US 2018/0071614 A1Published application

Board Game Using Indicator Cube Having Hierarchical Symbols

OwnerGary Van Havermaetinventor

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Abstract

A board game is described that is playable with a game board, game pieces, and one or more indicator cubes configured with three hierarchical symbols. An example method for playing the game may include players taking turns as attackers and defenders where an attacker rolls an indicator cube to indicate a hierarchical symbol used to determine a direction of movement of an attacker game piece. A defender rolls an indicator cube to indicate a hierarchical symbol that determines a hierarchical strength of a defender game piece when the attacker game piece is within a specified proximity of the defender game piece. And the attacker rolls an indicator cube to indicate a hierarchical symbol that determines a hierarchical strength of the attacker game piece. The defender game piece is captured when the hierarchical strength of the attacker game piece is stronger than the hierarchical strength of the defender game piece.

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Dependent claims

A game comprising:

a game board having a plurality of hexagonally shaped spaces arranged in rows and columns on a surface of the game board indicating a first side and an opposing side;
a plurality of game pieces configured for placement on the hexagonally shaped spaces of the game board, the plurality of game pieces comprising two groups of game pieces that are distinguishably different from one another, and the two groups of game pieces containing a same number of game pieces;
at least one indicator cube having one of three hierarchical symbols on each face of the at least one indicator cube, where the hierarchical symbol on a face corresponds to the hierarchical symbol on an opposing face of the at least one indicator cube;
and
wherein the plurality of game pieces are arranged on the game board on the first side and the opposing side where each game piece included in one of the two groups of game pieces occupies a hexagonally shaped space on the first side or the opposing side, movement of the game pieces is determined by the hierarchical symbol of the indicator cube following a roll of the at least one indicator cube, and capture of a defending game piece by an attacking game piece is determined by a first roll of the at least one indicator cube by a defender that determines a first hierarchical symbol that is assigned to the defending game piece and a second roll of the at least one indicator cube by an attacker that determines a second hierarchical symbol that is assigned to the attacking game piece and comparing the first hierarchical symbol with the second hierarchical symbol to determine a winning hierarchical symbol.

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A method for playing a game, comprising:

providing a game board having hexagonally shaped spaces arranged in rows and columns on a surface of the game board indicating a first side and an opposing side;
providing game pieces configured for placement on the hexagonally shaped spaces of the game board, the game pieces comprising two groups of game pieces that are distinguishably different from one another, and the two groups of game pieces containing a same number of game pieces;
providing at least one indicator cube having one of three hierarchical symbols on each face of an indicator cube, where the hierarchical symbol on a face of the indicator cube corresponds to the hierarchical symbol on an opposing face of the indicator cube;
arranging the game pieces on the first side and the opposing side of the game board, wherein one of the two groups of game pieces is assigned to the first side of the game board and a second of the two groups of game pieces is assigned to the opposing side of the game board, such that the game pieces occupy one of the hexagonally shaped spaces on the game board;
rolling, in turn, the at least one indicator cube to indicate the hierarchical symbol that determines a direction of movement of an attacker game piece;
rolling, in turn, the at least one indicator cube to indicate the hierarchical symbol that determines a hierarchical strength of a defender game piece when the attacker game piece is within a specified proximity of the defender game piece;
and
rolling, in turn, the at least one indicator cube to indicate the hierarchical symbol that determines a hierarchical strength of the attacker game piece.

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A method for playing a game, comprising:

providing a game board having hexagonally shaped spaces arranged in rows and columns on a surface of the game board indicating a first side and an opposing side;
providing game pieces configured for placement on the hexagonally shaped spaces of the game board, the game pieces having one of three hierarchical symbols on a game piece face;
providing at least one indicator cube having one of the three hierarchical symbols on each face of the at least one indicator cube, where the hierarchical symbol on a face of the at least one indicator cube corresponds to the hierarchical symbol on an opposing face of the at least one indicator cube;
rolling, by each player, the at least one indicator cube to determine a winning player who rolls the at least one indicator cube to indicate the hierarchical symbol having the strongest hierarchical strength;
selecting, by the winning player, a hexagonally shaped space included in a plurality of hexagonally shaped spaces that together form a predetermined pattern on the game board for a game piece to occupy, wherein the game piece has the hierarchical symbol having the strongest hierarchical strength on the game piece face;
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determining whether a specified number of the plurality of hexagonally shaped spaces that together form the predetermined pattern are occupied by winning player game pieces, thereby ending the game.

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