New Game.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Jan., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 27th Oct., 1893-Accepted, 2nd Dec., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New Game.
I, DAVID BALSILLIE, of Ivyholme, Malcolm Road, Wimbledon, London, S.W., -
do hereby declare the nature of my snid invention to be as follows:-
:-
My invention relates to that class of games in which a board or superficos
composed of any suitable material is used, and upon which a number of distinctive
spaces, as-for example light and dark or differently coloured spaces are delineated.
The board or superficies upon which the distinctive or light and dark spaces are
marked may be of a rectangular, polygonal, annular, elliptical, or other suitable or
desired shape. The marking out and dividing of the aren into distinctive spaces as
aforesaid, is preferably effected in a symmetrical manner, suitable to the shape and
configuration of the area to be utilised, each alternate space being coloured with a
darker or sufficiently distinctive color than that of the lighter or differently
coloured intermediato space, so that the spaces may be clearly defined as on a
choss board.
Two terminal or base lines or positions are provided, which may be used as a
starting line or post and a winning line or post, or both may (in some modifications
of the game) bo used as starting posts and winning posts. The number of spacos
delineated on the area may be varied.
The pieces to be used in playing my new game may be shaped to represent
horses or may consist of knights, pawns, or ordinary draughtsmen, all or any of
which may be treated as horses. The pieces are differently coloured, so that each
player has one or more horse or horses of one distinctive colour.
In playing the game, each player places his horses in a line or lines, starting
from the base line, side by side with those of the other players, on both the
dark and light spaces.
Two players may each have eight horses (say red and blue) in two rows each.
Or three players may cach have 6 (say red, blue, and black, or orange) in two rows
each. Or 4 players may have 6 horses each (in similar colours) arranged in single
rows, side by side. Or 5 or 6 players may each have 4 horses in single rows, side
by side.
The horses which start from dark spaces can only stand on dark spaces; and,
similarly, the horses starting from light spaces can only stand on light spaces.
The moves are mado diagonally forward, one space at a time.
A player can move a dark space horse over any number of horses of any colour,
his own included, which are on an unbroken line of dark spaces. Similarly, a
player can move a light space horse over any number of horses of any colour
which are on an unbroken line of light spaces. He may also make any number of
such moves in succession, with the same horse, in ono play.
The player who first gets all his horses past the winuing post, wins the game.
The game may be varied for "partnera" (4 or 6 players) as follows:-
When there are 4 players, there may be two sides of two players each: alternate
players being partners..
When there are 6 players, there may either be three sides of two players each:
opposite players boing partners; or there may be two sides of three partuers each,
alternate players being partners.
The side which first gets all its horses past the winning post, wins the game.
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New Game.
I, DAVID BALSILLIE, lato of Ivyholme, Malcolm Road, Wimbledon,
London S.W., but now of Devon Villa, Albert Road, Crosshill, Glasgow,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
My invention relates to that class of games in which a board or superficies,
composed of any suitable material, is used, and upon which a number of distinctive
spaces, as, for example, light and dark, or differently coloured spaces, are delineated;
herein after referred to as "the board."
The board may be of a rectangular, polygonal, circular, annular, elliptical, or
other suitable or desired shape. The marking out and dividing of the area into
distinctive spaces as aforesaid is preferably effected in a symmetrical manner,
suitable to tho shape and conôguration of the area to be utilised, each alternate
space being colored with a darker, or sufficiently distinctive color, than that of the
lighter or differently colored intermediate space; so that the spaces may be clearly
defined, as on a chess board.
Two terminal or base lines, or positions, are provided, which may be used as a
starting line or post, and a winning line or post; or both may (in some modifications
of the game) be used as starting posts and winning posts. The number of spaces
delineated on the area may be varied.
The pieces to be used, in playing my new game, may be shaped to represent
horses, or may consist of knights, pawns, ordinary draughtsmen, or other suitable
pieces; all or any of which may be treated as "horses." The pieces are differently
colored, so that each player has one or more piece or pieces of one distinctive
color.
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and
ascertained reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, illustrating
one form of my invention.
Fig. 1 is a plan of the board, and Fig. 2 shows one form of the pieces used in
playing the game.
a is the board. bare light spaces and cc dark spaces. d is the starting line,
and e the winning line. is a space in which the rules of the game are printed or
written.
In playing the game each player places his pieces in a line or lines, starting from
the base line, side by side with those of the other players, on both the dark and
light spaces.
Two players may each have 8 pieces (say red and blue) in two rows cach. · Or
three players may each have 6 (say red, bluo, and black or orange) in two rows
each. Or 4 players may have 6 pieces each (in similar colors) arranged in single
rows side by side. Or 5 or 6 players may each have 4 pieces in single rows, side
by side.
The pieces which start from dark spaces can only stand on dark spaces; and,
similarly, the pieces starting from light spaces can only stand on light spaces.
The moves are made diagonally forward, one space at a time.
A player can move a dark space picce over any number of pieces of any color,
his own included, which are on an unbroken line of dark spaces. Similarly, a
player can move a light space piece over any number of pieces of any color which
are on an unbroken line of light spaces. He may also inake any number of such
moves in succession, with the same piece in one play.
The player who first gets all his pieces past the winning post, wins the game.
The game may be varied for "partners" (4 or 6 players) as follows:-
When there are 4 players, there may be two sides of two players each: alternate
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page_text: When there are 6 players, there may either be three sides of two players each:
opposite players being partners; or there may be two sides of three partners each,
alternate players being partners.
The side which first gets all its picces past the winning post, wins the game.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I dealare that what I
claim is :-
In a new game, the combination of a board, divided into symmetrical alternating
light and dark spaces, and having starting and winning lines or posts, and pieces
for playing thereupon, substantially as herein before described and illustrated by
the drawings.
GEO.
DOWNING,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent.