variables, and inclllding= a plorality of individual boafdS; idenfical loop-Shaped racewayS applied to each board and each coInpfiSed of a SefieS of individuaHy identiHable placeInentS; each placenent being of a certain qllaIltifative value leSS than the nUTnber of placen1ents in the TacevVay a like plurality of distingUiShably identifiable objeCtS and each fo1 Inovable placen1ent and travel afoond a faCevvay each place Tnent being pfovided With one of a gfoup of diffefent identifying indicia equal in nombef to the numbef of boardS and each cofresponding to a CliSting11ishing indicia appHed to a diffefent one of the obiectS and a Inafkef for each board to be arbitTarily placed Ilpon any one Se- 1ected placement of the raceway Whefeby afbitTaTy place- Inent of any one of said disfinguiShably identifiable ob jectS at the Said Inafkef on each Tacevvay, coupled vvith adVancenlent of any one of Said distinguiShably idenfifiable objecfS onto an afbitTarily Selected placenlenf initiates an absolute Tule of action that pTedefefInines the felative rate of travel of Said objectS along Said TaoevVayS vvhen each of Said objeCtS iS adVanced upon the engagenlent of its Te lated and individLlally identiHable placementS by any othef object, the extent of Such advance being deter1ined by the qnantitative valneS of the placeITlontS So engaged.

Z. The apparatUS aS Set fofth in claiII1 1 vvheTein: the indicia with xVhich the placeInentS aTe pTovided and vvhich afe appHed to the objectS aTe diStinguiShable coloTs.

34 The appafatus aS Set fofth in claim 1 Wherein= the indicia vvfth Vvhich fhe placementS are pfovided and vvhich aro applied to the obiectS are diStingUiShable coloTs, a11d the colofS of the placeInentS are repetitively aTTanged in like SucceSSive gToupS iI1 each facevVay.

efefences Cffed UNITED STATES PATENTS 673,080 4/1901 Hn1 Z73134 1,09Z,642 4/1914 GibSon 273134 3,170,595 Z/1965 Nielsen 273134 FoREIGN PATENTS 480,175 2/1938 Gfeat BTitain.

DELBERT B. LowE, PrimaT ExaIniner U.S. cL XlR. Z73136

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