US3926437A - Vertical game board and playing pieces including move setting mechanisms - Google Patents
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- ABSTRACT A competitive game of skill for two players has a playing board common to the players divided into a gridlike arrangement of playing areas. Playing pieces for each player are adapted to be mounted for player selected and controlled movement between the playing areas; the selected movement being concealed until such time as the player decides to move the playing piece.
- FIG. 1 A first figure.
- FIG. IO is a diagrammatic representation of FIG. IO.
- VERTICAL GAME BOARD AND PLAYING PIECES INCLUDING MOVE SETTING MECHANISMS The invention relates to apparatus for playing a game of skill.
- each players playing piece is always visible to all other players and the direction of movement is predetermined by the layout of the game board.
- cards or other identifying means are often used to indicate penalties or rewards when a players playing piece becomes positioned on certain predetermined points along the preset course of the game.
- a playing board common to the players, is formed with a series of evenly spaced horizontal and vertical holes which support a number of playing pieces.
- Each player has one directional indicator which can be selectively concealed from the view of the other players, and while so concealed is preset in a proposed direction of movement for one of the playing pieces.
- playing pieces are eliminated from the playing board until only one remains. The player who owns this remaining piece is declared the winner of the game.
- each player in accordance with this invention, is provided with a number of playing pieces which are adapted to be movably mounted on a playing board, arranged with a number playing areas, which is common to the players.
- Each playing piece has an individually controlled indicator which can be selectively concealed, and which the player uses to preset the direction and distance of movement for the playing piece over the playing board.
- each player mounts his playing pieces on the common playing board with the playing pieces concealed from the other player and preset in a proposed direction and distance of movement-The first player to go, reveals one of his playing pieces to the other player and moves the playing piece over the playing board the direction and distance indicated. After the playing piece has been moved, the player again conceals that playing piece and sets a new direction and distance of movement for that piece. The second player now reveals one of his playing pieces to the other player and moves in the direction and distance indicated. When one playing piece lands in an area of the playing board occupied by the playing piece of another player, the playing piece occupying that area is captured and must be removed from the playing board. The game continues until all the playing pieces of one of the players are removed.
- FIG. I is a front elevation view of the playing board showing the game pieces mounted thereon and the game in progress. 1
- FIG. 2 is a plan view of the game board shown in FIG. 1.
- FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line 33 of FIG. 1 and looking in the direction of the arrows.
- FIG. 4 is a front elevation view of a typical game piece for use in the game.
- FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line 55 of FIG. 4 and looking in the direction of the arrow and showing the concealing member of the game piece rotated to the dotted position to reveal the indicator and playing piece to the opposing player.
- FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line 6-6 of FIG. 4 and looking in the direction of the arrow.
- FIG. 7 is a front elevation view of another embodiment of a game piece for use in the game.
- FIG. 8 is a rear elevation view of the game piece of FIG. 7.
- FIG. 9 is an exploded view of the game piece shown in FIG. 7, showing the relative orientation and positions of the various components thereof.
- FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along the line 1010 of FIG. 7 and looking in the direction of the arrows.
- the game generally has a number of game pieces 10 mounted on a playing board 12 vertically supported on base 14 between two opposing players.
- the playing board is preferably made of a transparent plastic material, arranged in a grid to form a plurality of playing areas 16 with five areas vertically and six areas horizontally. Each playing area has a slit 18 which can support a game piece during the play of the game.
- the base has three slots 20 (one of which are shown in FIG. 1) formed in a central raised portion 22 which are adapted to receive three tabs 22 extending downwardly from the bottom of the playing board to support the playing board in an upright vertical position during the play of the game.
- storage areas 26 Arranged in the base on opposite sides of the playing board are storage areas 26 having channels 28 which provide storage for the game pieces during the play of the game.
- each game piece includes a housing 30 having top, bottom and side walls, 32, 34 and 36, respectively, and an opening in the rear which is substantially the same size as one of the areas in the playing board.
- the top, bottom and side walls are preferably tapered inwardly from the rear towards the front of the housing with the top and bottom walls extending further forward than the side walls.
- Mounted at the central rear portion of the top wall is a hanging hook 38 which is adapted to interengage with the slot in the playing area to to hold the game piece during the play of the game.
- a clear plastic window 40 Secured across the front of the housing is a clear plastic window 40.
