POW! board game

Abstract

This invention is a unique strategy board game involving traditional chess skills, decision-making and tactics. It has a unique scoring system. The moves assigned to the pieces, the combination in which they are used, and their point values, are new concepts. The game board, specifically designed for the rules contained within this patent, consists of a horizontal playing surface of checkered squares or circles, on which the game pieces move each in accordance with its designated movement rules. Each player moves the game pieces with the object of capturing as many of the opposing player's pieces as possible to prevent scoring by the opposing player and by moving as many of the player's own pieces as possible to the opposing player's first row on the board, with the object of scoring points.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Background This invention relates generally to military style chess-like board games, combining the ideas of chess with other military style board games, and specifically relates to improvements, expansions, or variants of both the popular chess game and military style board games. 2. Description of Prior Art A) History and Movement of the Pieces Originating in Asia, orthodox chess is a game of skill for two players, played upon an eight-by-eight square, checkered game board. Chess rules and movements of the pieces have been essentially unchanged for five hundred years. The game consists of the six familiar types of pieces with their accepted modes of movement. The king moves any direction one square at a time. The rook moves in a straight direction (vertically or horizontally) any number of squares. The bishop moves diagonally any number of squares. The knight moves one straight, then one diagonally at a forty-five degree angle. Alternately, the ...

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Benefits of technology

The preferred embodiment of the invention also contemplates a board game that is dynamic in that it affords players substantial opportunity to place and move game pieces according to their own strategies and tactics, thereby simultaneously stimulating an interest in and assisting in the development of these skills and in thought processes generally. A mathematical aspect of the game that assigns point value to each group of game pieces provides uncountable variations of winning strategy thus making the game more entertaining and interesting.

Also contemplated by the preferred embodiment of the present invention is a board game that is economical and easy for a manufacturer to fabricate and that is easy for a user to set up, transport and store. It is contemplated that their will be multiple themes and game pieces, such as nautical themes, animal kingdom, historical figures, entertainment figures, etc. which will provide interest to every demographic, economic, and biographic segment of society.

Problems solved by technology

In checkmate, a player's king cannot successfully move out of a check, where it is threatened with capture.

However, the chess game does not have the point scoring system that allows points to be scored by the player reaching the opposing player's base.

In addition, the initial placement of the chess pieces in a traditional chess game is fixed which limits the potential number of possible layouts.

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