Method of playing a two-player board game
US4391448A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 19, 1981 |
| Grant date | Jul 5, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 19, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F2009/0486
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A game for two contestants is played on a plane surface or board divided into a plurality of equal-sized squares having midway between the contestants a KETER ZONE comprising two rows of squares over the full width of the board, upon which at the start of the game playing pieces called KETER PAWNS are placed, one on each of the squares in the Keter Zone. Each contestant starts out with a uniquely distinguishable set of FIGHTING PAWNS OFF THE BOARD, equal in number to the number of Keter Pawns. At each contestant's end of the board an area equivalent to several squares is marked off as a HOME BASE; fighting pawns are generated on the board by moving keter pawns to the respective Home Base or by capturing keter pawns on the open board. The object of the game is for one of the contestants to become the winner by replacing all the keter pawns with his own fighting pawns, according to novel sequences of moves involving a periodic multimove "Operations of Fate" interval and according to novel rules for moving and capturing keter pawns and opponent's fighting pawns, the manner of capturing the two types of pawns being different from each other but always MAINTAINING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PA…
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