Three spot game
OwnerEdward De Bonoinventor
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Abstract
A game for two players which makes use of three playing pieces and a board whose face presents an array of nine like squares, a scoring spot being contained in each of the three squares at one end of the array, the other six squares being blank. The three playing pieces are each in the form of a rectangular chip having a size corresponding to that of a pair of adjacent squares, so that in the course of play, each piece can be placed on the board to occupy any pair of adjacent square in the array in the X or Y direction. One piece is white and serves as a neutral piece, while the other two pieces have different colors, each player selecting for play a respective colored piece.
Claims6
A game apparatus for two players comprising:
- A. a board whose face presents an array of nine like squares, each square on one side of the array having a scoring spot thereon, the other squares in the array being blank;
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- B. three rectangular playing pieces each having a size corresponding to a pair of adjacent squares in the array, whereby in the course of play each playing piece may be placed to overlie a pair of adjacent squares in either the X or Y direction in the array.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.