Military boardgame
OwnerDonald J. Lambinventor
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Abstract
A board game apparatus for playing is provided. The apparatus includes a set of game boards, each having a matrix of holes arranged in mutually orthogonal rows and columns for receiving game pieces that are coded according to the adversary and the type and size of military unit they represent and that are deployed according to the discretion of each player. A variety of actual topographical map sets, representing scenes of battle, may be secured under transparent overlays bearing lines of latitude and longitude, each point of intersection of which corresponds to a hole in a game board. Dice, spinning devices and cards are also provided to define such game variables as unit movement, limiting weather conditions, missions, support, special situations and battle objectives.
Claims24
A strategic and tactical game comprising:
- a first playing position having a first vertically disposed maneuvering board and a first horizontally disposed situation tracking board;
- a second playing position having a second vertically disposed maneuvering board and a second horizontally disposed situation tracking board;
- a mounting structure for maintaining said first and said second vertically disposed maneuvering boards in a back-to-back relationship and said first and said second horizontally disposed tracking boards in an adjacent, coplanar relationship;
- a plurality of playing pieces representative of soldiers;
- a plurality of playing pieces representative of implements of war;
- a plurality of maps overlaying each of said maneuvering boards and said tracking boards, each of said maps being identical;
- a transparent grid sheet overlaying each of said maps, each of said grid sheets bearing an identical series of vertical and horizontal lines thereon and having holes disposed in said grid sheets at intersecting line points to receive said playing pieces;
- a plurality of spinning devices for randomly specifying various playing conditions;
- a plurality of cards for specifying missions, situations and battle objectives;
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- a plurality of dice for randomly determining the amount of advancement of said game members.
A strategic and tactical game comprising:
- a first horizontally disposed situation tracking board;
- a second horizontally disposed situation tracking board;
- a vertically disposed member having formed on a first surface thereof a first maneuvering board and having formed on a second surface thereof a second maneuvering board, a first playing position being defined by the effective combination of said first maneuvering board and said first situation tracking board and a second playing position being defined by the effective combination of said second maneuvering board and said second situation tracking board;
- a mounting structure for maintaining said first and said second horizontally disposed tracking boards in an adjacent, coplanar relationship with respect to each other and in an adjacent, orthogonal relationship with respect to said vertically disposed member;
- a plurality of playing pieces representative of soldiers;
- a plurality of playing pieces representative of implements of war;
- a plurality of maps overlaying each of said maneuvering boards and said tracking boards, each of said maps being identical;
- a transparent grid sheet overlaying each of said maps, each of said grid sheets bearing an identical series of vertical and horizontal lines thereon and having holes disposed in said grid sheets at intersecting line points to receive said playing pieces;
- a plurality of spinning devices for randomly specifying various playing conditions;
- a plurality of cards for specifying missions, situations and battle objectives;
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- a plurality of dice for randomly determining the amount of advancement of said game members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.