US498451A - Game apparatus - Google Patents

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(-No Model.)

G'. E. SOVEREIGN. GAME APPARATUS.

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' To. all whom it may concern.-

, as'their headquarters their several stations or .a citizen of the United States, residing at Pot-M -UNITED STATES GEORGE E. SOVEREIGN, OF POTTERSVILLE, NEW JERSEY.

GAME APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 498,451, dated May 30, 1893.

Application filed July 1, 1892. Serial No. 438.661. (No model.)

Be it known thatI, GEORGE E. SOVEREIGN,

tersville, in the county of Hunterdou and State of New Jersey, have invented certainv new and useful Improvements in Game Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this in vention is to provide an amusing, instructive and entertaining game and at a comparatively small cost.

The invention consists in the improved game apparatus and in the arrangement, combination and manipulation of the several parts thereof, as herein set forth and finally pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the figures where they occur, Figure 1, represents a plan view of the game board; and Figs. 2 and 3 represent ornamental blocks or figures designed to be employed in playing the game. In said drawings A, A, and B, 13, indicate battle fields each of which is divided into a series of squares or spaces denoted by stars, upon which the opposing forces or men (the blue and the gray), are placed, as in line of. battle. The center I) of the broad spacefO between the opposingforces, is designed to be occupied by the generals or commanders tents being denoted also by stars at each corner or angle of the center square or space C. The remainder of the broad space is traversed obliquely by roads, D, from each battle field, which converge at the safety line E, at the center. Roads F, G, and H are also laid out between at the rear and at each side or flank, of the two regiments respectively on each side. At the flanks of the two armies are prisons or hospitals, indicated by I.

The game is played as follows, to wit:=The battle field on one side is occupied by the ingray, the generals respectively occupying their headquarters at the center, and the men or privatesthe two rear rows of stars on each side. The players, of whomtheremay be two or four, move the men on the opposing sides,

;fromstar to star diagonally, until the front line or row of stars is reached whereon they can be movedside wise in either direction, if there are no men in the way, and from whence the enemys ranks or lines are reached by moving through the oblique roads to and from the safety line E. l/Vhen a man is on the said safety line he cannot be captured but, beyond it,'on either side is within the enemys lines and when there he is in danger of being capor item or beyond the front line of stars. If a man is moved on the enemys side so as to avoid being captured and reach the enemys extreme rear the player takes two of the enemy prisoners but the man in the rear is of no further use and so remains until the game is finished. The generals'I can be brought into engagement at any stage of the game by moving them, one at a time, to the safety line, thence through the road leading to the first star, thence in either direction to anystar not occupied by your own man and assist in the captureof any of the enemy who maybe found on a star in your path. The generals can be moved in any direction, passing to the enemys side in same manner as privates. When four play each is entitled to move one general and the men in one division or regiment. In moving the player captures a man or men of the enemy who is found in the Way of the manor general he is moving, and places him orthem in the prison or in the rear until the game is ended. When all the men and one general on one side are taken prisoners a game is finished, the remaining general surrendering. The men upon one side are designed to be blue and those on the other gray and may be of any desired shape the generals being further distinguished by size, badges or marks to indicate their rank. The stars,

ing colors so as to be easily distinguished.

boys in blue, and on the other by the boys The manner of playing'the game may be one at a time, alternately, toward each other,

tured if on a road leading-directly to a star which may be understood to indicate States, and the roads, &c., may also be in contrast- ICC varied from that herein given, if desired, as, may be agreed upon by the players before the play is commenced.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and wish to secure by Letters Patent of the United States,-is

The herein described game consisting of a board or chart having two battle fields upon each side thereof divided into spaces, a portion of which spaces is distinguished b ysta'rs or other arbitrary characters, blank spaces between and at the rear and sides of the said fields to represent roads, a broad space across the middle of the board between the fields, the broad space being provided with a square at the center and with characters to represent GEORGE SOVEREIGN.

'Witnesses:

OLIVER DRAKE, OSCAR A. MI HEL.

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