US1500983A - Game apparatus - Google Patents

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July .8, 1924. A f 1,500,983.

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GAME APPARATUS Filed Sept. '7e 1921 By L/ molen/frs v Patented July 8, i924.

JAMES n. BEEN, or Nnw YORK, N. Y.

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Application mea september To all whom t may concern: l

Be it known that I, JAMES IrI. DEEN, a citizen of the United States, and aV resident of the city of NewYork, borough of the ronx, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved` Game Apparat-us, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in game apparatus, an object of the invention beingV to provide a game apparatus which is adapted for the playing of a racing game. In other words, the game is intended to simulate a racel and more particularly a foot race. Y

further kobject is to provide a game apparatus employing a field having the representationof a track thereon containing colored and number spaces; over which game pieces representing runners, are moved in accordance with the throw-of dice or countA ers, said dice or counters having both colored and numbered faces thereon indicating 'the movements of the game pieces.

To be more specific, the invention comprises a iield having the representation of a track thereon divided into spaces with certain of said lspaces at the desired intervals colored, preferably threel different colors being employed, as for example, red, blue and lemon (yellow), and in connection with the field, each player is provided with any number (preferably three) game pieces representing foot runners or athletes, andv the movement of ythe runners being controlled by counters which are in the 'form of ordinary dice, and which contain on three of their faces either colors corresponding to the colorsofthe track spaces, or with letters or other.4 indicia "indicating such colors with lthe 'remaining `farces of said dice having numerals-or other characters 'thereon y'indica-ting numbers, so lthat thenumbers and the `colors of the dice will indicate 'the .play or move of `the game pieces.' l

`Vi'thtliese and other objects in view lthe invention consists in certain novel features of construction, and 'combinations and ar- Yrangements*of parts as will b'e more fully hereinafter-'described and pointed out inthe claims. Y

In the accompanying drawings- Figure ll is aplan view illustrating my improved field which may be on any type of board .orvsupportf 7, 1921. semi No. 499,030,

circular track 3 which is intersected at four equally spaced points by relatively wide radial spaces 4, the latter preferably having enlarged inner ends 5 and containing the caption Finish` Y These spaces 4 are lemon colored and adjacent their outer ends are provided with division lines 6 dividing them each into two portions. The extreme outer portions `of Ithe spaces 4 are under the captions Home stretch. The circular track 3 between the Finish spaces 4 is divided by radial lines 'T intoa number'o-f'spaces 8. `In the preferred construction, progressing counterclockwise about the track from any one of the Finish spaces 4, the colored spaces are colored red and blu-e alternately between each pair of Finish spaces, the space next each ofthe Finish spaces progressing counter-clockwise being red. kThe colored spaces may be spaced apart any desired number of spaces.

In the corners of the field I preferably provide spaces I0 under Vthe caption Court and these Court spaces 10 have arrows Il pointing toward the Start space 9 for the players of ea'ch particular Court.

In connection with my improved field I provide any desired number of game pieces l2. l'Ihese game pieces, as indicated in Figure 4, preferably represent foot runners or athletes, and 'it is my intention to provide each player with three of these game pieces lf2, and the gaine ieces ofeach set will be differently colore or otherwise distinguished, but it is, of course, tobegunderstood lthat the invention is not limited to any particular number of such gamepieceg or the manner of distinguishing them .fromf each other. n i

Inv Figure. 2 I illustrate myimproved counters i3, which are in the form of dice,

` a pair 'of such dice Vbeing preferablyprovthe sides of each dice being numbered respectively l, 2 and 3, or provided with other indicial indicating numerical value, while. the other three sides of the dice are colored corresponding to the color spaces of the track 3; as, for example,fone of these sides is colored lemon (yellow), another blue and another red, as indicated clearly in Figure 2. y, y

In the modification illustrated in Figure 3, the game pieces i4 are provided with letters L, B and R yindicating colors lemon, blue and red, and it is to Vbe understood Ythat other indicia may be provided to indicate colors if desired-f Villaile, of course, a great variety of rules may be adopted for playinga game or games with my improved apparatus, the following rules will indicate what Ibelieve to Abe preferred rules and will indica-te the manner of play or use of the game apparatus.

