Quatro-A multiple board and chip game

Abstract

The game consists of several boards, containing a large square divided into 16 smaller squares, in a 4×4 pattern. The result being: 4 columns, 4 rows and 4 quadrants of 4 squares. Included are several 4 different colored chips. Each board has some squares precolored. The remaining blank squares only have one possible way to satisfy the playing requirements of all 4 colors in each row, column and quadrant. The chips define the color of each of the remaining blank squares. The game can be played by any number of players who compete to complete their board first and thus score a point. If any other player believes the board is not correct he may challenge. If the challenger was correct he gets a point. Some boards are easier to complete then others. As a player's score goes up he must choose more difficult boards.

Description

[0001]This Utility patent application is based on the Provisional Patent No. 61 / 519,038, with a filing date of May 17, 2011. The inventor is myself: Gordon Preston Hampton. I claim this provisional patent date as the date for this Utility Patent.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates to a multiple of individual game boards containing 16 squares and a plurality of 4 different colored chips wherein players use one board each to place chips of the 4 different colors on blank spaces to complete a color pattern of 4 colors in each row, each column and each quadrant of the board layout with the first to complete this task being the winner of that hand. Each board has a few squares precolored so that there is only one pattern of colors that will meet the requirements of all 4 colors in each row, column and quadrant. There are variations in the precolored squares that make solutions of some boards more difficult then others providing fo...

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Benefits of technology

"The present invention provides a new and improved game using individual boards and colored chips that require logic and a skill level to complete. The game can be played by 2 to 6 people and can be efficiently manufactured and marketed at a low cost. The game can also be played on a computer using a mouse, touch screen, or other control to place chips on displayed boards. The game has boards with 16 squares in a pattern of 4 rows, 4 columns, and 4 quadrants, with some squares precolored to limit the marking of the other blank squares to only one possible pattern. The invention provides a new and improved individual board game with these features."

Problems solved by technology

While these devices fulfill their respective objectives, the aforementioned patents do not describe a required visual and mental skill required to arrange the colored chips to meet the requirements of interaction of many colors in overlapping and related patterns.

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