A New and Original Board Game.
Year: 1894

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New and Original Board Game.
KATIE LE LEAN, of 11 St. Lawrence Road, Plymouth, England, Hospital
Nurse, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
On accompanying diagram of board the squares marked × & numbered 1. 2. 3. 4
should be coloured blue, black, red, & white, respectively. The game is played
either by 2 persons using 2 Chiefs, 12 Major & 36 Minor pieces or by 4 persons
using 4 Chiefs 24 Major & 44 Minor pieces. Each move of a Major piece is always
followed by the corresponding Minor pieces as to number of squares though not
necessarily in the same direction but the Chiefs & Chiefs-men have quite independent
moves. As in chess the Chiefs are the object of attack. For 4 players certain novel
combinations of pieces are arranged for & both single & double games admit of
great variety & skill, combination & ingenuity in play.
Dated this 3rd day of July 1894
KATIE LE LEAN.
KATIE LE LEAN, 11 St. Lawrence Road, Plymouth, England, Hospital Nurse,
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:
The game is played on an octagonal board, the squares of which are to be
coloured French grey & tan, & on which are marked enclosures, the thin-dotted
ones being for the single game & the thick-dotted ones for the double game (for
the plan of board vide scale diagrams accompanying Provisional Specifica-
tion 12853, 3/7/94) by four players, having each 1 Chief, 6 Major & 11 Minor
pieces, or by two players using respectively 1 Chief, 6 Major & 18 Minor pieces,
the said pieces being coloured red, white, bright blue & black. Red & white alone
being used for the single game.
The pieces used are as follows

page_text: Lieutenants should be 13 inches in height & in shape like a Staunton chess pawn
but with a very small knob on top.
Four for each player.
Lieutenants men are the same shape as the Lieutenants, but only size.
For the double game each Lieutenant has 1 man, for the single game 2 men.
POSITION OF PIECES, FOR EACH PLAYER.
The Chief is placed on the square marked X in his own colour & the Chiefs men
are then placed in a straight line in front of him, on either side these are
flanked by the Majors men, headed by Majors, & outside these again are the
Lieutenants men with the Lieutenants in front; the tail of each line starts from
the base line of the X square.
The Chief moves by hops (as in "Stalma") & takes the first piece which
occupies any square on to which he can hop with impunity, the piece is removed &
the Chief takes its place.
The Chief may never hop over 2 consecutive squares, but may by a series of
hops jump over any number, or kind, of pieces (except another Chief) at a single
move.
He may also by a single move take any unguarded piece on any square
adjoining his own, but otherwise he cannot make any move without a hop.
As the opposing Chiefs start on different colour squares it is good play when
attacking to take a piece which lies on the same colour square as the opposing Chief.
Chiefs men move 2 squares to start with & 1 square afterwards, in any direction;
they move independently of the Chief & of each other; they may not hop & may
only take when any piece on an adjoining square is captured by the opponent, hence
they are very good defensive pieces.
Majors move 1, 2, or 3 squares in any straight direction & can take any piece
within reach but only in a straight line.
The Major cannot move unless all its men can copy the move & if in the double
game it be taken all its men are off the board; but in the single game the Majors
men are not removed until the second Major be taken & they must copy the moves
of the remaining Major until he also is taken.
Majors men must copy the move of the Major but need not follow in the same
direction as the Major has moved. They may neither take nor hop.
Lieutenants move either 1 or 2 squares in any diagonal direction. There are
2 Lieutenants on either colour square & when one Lieutenant is taken its men are
attached to the same colour square remaining Lieutenant but when that one is
taken all the men on the same colour square are removed from the board. The
Lieutenants may take any piece within reach in any diagonal line, but a Lieutenant
(a)
cannot move unless its can move the same number of squares.
men
Lieutenants men follow the Lieutenant as to number of squares moved, though
not necessarily in the same direction. They may neither take nor hop.
RULES.
I. The object of the game is to take the Chief, either by direct capture or by
breaking through his stepping-stones & so getting within taking distance before he
can retreat.
II. The Lieutenants men & Majors men as well as the Chiefs men must be

page_text: III. If 2 players are playing only the red & white pieces (25 of each) are
used & if 4 players play then the red & white pieces are reduced in number to
correspond with blue & black (18 pieces of each colour). White & black are
then partnered against red & blue. Red & white draw lots for the lead & the
players then play in rotation from right to left.
IV. It may be arranged beforehand for one partner to manipulate a certain
combination of pieces (such as the 4 Majors,) any such combination except the
2 Chiefs is allowed, but being once determined on is to continue throughout, but
all the pieces are to be set in the usual way & any interchange must be brought
about by moves in sequence.
V. No talking is allowed after the game has started.
VI. No player is allowed more than 3 minutes for a move.
VII. Any Minor piece may be taken separately.
VIII. Drawn games. The game is drawn with 2 players, when one side has
lost all its Majors & Lieutenants; with 4 players, if one party has lost 1 Chief &
all the Majors & Lieutenants, but otherwise the game is not won unless one party
has captured both of the opponents Chiefs.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, & in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
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