Board game apparatus
US4192512A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 31, 1978 |
| Grant date | Mar 11, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 31, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F3/00006
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A board game designed arounda "monster" theme wherein the object of the game is to proceed from a starting area to a weapons pickup area while avoiding capture by the monster and after pick up of a weapon to be the first to hunt down and destroy the monster. The board game apparatus includes a game board having a playing surface and a travel path defined by a plurality of spaced apart play stations extending between a starting area and the pickup area for weapons. A plurality of playing pieces are adapted to be moved along the travel path between the play stations and a chance device is utilized for directing the movement of the playing pieces along the travel path. The game board playing surface also includes a plurality of spaced apart foot spaces arranged in pairs to straddle the travel path. A toy figure in the form of a monster having spaced apart feet is adapted to stand on pairs of the foot spaces and straddle the travel path when the monster is in a standing position. The monster includes a body having a pan for holding a quantity of cohesive gelatinous material or gel and the pan includes at least one opening which permits the gel material to drool downwardly into contact …
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