US 6,474,643 B1Granted

Paintball simulation game

OwnerJimmy A. Rehusinventor

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Abstract

A paintball simulation game for simulating a paintball game. The paintball simulation game includes a game board having game spaces thereon. A plurality of game tokens includes flag shaped game tokens and game pieces. A plurality of obstacle pieces includes a plurality of water pieces having zero cover value and a plurality of medium cover pieces having a two cover value. A plurality of game cards has indicia thereon comprising either positive or negative actions. Dice determine movement about the game board. The players place the obstacle pieces, game pieces and flag tokens on the game board. A first player draws one of the cards and performs the indicia thereon. The first player next rolls the dice and moves the game pieces a number of game spaces indicated on the die. The first player may then attack the opponent's game piece by determining if the opponent's defending game piece is within shooting range of an attacking player's attacking game piece. The attacking player rolls a die and adds to the number on the die to the attacking player's cover value to get a first number. The defending player rolls a die and adds to the number on the die to the defending player's cover value to get a second number. The defending game piece is removed from the game board if the first number is greater than the second number. The game is won by capturing an opponents flag.

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A method of playing a game simulating paintball, said method comprising:

providing a game board, said game board having a plurality of grid line indicia thereon such that game spaces are defined;
providing a plurality of game tokens, at least two of said game tokens having a shape resembling a flag, a portion of said game tokens defining game pieces;
providing a plurality of obstacle pieces, providing said plurality of obstacle pieces comprising;
providing a plurality of water pieces, wherein water pieces define a cover value equal to zero;
providing a plurality of medium cover pieces, wherein medium cover defines a cover value equal to 2;
providing a plurality of game cards, each of said game cards having a side having indicia thereon, said indicia comprising positive and negative actions;
providing a chance means for determining movement about said game board, said chance means comprising a plurality of dice;
placing said obstacle pieces on said game board;
choosing a flag by each of said players and positioning said flags on of said game board;
selecting a quantity of game pieces to be used by each of said players based at least in part upon a desired length of play and desired complexity of play;
selecting spaces located on an associated one of said players portion of said game board on which to position each one of said quantity of game pieces previously selected, selection being based at least in part on each one of said players strategy;
positioning said game pieces on said game board by each player;
drawing one of said cards by a first player and performing said indicia on said card if possible;
rolling said dice by said first player;
moving one of the game pieces a number of game spaces indicated on said die, wherein one game piece is moved for each die rolled;
attacking the opponent's game piece, attacking the opponent's game piece comprising;
determining an attacking game piece and a defending game piece;
determining if the opponent's defending game piece is within shooting range of an attacking player's attacking game piece, said shooting range being based, at least in part, upon said cover value such that a higher cover value corresponds to a relatively shorter range and a lower cover value corresponds to a relatively longer shooting range;
rolling a die by a attacking player and adding to the number indicated on said die to the attacking player's cover value to get a first number;
rolling a die by a defending player and adding to the number indicated on said die to the defending player's cover value to get a second number;
removing said defending game piece from said game board if said first number is greater than said second number;
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winning said game by placing one of said game pieces on a game space being occupied by an opponent's flag shaped game token.

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A method of playing a game simulating paintball, said method comprising:

