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US 2023/0149797 A1Published application
Dual platform puzzle game
OwnerMorris Green Penninventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is a dual-board puzzle comprising a first game board portion; a second game board portion; and a plurality of playing pieces NP. The first game board portion and said second game board portion are mirror images of one another. Each game board portion includes a top surface having a number ND of depressions therein. The plurality of playing pieces NP equals the number of depressions ND −1.
Claims20
A method of playing a game comprising:
- establishing a dual-board puzzle, wherein said dual-board puzzle has a first game board portion and a second game board portion, wherein said first game board portion and said second game board portion are mirror images of one another, and wherein each said game board portion includes a top surface having a number ND of depressions therein;
- setting up a playing field of either said first game board portion or said second game board portion to establish a playing field portion of said game board and a jumped pieces portion, wherein said step of setting up a playing field includes placing a number of playing pieces NP into the depressions of the playing field portion, and wherein the number of playing pieces NP equals the number of depressions ND −1 such that there is one empty depression;
- beginning gameplay by moving a playing piece over an adjacent playing piece into the one empty depression such that the adjacent playing piece becomes a jumped playing piece;
- removing the jumped playing piece from the playing field portion to create an additional empty depression on the playing field portion;
- placing said jumped playing piece into a depression of the jumped pieces portion;
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- repeating the steps of moving a playing piece over an adjacent playing piece into one of the empty depressions to create additional jumped playing pieces, removing the additional jumped playing pieces to create additional empty depression, and playing the additional jumped playing pieces into depressions of the jumped pieces portion until only one playing piece remains on the playing field portion.
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A dual-board puzzle comprising:
- a first game board portion;
- a second game board portion, wherein said first game board portion and said second game board portion are mirror images of one another, and wherein each said game board portion includes a top surface having a number ND of depressions therein;
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- a plurality of playing pieces NP wherein the plurality of playing pieces NP equals the number of depressions ND −1.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.