US4938482A
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Board game
Assignee: JARWICK ENTERPRISES Ltd A CORP OF WASHINGTON
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Filing: 1988-12-16
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Granted: 1990-07-03
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Expires: 2008-12-16
Abstract
Abstract There is provided a game board for playing a board game, and methods for playing the same. The board is divided in to eight rows and eight columns which define sixty-four squares. These squares alternate in color to define thirty-two playing spaces. Theses spaces are assigned a value such that the sum of the valued spaces contained in the middle four rows of the board is greater than the sum of the valued spaces contained in the first two and last two rows of the board to promote aggressive movement towards the center of the board. Points are awarded during play for movement of playing pieces upon the valued spaces of the board, and for jumping the opponent's playing pieces. Points are tallied for each player to determine a winner.
Inventors
- 👤 John H. Ludwick
- 👤 Donald P. Jarvis
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 13:36
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
145 words
A game board comprising a grid having eight rows and eight columns defining 64 squares, the squares alternating in color to identify a field of play containing 32 spaces, one space within each row of the grid being assigned the value of w, wherein w is a negative integer, and the remaining three spaces within each row being assigned a value of x, y and z, respectively, wherein x, y and z are positive integers, the sum of w, x, y, and z of the middle four rows of the grid being greater than the sum of w, x, y, and z of the first two and the last two rows of the grid, to promote aggressive movement towards the center of the board and the first four rows of the grid being a reverse mirror image of the last four rows of the grid.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
145 words
A game board comprising a grid having eight rows and eight columns defining 64 squares, the squares alternating in color to identify a field of play containing 32 spaces, one space within each row of the grid being assigned the value of w, wherein w is a negative integer, and the remaining three spaces within each row being assigned a value of x, y and z, respectively, wherein x, y and z are positive integers, the sum of w, x, y, and z of the middle four rows of the grid being greater than the sum of w, x, y, and z of the first two and the last two rows of the grid, to promote aggressive movement towards the center of the board and the first four rows of the grid being a reverse mirror image of the last four rows of the grid.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
11 words
The game board of claim 1 wherein w is negative 5.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
The game board of claim 1 wherein x, y and z are positive integers of 1 to 6.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
The game board of claim 1 wherein the sum of w, x, y and z of the middle four rows is at least 5 greater than the sum of w, x, y and z of the first two and last two rows.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
42 words
The game board of claim 1 wherein the sum of w, x, y and z of the middle four rows is at least 10 greater than the sum of w, x, y and z of the first two and last two rows.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
11 words
The game board of claim 1 further comprising twenty-four playing pieces.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
The game board of claim 6 wherein the game pieces are separable into two distinct groups of twelve pieces each, each group being visually identifiable.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
154 words
A game board comprising: a grid having eight rows and eight columns defining 64 squares, the squares alternating in color to identify a field of play containing 32 spaces, one space within each row of the grid being assigned the value of w, wherein w is a negative integer, and the remaining three spaces within each row being assigned a value of x, y and z, respectively, wherein x, y and z are positive integers, the sum of w, x, y, and z of the middle four rows of the grid being greater than the sum of w, x, y,and z of the first two and the last two rows of the grid, to promote aggressive movement towards the center of the board and the first four rows of the grid being a reverse mirror image of the last four rows of the grid; and means for tallying points located upon the game board.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
154 words
A game board comprising: a grid having eight rows and eight columns defining 64 squares, the squares alternating in color to identify a field of play containing 32 spaces, one space within each row of the grid being assigned the value of w, wherein w is a negative integer, and the remaining three spaces within each row being assigned a value of x, y and z, respectively, wherein x, y and z are positive integers, the sum of w, x, y, and z of the middle four rows of the grid being greater than the sum of w, x, y,and z of the first two and the last two rows of the grid, to promote aggressive movement towards the center of the board and the first four rows of the grid being a reverse mirror image of the last four rows of the grid; and means for tallying points located upon the game board.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
50 words
The game board of claim 8 wherein the tallying means comprises two columns of ten rows defining twenty spaces, the ten spaces of the first column being numbered from 0 to 9, and the ten spaces of the second column being numbered from 10 to 100 in increments of 10.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
20 words
The game board of claim 9 further comprising two chips to maintain each player's accumulated points on the two columns.
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