A New or Improved Game.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Sept., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 11th June, 1896-Accepted, 11th July, 1896
WILLIAM PITT BROOK of Oakdene, 144 Croydon Road, Anerley, S.E. in the
County of Surrey, Gentleman, and ALFRED COLLIER of 86 Victoria Park
Road, N.E. in the County of Middlesex, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
The object of our invention is to provide a new or improved game to be played
on Sundays by children and which shall be instructive in biblical subjects as well
as interesting.
Our invention consists of a number of boards or cards (preferably oblong)
the surface of each being divided into spaces in which is printed, painted, or
otherwise, subjects illustrating some well known events mentioned in the Old or
New Testament, also of discs, on which shall be printed or otherwise the names of
the subjects illustrated.
To play the game we prefer to use twelve of these boards or cards, the surface
of each, shall be divided into a number of spaces, and each space shall have a
different illustrated subject on it, there shall also be the same number of discs as
there are spaces on the boards or cards, each disc having the corresponding name
of the illustrated subject on it.
When the boards or cards are equally distributed amongst the players, and the
discs placed in a bag or the like the game commences by the dealer taking a disc,
(one at a time) from the bag or the like and reading aloud the name of the subject
on it, and whichever of the players has that illustration on his or her card claims
the disc and places it over the subject and so the game proceeds until one of the
players has his or her card or cards as may be agreed all covered, which gives him
or her the game.
14th Sentomber 1805
WILLIAM PITT BROOK.
ALFRED COLLIER.
A New or Improved Game.
WILLIAM PITT BROOK of Oakdene 144, Croydon Road, Anerley, S.E. in the
County of Surrey, Gentleman, and ALFRED COLLIER of 86, Victoria Park
Road, N.E. in the County of Middlesex, Manufacturer, 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 :-
Our invention consists of a new or improved game for young people on Sundays
which will be instructive in biblical subjects, as well as interesting. According to
our invention we provide a number of boards or cards preferably oblong, the
surface of each being divided into spaces in which is printed, painted or otherwise
subjects illustrating some well known event mentioned in the Old or New Testament,
also, of discs on which shall be printed or otherwise the names of the subjects

page_text: illustrated. To play the game we prefer to use twelve of these boards or cards
the surface of each being divided into a number of spaces and each space having a
different illustrated subject on it, also using the same number of discs as there are
spaces on the boards or cards each disc having the corresponding name of the
illustrated subject on it. When the boards or cards are distributed amongst the
players and the discs placed in a bag or the like the game commences by the dealer
taking a disc (one at a time) from the bag or the like and reading aloud the name
of the subject on it and whichever of the players has that illustration on his or her
card claims the disc and places it over the subject and so the game proceeds until
one of the players has his or her card or cards (as may be agreed) all covered, this
gives the game.
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,
The new or improved game substantially as herein before described.
W. P. BROOK.
A. COLLIER.