Table game
OwnerNorberto Apellanizinventor
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Abstract
A table game having a square board playing surface suitable for several players to be arranged around the board and a plurality of symmetrically disposed pockets at corners and sides of the board, and a plurality of discs adapted to be slidably propelled across the board by flicking the finger of the player against the disc, and a disc being received in the pocket. The board is provided with resilient raised portions to permit carom deflections of the propelled disc. The symmetrical arrangement of the board, pockets and markings permits several players to compete without disadvantage to any one player. Several game variations are achievable.
Claims10
A game board comprising a board, side walls extending up from said board, at least one disc, at least one surface of the disc and the surface of the board being adapted to permit the disc to be propelled across the board by the flicking of a finger of a player, said board comprising a plurality of pockets for receiving the disc, and wherein at a side wall there are two pockets adjacent one another and separated by a distance approximately equal to the diameter of the disc in a plane parallel to the plane of the board, further comprising in a first mode of play said board being formed with a recess surface for receiving a propelled disc and in a second mode of play further comprising an insert adapted to fit said recess so as to provide a continuous flat board surface, and in a third mode of play, a second insert adapted to fit into said recess and being formed with a raised portion extending above the board surface and the peripheral surface of the raised portion being adapted to permit a propelled disc to carom from the peripheral surface.
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