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US 4,524,975 AGranted
Football game board
OwnerKeith E. Caughie, Kenneth L. Caughieinventors
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Abstract
A football type game board utilizing specially designed, dice-like casting solids to represent the various plays used in the game of football. Each solid has a plurality of sides with markings denoting a particular outcome to that play. The number of sides and their markings are chosen to reflect real football game statistics. Also provided is a penalty card system organized into four categories, to produce a realistic penalty for particular types of plays, and a first down marker system with a down indicator sleeve.
Claims11
A football type board game comprising:
- a game board marked to simulate a football field with goal posts at each end;
- a game piece representing a football to be moved along the game board;
- a referee random selection means to be utilized on every play;
- said referee random selection means having at least eight facets, one of said facets bearing indicia thereon denoting a penalty, other facets being unmarked to indicate a play unaffected by an official's call;
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- a plurality of play random selection means, a selected one of said play random selection means to be utilized on each play;
- said play random selection means comprising:
- a plurality of multi-sided scrimmage dice, the sides of each bearing indicia thereon denoting yardage;
- some of said sides bearing indicia thereon denoting rushing yards, the other of said sides bearing indicia thereon denoting passing yards;
- said rushing yards displayed to be totalled to determine yards gained when a rushing play is called prior to display, and said passing yards displayed to be totalled to determine yards gained when a passing play is called prior to display;
- and a plurality of kicking random selective devices to be used selectively in kicking situations;
- said game further including:
- a set of rushing penalty cards to be drawn from on a rushing play from scrimmage upon random selection of a penalty facet by use of said referee random selection means;
- a set of passing penalty cards to be drawn from on a passing play from scrimmage upon random selection of a penalty facet by use of said referee random selection means;
- and
- a set of kicking penalty cards to be drawn from on a kicking play upon selection of a penalty facet by use of said referee random selection means.
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