Board game
US4083564A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 19, 1977 |
| Grant date | Apr 11, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 19, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F2003/00864
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A board game combining both skill and chance including a plurality of playing pieces provided with rotatably mounted carriages having surfaces thereof provided with multiple indicia indicating the number of moves that the playing pieces are permitted to make and magnets, a playing surface divided into a plurality of contiguous areas on which the playing pieces are positioned and along which the playing pieces move, and a plurality of magnets positioned below the playing surface and arranged in a pre-determined pattern to attract the magnets of the playing pieces to rotate the carriages and the indicia different degrees as the playing pieces are moved from one area to another so as to continuously change the number of moves that the same playing pieces may make depending on their positions on the playing surface.
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