providing a game board, said game board having a top side and a bottom side, said top side having a plurality of grid line indicia thereon such that game spaces are defined, said top side being colored a relatively light green color, said top side defining light cover, wherein said light cover defines a cover value equal to 1, said game board comprising a magnetically receptive material;
providing a plurality of game tokens, each of said game tokens having a base wall, each of said base walls comprising a magnetically active material, at least two of said game tokens having a shape resembling a flag, at least twenty eight of said game tokens having a shape resembling a soldier and defining game pieces, half of said game pieces being colored blue and half of said game pieces being colored red;
providing a plurality of obstacle pieces, each of said obstacle pieces comprising a magnetically receptive material, said plurality of obstacle pieces comprising;
providing a plurality of water pieces, each of said water obstacle pieces comprising a plate having a blue color, wherein water pieces define a cover value equal to zero;
providing a plurality of medium cover pieces, each of said medium cover pieces comprising a plate having a relatively medium green color, wherein medium cover defines a cover value equal to 2;
providing a plurality of heavy cover pieces, each of said heavy cover pieces comprising a plate having a relatively dark green color, wherein heavy cover defines a cover value equal to 3;
providing a plurality of rock pieces, each of said rock pieces having a shape resembling a boulder, each of said rock pieces having a gray color;
providing a plurality of game cards, each of said game cards having a side having indicia thereon, said indicia being selected from the group comprising normal play, your goggles fogged and you will fire and return fire at 1 less cover value, camouflaged opponent receives cover value plus 1, you are camouflaged and receive cover value plus 1, opponent's goggles fogged and will fire and return fire at 1 less cover value, custom gun adds plus 1 to your cover value, friendly fire eliminates your game piece that is nearest an opponent and within range of another of your game pieces, opponent is out of paintballs and cannot return fire for one turn, paintball exploded in opponent's gun and opponent receives cover value minus 1, paintball exploded in your gun and you receive cover value minus 1, your equipment fails and you lose one turn, opponent's equipment fails and opponent loses one turn, your sniper is detected and becomes a regular game piece, your detect opponent's sniper who becomes a regular game piece, you are out of paint balls and can not fire for 1 turn, you are out of breath and cannot fire for one turn, opponent is out of breath and cannot fire for one turn;
providing a chance means for determining movement about said game board, said chance means comprising a plurality of dice, said plurality of dice being two sets of dice each set of dice comprising 2 twelve sided dice and 4 six sided dice, one of said sets being colored red and the other of said sets being colored blue;
providing two players;
placing one of said obstacle pieces on said game board by each of said players in turn until a desired amount of obstacles are positioned on said game board;
choosing a color by each of said players such that said players each receive said dice and said game pieces having said chosen color;
choosing a flag by each of said players and positioning said flag in opposite halves of said game board in a game space, wherein said flag may not be positioned within five game spaces of an edge of said game board;
positioning twelve of said game pieces on said game board by each player such that twenty-four game pieces are positioned on said game board, each of said game pieces being positioned in a game space, said game pieces being positioned behind a player's flag such that said game pieces must travel past a player's own flag on route to an opponent's flag;
drawing one of said cards by a first player, performing said indicia on said card if possible;
rolling said dice by said first player, said player rolling 2 twelve sided dice and 4 six sided dice if said player has at least eleven game pieces remaining, said player rolling 2 twelve sided dice and 3 six sided dice if said player has 9 or 10 game pieces remaining, said player rolling 2 twelve sided dice and 2 six sided dice if said player has 7 or 8 game pieces remaining, said player rolling 2 twelve sided dice and 1 six sided dice if said player has 5 or 6 game pieces remaining, said player rolling 2 twelve sided dice if said player has 3 or 4 game pieces remaining, said player rolling 1 twelve sided die if said player has 1 or 2 game pieces remaining;
moving one of the game pieces a number of game spaces indicated on said die, wherein one game piece is moved for each die rolled, wherein said player may combine a pair of dice indicating a same number such that the game piece is moved a number of game spaces equal to the summation of numbers indicated on said pair of dice, wherein the game piece may not be moved through two adjacent game spaces having a water obstacle thereon, wherein a player entering a game space having a water obstacle thereon must wait until a next turn to move the game piece off of said water obstacle, wherein the game piece may not move through another game piece, flag shaped tokens or rock pieces, said game pieces only moving horizontally, vertically or diagonally, wherein moving one space diagonally equals two game spaces moved, wherein said game piece may not be moved back to a same game space from which it started during the same turn;
attacking the opponent's game piece, attacking the opponent's game piece comprising;
determining an attacking game piece and a defending game piece;
determining if the opponent's defending game piece is within shooting range of an attacking player's attacking game piece, said shooting range being equal to eight minus a product of the cover value of said defending game piece times two, said shooting range being defined as a number of game spaces between said attacking and defending game pieces along a horizontal line, a vertical line or a diagonal line, wherein each game space along the diagonal line counts as two spaces;
adding one to the cover value of a player who has group advantage, said group advantage being defined as having a greater number of game pieces in range than an opponent;
rolling a six sided die by a attacking player and adding to the number indicated on said die the attacking player's cover value plus one if said attacking player has group advantage and a benefit or detriment added by said indicia on said card to get a first number;
rolling a six sided die by a defending player and adding to the number indicated on said die the defending player's cover value plus one if said defending player has group advantage and a benefit or detriment added by said indicia on said card to get a second number;
removing said defending game piece from said game board if said first number is greater than said second number, wherein said defending player attacks said attacking player if said first number is not greater than said second number;
wherein said range may not be extend through said flag game tokens or said rock pieces;
winning said game by placing one of said game pieces on a game space being occupied by an opponent's flag game token.

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