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US 4,509,758 AGranted
Cryptographic game apparatus and mode of play
OwnerJoycene L. Coleinventor
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Abstract
A cryptographic game and apparatus therefor, including an encrypting box with a plurality alphabetically labeled compartments, a plurality of alphabetically labeled members adapted to be randomly placed in the compartments, a first pad of sheets containing messages to be encrypted, and a second pad of sheets employed by players to decipher the message.
Claims6
Cryptographic game apparatus comprising:
- a. an encrypting device for producing chance pairs of alphabetical indicia forming a sample substitution cypher;
- b. a first sheet containing a message to be encrypted employing said pairs of alphabetical indicia;
- and,
- c. a plurality of additional sheets, one for each player, whereupon said players write the encrypted message and attempt to determine the alphabetical pairs to recover the original message, said encrypting device including:
- 1. a container;
- 2. a plurality of substantially identical compartments having open tops;
- 3. alphabetical indicia uniquely identifying each of said compartments;
- 4. a plurality of markers adapted to fit in said compartments;
- and,
- 5. alphabetical indicia uniquely identifying each of said markers.
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The method of playing a cryptographic game comprising the steps of:
- a. a first player selecting a message to be encrypted;
- b. said first player manipulating a container having alphabetically labeled compartments and alphabetically labeled markers, whereby each of said markers is randomly placed in one of said alphabetically labeled compartments, thereby forming a simple substitution cypher;
- c. said first player notifying other players of the substituted letters forming the encrypted message, together with at least one prearranged clue;
- d. said other players in turn attempting to determine the pairs of letters randomly combined by said markers in said compartments;
- and,
- e. providing a time limit for each of said other players to decrypt said encrypted message.
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