US 11,986,741 B1
Apparatus and method for a board game
Jason Bryan Young, Hillsborough,, NJ (US)
Filed by Jason Bryan Young, Hillsborough,, NJ (US)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/513,102.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/484,880, filed on Feb. 14, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/386,479, filed on Dec. 7, 2022.
Int. Cl. A63F 3/02 (2006.01); A63F 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63F 3/02 (2013.01) [A63F 3/00895 (2013.01); A63F 2003/00927 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A game apparatus comprising:
a plurality of first player game pieces, each of which has a first portion that is a chess piece, such that the plurality of first player game pieces include two rooks, two knights, two bishops, one queen, one king, and eight pawns for a first player for a game of chess;
a plurality of second player game pieces, each of which has a portion that is a chess piece, such that the plurality of second player game pieces include two rooks, two knights, two bishops, one queen, one king, and eight pawns for a second player for a game of chess; and
wherein each of the plurality of first player game pieces has a second portion fixed to a corresponding bottom of a corresponding first portion of each the plurality of first player game pieces;
wherein each of the plurality of second player game pieces has a second portion fixed to a corresponding bottom of a corresponding first portion of each the plurality of second player game pieces;
wherein each second portion of each of the plurality of first player game pieces has a recess at a rear of the second portion so that a cube is configured to be inserted into the recess in a manner so the cube cannot be seen from a front of the second portion; and
wherein each second portion of each of the plurality of second player game pieces has a recess at a rear of the second portion so that a cube is configured to be inserted into the recess in a manner so the cube cannot be seen from a front of the second portion; and
further comprising
a base;
a grid; and
a first plurality of insert pieces;
wherein the grid and the base form a chessboard pattern of a plurality of grid spaces; and
wherein each of the first plurality of insert pieces fits within a space of the plurality of grid spaces; and
wherein each of the first plurality of insert pieces has a device which toggles from an expansion state to a contraction state when pressed.