- a combined playing piece 42 in the form of a WWI vintage aircraft and indicator 44 for setting the direction and distance of movement for the game piece during the play of the game.
- the indicator includes a knob 46 having a triangular pointer 48.
- the combined aircraft and indicator rotate with respect to indicia 50, formed on the window, which respresent angles, in multiples of of possible movement for the game piece.
- the pointer is on the center line of the aircraft and points in the forward direction thereof so that either the aircraft or the pointer provides the direction information.
- the knob has a rearwardly extending shaft which is split in half to form two flexible spring-like elements, each having a hook at its rearward end.
- the flexible elements extend through a hole in the window and through a hole in the central portion of the aircraft to hold the aircraft and knob together.
- the hole is keyed so that the pointer on the indicator points forwardly along the center line of the aircraft.
- shield 50 is in the form of an axially cut opaque plastic cylinder which is mounted for rotation about its axis in openings between the window and the walls of the housing.
- the cylinder is provided with a finger tab 52 along one side to permit the shield to be conveniently rotated.
- FIGS. 7-10 Another embodiment of the game piece is shown in FIGS. 7-10.
- the game piece includes an outer housing 62 having a hanging hook 64 and opaque side and rear walls 66, 68, respectively, with a central cutout or window in the rear wall.
- Mounted to the inner surface of the rear wall of the housing and extending over window 70 is a first sheet of polarizing material 72.
- the sheet is preferably formed with a cutout 74 at one corner to orient the polarization plane of the sheet with respect to the housing.
- inner cylindrical housing 76 Rotatably mounted in the outer housing is inner cylindrical housing 76 which has opaque side and rear walls and a central cutout or window 78. Secured to the inner surface of the rear wall of the inner housing is a second sheet of polarizing material 80 extending over the entire window area of the inner housing. Sheet 80 is mounted with its polarization plane oriented with respect to key 82 on the inner housing. Also formed on the inner housing is an extending finger tab 84 which is gripped by the player for rotation of the inner housing.
- a combined playing piece 86 and indicator 88 is rotatably mounted on front transparent window 90 which is secured in a groove in the front face of the outer housing.
- the indicator has a triangular pointer 92 with a detent 94 which is arranged to engage one of a plurality of holes 96 in the front window to hold the indicator stationary during the play of the game.
- a 90 portion of the window is cut away to allow a controlled 90 rotation of the inner housing with respect to the outer housing.
- the polarization planes of sheets 72 and 80 are substantially perpendicular and the combined indicator and playing piece cannot be seen through the two sheets from the rear of the game piece (FIG. 8).
- the polarization planes of sheet 72 and sheet 80 become substantially parallel so that the combined indicator can be seen through the two sheets from the rear of the game piece.
- playing board is mounted in the base in a vertically upright position between two opposing players.
- Each player has three game pieces which are mounted in the top, middle, and bottom playing areas of the extreme left vertical row of playing areas with each of the combined indicators concealed from the opposing player.
- each combined playing piece and indicator is preset to a direction of movement by rotating the indicator into alignment with one of the indicia on the window.
- a playing piece is allowed to move one playing area when moving in the upward di rection, two playing areas when moving horizontally, and three playing areas when moving downwardly so that setting the indicator also sets the distance of movement.
- the first player to go reveals the preset direction and distance of movement for one of his playing pieces to his opponent by rotating the shield from its position within the housing. The player then moves the playing piece the direction and distance indicated to another playing area on the game board. After the player completes his move, he resets the shield to conceal his playing piece and sets a new direction of movement for the playing piece which has just been moved. The other player now reveals one of his indicators and moves the playing piece in accordance with the preset direction and distance. Play continues using the same sequence of events:
- FIG. 2 A typical situation during the course of the game is shown in the drawings. Each player has lost one playing piece, which is shown stored in the base.
- the player on the near side of the playing board (indicated by the letter N in FIG. 2) has playing pieces 10A and 10B which are set respectively for horizontal and vertical movement and the opponent on the far side of the pl aying board (indicated by the letter F in FIG. 2) has playing pieces 10C and 10D.
- the direction of movement of the playing piece 10D is concealed from the player on the near side and the player on the far side has just revealed the playing piece 10C to the near side player.
