Fishing game
OwnerSamuel Garnier Letourneauinventor
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Abstract
A board game based on the sport of fishing having a board surface having various features and players are given special privileges in order to catch fish according to a set of rules and steps.
Claims10
A fishing game apparatus comprising a game board having a body including a top surface adapted to receive a removable surface pattern plate member, and including a grid pattern of equally spaced rectilinear lines of holes therethrough, a hollow core adapted to receive a removable underlying pattern plate member, a slit on one side thereof adapted to allow said underlying pattern plate member to be slid therethrough, and at least one slot on a side adjacent to said one side and adapted to allow the passage of ferrous beads therethrough into said hollow core;
- said removable surface pattern plate member having a predetermined pattern of holes therethrough aligning with predetermined holes of said top surface of said body;
- said underlying pattern plate member having a predetermined pattern of holes that is different than said pattern of holes of said removable surface pattern plate member, such that only a set number of holes of said top surface, said removable surface pattern plate member, and said underlying pattern plate member align with one another;
- a predetermined number of ferrous beads sized and adapted to pass through said at least one slit and each respective hole of said surface and plate members, and reside in respective holes of said underlying pattern plate member;
- and a fishing pole member including a magnetized tip adapted to pass through each respective hole of said surface and plate members, and adapted to attach to one of said plurality of ferrous beads at a time, when respective holes are aligned and a ferrous bead resides therein, and pull them through and out of said respective holes and out from said game board body.
A method of playing a fishing game including the steps of:
- a.) providing and apparatus comprising a game board having a body including a top surface adapted to receive a removable surface pattern plate member, and including a grid pattern of equally spaced rectilinear lines of holes therethrough, a hollow core adapted to receive a removable underlying pattern plate member, a slit on one side thereof adapted to allow said underlying pattern plate member to be slid therethrough, and at least one slot on a side adjacent to said one side and adapted to allow the passage of ferrous beads therethrough into said hollow core;
- b.) providing a removable surface pattern plate member having a predetermined pattern of holes therethrough aligning with predetermined holes of said top surface of said body;
- c.) providing an underlying pattern plate member having a predetermined pattern of holes that is different than said pattern of holes of said removable surface pattern plate member, such that only a set number of holes of said top surface, said removable surface pattern plate member, and said underlying pattern plate member align with one another;
- d.) providing a predetermined number of ferrous beads sized and adapted to pass through said at least one slit and each respective hole of said surface and plate members, and reside in respective holes of said underlying pattern plate member;
- e.) providing a fishing pole member including a magnetized tip adapted to pass through each respective hole of said surface and plate members, and adapted to attach to one of said plurality of ferrous beads at a time, when respective holes are aligned and a ferrous bead resides therein, and pull them through and out of said respective holes and out from said game board body;
- f.) allowing one player to place said fishing pole member within one chosen hole;
- g.) if said fishing pole member comes in contact with one of said ferrous beads, said player removes said bead through said aligned holes, out of said game board, and keeps for scoring purposes.
- h.) each player being allowed a number of fishing attempts;
- i.) a winner being decided by the number of beads successfully removed from said game board.
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