Tabletop shooting game
OwnerDave Labontéinventor
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Abstract
A tabletop shooting game, comprising: a projectile, a target and a shooter, the shooter including a stand defining a resting surface for receiving the projectile thereonto, an impactor and a biasing element for biasing the impactor towards the resting surface. The shooter is operable for shooting the projectile towards the target by moving the impactor to a loading position away from the resting surface with the projectile resting on the resting surface and subsequently releasing the impactor.
Claims20
A tabletop shooting game, comprising:
- a projectile;
- a shooter including a stand, an impactor and a biasing element, wherein;
- the stand defines a resting surface for receiving the projectile thereonto;
- the impactor defines an impact surface for contacting the projectile when the projectile is on the resting surface, the impactor being rotatably mounted to the stand so as to be movable between a hitting position wherein the impactor is in register with the resting surface and a loading position wherein the impactor is retracted away from the resting surface;
- and
- the biasing element extends between the stand and the impactor so that the impactor is biased towards the hitting position when moved in the loading position;
- and
- a target;
- wherein the shooter is operable for shooting the projectile towards the target by moving the impactor to the loading position with the projectile on the resting surface and subsequently releasing the impactor so that the impact surface projects the projectile.
A method of playing a tabletop shooting game including a game board, a shooter, a projectile and a target defining at least one target aperture, the method comprising:
- positioning the shooter and the target on the game board;
- positioning the projectile on a resting surface part of the shooter;
- retracting an impactor part of the shooter away from the projectile against a biasing force exerted by a biasing element;
- and
- releasing the impactor so that the impactor hits the projectile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.