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Board game apparatus and method of playing

US4291884A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 13, 1979
Grant dateSep 29, 1981
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Expiry dateDec 13, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63F3/00006
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A game construction including a game board having a plurality of positions to be occupied by playing pieces belonging to different players, the positions during a path to be followed from a start to a finish. The game has a number of different identifiable playing pieces which are molded from a pliable material. Various ones of the positions are identified with the different ones of the playing pieces, and a piece landing on a position identified as that of another player is flattened by the owner of the space. The degree of flattening caused is measured to determine later movements of the piece on the game board.

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