Board game and playing process
OwnerMasato Watanabeinventor
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Abstract
A game board has a board surface having a regular periodic pattern of seven identical regular hexagonal frames, one surrounded by the other six. Each frame is divided into 24 unit equilateral triangles by grid lines. Players in turns place polygonal playing pieces of different shapes, one by one, on the pattern so as to form a polygonal figure formed by one or more pieces on the board, covering a congruent polygonal figure defined by one or more unit triangles. Each player gains a predetermined number of points when the player can put a new piece in contact with the polygonal figure of the piece or pieces on the board along a full length of one side of the new piece.
Claims15
A playing process of playing a board game, comprising:
- a preparing step of preparing a game board having a regular pattern of a predetermined number of unit equilateral triangles defined by regularly arranged grid lines, said regular pattern comprising a frame formed by a plurality of said unit equilateral triangles;
- a distributing step of distributing a predetermined set of playing pieces among players so that each player has a predetermined subset of playing pieces, each of said playing pieces being in a form of a polygonal figure which can be superimposed on the pattern so that each side of the polygonal figure lies on one of the grid lines, each of said playing pieces belonging to one of a number of groups into which said playing pieces are classified by shape, the playing pieces of each group being identical in shape and size with one another, the playing pieces of each group being different in shape and size from the playing pieces of any other group;
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- a forming step of forming a polygonal mosaic on the board by allowing each player in turn to place one piece on the board in such a manner that an entirety of one side of a newly placed piece adjoins one side of the polygonal mosaic on the board and that each side of the newly placed piece lies on one of the grid lines;
- wherein said forming step comprises a first sub-step of allowing a first piece to be placed on the board if the first piece is within the frame and each side of the first piece lies on one of the grid lines.
A playing process of playing a board game, said playing process comprising:
- a first step of preparing a regular periodic board pattern completely covered by unit polygonal figures in a shape of a regular polygon defined by regularly arranged grid lines, and containing various large polygonal figures which include a plurality of the unit polygonal figures;
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- a second step of allowing polygonal pieces to be superimposed on the board pattern so that each piece coincides with one of the polygonal figures in the board pattern and the pieces are connected to form a covering polygonal figure occupying a plurality of the unit polygonal figures in the pattern, and of rejecting a new polygonal piece unless the new polygonal piece is coincident with one of the polygonal figures in the pattern, and an entirety of at least one side of the new polygonal piece is in contact with one side of the covering polygonal figure,
- wherein said second step comprises a distributing sub-step of distributing the polygonal pieces among the players so that each player holds a predetermine subset of polygonal pieces, each of said polygonal pieces belonging to one of a number of groups into which said polygonal pieces are classified by shape, the polygonal pieces of each group being identical in shape with one another, the shape of the polygonal pieces of each group being different from the shape of any other group, and
- wherein said second step further comprises a first forming sub-step of allowing one of the pieces to be placed first on the pattern to create the covering figure when the piece is located in a predetermined central polygonal figure and a full length of one side of the piece is in contact with at least one of the sides of the central polygonal figure.
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