Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Dec., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 8th May, 1896-Accepted, 4th July, 1896
HARRY OWEN ROBERTS of 4 Commercial Road, Gloucester and JOHN OWEN
ROBERTS of 8 Parliament Street, Gloucester, Inventors, Manufacturers &c. of
Indoor and other Games, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be.
as follows:
A new game, consisting of a board made of wood, cardboard or any other suitable
material, marked out in squares, the outline of each square being either black, or
red, or it may be that one, two or three sides of a square may lined black, and the-
other side red, or vice versa, but we do not bind ourselves to the above two, or any
other colours.
At each side of the board, there are indicated by colours the starting places of
the pieces that are used in the game, and in the centre there is also indicated by
colours, the squares which the pieces belonging to the respective players have to..
reach to win the game.
The other articles used in the game are 16 discs, pawns, or other suitable articles,
made of wood, bone, or any other suitable material, 4 each of four colours, these
are for the use of 4 players, who each use 4 pieces of the same colour.
but
To play the game, players place one of their pieces each side of the board, on the
square coloured the same as the player's pieces, and the game is to get these pieces,.
players moving alternately, to the squares indicated in the centre of the board, in
accomplishing this, players can move, one piece one square at a time, any way
diagonally, bearing in mind that no red lines must be crossed, in this way it is often.
necessary for the players to go some distance round, before he can make across for
the squares in the centre of the board, & also it is often possible to block your
opponent's men so that they cannot move, as no piece can be jumped over.
The player who first gets his 4 pieces into the square of the same colour in the
centre of the board, wins the game.
Dated this 10th day of December 1895.
H. O. ROBERTS.
J. O. ROBERTS.
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HARRY OWEN KOBERTS, of 4 Commercial Road Gloucester and JOHN OWEN
ROBERTS of 8 Parliament Street Gloucester, Inventors, Manufacturers &c. of
Indoor and other Games, do bereby 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 consisting of a board made of wood, cardboard or any other suitable.
material, marked out in squares the outline of each square being black, or red, or
it may be that one two or three sides of a square may be lined black and the other
side red, or vice versa, but we do not bind ourselves to the above two or any other
colours. When black and red are the colours, used for sides of the squares, the red
lines are called "forts," over these no piece can move,

page_text: At each side of the board there are indicated by colours the starting places of
the pieces that are used in the game, and in the centre of the board there is also
indicated by colours, the squares which the pieces belonging to the respective
players have to reach to win the game.
The other articles used in the game aro 16 dises, pawns, or other suitable articles,
Buch as representations of ships or soldiers, made of lead, wood, cardboard, bone or
any other suitable material, four each of 4 colours, these are for the use of the
4 players, who each use 4 pieces of the same colour.
In the accompanying drawing half of the board used in the game is shewn, the
thick lines some of which are indicated by A. A, are the forts. The squares B. B.
are the starting places & the squares C. C. are the winning squares.
To play the game, players place one of their pieces each side of the board on the
squares coloured the same as the players pieces, and the game is to get these pieces
(players moving alternately) to the squares indicated in the centre of the board, in
accomplishing this players can move one piece one square at a time, anyway, but
diagonally, bearing in mind that no red lines or "forts" must be crossed so that it
is often necessary for the players to go some distance round, before they can make
across for the squares in the centre of the board, and also it is often possible to
block your opponents men so that they cannot move, as no piece can be jumped
over.
Another variation of the mode of playing this game is as follows; the same
board and pieces are used, instead of players only moving one square at a time, the
number of squares to be moved may be determined each time by the throw of a
dice or teetotum.
The player who first gets his 4 pieces into the squares of the same colour in the
centre of the board wins the game.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be perforined, we declare that what we
claim is;
1st. A board marked out in squares with the outline of the squares on some sides
a different colour to the other sides, for the purpose of forming an assumed barrier
to the moving of the pieces used in the game in the manner herein set forth.
2nd. The hereinbefore described combination of articles used in the manner
herein before set forth for the purposes of a new game.
Dated this 7th day of May 1896.
:
JOHN OWEN ROBERTS.
HARRY OWEN ROBERTS.