Table game
OwnerJuan Rosado-Galarzainventor
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Abstract
A table game has a center piece and a plurality of end pieces that removably attach to the center piece. Each player has chips and takes turns depositing the chips in the end pieces around the board. When the last deposit made by a player makes a special color combination with previous deposits in an end piece, the player may continue his or her turn in the opposite direction. This is a round trip. If the player deposits a single chip in his or her end piece at the end of a turn, the player may capture that chip. This is a trap.
Claims10
A table game comprising:
- a center piece having a plurality of exterior side walls;
- a plurality of end pieces each having a narrow end that removably attaches to one of the plurality of exterior side walls of the center piece and a wide end opposite the narrow end, wherein each of the end pieces define a pocket cavity proximate the narrow end and a pair of bank cavities proximate the wide end, wherein the pocket cavity and the bank cavities are sized to hold a plurality of chips;
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- a plurality of sets of chips, wherein each of the plurality of sets of chips has a different color or pattern so that each of the plurality of sets of chips are visually distinguishable from the other sets of chips.
Method of playing a game especially suited for teaching children basic concepts of banking as well as for practicing basic logic and mathematical skills comprising the steps of:
- providing a center piece having a plurality of exterior side walls;
- providing a plurality of end pieces each having a narrow end that removably attaches to one of the plurality of exterior side walls of the center piece and a wide end opposite the narrow end, wherein each of the end pieces define a pocket cavity proximate the narrow end and a pair of bank cavities proximate the wide end, wherein the pocket cavity and the bank cavities are sized to hold a plurality of chips;
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- providing a plurality of sets of chips, wherein each of the plurality of sets of chips has a different color or pattern so that each of the plurality of sets of chips are visually distinguishable from the other sets of chips.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.