Four player backgammon
AssigneeDouble Backgammon Enterprises, Inc.
InventorHerbert L. Barber
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Abstract
A modified backgammon game permitting play by four players either competing individually against each other or as two-man teams against each other, comprising a game board consisting of three conventional backgammon sections as opposed to the conventional two sections, each player having his own set of playing pieces and having a starting point at a different corner of the board, each player moving his pieces pursuant to conventional backgammon rules through a path located in and extending through the adjacent outer section and the common center section.
Claims5
A backgammon game adapted to be played by four persons competing against each other either individually or as opposing two-man teams, said game comprising a generally rectangular playing board having opposed elongated edges connected at their extremities by shorter end edges, a pair of spaced bar portions extending between said opposed elongated edges and dividing said board into three substantially equal sections, each having conventional backgammon points marked thereon whereby the center section in combination with either outer section defines a conventional backgammon playing surface, said game further comprising four sets of playing pieces visually distinguishable from each other, two of said sets of playing pieces being arranged at the outset of game play on one of said outer sections and said center section in conventional backgammon arrangement, and the other two sets being arranged on the other of said outer sections and said center section in conventional backgammon arrangement.
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