Multi-level game board apparatus
First Claim
1. A multi-level game board apparatus for use with a plurality of chess-like playing pieces, comprisinga square game board of bilaterally colored light and dark squares,said board comprising a central portion and a plurality of surrounding separate portions, each of said surrounding portion being square in shape and cooperating to complete the square shape of said board,means supporting said board central portion at one level,means supporting said surrounding board portions at one or more different levels and laterally spaced to cooperate with said central portion to provide a substantially continuous game board in plan view, andsaid last named supporting means supporting at least some of said square surrounding board portions for rotary movement about the center of such square whereby playing pieces used on said board may be moved along the surface of said board portions or by rotation of one or more of said surrounding square board portions.
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Abstract
A multi-level game board apparatus, adapted to be played with playing pieces such as chess men or the like, consists of a chess or checker board divided into a plurality of levels for play. The board appears, in plan view, to have the arrangement of bilaterally colored dark and light squares of the shape and number of squares of a conventional chess or checker board. The board, however, is separated into a central portion at one level and a plurality of surrounding portions of square configuration separately supported at least at one other level. The separate square portions supported at another level are separately supported on support members permitting rotation of each square portion about its center. In the play of the game, the playing pieces are placed on the board initially, and are moved, as if all of the portions of the board were in a single plane. The game differs from a standard game board, however, in that one or more of said portions supported at different levels may be rotated to position a playing piece at a different relative location without moving the piece on the surface of the board.
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1. A multi-level game board apparatus for use with a plurality of chess-like playing pieces, comprising
a square game board of bilaterally colored light and dark squares, said board comprising a central portion and a plurality of surrounding separate portions, each of said surrounding portion being square in shape and cooperating to complete the square shape of said board, means supporting said board central portion at one level, means supporting said surrounding board portions at one or more different levels and laterally spaced to cooperate with said central portion to provide a substantially continuous game board in plan view, and said last named supporting means supporting at least some of said square surrounding board portions for rotary movement about the center of such square whereby playing pieces used on said board may be moved along the surface of said board portions or by rotation of one or more of said surrounding square board portions.
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