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US 6,082,735 AGranted
Method of playing game
OwnerRobert J. Kintnerinventor
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Abstract
A game playing method for two or more players utilizes a game board of a generally cross-shaped playing area having a checkerboard pattern. Each player is provided with a set of twelve game pieces numbered 1 through 12. The game is played by players moving either forward or backward in diagonal directions. A player may jump any game piece as long as the game piece being jumped is ranked with a number equal to or less than that of the jumping game piece. The object of the game is to jump and capture the opposition's number 12 game piece(s).
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A method of playing a board game by a plurality of players, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a game board divided into rows of alternate playing and non-playing areas and a plurality of game pieces for each player, wherein the came board comprises six rows of five total areas, two rows of seven total areas, and three rows of eleven total areas, each playing area being diagonally adjacent to at least one other playing area, and each of the game pieces for each player comprises ranking indicia;
- arranging the game pieces of a first player on the playing areas of a plurality of rows at one end of the game board;
- arranging the game pieces of an opposing, second player on the playing areas of a plurality of rows at another end of the game board;
- beginning play by having the first player move a first game piece diagonally to a contiguous, unoccupied playing area or jumping the first game piece of the first player diagonally over a second game piece of the first player, the second game piece of the first player being of a rank equal to or lower than the rank of the first game piece, and into an unoccupied playing area;
- moving a first game piece of the second player diagonally to a contiguous, unoccupied playing area or jumping the first game piece of the second player diagonally over a second game piece of the second player, the second game piece of the second player being of a rank equal to or lower than the rank of the first game piece of the second player, into an unoccupied playing area;
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- repeating the prior two steps with the additional move option of moving another game piece diagonally to a contiguous, unoccupied playing area or jumping the other piece diagonally over any game piece of a rank equal to or lower than the rank of the other game piece and into an unoccupied playing area while removing any game piece jumped by an opponent's game piece.
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A method of playing a board game by a plurality of players, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a game board divided into rows of playing areas and a plurality of game pieces for each player, wherein the game board comprises two rows of a total of two playing areas, four rows of three playing areas, two rows of a total of four playing areas, two rows of a total of five playing areas and one row of a total of six playing areas, each playing area being diagonally adjacent to at least one other playing area, and each of the game pieces for each player comprises ranking indicia;
- arranging the game pieces of a first player on the playing areas of a plurality of rows at one end of the game board;
- arranging the game pieces of an opposing, second player on the playing areas of a plurality of rows at another end of the game board;
- beginning play by having the first player move a first game piece diagonally to a contiguous, unoccupied playing area or jumping the first game piece of the first player diagonally over a second game piece of the first player, the second game piece of the first player being of a rank equal to or lower than the rank of the first game piece, and into an unoccupied playing area;
- moving a first game piece of the second player diagonally to a contiguous, unoccupied playing area or jumping the first game piece of the second player diagonally over a second game piece of the second player, the second game piece of the second player being of a rank equal to or lower than the rank of the first game piece of the second player, into an unoccupied playing area;
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- repeating the prior two steps with the additional move option of moving another game piece diagonally to a contiguous, unoccupied playing area or jumping the other piece diagonally over any game piece of a rank equal to or lower than the rank of the other game piece and into an unoccupied playing area while removing any game piece jumped by an opponent's game piece.
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