Educational game and devices for playing it
OwnerItzhak Gvishiinventor
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Abstract
A game comprising a cross-shaped board comprising a center of 6×6 cells and four arms, each of which comprises 3×6 cells, disposed with the longer side adjacent to said center, the shorter side being perpendicular to it; two to four sets of pieces, each of said sets comprising first subset of six pieces, two of which are equal to one another while the other four are different from one another and from the aforesaid two, wherein one of said four pieces is designated as the main piece, a second subset of six pieces, equal to one another and different from the pieces of said first set, wherein said game is played according to a set of rules described in the specification. Also provided are a board for use in this game and a method for playing this game.
Claims26
A game, comprising:
- i) a cross-shaped board comprising a center of 6×6 cells and four arms, each of which comprises 3×6 cells, disposed with the longer side adjacent to said center, the shorter side being perpendicular to it;
- (ii) two to four sets of pieces, each of said sets comprising
- a) first subset of six pieces, two of which are equal to one another while the other four are different from one another and from the aforesaid two, wherein one of said four pieces is designated as the main piece,
- b) a second subset of six pieces, equal to one another and different from the pieces of said first set,
- wherein said game is played according to a set of rules comprising:
- a) each of the aforesaid two to four sets of pieces is arranged, at the start of the game, in one of said four arms, such that the six pieces of said first subset are positioned on the outermost row of said arm in a predetermined succession, and the six pieces of said second subset on the parallel row adjacent to said outermost row,
- b) each piece is assigned with a well-defined movement pattern, according to which said piece is allowed to move over the board;
- c) the purpose of the game is to capture at least one of the main pieces, following which the set of pieces to which each said main piece belongs is removed from the board.
Use of a board consisting of 108 cells, each of which being in the form of a square, said 108 squares being arranged in a central squared region and in four rectangular regions, wherein said central region is defined by an array consisting of 6×6 squares, and each of the four rectangular regions is in the form of an array consisting of 6×3 squares, wherein each of said rectangular regions extends parallely from a side of said central region, with the long dimension of said rectangular region being contiguous with the side of said central region, and wherein said 108 squares are alternately colored with two different colors, the colored pattern of the board being such that two adjacent squares in any given rank or file are of different colors, thereby preserving the colored pattern of a traditional chess board, in combination with two to four sets of chess pieces each of which consisting of a king, a queen, a pair of rooks, a bishop, a knight and six pawns, for playing a board game, wherein said board and said chess pieces may be provided either in a physical form made of any suitable material or in a virtual form using suitable computer programs.
A game which comprises the following features:
- 1—It is played by two to four players, each having at least one set of 12 pieces comprising a first subset of six pieces, two of which are equal to one another while the other four are different from one another and from the aforesaid two, and a second subset of six pieces, equal to one another and different from the pieces of said first set.
- 2—The aforesaid sets of pieces are arranged, at the start of the game, each on the outermost on two parallel rows, the six pieces of said first subset on one row in a predetermined succession, and the six pieces of said second subset on the other row.
- 3—The players make their moves successively in clockwise or counterclockwise order.
- 4—One of the pieces of each set is designated as the main piece, and when said main piece is taken, the set of pieces to which it belongs is removed from the board;
- 5—Optionally, there is only one winner of the game, and he is the player who succeeds to preserve his main piece.
Method of generating a game board required for playing a desired game, which comprises providing a base board, providing a set of frames for masking part of said base board, each of the frames of said set leaving uncovered a part of said base board, and superimposing to said base board the frame of said set that leaves uncovered the part of said base board defining said game board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.