Game score reproduction device for indoor board games such as chess and go

Claim 1

A game score reproduction device comprising a housing with a board member adapted to receive selective game pieces, the board member having recorded on its surface a predetermined game pattern; a display section positioned adjacent the game pattern; a recording medium divided into a plurality of unit sections each having an identical area, on which a continuous record of game score is recorded one unit section after another in a form that allows optical reading; a plurality of optical fiber bundles all having their respective top ends located in the game board surface where these top ends can serve to indicate the types and motions of said game pieces by selective lighting, and also all having their respective lower ends located in confrontation with respective recording points on said medium, each of which points corresponding to one of said top end locations in the game board surface; a light source located across the recording medium from the area in which all the lower ends of the optical fiber bundles are grouped, and a feed mechanism for feeding the recording medium one section at a time past said area in which all the lower ends of the optical fiber bundles are grouped, whereby those optical fiber bundles which are specified by the recording on the recording medium become bright at their top ends to indicate the types of game pieces and their motions, and wherein said recording medium has recorded thereon the types and motions of game pieces such as chessmen in a game score by specifying the ranks and files in which intended squares belong, and indicators in the display section; and the top ends of said plurality of optical fiber bundles serve to indicate the ranks and files, and indicators in the display section.