Claims
- 1. Apparatus for playing a variant of the game of Go, comprising:
- a plain unmarked playing surface;
- a set of pieces playable on said surface and all of the same shape and size,
- each said piece being shaped substantially as a short polygonal prism,
- the shape of said prism permitting a plurality of pieces to form a mosaic wherein no vertex of one prism lies on a side of another;
- end surface portions of each said piece being of one of two different colors but bearing no other distinctive markings;
- pick-up means in the end surface portion of each said piece, and
- a pick-up tool engageable with any of said means to lift a piece axially upward out of said mosaic;
- the section of said prism being in the shape of two regular polygons joined along a common side to define a dual piece of two halves,
- each said half being of a different one of said two colors,
- said pick-up means being provided in the central portion of each said half; and
- said two regular polygons being hexagons.
- 2. Apparatus for playing a variant of the game of Go, comprising:
- a plain unmarked playing surface;
- a set of pieces playable on said surface and all of the same shape and size,
- each said piece being shaped substantially as a short polygonal prism,
- the shape of said prism permitting a plurality of pieces to form a mosaic wherein no vertex of one prism lies on a side of another;
- end surface portions of each said piece being of one of two different colors but bearing no other distinctive markings;
- pick-up means in the end surface portion of each said piece, and
- a pick-up tool engageable with any of said means to lift a piece axially upward out of said mosaic;
- the section of said prism being in the shape of two regular polygons joined along a common side to define a dual piece of two halves,
- each side half being of a different one of said two colors,
- said pick-up means being provided in the central portion of each said half; and
- said two regular polygons being equilateral triangles, their joinder forming a rhomb.
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of my prior application, Ser. No. 481,305, filed June 20, 1974, and now abandoned.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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