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US 4,032,152 AGranted
Board game
AssigneeAladdin Industries, Incorporated
InventorEdward J. Schifman
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Abstract
Equipment for playing a board game is disclosed. The equipment includes a modified checkerboard having a plurality of apertures therein, two sets of courier pegs adapted to move on the checkerboard and fit into the apertures, and a pair of key markers dimensioned to fit over the courier pegs. Each player has a key marker and the object of the game is to get the key marker from one side of the checkerboard to the other by moving from courier peg to courier peg.
Claims6
A board game for competition between two players comprising
- (a) a playing surface having an eight by eight array of playing squares including an aperture through the surface provided at the center of each square,
- (b) two sets of pegs, each set of a different color, each peg including an extension depending downwardly therefrom and dimensioned to be received in said apertures to prevent sliding movement of said pegs on said playing surface.
- (c) key marker means consisting of a single key marker for each set of pegs, said markers being cylinders having a hollow central portion of a dimension sufficient to be placed over said pegs,
- whereby each player attempts to be first to move his key marker one square at a time from one side of the playing surface to the other side, occupying only squares which have pegs located thereon.
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