GAME HAVING CAPTURED MARBLE EXPOSED FOR DIGITAL MANIPULATION

• Main Authors: BENTON R,US, MOORE W,US, GONZALES M,US
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 14.05.1974
• Subjects: AMUSEMENTS; CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HUMAN NECESSITIES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; SPORTS; VIDEO GAMES

A plurality of side by side cylindrical bores are each drilled from a vertical edge of a block with one edge of each bore adjacent a planar and major surface of the block. At least some of the bores are partially exposed to the surface of the block by routing out a channel to expose less than a diameter of the cylindrical bore through the major surface to the exterior of the block. Spheres having a diameter less than that of the bore, but greater than that of the channel, are inserted interior of the bore. The bore is plugged at its end to trap the spheres. The spheres are thus held within the bore and yet exposed to external view and digital manipulation through the routed channel. According to one aspect of the invention, transverse ridges and valleys interior of the bore can be used to hold the spheres in preselected positions for marking turns in the game relating to sequential movement of a plurality of spheres in a plurality of exposed bores. According to another aspect of the invention, two exposed passages can be communicated to a hidden passageway and trap; through manipulation of observed spheres and each marked with different indicia, the order of spheres can be changed.