Game apparatus

Claim 2

A game for two or three players comprising a game board including a hexagonal playing area having a plurality of contiguous, uniformly distributed hexagonal playing spaces thereon, each of the six sides of the playing area composed of a fixed number of playing spaces to form an outer row of spaces, each playing space including one of three indicia such that no two adjacent spaces have the same indicia, said game board further including markings to distinguish the outer row of playing spaces from the remaining playing spaces interior thereto, three sets of playing pieces, each including indicia corresponding to a different one of said three indicia, whereby two of the sets of playing pieces are positioned on and moved among the said interior playing spaces when two players use the apparatus, and the three sets of playing pieces are positioned on and moved among all the playing spaces when three players use the apparatus, and wherein each set of playing pieces includes a plurality of subsets, each of which includes a number of different playing pieces having different moving capabilities, said different playing pieces of a subset having a common feature identifying common type moves on the playing area of the board which may be made with such pieces.

Claim 3

A game for two or three players comprising a game board including a hexagonal playing area having a plurality of contiguous, uniformly distributed hexagonal playing spaces thereon, each of the six sides of the playing area composed of a fixed number of playing spaces to form an outer row of spaces, each playing space including one of three indicia such that no two adjacent spaces have the same indicia, said game board further including markings to distinguish the outer row of playing spaces from the remaining playing spaces interior thereto, three sets of playing pieces, each including indicia corresponding to a different one of said three indicia, whereby two of the sets of playing pieces are positioned on and moved among the said interior playing spaces when two players use the apparatus, and the three sets of playing pieces are positioned on and moved among all the playing spaces when three players use the apparatus, and wherein three playing spaces located at alternate corners of the game board playing area include indicia for distinguishing the three spaces from the other playing spaces, and wherein two playing spaces located at opposite corners of the game board area occupied by said interior playing spaces include indicia for distinguishing the two spaces from the other spaces.

Claim 4

A game for two or three players comprising a game board including a hexagonal playing area having a plurality of contiguous, uniformly distributed hexagonal playing spaces thereon, each of the six sides of the playing area composed of a fixed number of playing spaces to form an outer row of spaces, each playing space including one of three indicia such that no two adjacent spaces have the same indicia, said game board further including markings to distinguish the outer row of playing spaces from the remaining playing spaces interior thereto, three sets of playing pieces, each including indicia corresponding to a different one of said three indicia, whereby two of the sets of playing pieces are positioned on and moved among the said interior playing spaces when two players use the apparatus, and the three sets of playing pieces are positioned on and moved among all the playing spaces when three players use the apparatus, and wherein three playing spaces located at alternate corners of the game board playing area include indicia for distinguishing the three spaces from the other playing spaces, and wherein two playing spaces located at opposite corners of the game board area occupied by said interior playing spaces include indicia for distinguishing the two spaces from the other spaces.

Claim 5

A game comprising a game board including a hexagonal playing area having ninety-one contiguous, uniformly distributed hexagonal playing spaces thereon, each of the six sides of the playing area comprising a row of six playing spaces, each playing space including one of three indicia such that no two adjacent spaces have the same indicia, two playing spaces located at opposite corners of the game board area including indicia to distinguish the two spaces from all the other 89 playing spaces, and two sets of playing pieces for use by two players, each set having indicia to distinguish its pieces from the pieces of the other set and each set being initially disposed on said playing area so as to be centered about, but not occupying, a different one of said two playing spaces.

Claim 6

A game comprising a game board including a hexagonal playing area having ninety-one contiguous, uniformly distributed hexagonal playing spaces thereon, each of the six sides of the playing area comprising a row of six playing spaces, each playing space including one of three indicia such that no two adjacent spaces have the same indicia, two playing spaces located at opposite corners of the game board area including indicia to distinguish the two spaces from all the other 89 playing spaces, and two sets of playing pieces for use by two players, each set having indicia to distinguish its pieces from the pieces of the other set and each set being initially disposed on said playing area so as to be centered about, but not occupying, a different one of said two playing spaces.

Claim 7

A game as in claim 3 wherein said game board further includes an outer row of thirty-six hexagonal playing spaces which are contiguous with and circumscribe the other 91 playing spaces, and markings to distinguish the outer row of playing spaces from the other 91 spaces, wherein three playing spaces located at alternate corners of the outer row include indicia for distinguishing the three spaces from all the other playing spaces, and wherein said game further comprises a third set of playing pieces having indicia to distinguish the pieces of the third set from the pieces of the other two sets, said third set being provided for use by a third player so that when three players participate, each of the three playing piece sets are initially disposed on the playing area including said outer row so as to be centered about, but not occupying, a different one of said three playing spaces.

Claim 8

A game as in claim 4 wherein each set of playing pieces includes 25 pieces.

Claim 9

A game as in claim 3 wherein different playing pieces of a subset of a set include a common indicia which identifies the moves on the playing area of the board which may be made with such pieces.

Claim 10

A game comprising a game board including a hexagonal playing area having 91 contiguous, uniformly distributed hexagonal playing spaces thereon, each of the six sides of the playing area composed of a row of playing spaces of a predetermined number, each playing space including one of three indicia such that no two adjacent spaces have the same indicia, and two sets of playing pieces for use by two players, each set including indicia to distinguish its pieces from those of the other set, each set of playing pieces including a plurality of subsets, each of which includes a number of different playing pieces having different moving capabilities, said different playing pieces of a subset having a common feature identifying common type moves on the playing area of the board which may be made with such pieces.

Claim 11

A game comprising a game board including a hexagonal playing area having 91 contiguous, uniformly distributed hexagonal playing spaces thereon, each of the six sides of the playing area composed of a row of playing spaces of a predetermined number, each playing space including one of three indicia such that no two adjacent spaces have the same indicia, and two sets of playing pieces for use by two players, each set including indicia to distinguish its pieces from those of the other set, each set of playing pieces including a plurality of subsets, each of which includes a number of different playing pieces having different moving capabilities, said different playing pieces of a subset having a common feature identifying common type moves on the playing area of the board which may be made with such pieces.