Three player chess-type game
OwnerJohn A. Faraci, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A three player chess-like game comprising a game board including an equilateral triangle-shaped playing surface having an array of equilateral-triangle shaped playing spaces demarcated thereon, with home area playing surfaces at each side of the equilateral triangle-shaped playing surface, and a set of corresponding game pieces for each of three players. Each set of game pieces may include six pawns, two rooks, two bishops, one king, and one queen, each of which is governed as to its mobility in play by rules which are specific to the game board geometric configuration. A number of game variants are disclosed, including a "PAWNCHIZE" variation in which play is conducted with each player having twelve pawns, and governed by rules specific to the game board geometric configuration.
Claims14
A three player chess game, comprising:
- (a) a game board including:
- (i) an equilateral triangle-shaped playing surface with an array of equilateral triangle-shaped playing spaces demarcated thereon, wherein there is an equilateral triangle-shaped apex playing space located at each of the three apices of the equilateral triangle-shaped playing surface, each of said apex playing spaces having one side located within the interior of the equilateral triangle-shaped playing surface and two sides along the edge of the equilateral triangle-shaped playing surface;
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- (ii) a rectangular home area playing surface at each side of the equilateral triangle-shaped playing surface, each of said home areas extending from one end of an interior side of an apex playing space to one end of an interior side of another apex playing space, to define respective home areas for the player's game pieces so that each of the three players has a separate home area at a specific side of the equilateral triangle-shaped playing surface, each of said home area playing surfaces having an array of spaces demarcated thereon defining home spaces for a specific player's game pieces;
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- (b) a set of game pieces for each of the three players each of the sets of game pieces being differentiable from the other sets so that all game pieces of a given set are identifiable as belonging to a specific player.
A three player chess game, comprising:
- (a) a game board including:
- (ii) an equilateral triangle-shaped playing surface with an array of equilateral triangle-shaped playing spaces demarcated thereon, including identifying indicia on selected ones of said equilateral triangle-shaped playing spaces comprising dots centrally disposed on peripheral equilateral triangle-shaped playing spaces along each side of the equilateral triangle-shaped playing surface, exclusive of the equilateral triangle-shaped playing spaces at the apices of the equilateral triangle-shaped playing surface;
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- (ii) a home area playing surface at each side of the equilateral triangle-shaped playing surface, to define respective home areas for the player's game pieces so that each of the three players has a separate home area at a specific side of the equilateral triangle-shaped playing surface, each of said home area playing surfaces having an array of spaces demarcated thereon defining home spaces for a specific player's game pieces;
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- (b) a set game pieces for each of the three players, each of the sets of game pieces being differentiable from the other sets so that all game pieces of given set are indentifiable as belonging to a specific player.
A three-player chess game, comprising:
- (a) a game board including:
- (ii) an equilateral triangle-shaped playing surface with an array of equilateral triangle-shaped playing spaces demarcated thereon, wherein said equilateral triangle-shaped playing surface has an array of 64 equilateral triangle-shaped playing spaces demarcated thereon, and
- (ii) a home area playing surface at each side of the equilateral triangle-shaped playing surface, to define respective home areas for the player's game pieces so that each of the three players has a separate home area at a specific side of the equilateral triangle-shaped playing surface, each of said home area playing surfaces having an array spaces demarcated thereon defining home spaces for a specific player's game pieces, wherein each of said home area playing surfaces has twelve rectangular-shaped home spaces demarcated thereon;
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- (b) a set of game pieces for each of the three players, each of the sets of game pieces being differentiable from the other sets so that all game pieces of given set are identifiable as belonging to a specific player.
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