Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Oct., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 27th June, 1896-Accepted, 5th Sept., 1896
HARRY OWEN ROBERTS 4 Commercial Road Gloucester and JOHN OWEN
ROBERTS 8 Parliament Street, Gloucester Manufacturers &c. of Parlour and other
Gamos, do hereby d declare the a
this invention to be as follows.
(1) A board made of wood, cardboard or any other suitable material, on which
is marked or printed about one hundred squares, similar to an ordinary draught
board, except that the squares are of six colours, arranged in no regular order.
Over the squares & stretching half way across the board in some instances are
marked or printed bridges, monkeys grasshoppers & rivers. We do not bind
ourselves to these latter representations, but may substitute others for the purposes
(1) A board made of wood, cardboard or any other suitable material, on which
is marked or printed about one hundred squares, similar to an ordinary draught
board, except that the squares are of six colours, arranged in no regular order.
Over the squares & stretching half way across the board in some instances are
marked or printed bridges, monkeys grasshoppers & rivers. We do not bind
ourselves to these latter representations, but may substitute others for the purposes
the pome
(2) Six or more pawns or dises or other suitable articles for the use of each
player.
(3) A small dice or cube which instead of numerical values being marked on
each side, has each side painted or stained a different colour to correspond with
the colours of the squares on the board.
The game can be played by any number of players the modus operandi being
follows.
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Each pinyer has one of the pieces (pawns or discs) the object being to work it
from the bottom left haud square to the top left hand square, working the pieces
backwards & forwards from left to right, & right to left alternate rows of squares.
The pieces are moved according to the throw of the coloured cube, which may be
shaken up in an ordinary dice box or in the closed hand & allowed to fall on the
table & whichever colour is uppermost on the cube, the player moves his piece
forward to the next square of that colour on the board. Should a throw land a
piece on the colour where a bridge commences, the piece must cross the bridge &
go up to the square where the bridge ends.
A piece must never come down a bridge.
Should a piece be landed on a square where a monkey's head commences, the
piece must be moved down to the square where the monkey's tail ends.
Should a piece be landed on a square on which is a grasshopper, it must be
moved either forward or backward, according to the direction the grasshopper is
looking to the next square of the same colour as that on which the grasshopper is.
Pieces must not cross the water except by means of the bridges & they cannot
cross a bridge until the colour on which the bridge commences is thrown.
More than one piece may be on the same square at the same time & one piece
may pass another during the progress of the gume.
Dated this Eleventh day of October 1895.
H. O. ROBERTS.
J. O. ROBERTS.

page_text: HARRY OWEN ROBERTS 4 Commercial Rond, Gloucester and Jons OWEN
ROBERTS. Parliament Street, Gloucester, Manufacturers &c. of Parlour and
other Games, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
(1) A board made of wood, cardboard, or any other suitable material, on which
is marked or printed about one hundred squares, similar to an ordinary draught
board, except that the squares are of six colour, arranged in no regular order.
Printed on the squares & reaching in some instances halt way across the board, are
representations of bridges, monkeys, grasshoppers & rivers. A section of this
board is shown in Fig. 1.
(2 Six or more pawns, dises, or other suitable articles, each one a distinctive
colour or shape, for the use of the players.
(3) A small dite er on, which instead of having numerical values marked on
its sides, have each side painted or stained a different colour to correspond with
the colours of the squares on the board.
The game can be played by any mumber of players, the modus operandi being as
follows,
Each player has one of the pawns or dises as the case may be, these for the
purposes of the game are called the "pieces," the object being to work it from the
bottom left hand square of the board, to the top left hand square, moving the pieces
backwards & forwards from left to right, & right to left alternate rows of the
squares. The pieces are moved according to the throw of the coloured cube, which
may be shaken up in an onlinary dice box, or in the closed hand & allowed to fall
on the talde, & whichever colour is uppermost on the enbe, so the piece is moved
forward to the next square of the same colour on the board. Should a throw of
the cute, land a piece on a square where a bridge commences, such as on square A
the piece must move up the bridge & go to the square where the bridge ends,
which would be to square B this is called "crossing a bridge."
A piece must never come down a bridge.
Should a piece he landed by the throw of the cube on a square where a monkey's
head commences such as on square C, the piece must be moved down to the square
where the monkey's tail end which would be to square D. A piece must neve,
move up a monkey's tail to its head.
Should piece he landed on 8 square on which is a grasshopper like on
square E it must be moved either forward or backward according to the
direction the grasshopper is looking, to the next square of the same colour
as that on which the grasshopper is, ie, should the grasshopper be on a red
square the pieco would move to the next red square, in the direction the grass-
hopper is facing.
Pieces must not cross the squares on which the rivers are marked, except by
going up one of the bridges & they cannot be crossed until the colour on which
the bridge commences is thrown. For instance the water F. cannot be crossed
except by going over bridge G & the piece must get on square H. before this
can be done.
More than one piece may occupy the same square at the same time & one
piece may pass another piece during the progress of the game.

page_text: Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion & in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is.
The combination of the appliances berein described & used in the manner
herein set forth for the purposes of a new game.
Dated this 26th day of June 1896.
HARRY O. ROBERTS.
JOHN O. ROBERTS.