Horse racing game
OwnerRonald E. Girardininventor
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Abstract
A horse racing game comprising a gameboard inscribed with the representation of a racetrack, a number of horse performance cards bearing personal information regarding actual horses, and a number matrix referring to that horse's performance in an actual racing event, markers for use by the players in enacting on the gameboard their progress in the simulated racing game, random number generator means for use in combination with the numbers matrix provided on the horse performance card in order to determine movement of the player's markers, tables by which the variable conditions of an actual horse racing event may be taken into account while running the simulated race, and a realistic race record for charting the progress and outcome of the simulated horse race.
Claims36
A horse racing game comprising:
- a gameboard bearing the representation of a racetrack divided into a plurality of lanes,
- said lanes being divided by a plurality of transversely extending lines dividing said racetrack into a grid of position squares marking fixed distances along said lanes,
- a plurality of moveable markers representing entries in a simulated race to be enacted on said gameboard, said markers being moveable around said represented racetrack in order to mark the progress of said entries during the running of said simulated race,
- random number generator means and,
- a plurality of horse performance cards, each of said cards bearing information regarding a potential said entry in said simulated race, said information including a numbers matrix comprising a selector column of selector numbers selectable according to numbers generated by said random number generator means, and a move column adjacent said selector column and containing a series of move numbers registering with respective said selector numbers, each of said move numbers directly indicating the distance in terms of said position squares that said marker corresponding to said horse performance card is to move about said represented racetrack on any given move,
- said numbers matrix inscribed on each of said horse performance cards representing the actual performance of a real horse in a real historical racing event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.