Number board game apparatus
AssigneeDino Ippoliti
InventorsCamillo W. Ippoliti, deceased, Mary Maira, executrix
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Abstract
A board game apparatus having a playing area divided by horizontal and vertical demarcations which form recessed spaces for receiving numbered blocks as they are transferred from strip spaces into which a limited and non-replenishable quantity of numbered blocks have been previously placed. The strip spaces are on the same game board as the playing area but in distinct strip areas. The numbered blocks are transferred to the playing area spaces to form a series of rows or columns in which the numbered blocks of each row or column add up to the same sum.
Claims15
A board game apparatus comprising:
- a game board having a playing area divided by mutually perpendicular and elevated vertical and horizontal boundary demarcations so that square-shaped shallow recessed spaces are formed, said spaces adapted to receive numbered blocks and limit movement of the numbered blocks along the game board, said board having a horizontal strip at the top of the playing area, a horizontal strip at the bottom of the playing area, a vertical strip to the right of the playing area and a vertical strip to the left of the playing area, said strips having square-shaped shallow recessed spaces adapted to receive numbered blocks and limit the movement of the numbered blocks along the game board;
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- a multiplicity of numbered blocks for placement in the recessed spaces of the playing area and strips, so that a finite quantity of numbered blocks can be transferred from the strip spaces to the playing area spaces to form rows and columns in which the numbers of the numbered blocks of each row and column add to the same number.
A board game apparatus comprising:
- a game board having a playing area divided by mutually perpendicular and elevated vertical and horizontal boundary demarcations so that square-shaped shallow recessed spaces are formed, said spaces adapted to receive numbered blocks and limit movement of the numbered blocks along the game board, said board including a housing in which said blocks are stored and means for dispensing one or more of said blocks.
A method for playing a numbered game board apparatus:
- having a playing area divided by mutually perpendicular and elevated vertical and horizontal boundary demarcations so that square-shaped shallow recessed spaces are formed, said spaces adapted to receive numbered blocks and limit movement of the numbered blocks along the game board, said board having a horizontal strip at the top of the playing area, a horizontal strip at the bottom of the playing area, a vertical strip to the right of the playing area and a vertical strip to the left of the playing area, said strips having square-shaped shallow recessed spaces adapted to receive numbered blocks and limit the movement of the numbered blocks along the game board and numbered blocks;
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- said method comprising:
- a) placing said numbered block pieces in a receptacle so that the numbered markings are not visible;
- b) randomly selecting a desired number of said blocks from said receptacle;
- c) placing said blocks on said spaces of said strip;
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- d) transferring a finite quantity of numbered blocks from said strip spaces to the playing area space to form rows and columns in which the numbers of the numbered blocks of each row and column add to the same number.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.