Abstract Each player of a game is given a playing piece, all such pieces adapted for movement upon a triangular board which is ruled into a plurality of playing regions which take on trapezoidal, triangular and rhomboidal shapes. The pieces are moved according to a throw of a conventional cubical die. At various points during the game, a player may operate a randomizing means by dropping a light steel token into a water filled jar. The water causes the motion of the token to be altered at random, and thus randomizes the location at the bottom of the jar at which the token comes to rest. At the bottom of the jar is a disc ruled into a plurality of like wedge-shaped regions, with an open topped cup disposed in the center of the disc. When the token lands on one of the regions or in the cup, a card corresponding to the place on which the token comes to rest is drawn, and the playing piece moved on the board in accordance with the directions written on the card. The tokens are removed from the jar by an elongated rod bearing a magnet on one end.
Game apparatus comprising: a triangular cardboard playing board, the board being ruled into a plurality of playing regions which take on trapezoidal, triangular and rhomboidal shapes; a plurality of playing pieces; a cubical die; means providing a selection in a random manner from seven different possible outcomes, the means including a vertical cylindrical jar having an open mouth at its top and a horizontal bottom and almost completely filled with water, a circular disc ruled into six congruent wedge-shaped sections, each section being differently colored, said disc being disposed on top of the jar bottom and covering it, an upwardly facing open topped cup disposed on the center of the disc in the jar and disposed below the water line, a lightweight steel token which, when dropped into the jar mouth, will settle in any one of seven different positions, each position being a different outcome, one of said positions being attained when the token settles into the cup, each of the other six positions being defined when the token settles onto a corresponding one of the six disc sections, and an elongated rod having a magnet at one end for removing the token from the jar without spilling water therefrom; and a plurality of cards, each card containing instructions for the movement of the playing pieces upon the board and corresponding to one and only one of said outcomes as selected by said means.
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Game apparatus comprising: a triangular cardboard playing board, the board being ruled into a plurality of playing regions which take on trapezoidal, triangular and rhomboidal shapes; a plurality of playing pieces; a cubical die; means providing a selection in a random manner from seven different possible outcomes, the means including a vertical cylindrical jar having an open mouth at its top and a horizontal bottom and almost completely filled with water, a circular disc ruled into six congruent wedge-shaped sections, each section being differently colored, said disc being disposed on top of the jar bottom and covering it, an upwardly facing open topped cup disposed on the center of the disc in the jar and disposed below the water line, a lightweight steel token which, when dropped into the jar mouth, will settle in any one of seven different positions, each position being a different outcome, one of said positions being attained when the token settles into the cup, each of the other six positions being defined when the token settles onto a corresponding one of the six disc sections, and an elongated rod having a magnet at one end for removing the token from the jar without spilling water therefrom; and a plurality of cards, each card containing instructions for the movement of the playing pieces upon the board and corresponding to one and only one of said outcomes as selected by said means.