Ocean yacht racing game
OwnerPhilip L. Oweninventor
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Abstract
A board game and method for playing the same in which the game depicts famous yacht races throughout the world. The game comprises an erasable plastic coated map board depicting a specific region in which the race is conducted. Water based pens are used to plot each player's course on the map. A variable number generator, when used in conjunction with specific factors found on designated cards and charts gives a realistic distance covered by the specific boat being raced. A weather map is also provided to add realistic weather conditions in different areas of the map. Cards are used throughout the game to vary the score from the random number generator. A combination protractor and tracking device is also included to allow easy calculation of the direction in which the boat will sail when considering the weather conditions.
Claims21
A game for at least one player having game turns comprising:
- a plurality of markers representing boats, each boat having an assigned class;
- a map providing a mapped region, said markers cooperating with said map to indicate changing boat positions on the mapped region, the map region subdivided into weather areas;
- a random number generator operated at each game turn to provide a first distance indicia for the turn;
- a plurality of weather information units, separate from the map, each said unit providing a discrete set of weather conditions which correspond and pertain to a particular weather area of the map;
- a plurality of situation cards, each said card bearing a means for obtaining a second distance indicia from the assigned boat class and weather condition;
- and
- wherein a boat position at each turn is determined by the first and second distance indicia, the number generated at the turn, and the prevailing set of weather conditions for that turn.
A game according to claim 22, wherein weather areas and weather information units are further subdivided and a transparent current chart is adapted to overlay the weather information units providing indicia of current for each subdivision of the weather areas and weather information units.
A method of performing the game of claim 22, wherein a player's position is movable from a first predetermined position on the map to a second position, the first and second positions separated by an actual distance comprising:
- assigning a class to the indicia of a player's position;
- generating a random number;
- locating the first position on the map;
- locating the first position in a weather information unit separate from the map;
- obtaining a wind speed and direction from the weather information unit based on the first position;
- obtaining a virtual distance based on the random number, class and wind speed;
- and
- moving the indicia by the virtual distance to the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.