At the beginning of play, the game pieces l2 are assembled in the Court spaces l0 at the corners of the field. VThe first player then throws the dice 13 and in order to start he must throw a red Ycolor on atleast one of the dice 13.V If, for example, he throws a Y red color and the Ynumberf2 on the different dice,`he places his game piece or runner on the second yspace progressingy counter-clockwise from his Start7 space. Continued throws of the dice advances the. runner and space 9 and the player throws a l and a red, he has the option of moving, his game piece either to the third space Yto the right of his Start space and then to the next red space, or he can move to the first red space and then a l space, which would be ordi- 'l narilyv to his'advantage. It is my idea that in playing the game each space willrepresent a base ofthe runner, thus making the game more realistic. ,n n Y Throughout the play, if'V the lemon color appears on either ofthe dice, Ait is a handicap K because'itl causesthe player to ,lose'the dice tothe next player and: gives him no. ad-

l y vance in the movement: offhis game vpiece unless his game piece reaches the Home l stretchfwhen he mustthrow a lemon color rcc the Finishwspace `wins the race.` If the vet game piece is within one, two or threespaces of thefHome stretch, if the player'thenV throws the propernumber which will carry the player to the Home stretch andthe Videa of a Vfoot race may be carried out by the provision of handicaps according to certain throws, obstacles according to certain other throws and the imaginary distance can be varied as well as relay races played.

The invention is, of course, not limited to therules, but is broadly to the idea of aV field having the representation of `a race track thereon containing both colored and number spaces with game counters ory dice having colored and numbered spaces.indi. eating the movement of game pieces on the track, and hence I do not wish to be limited f to any particular rules nor to the exact design of the field or to the identical construction of the game pieces, but consider myself at liberty to make such changes and Y alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

When the player throws two colors, say red and blue, and the game pieces are posi# tioned on the Start base, then he moves according to the colors. In this case, he might move a lgame piece anti-clockwise on the board, first to the blue space and then to the red. Or if he desires to progress more rapidly he would first move to the red space and then to the next blue. In moving to the blue space first and then the red the player would move only ten divisions or spaces while if he moves to the red first and then to the blue he would progress fifteen divisions. 'If the players game pieces are located on the Start base and he throws two numbers, say 2 and 4,then he moves the game pieces six divisions counterclockwise.

In summarizing it will be seen that the circular track is provided with a seriesof groups of blank divisions between which the colored divisions are alternately Larranged so that when the` player -throws a red andra number he may decide whether he shall first advance Vhis player according to the number or if he shall firstV advance the player according to thevcolor. In this manner the game is rendered extremely interesting to the players and requires the exercise of ones mental faculties and concentration'. I elaim:` Y f ,1. A game apparatus comprising a field having a Vcircular track provided With a plurality of radial lines defining divisions, groups of which are blank and the divisions between thegroups of blank divisions being alternately colored red and blue, game pieces movable on said track, and counters khaving.

numbered faces to indicate the number of divlsions for a playing piece to move and having red and blue faces to indicate movement of a playing piece to a correspondingly colored division on the track.

2. A game apparatus comprising a field having a circular track provided With a plurality of radial lines dening divisions, groups of Which are blank and the divisions between the groups of blank divisions being alternately colored red and blue, game pieces movable on said track, counters having numbered faces to indicate the number of divisions for a playing piece to move and having red and blue faces to indicate movement of a playing piece to a correspondingly colored division on the track, said field having relatively Wide lemon colored spaces intersecting the track and approaching the center of the field, the inner portions of the lemon colored spaces bearing the caption Finish and the outer ortions of said radial spaces having divisions under the caption Home stretch.

JAMES H. DEEN.

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