Game Board and Games

Abstract

The present invention is a game device with two parts attached to each other through fastening mechanism wherein the upper part and lower part consists of grids made of pegs. The elements to be played are attached through holes beneath with the pegs. The player call out the coordinates from the grids and whoever hits/collects all the elements of the other player wins the game.

Description

FIELD OF INVENTION

The present invention generally relates to games and more particularly, to a strategy type guessing game for two players.

BACKGROUND OF INVENTION

Many games have been devised wherein the game is played upon a board and the rules of the game are so determined so that each player operates with a strategy to avoid detection from the other player.

A popular game merchandised under the mark BATTLESHIP employs boards screened from opposing players with co-ordinate location of targets. The game is played by two players, wherein each player has a playing board marked in checkerboard like squares, and the players, in turn, select any square on their playing board by marking, covering or otherwise designating the selected squares, each selection being called a shot. The object of the game is to locate and sink the opposing players ships.

The U.S. Pat. No. 1,932,524 features screened boards in a special arrangement which is exceptionally simple and economical to manufacture, and which is, moreover, automatically located by the simple movement of placing the game board in v position for use.

The Korean Patent 101B09525 describes a board game having a plurality of game horses having a ship name. The various movements defined therein, N horizontal lines and M vertical lines intersecting to form a checkered board game having a plurality of intersections of cards. The win and loss of the game are assumed to be the destruction of the general line game in which both teams start one by one.

However, all such board games provides same location and naval ships as icons. Thus, there is a dire need of a games which provide different locations on the board of the game and multiple variations in icon not associated with war. The icons can be varied such as rail roads, states and countries, famous buildings, cars, car raceways, sports, zoo animals, foods, energy ie fossil vs, green, etc. The variations in icons are diet food such as protein shake, desserts such as cheesecake and brownies, food such as pizza and french fries, cars such as classic or racing or popular etc. The combinations are many.

SUMMARY

This summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts in a simplified form that are further disclosed in the detailed description of the invention. This summary is not intended to identify key or essential inventive concepts of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended for determining the scope of the claimed subject matter.

The present invention relates a new and useful improvements in game apparatus. The Inventor an avid board game player is not aware of any games using a game board as described herein. This invention is capable of being played in several ways under many different rules. Thus, the variety of game uses can be readily changed by the players thereof for any given game situation using the same game board. In one embodiment the game is played by two contestants or players, each player has a playing board in pegboard like structure, and the players, in turn, select any coordinates on their playing board by marking, covering, or otherwise designating the selected coordinates, each selection being made to locate and capture the opposing piece. The object of the game is to locate and capture the opposing players element (pieces). The opposing players playing pieces constitute lines of pegs on a selecting panel/grid which he/she has previously marlced in some manner, but which is not visible to the other player. The selecting panel/grid peg lines corresponding to the lines of the other players playing board, and the playing pieces usually consist of straight lines of arranged either horizontally or vertically on the grid. Also, the number of pegs in the line designating each element may be varied; for example, one peg might represent a protein shake, two pegs a sunday ice cream, three squares a cheesecake, and four squares a brownie. An element is captured when all of the pegs corresponding thereto on the opposing contestants playing board have been selected, and the first player to capture all of the opponents playing pieces wins the game. The playing pieces of the present invention includes but is not limited to different locations such as rail roads, states and countries, properties, famous buildings/streets and/or diet food such as protein shake, desserts such as cheesecake, brownies, sunday ice cream, donuts and/or food such as pizza and french fries, collectables such as stamps, coins, jewelry etc.

According to another embodiment, the invention has a provision of ari apparatus to play the game as outlined above electrically. Each playing board consists of a grid in which are arranged a series of electrically powered indicators each corresponding to a peg of the playing board above described. Each selector panel consists of a board in which are arranged a series of manually operable switches each corresponding to an indicator on the opponents playing board. To play, each contestant in turn manually moves a selector member over the indicator on his playing board at which he desires to capture, then presses a button. The selected indicator is moved physically to indicate that it has been selected. Further, if that indicator corresponds to one of the opponents selector switches which has been previously closed, the indicator will also be lighted to indicate a location is identified. The contestant who first scores on the indicators corresponding to all of the closed selector switches of his opponent wins the game. The number of selector switches to be closed by each contestant is a prearranged rule of the game.

