Board game apparatus
OwnerChristopher Hill, Charles Baker +1inventors
InventorsChristopher Hill, Charles Baker, Leonard Blundun
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Abstract
A board game for two or more players simulating the popular conception of espionage. A set of pieces is allotted to each player who must play on an outer part of the board to collect them in order to play on an inner part of the board. The game is played with advantages and forfeits, the object of the game being for each player to capture a selected piece of an opposing player. The board is set out in sectors divided symbolically by barriers which can be bridged to move in an opposing player's sector.
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A board game comprising a board having a first section, said first section including a plurality of divisions bearing symbols of pieces collectable by a player and on which a preliminary stage of the game is played, and a second section on which a second stage of the game is played, a set of collectable pieces for each player which are movable on the second section of the board, a further piece for each player which, in playing the game, is moved along divisions of the first section to collect said pieces of the set of collectable pieces before that player can participate in the second stage of the game, and a still further piece for each player, the second section of the board being divided into a plurality of sectors and each sector being divided into a plurality of divisions for moving the pieces of each set across the board to secure the still further piece of an opposing player, said still further piece being located on a specific division of the opposing player's sector, and return it to a safe location, the game further comprising means for randomly controlling movement of each piece on the board, and card means for providing advantages and forfeits regulating playing of the game.
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