Personalized parlor game

Abstract

A parlor game having game playing pieces which can be used to play conventional parlor games, such as a game of chess, and which can still be personalized to provide an aesthetic appearance or decor consistent with that desired by a user. The game board and playing pieces can still nevertheless represent playing pieces for particular games, as for example, those pieces used in the game of chess. A unique game board having a three dimensional playing surfaces is also provided.

Having thus described the invention, what we desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent is:  
     
         1  A parlor game which is capable of being personalized to the tastes of a particular user of the game and which still allows for play of a game using conventional rules for the play of that game, said parlor game comprising: 
 (a) a game board having a plurality of playing piece spaces and which are adapted to receive playing pieces thereon during the play of a game;  
 (b) a plurality of individual playing pieces with certain of the playing pieces adapted for one opponent player and certain others of the playing pieces adapted for use by another opponent player;  
 (c) means for allowing personalization of certain of the playing pieces so as to effectively customize the parlor game to the tastes of a particular user thereof.  
 
     
     
         2  The parlor game of  claim 1  further characterized in that said game board comprises a plurality of vertically spaced apart game board sections with each of the game boar capable of receiving one or more playing pieces thereon during the play of a game.  
     
     
         3  The parlor game of  claim 1  further characterized in that said game is capable of being played as a game of chess in accordance with the standard rules of a game of chess and where each opponent player has a plurality of differing types of playing pieces to represent the different playing pieces used in a game of chess.  
     
     
         4  The parlor game of  claim 1  further characterized in that certain of the playing pieces are designed with a gap between a pair of plates so as to receive a personalized substrate with indicia thereon.  
     
     
         5  The parlor game of  claim 2  further characterized in that said game board is provided with a plurality of spaced apart board sections, and each of which board sections are similar in appearance but differ in size relative to one another.  
     
     
         6  The parlor game of  claim 5  further characterized in that said board sections comprise an uppermost board section and a lowermost board section with at least one intermediate board section with the uppermost board section being the smallest in area and the lowermost board section being the largest in area and each intermediate board section being larger than the one immediately thereabove.  
     
     
         7  A parlor game arrangement having a game board which allows for the play of a conventional parlor game but which also increases the skill or perceptive ability of the players and which may be played using conventional game rules for the play of that parlor game or modified game rules, said game board comprising: 
 a) a plurality of levels of playing boards spaced apart from one another such that certain ones of the tiers are located above others of the tiers;  
 b) each of said tiers having a plurality of playing piece spaces thereon;  
 c) each tier having a lesser number of playing pieces spaces than the tier located immediately therebeneath.  
 
     
     
         8  The parlor game assembly of  claim 7  further characterized in that each tier has playing piece spaces located only along the periphery of each of said boards.  
     
     
         9  The parlor game assembly of  claim 7  further characterized in that there are four individual tiers with the lowermost tier having a total of thirty playing piece spaces located on the periphery thereof, the next uppermost tier having twenty playing piece spaces located on the periphery thereof, and the next tier having twelve playing piece spaces located on the periphery thereof, with the uppermost tier having four playing piece spaces located along the periphery thereof.  
     
     
         10  The parlor game assembly of  claim 7  further characterized in that each of said tiers are spaced apart from one another by tier spacers located between that tier and the tier immediately therebeneath.  
     
     
         11  The parlor game assembly of  claim 7  further characterized in that said game board has a base plate beneath and supporting each of the playing piece tiers and a top plate disposed over the uppermost of the tiers and having a size which is less than the uppermost of the tiers.  
     
     
         12  The parlor game assembly of  claim 7  further characterized in that each of the tiers are separated from one another by tier spacers such that there is a space existing between each of the tiers.  
     
     
         13  A parlor game arrangement having unique individual playing pieces which can be personalized to the tastes of the players or users thereof, said playing pieces comprising: 
 a) a first playing piece having a base capable of supporting an upstanding element thereon;  
 b) means associated with said upstanding element representing a certain type of playing piece in accordance with a conventional parlor game; and  
 c) means for allowing for the personalization of said playing piece to fit the customs or design of a particular user.  
 
     
     
         14  The personalized game playing pieces of  claim 13  further characterized in that the upstanding element on certain of said playing pieces comprises a pair of spaced apart plates capable of being spread apart to provide a gap therebetween and which gap is sized to receive a substrate having personalization thereon.  
     
     
         15  The personalized game playing pieces of  claim 13  further characterized in that one of said playing pieces has a representation of a knight which can be used in the game of chess.  
     
     
         16  The personalized game playing pieces of  claim 15  further characterized in that another of the personalized playing pieces is a representation of a knight different from the first mentioned knight so that each player can have a different knight for use in a game of chess.  
     
     
         17  The personalized game playing pieces of  claim 14  further characterized in that goblets are used to represent bishops in the game of chess.