An Improved Game, and Means for Playing the same.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Feb., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 11th Oct., 1895-Accepted, 16th Nov., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Communicated from abroad by ARTHUR L. SWAINSON, of Belgaum, Madras
Presidency, India, Captain in H.M. Regiment of Royal Engineers.]
An Improved Game, and Means for Playing the same.
I, DAVID YOUNG, Patent Agent, of the Firm of D. Young & Co.,
11 and 12 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved game which is preferably termed "Stars
and Stripes" and which is capable of being played by several persons.
The said game is played with say three cubes, a cup or box of leather or other
suitable material and a board marked out as hereafter mentioned. On each of the
cubes are painted or otherwise marked six different devices or symbols, such as a
crown, anchor, heart, diamond, star, and stripes, one of the above enumerated
devices or symbols appearing on each of the six faces of each cube. The board is
marked out into eighteen divisions or enclosed squares. Six of these divisions are
marked singly with devices or symbols corresponding to those on the six faces of
the cube; six others have the said devices or symbols marked thereon in duplicate ;
and the remaining six have the said devices or symbols marked thereon in
triplicate. The three series of enclosed spaces or squares are preferably arranged
in double rows or columns, those containing the spaces with the duplicate devices
being headed or designated say 12 to 1, and those with the triplicate devices
say 200 to 1, a suitable space being arranged in the centre or other part of the
board whereon the cubes may be thrown from the cup or box.
The game is played as follows, that is to say :-The banker takes the cubes, puts
them into the cup or box and reverses the said cup or box on the centre circle of
the board or other portion thereof set apart for the purpose. The players place
their counters as they please in the squares on the board, and, when all have
staked, the banker raises the cup or box and pays or receives according to the
devices or symbols which appear on the upper faces of the cubes and according to
the squares on which the counters have been placed. The six squares on the
board having the devices or symbols singly marked are even chances, and he pays
those players who have won, an equal number of counters to that which they hud
placed upon the respective squares; if doubles, that is to say, two crowns, two
anchors, etc., turn up ou the cubes, he pays 12 times the number of their counters to
those players who have placed their counters on the corresponding spaces marked in
duplicate; and if trebles i.e. three crowns, etc., turn up on the cubes, he pays
200 times the number of their counters to those players who have placed their
counters on the corresponding spaces marked in triplicate. Thus if one anchor,
one crown, and one stripes were turned up, he would pay the number of counters
staked on even chances of each of these three, and receive the remainder of the
counters deposited; if two anchors and one crown were turned up, he would pay
the number of counters staked on the single crown, double the number of counters
staked on the single anchor, as two anchors are exposed, and twelve times the
number of counters staked on the double anchor; if three anchors were turned up,
he would pay three times the number of counters on the single anchor, 12 times
the number of counters on the double anchor, and 200 times the number of counters
on the treble anchor, receiving the counters deposited in the other squares.
lf on

page_text: raising the cup or box one of the cubes is found resting on another, the top cube
Inay be lifted down or the cubes may be rethrown as the players may agree.
It is evident that the numbers of cubes and of divisions or squares on the board
may be varied if desired.
Dated the 26th day of Wahn 100:
D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 & 12 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
An Improved Game, and Means for Playing the same.
I, DAVID YOUNG, Patent Agent, of the Firm of D. Young & Co.,
11 and 12 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., 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 :-
This invention relates to an improved game which is preferably termed "Stars
and Stripes," and which is capable of being played by several persons.
The said game is played with, say, three cubes, a cup or box of leather or other
suitable material, and a board marked out as hereinafter described. On each of the
cubes are painted or otherwise marked six different devices or symbols, such, for
instance, as a crown, anchor, heart, diamond, star, and a set or series of stripes,
one or other of the said devices or symbols appearing on each of the six faces of
each cube. The board is marked out into, say, eighteen divisions or enclosed
squares. Six of these divisions are marked singly with devices or symbols
corresponding to those on the six faces of the cube; six others have the said
devices or symbols marked thereon in duplicate, and the remaining six have the
said devices or symbols marked thereon in triplicate.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 is a plan showing one arrangement of the board for playing my
improved game.
Figures 2 and 3 are perspective views showing one of the above-mentioned
cubes.
It will be seen that, in each of the larger squares a, there is a representation of
a single device or symbol, whilst in the smaller squares b near the ends of the
board, the devices or symbols are represented in duplicate, and in the smaller
squares c at the ends of the board, they are represented in triplicate.
The three series or groups of enclosed spaces or squares are preferably arranged
in double rows or columns as shown, those rows or columns containing the spaces
or squares b with the devices in duplicate being headed or designated, say, 12 to 1,
and those containing the spaces or squares c with the devices in triplicate being
headed or designated, say, 200 to 1, and a suitable space & being, by preference,
arranged in the centre or other part of the board, whereon the cubes may be
thrown from the cup or box. This cup or box may be similar in form to an
ordinary dice-box. Each of the cubes e has marked on its sides, respectively, as
illustrated in Figures 2 and 3, the different devices which are represented on the
board.
The game is played as follows, that is to say-The banker takes the three
cubes, puts them into the cup or box and reverses the said cup or box on the
centre circle d of the board or other portion thereof set apart for the purpose.
The players place their counters as they please in the squares a,
or c on the
board, and when all have staked, the banker raises the cup or box and pays or
receives according to the devices or symbols which appear on the upper faces of

page_text: the cubes and according to the squares on which the counters have been placed.
The six squares a on the board having the devices or symbols singly marked are
even chances, and he pays those players who have staked their counters on such of
those squares as contain devices or symbols similar to those on the upper face of
the cubes, an equal number of counters to that which they had placed upon the
respective squares; if doubles or two similar devices or symbols, for instance two
crowns or two anchors, turn up on the cubes, he pays double the number of their
counters to those players who have placed their counters on the corresponding space,
and 12 times the number of their counters to those players who have placed their
counters on the corresponding space b marked in duplicate; and if trebles, for
instance three crowns or three anchors, turn up on the cubes, he pays three times
the number of their counters to those players who have placed their counters on
the corresponding space a; 12 times the number to those who have placed their
counters on the corresponding space b; and 200 times the number of their counters
to those players who have placed their counters on the corresponding space c
marked in triplicate. Assuming, for example, that one anchor, one crown, and one
stripes were turned up, he would pay the number of counters staked on even
chances of each of these three (that is to say, the number of counters placed in
the larger squares a), and receive the remainder of the counters deposited; if two
anchors and one crown were turned up, he would pay the number of counters
staked on the single crown, double the number of counters staked on the single
anchor, as two anchors are exposed, and twelve times the number of counters
staked on the double anchor; if three anchors were turned up, he would pay three
times the number of counters on the single anchor, 12 times the number of counters
on the double anchor, and 200 times the number of counters on the treble anchor,
receiving the counters deposited in the other squares. If, on raising the cup or
box, one of the cubes is found resting on another, the top cube may be lifted down,
or the cubes may be re-thrown as the players may agree.
It is evident that the numbers of cubes and of divisions or squares on the board
may be varied if desired, as well as the devices or symbols employed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
First. The improved game comprising the cubes having different devices or
symbols marked on their sides, and the board divided into squares or other suitably
shaped spaces some of which contain single representations and others multiplicate
representations of the said devices or symbols, substantially as herein before
described.
Second. A board divided into squares or other suitably shaped spaces some of
which contain single representations and others multiplicate representations of
different devices or symbols, substantially as, and for the purpose, above specified.
Third. A cube having different devices or symbols marked on the several sides
thereof, as, and for the purpose, above specified.
Dated this 11th day of October 1895.
D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 & 12 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.