According to another embodiment, the pegs selected by each contestant are counted and coordinates are selected/pronounced when the required number of selections have been made, meaning once the play has begun each contestant is prevented from altering the number or pattern of his selections without notifying his opponent. According to another embodiment, the play is commenced after both contestants have completed their selections. In the end the hits made by each player is counted and the player with maximum hits wins the game.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

The foregoing summary, as well as the following detailed description of the invention, is better understood when read in conjunction with the appended drawings. For the purpose of illustrating the invention, exemplary constructions of the invention are shown in the drawings. However, the invention is not limited to the specific methods and structures disclosed herein. The description of a method step or a structure referenced by a numeral in a drawing is applicable to the description of that method step or structure shown by that same numeral in any subsequent drawing herein.

FIG. 1 is top plan view showing game device according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an open front view of the game device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an open front view of the game device with all playing pieces attached to the upper grid of the device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken with one of the playing playing pieces and related parts according to the present embodiment,

FIG. 5 is an enlarged sectional view taken with one of the playing element pieces and the holes for the pegs according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an open front view of the game device with all playing pieces attached to the upper grid of the device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is s an open front view of the game device with all playing pieces attached to the upper grid of the device according to one more embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 illustrates two player playing the game with each player having there own game board, wherein neither players can see the opponents bottom grid and playing piece coordinates.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF INVENTION

The present invention overcomes the aforesaid drawbacks of the above, and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will now be described in greater detail. Also, the following description includes various specific details and are to be regarded as merely exemplary. Accordingly, those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that: without departing from the scope and spirit of the present disclosure and its various embodiments there may be any number of changes and modifications described herein. Furthermore, the playing Element pieces for the game are termed elements or playing pieces throughout the specification. However, the meaning remains the same.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the game device has a planer base of rectangular box. The box has top wall, side walls and end walls and the said side and end walls are secured at their lower edges to the corresponding edges of base by any suitable fastener including but not limited to screw. The playing board consists of a pair of rectangular, vertically spaced apart and horizontally coextensive sheets of an insulating material, said sheets extending longitudinally of the housing below top wall thereof.

According to one embodiment, the playing board carries a series of pegs in the portion thereof disposed beneath and viewable on the bottom grid and a series of like indicator pegs in the portion thereof disposed beneath and viewable from the top grid. Each of said pegs comprises a hollow tube, closed at its upper end, made of a transparent or translucent plastic or other suitable material, said tube being guided for vertical sliding movement in a hole provided therefor in sheet, and a hole provided thereof on the playing elements.

According to FIG. 1, which describes the top plan view of the game board 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The rectangular game board has two parts; upper grid 101 and lower grid 102. The sheets in the grids are made up of pegs 103 which are organized horizontally on both the grids. The upper grid 101 and lower grid 102 are arranged in such a manner that the upper grid's bottom wall and lower grid's top wall is attached with each other by fastening mechanism 104 which includes but is not limited to screws.

According to FIG. 2, which describes open front view of the game device 200. While playing the game, the rectangular box 200 is folded through in between fastening mechanism 203. The upper grid 201 has vertical markings of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 . . . 9 and the has A, B, C, K horizontally marked coordinates 205 parallel to horizontal and vertical lines of the pegs 204 on the sheet. The lower part of the box 202 is used to place playing pieces on the grid similar to the coordinates 205. According to the present invention, the playing pieces can include different locations such as rail roads, states and countries, famous buildings and/or diet food such as protein shake, desserts such as cheesecake, brownies, sunday ice cream, donuts and/or food such as pizza and french fries, zoo animals, indy 500 races \seabring/daytona, etc. For understanding purposes, the examples given below includes dessert and diet theme.

FIG. 3 of the invention describes the open front view of the game board 300 according to one embodiment of the invention. The individual player will get a box 300 with two grids, one on each inside surface of the top part 301 and bottom part 302. This game board is with prefixed pegs 303 and five playing playing pieces of varying shape and length. The playing element pieces includes but are not limited to cheese cake 306, brownie 307, sunday ice cream 308, protein shake 309 and donuts 310. According to one embodiment, each playing element has holes or the top surface where the “hit” pegs are inserted. The hit and miss markers can be of any two different coloured pegs. For better understanding let's assume the hit pegs are coloured “red” and miss are coloured “yellow”. The five playing pieces can have varying numbers of holes on the top surface to insert the pegs which includes five, four, three, two holes on the top surface. According to another embodiment of the invention, the players/two players are positioned so they can face each other across a game table. Their target grids/upper grid back up to one another vertically so that neither player can see his/her opponent's grid and element locations.

According to one embodiment, before the game starts, each opponent secretly places their own five playing pieces 306, 307, 308, 309 and 310 on the grid (lower part of the board) by laying out their five playing pieces and putting them into the peg holes 303 on the grid. Each element must be placed horizontally or vertically across grid spaces-not diagonally. The Playing pieces can't hang off the grid. According to one embodiment, the playing pieces can touch each other, but they cannot occupy the same grid space. Moreover, the playing pieces once placed cannot change the location after the game begins. According to one embodiment, the grid has numbers and letters written on the grid wall for the coordinates 304. The same numbers and letters are written on the bottom grid for the coordinates 305.

According to one embodiment, the players take turns calling out the coordinates to attempt to hit the opponent's elements. The coordinates spoken by the players identifies rows and column on the target grid on the lower part 302. The other player who is sitting opposite to the speaking player checks those coordinates on their grid and verbally response “YES” if the player has correctly guessed a space that is occupied by the element, or “NO” if you there is no element there. According to one embodiment, each of the players attempts are marked to fire using the target grid which is the upper part of the grid by using different coloured pegs to remember the “YESSES” and “NOS”, As the game proceeds, the desired coloured pegs will gradually identify the size and location of the opponent's elements.

According to one embodiment, when the opponent player selects a peg at the other player, the player will have to put a peg into the hole of the element corresponding to the grid space. When the playing pieces has every slot filled with the pegs, that player will announce to the opposite player when the playing pieces are captured. The first player to have all the playing pieces of the opposite party wins the game.

According to FIG. 4, which describes enlarged sectional view taken with one of the playing playing pieces arid related part according to the present invention. The Cheesecake 402 is attached at the pegs situated at the bottom part of the box 401. According to FIG. 5, which describes enlarged sectional view taken with one of the playing element pieces according to an embodiment of the invention. The element has holes beneath 502 which can be attached/inserted into the relevant peg for non movement of the element. According to another embodiment, the game is played using different themes wherein in the diet themes whoever the players have to focus on getting the protein shakes, and whoever hits/gets the protein shake wins the game and whoever hits/grabs the desserts looses the game. According to one embodiment, another set of rules include providing players with 3 good pieces such as protein shake, salad and 3 bad pieces, such as pizza, soda and chocolate calces. Each player has to try to hit/grab the good pieces in order to win the game.

According to one embodiment, the object of the game is to first capture all the opponents elements. The game has 4 playing pieces while some of the games can have more than 4 pieces according to the rules of the game. The rules for the game include dessert game which is also known as the junk food game wherein the goal of the game is to get all the protein shakes of the opponent player and avoid desserts. Each side of the player gets 3 desserts and 2 shakes. According to one embodiment, the other rule includes classic cars wherein you own the cars when you acquire all the element pieces of the opponent. The playing pieces include 1967 Chevy Corvette, 1973 Porsche, 1975 BMW 3 0 CSL, 1960 Jagvar E Type and Lamborghini Mivra.

According to one embodiment, FIG. 6 is an open front view of the game device with all playing pieces attached to the upper grid of the device according to another embodiment of the present invention. The rules can include Zoo game wherein each player gets 5 wild animals. The goal is to get all of your opponents pets and become a zoo keeper. The playing pieces include Lion, Bear, Panda, Giraffe, Zebra. These playing pieces are placed on the lower grid 602 of the playing board 600 while playing the game. Furthermore, the upper grid 601 and the lower grid 602 of the playing board 600 contains numbers 605 and 604 to play the game.

According to another embodiment, FIG. 7 is another type of game rules according to one embodiment of the invention 700, which includes indy cars wherein each player gets 5 cars and the last car wins the race. The card each player owns include but is not limited to Lamborghini 710, Bugatti Chiron 707, Hennessey Venom FS (301 MPH) 709, Bugatti Veyron Super Sport 7Ofi, SCC Ultimate Aero 708. The playing pieces are placed on the pegs 103 of the playing board 700. The pegs on the lower grid 702 are numbered vertically and horizontally 705, The upper grid 701 contains the same numbers 704 according to the lower grid. According to one embodiment, one more game includes game of energy wherein each player gets 3 oil wells, 3 coal mines and 3 wind turbines. According to one embodiment, the other rules of the game include having railroads. Each player gets 1 set of railroads and the goal is to stop other rail roads. The element playing pieces for this rule include but is not limited to Canadian Pacific, Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific, Central Japan Railway and MTR Hong Kong.

Without further description, it is believed that one of ordinary skill in the art can, using the preceding description arid the illustrative examples, make and utilize the present invention and practice the claimed methods. It should be understood that the foregoing discussion and examples merely present a detailed description of certain preferred embodiment. It will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art that various modifications and equivalents can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims

1. A game apparatus, comprising: And, wherein the flip side of the play boards upper grid is non obstructed with cover, making the grid holes overly transparent to the other player or observer sitting parallel with the another play board set,

a planer rectangular base fold-able box having a top-cover, parred side covers, end cover, accounting to an upper grid and a lower grid;

wherein the upper grid's bottom cover and lower grid's top cover are attached with each other by fastening mechanism;

Wherein the upper and lower grids have a pegboard like structure which is mapped and constitutes lines of pegs on a panel or a grid;

the plurality of playing pieces for each player, each playing piece of the plurality of playing pieces representing a particular theme; the upper grid's sits at a perpendicular angle from the lower base grid.

wherein each player has one playing board and a plurality of playing pieces, the upper grid of each player held vertically to the lower grid of their playing board, while each player is unable to visually identify the coordinates of playing pieces of the opposing player but only the movement of pieces being plucked and pined down to another peg hole.

2. The game apparatus of claim 1, wherein the fastening mechanism attaching the upper grid's and the lower grid's can limit to screws, bolts, hinges, latches or brackets.

3. The game apparatus of claim 1, wherein the playing board carries a series of pegs in the portion thereof disposed beneath and placed on the bottom grid and a series of like indicator pegs reflecting the bottom pegs in the portion thereof disposed beneath and place-able to the top grid.

4. The game apparatus of claim 3, wherein each of a peg from the series of pegs comprises a hollow tube, closed at its upper end, made of a transparent or translucent plastic or not limiting to, fibre, wood, metal, glass, ceramic, or stone and the said tube being guided via perpendicular sliding movement into the peg hole.

5. The game apparatus of claim 1, wherein the peg element comprises different locations and elements including but not limited to rail roads, states, countries and famous buildings.

6. The game apparatus of claim 1, wherein the peg element comprises e diet food, protein shake, desserts cheesecake, brownies, sunday ice creams, donuts or common foods including but not limited to pizza and french fries.

7. The game apparatus of claim 1, wherein the peg element comprises zoo animals, indy 500 races or seabring or daytona.

8. The game apparatus of claim 1, wherein the upper grid of each player back up to one another vertically so that neither players can see the opponent's grid and playing piece coordinates.

9. The game apparatus of claim 5, wherein each element must be placed horizontally or vertically across grid spaces—not diagonally.

10. The game apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first player to identity and have all the playing pieces of the opposite player wins the game.