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US 4,283,059 AGranted
Board game apparatus
OwnerWayne A. Beederinventor
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Abstract
A board type game to be played competitively between several players; the game representing competing airlines flying between various cities, so as to acquire a monetary gain; the game includes a gameboard with a playing course imprinted thereupon for playing pieces to travel thereupon, a map showing travel routes imprinted on the gameboard, and the game also includes play money for transactions between the players, a pair of dice and a spinner, a deck of cards, and specialized other pieces particular to the game including control towers, connector bars, merger bars and grand merger bars.
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A board game apparatus comprising:
- a game board with a playing field imprinting upon one side thereof;
- a geographical map including a plurality of territories imprinted on said playing field, each territory identified by distinctive indicia;
- at least one city designation imprinted within each of said territories;
- a course imprinted on said playing field defining a circuit about said map, said course being divided into a plurality of playing spaces;
- first identification means imprinted on some of said playing spaces corresponding to the indicia on one of said territories;
- second identification means imprinted on some of said playing spaces corresponding to the indicia on one of said city designations;
- a plurality of starting bases imprinted on said playing field each having distinctive indicia thereon;
- one or more pathways extending between each of said starting bases and said course;
- a plurality of first playing pieces being initially positioned on said starting bases and for moving along said pathways and about said course, each of said first playing pieces including indicia for associating each playing piece with one of said starting bases;
- dice for controlling the movement of said playing pieces about said course;
- a plurality of second playing pieces for being placed on said city designations on said map, said second playing pieces including indicia corresponding to the indicia on one of said starting bases;
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- a spinner for determining penalties in the game, said spinner including a spinner board divided into a plurality of different sections and an arrow for pointing to any one of said coded sections to determine from which territory of said map a player removes an opponents second player piece when under a penalty situation, said sections including indicia corresponding to said first identification means so that each section is associated with one or more territories.
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A board game apparatus comprising:
- a game board with a playing field imprinted on one side thereof;
- a geographical map imprinted on said playing field of said game board, said geographical map including a plurality of territories;
- a course imprinted on said game board defining a continuous circuit and being divided into a plurality of playing spaces;
- control tower position marks imprinted on said maps;
- identification means imprinted on said game board for identifying each playing space with a corresponding one of said control tower position marks;
- first playing pieces for movement about said course on said playing spaces;
- a plurality of miniature control towers for being placed on said control tower position marks and for being removed from said control tower position marks in accordance with the movement of said first playing pieces about said course;
- connecting bars for being positioned across said control towers when placed on selected ones of said control tower position marks, said connecting bars each having sufficient length to span the distance between said control towers when placed on selected adjacent control tower position marks, each of said bars being additionally imprinted with indicia for identifying the value and function of said bar;
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- a spinner having a plurality of different sections and an arrow for pointing to one of said sections for controlling the removal of said control towers from said map, the sections of said spinner including means for identifying said section with one or more of said territories.
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