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US 4,059,276 AGranted
Board game
OwnerRobert W. Wenigerinventor
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Abstract
A game which utilizes a flat game board containing two hundred and fifty-six squares some containing dollar amounts indicated thereon, some containing safe spaces and the rest blank. Fourteen pieces per player are used and dice determine the amount to be moved. Money is collected from a bank depending upon the amount on the square occupied. The person obtaining the most money wins the game.
Claims6
a game comprising:
- a square flat board including thereon four playing sides,
- a central area within said four playing sides containing a multitude of squares, each corner of said board being blank, squares along the sides of said central area being marked with different values, squares within the central area being marked with different values,
- said marked squares each having numerals designating the value of said square, four sets of manually movable playing pieces used in the central area, each set containing as many pieces as there are squares in each board line between the blank corner squares, means to determine the number of spaces a player's piece may be moved.
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