Game table and games for play thereupon
AssigneeNiblix LLC
InventorWilliam Pace Chambless, III
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Abstract
A game for table-type play is disclosed that may incorporate and bring together the skills, predictive challenges, planning, accuracy, requirements of measured force over distance, challenges in the form of traps, hazards, and other topographical complexities, and low friction play, loosely drawn from games such as golf, hockey, and billiards. Game-playing area surface features may comprise selected ones of holes, tees, islands, topographical features, peripheral borders, scribe lines, numbering, and the like. A puck-like element for each player may be supported upon the game-playing surface for interaction with the game playing surface in accordance with pre-established rules of play.
Claims21
An apparatus for playing a game, the apparatus comprising:
- a table top;
- said table top defining a boundary;
- said boundary defining a course;
- and
- said course comprising one or more game playing element.
A method for playing a game, the game comprising a table top, said table top defining a boundary, said boundary defining a course, and said course comprising a plurality of game playing elements in the form of holes and tees;
- and a puck-like element for movement upon said course;
- the method comprising:
- (a.) placing the puck-like element upon said course in a designated location;
- and
- (b.) imparting a motive force to the puck-like element to move it across said course and toward a selected one of said plurality of holes;
- (c.) wherein, if the puck-like element ends in position to score the selected hole, it is reset upon a successive tee and a motive force is imparted to the puck-like element to move it across the course and toward another selected one of said plurality of holes;
- (d.) whereupon completion of each hole of the course, the game is ended.
An apparatus for playing a game, the apparatus comprising:
- a playing surface comprising a playing boundary, said playing boundary defining a playing course, said playing course comprising:
- a plurality of tees and a corresponding plurality of holes, each said tee associated with one of said plurality of holes;
- an optional reserve tee not associated with a specific hole;
- and
- at least one island or other course obstacle;
- and
- a puck-like element for use by a player of the game, said puck-like element configured to interact with the apparatus during game play.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.