BOARD GAME
A board game for at least two players comprises a plurality of boards each board having a plurality of recesses located at the perimeter of the board, a plurality of counters each counter of a size suitable to be located within a recess of the board wherein the boards are arranged to be mounted one on top of another, the largest board being placed at the bottom and the arrangement of the boards being such that it forms a tower of boards, each board, except for the largest board, being mounted within the perimeter of the top surface of the board beneath it, the winner of the game being the first player to position a pre agreed number of counters of their own in a row horizontally, vertically or diagonally across any of the boards.
This nonprovisional application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(a) on British Patent Application No. GB 0603113.2, which was filed in the United Kingdom on Feb. 16, 2006, and which is herein incorporated by reference.
According to the present invention there is provided a board game for at least two players comprising a plurality of boards each board having a plurality of recesses located at the perimeter of the board, a plurality of counters each counter of a size suitable to be located within a recess of the board wherein the boards are arranged to be mounted one on top of another, the largest board being placed at the bottom and the arrangement of the boards being such that it forms a tower of boards, each board, except for the largest board, being mounted within the perimeter of the top surface of the board beneath it, the winner of the game being the first player to position a pre agreed number of counters of their own in a row horizontally, vertically or diagonally across any of the boards. This pre agreed number of counters can be four or five.
According to a second aspect of the invention there is provided apparatus for playing a board game comprising a plurality of boards, a plurality of counters, said boards being mountable one on top of another substantially as shown in the accompanying drawings and the counters being of a suitable size to be positioned in the recesses of said boards.
Embodiments of the present invention will now be described by way of example only with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
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The largest board comprises 20 recesses, the next largest comprises 16, the next largest comprises 12 recesses, the next largest comprises 8 recesses and the smallest comprises 4 recesses. All recesses are located equidistantly from one another and are distributed evenly around the perimeter of the boards such that each side of a board has the same number of recesses located therein.
In use the boards are stacked one on top of another in a number of different arrangements, however, in each arrangement any particular board is retained within the lateral confines of the board beneath it. That is to say that, for example, a board on top of another larger board does not have any of its edges protruding beyond the edges of the larger board which is underneath.
When the board game is played, the following rules determine how long it is played and which player is the winner.
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The aim of the game is to be the first player to achieve pre agreed row of counters either diagonally, horizontally or vertically.
Each player is provided with a set of 30 counters, 16. Each set of counters is of a different colour.
The boards are placed one on top of another as shown in
In the embodiment shown in
Then the next player takes his turn repeating the step previously noted.
At all times a smaller board must remain within the confines of the board immediately below it.
The first player to acquire four counters in a row horizontally, vertically, or diagonally across any of the floors wins the game.
In another version of the game the boards may be arranged as shown in
In another version of the game shown in
Claims
1. A board game for at least two players comprising a plurality of boards each board having a plurality of recesses located at the perimeter of the board, a plurality of counters each counter of a size suitable to be located within a recess of the board wherein the boards are arranged to be mounted one on top of another, the largest board being placed at the bottom and the arrangement of the boards being such that it forms a tower of boards, each board, except for the largest board, being mounted within the perimeter of the top surface of the board beneath it, the winner of the game being the first player to position a pre agreed number of counters of their own in a row horizontally, vertically or diagonally across any of the boards.
2. A board game according to claim 1 wherein the pre agreed number of counters is four.
3. A board game according to claim 1 wherein the pre agreed number of counters is five.
4. A board game according to claim 1 wherein the recesses are distributed evenly around the perimeter of the boards such that each side of a board has the same number of recesses located therein.
5. A board game according to claim 1 wherein each board except the bottom board is retained within the lateral confines of the board beneath it.
6. A board game according to claim 1 wherein each board comprises edges having a saw toothed configuration.
Type: Application
Filed: Feb 16, 2007
Publication Date: Aug 16, 2007
Inventor: Antony BROWN (Swindon)
Application Number: 11/676,154
International Classification: A63F 3/00 (20060101); A63F 3/06 (20060101);