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US 4,030,763 AGranted
Dice game
OwnerPeter James Calvert Quigleyinventor
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A dice game for two or more players comprises a playing die bearing a variety of markings, a set of a plurality of playing pieces for every player, each playing piece being polygonal in plan view when placed on any convenient playing surface and bearing a marking identical with one of the markings on the die, and a plurality of direction indicators for placing on the playing surface so as to prescribe a general path to be followed by the playing pieces over the playing surface. The rule of the game is that each player must move his playing pieces towards and around the direction indicators so that at the end of each move the pieces remain juxtaposed in face-to-face contact at their sides to form a line or snake. During the game, the line or snake of playing pieces is advanced by successively removing the hindmost playing piece and placing it at the front, finishing with the piece that has the same color as that indicated by the throw of the die.
A game for playing on a flat playing surface by at least two players, comprising at least one playing die bearing a variety of markings for determining each player's moves by chance depending on which marking on the die is indicated after a throw, at least two sets of a plurality of playing pieces, one set for each player, each set having the same number of pieces, each playing piece of a set being polygonal in plan view when placed on the playing surface and bearing a different respective marking identical with one of the respective variety of markings on the die, and a plurality of direction indicator means for placing on the playing surface, each for indicating a direction of travel so as to prescribe a general path to be followed by the playing pieces over the playing surface.
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