Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Jan., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 11th May, 1896-Accepted, 13th June, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New Game.
HARRY OWEN ROBERTS 4 Commercial Road, Gloucester, JOHN OWEN
ROBERTS, 8 Parliament Street, Gloucester, Inventors, Manufacturers &c. of
Parlour and other Games, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
ollows:-
A new game with variations thereof consisting of
1. (a) Strips made of wood, cardboard, or any other suitable material about
1 inch in width & 1 yard in length, but we do not bind ourselves to this or
any particular size. The strips are divided into squares of various colours,
such as red, green, blue, yellow, black, white, & may be made in sections
& hinged together so that they will fold & thus be convenient for
packing.
(b) Or instead of the strips a board divided into squares like a draught board,
the squares being of various colours like the strips.
(c) Or instead of strips or board, a bridge pyramid, tower or other suitable
object made of wood, cardboard, tin or other suitable material with steps
ascending each side to the top, the steps being coloured variously in the
same manner as the strips or board.
It may be for the purposes of the game & variations herein described that the
quares on the strips or board or steps of the bridge or other suitable object
hay be numbered or have numerical values attached thereto, instead of being
oloured.
2. (a) A cube with its sides coloured to correspond with the six colours on the
squares of the strips or board or the steps of the bridge or other suitable
object.
(b) Or a cube with numerical values marked on each side like an ordinary
dice.
These cubes may be made of wood, bone or other suitable material.
3. Discs, pawns or representations of soldiers sailors, animals or any other
uitable objects made of wood, bone, cardboard, metal or any other suitable
aterial.
4. Rings, or balls with a hole through, or a small flag or crown or any other
uitable object made of wood, bone, metal or any other suitable material.
The game is played as follows. When the strips are used, two, four or more
ersons can play, one coloured strip being placed across the table for every two
layers. When more than two persons take part, sides are formed, partners sitting
11 on one side of the table & using the same coloured discs, or pawns or men as
he case may be.
The object of the players is to gain possession of the ring or ball or flag as the
ase may be, which is placed on the middle square of each strip & carrying it
ack again to the starting point. The side first accomplishing this six times wins
he game.
The pieces, i.e. the discs or pawns or men as the case may be, move according to
he throw of the cube, thus if the red side of the cube is uppermost after being
rown, all the players belonging to the side making the throw move their pieces
p to the next red square & so on until the ring or ball or flag as the case may be
reached when this is accom plished the piece picks up the ring or ball or flag

page_text: as the case may be & endeavours to carry it back to the starting square. The
opposing piece should follow it & endeavour to effect a recapture, which is
brought about by an opponent throwing the same colour as the piece carrying the
ring or other object may be on, provided always that a similar coloured square
does not intervene. The piece from which it is taken must be put back one square
to make room for the piece which has captured. In this way the ring or ball or
flag may be captured & recaptured & the fortunes of the game change.
No piece can jump over another piece, neither can a piece jump over the ring
or ball or flag as the case may be.
When a bridge, fortress or other similar object is used, the ring or ball or flag
as the case may be, is placed on the top of the steps of same, & the pieces i.e. discs
or pawns or men as the case may be, are moved up the coloured steps according to
the throw of the coloured cube & the game proceeds in exactly the same manner
as when the strips are used.
When a board is used the pieces start at opposite ends of the board & work
towards the centre square on which is the ring or other suitable object, in other
respects the mode of play is identical.
When the squares of the strips or board or the steps of the bridge are numbered
instead of coloured, the pieces are moved according to the throw of an ordinary
dice, in other respects the mode of play is identical.
Dated this 27th day of January 1896.
H. O. ROBERTS.
J. O. ROBERTS.
A New Game.
HARRY OWEN ROBERTS, 4 Commercial Road, Gloucester, JOHN OWEN
ROBERTS 8 Parliament Street Gloucester, Inventors, 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 :-
A new game with variations thereof consisting of :-
1. (a) Strips made of wood, cardboard, or any other suitable material about
1 inch in width & 1 yard in length, but we do not bind ourselves to this or
any particular size. The strips are divided into squares of various colours,
such as red, green, blue, yellow, black, white, & may be made in sectious
& hinged together so that they will fold & thus be convenient for
packing.
(6) Or instead of the strips a board divided into squares like a draught
board the squares being of various colours like the strips.
(e) Or instead of strips or board, a bridge, pyramid, tower or other suitable
object made of wood, cardboard, tin or other suitable material with steps
ascending each side to the top, the steps being coloured variously in the
same manner as the strips or board.
It may be for the purposes of the game & variations herein described that the
squares on the strips, or board, or steps of the bridge or other suitable object
may be numbered or have numerical values attached thereto instead of being
coloured.
2. (a) A cube with its sides coloured to correspond with the six colours on the
squares of the strips and board or the steps of the bridge or other suitable
object.
(6) Or a cube with numerical values marked on each side like an ordinary
dice.
These cubes may be made of wood, bone or other suitable material.

page_text: 3. Discs pawns or representations of soldiers, sailors animals or other suitable
objects made of wood, bone, cardboard, metal or any other suitable material.
4. Rings, or balls with a hole through or a small flag or crown or any other
object made of wood, bone, metal or any other suitable material.
The game is played as follows. When the strips are used two, four, or more
persons can play, one coloured strip being placed across the table for every two
players. When more than two persons take part sides are formed partners sitting
all one side of the table & using the same coloured dises or pawns or men as the
case may be.
The object of the players is to gain possession of the ring or ball or flag as the
case may be, which is placed on the middle square of each strip & carry it back
again to the starting point. The side first accomplishing this six times wins
the game.
The pieces i.e. the discs or pawns or men as the case may be move according
to the throw of the cube thus if the red side of the cube is uppermost after being
thrown, all the players belonging to the side making the throw move their pieces
up to the next red square & so on until the ring or ball or flag as the case may be
is reached when this is accomplished the piece picks up the ring or ball or flag
as the case may be & endeavours to carry it back to the starting square. The
opposing piece should follow it & endeavour to effect a recapture, which is brought
about by an opponent throwing the same colours as the piece carrying the ring or
other object may be on, provided always that a similar coloured square does not
intervene. The piece from which it is taken must be put back one square to make
room for the piece which has captured. In this way the ring or ball or flag may
be captured & recaptured & the fortunes of the game change.
No piece can jump over another piece neither can a piece jump over the ring or
ball or flag as the case may be.
When a bridge, fortress or other suitable object is used the ring or ball or flag
as the case may be is placed on the top of the steps of same & the pieces i.e. discs
or pawns or men as the case may be are moved up the coloured steps according to
the throw of the coloured cube & the ganie proceeds in exactly the same manner as
when the strips are used.
When a board is used the pieces start at opposite ends of the board & work
towards the centre square on which is the ring, or other suitable object, in other
respects the mode of play is identical.
When the squares of the strips or board & the steps of the bridge are numbered
instead of coloured, the pieces are moved according to the throw of an ordinary
dice, in other respects the mode of play is identical.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven--
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
1. The herein described combination of articles used substantially in the
manner herein described for the purposes of a new game & variations thereof.
Dated this 9th day of May 1896.
HARRY OWEN ROBERTS.
JOHN OWEN ROBERTS.