Circular Checkered Game Board and Method of Play

Abstract

A circular checkered game board which can support a set of eighteen pieces controlled by opposing players on boards consisting of eight rings intersected by seven columns having a plurality of 56 multi-colored playing spaces per player which provides two battlefronts, and is based on an infinite modular formula with a minimum of fourteen columns to support two players, which can be increased to an unlimited number of players by adding a group of fourteen columns for every two additional players as such that four players require a board with 28 columns, and six players require a board of 42 columns; this formula can be replicated to accommodate an infinite number of players.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]Not ApplicableSTATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT[0002]Not ApplicableTHE NAMES OF THE PARTIES TO A JOINT RESEARCH AGREEMENT[0003]Not ApplicableINCORPORATION-BY-REFERENCE OF MATERIAL SUBMITTED ON A COMPACT DISC OR AS A TEXT FILE VIA THE OFFICE ELECTRONIC FILING SYSTEM (EFS-WEB)[0004]Not ApplicableSTATEMENT REGARDING PRIOR DISCLOSURES BY THE INVENTOR OR A JOINT INVENTOR[0005]Not ApplicableBACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0006]1. This invention relates generally to board games such as checkers, chess or Risk, and more particularly to a circular game board of abstract characteristic with no luck involved. This invention provides a challenging alternative to chess for multiple players.[0007]2. The present invention utilizes a two-dimensional game board apparatus defining eight rings and fourteen columns, colored in two contrasting and alternating colors, black and white, displayed in a checker pattern, and additionally h...

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Benefits of technology

[0017]This invention provides a quick-learning game and fast-moving play with no stalemating for multiple variations of play for two, three, four, five and six players, as well as two-team and three-team play and extended versions of play. On a round game board, players experience more challenging play with two battle fronts, as opposed to the traditional single battle front in games of chess and checkers. In this unique concept, players are able to develop strategies unlike that of any other game.

[0018]The invention doesn't present any language barriers, and students as young as five years have taken up the game, up to an including seniors in their seventies. This game teaches critical thinking and strategic planning, develops social skills and fosters friendly competition.

[0019]Game pieces are placed on the board at the beginning of play from predetermined spots surrounding the same color two discs on the game board and progress inwardly toward the center of the board. The design of the pieces enhance ease of learning because each game piece shape emulates the direction of movement, and a number appears on top of the game piece dictating the range of movement.

Problems solved by technology

However, none of these prior art patents discloses a game board based on incremental modules which provides for an unlimited number of players.

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