- the playing piece Since the far side players playing piece is set for movement diagnally upward to the left, the playing piece is moved in that direction, one playing area thereby landing in the playing area occupied by playing piece 10A belonging to the near side player.
- the near side player must remove playing piece IDA-fromtheplayng board.
- a game apparatus comprising a playing board common to the players and playing pieces adapted to be mounted for movement across said playing board, each of said playing pieces including player controlled means for presetting said playing piece in a selected direction of movement and means for selectively concealing said playing piece to prevent premature discovery of the preset selected direction of movement for the playing piece.
- said concealing means includes a shield member and means for mounting said shield member for movement relative to said playing piece.
- said concealing means includes an axially cut opaque cylindrical shield member and means for mounting said shield member to said playing piece for rotation about its axis.
- said concealing means includes a pair of sheets of polarizing material, said sheets of material being mounted for relative movement between a first position wherein the angle between the polarization planes of the sheets permit the presetting means to be seen throught both sheets of material and a second position wherein the angle between the polarization planes of the sheets prevents the presetting means from being seen through both sheets of polarizing material.
- said presetting means includes a pointer mounted for rotation with said playing piece with respect to a plurality of indicia to indicate the preset direction of movement of the playing piece.
- said presetting means includes a detent and said indicia include a plurality of holes cooperatively positioned to engage said detent to hold said presetting means in the selected direction.
- An apparatus for a game of skill to be played by two players comprising a playing board including a plurality of playing areas adapted to be substantially vertically mounted between the two players, game pieces adapted to be mounted for movement by the opposing players on opposite sides of the playing board, each game piece including a combined playing piece and indicator rotatably mounted in the game piece for indicating a player selected and controlled direction of movement of the game piece during the course of the game and a shield means for selectively concealing the combined playing piece and indicator from the opposing player to prevent discovery of a selected direction of movement.
- the apparatus of claim 8 further including a front window having a plurality of indicia thereon secured to the game piece for indicating proposed directions of means include an opaq movement of said game piece said combinedplaying piece and indicator being mounted on; said .window'f or' rotation with fre sp'ect to said. plurality of'indicia,
- An apparatusfor' a' gameof skill' two"players comprising a transparent playing board having a plurality of rectilinear playing areas dividing said playing board into a plurality of vertical columns and horizontal rows, means vertically mounting said playing board between two playing positions to be occupied by said players, a plurality of playing pieces, interengaging means associated with said playing pieces and said playing areas for mounting said playing pieces on opposite sides of said playing board for movement between said playing areas, each playing piece including means for presetting a vertical, horizontal or diagonal direction of movement for the playing piece over the playing board and means for concealing the preset direction of movement for each playing piece, each playing piece being moved across the opposite sides of the playing board in accordance with the player selected and controlled direction of movement after the preset direction of movement is revealed to the opposing player and playing pieces being eliminated from the playing board when the playing piece of one player moves to a playing area occupied by the playing piece of the other player until all the playing pieces of one of the players is eliminated from the playing board.
- the concealing means includes an axially cut opaque cylinder and means for mounting said cylinder for rotation about said playing piece.
- the apparatus of claim 12 further including a housing and means mounting said playing piece and concealing means in said housing.
- the apparatus of claim 13 further including indicator means for indicating said preset direction of movement for said playing piece and means for movably mounting said indicator means with respect to said housing.
- the apparatus of claim 13 further including indicator means and means rotatably mounting said indicator means and said playing piece for indicating the preset direction of movement for said playing piece.
- said interengaging means includes a hook member associated with said playing piece and a slot formed in each playing area.
- said presetting means includes means for rotating said playing piece to indicate a preset direction of movement for the playing piece.
- An apparatus for a game of skill to be played by two players comprising a transparent playing board having a plurality of recitilinear playing areas dividing said playing board into a plurality of vertical columns and horizontal rows, means vertically mouting said playing board between two playing positions to be occupied by said players, a plurality of playing pieces, interengaging means associated with said playing pieces and said playing areas for mounting said playing pieces on opposite sides of said playing board for movement between said playing areas, each playing piece including means for presetting a direction of movement for the playing piece over the playing board and means for concealing the preset direction of movement for each to be played by 8 ing piece of one player moves to a playing area occupied by the playing piece of the other player, the playing pieces which have been removed being placed in the storage means, play continuing until all the playing pieces of one of the players is eliminated from the playing board.
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