Board game, based on chess, using a radial board

Abstract

The present invention provides a gameboard apparatus, a gameboard method of play, and a method of gamepiece movement, for two players. The gameboard consists of one hundred and twenty spaces, distributed in a radial pattern, and having a generally round shape. The game is played using thirty-two game pieces, representing a standard set of chess pieces. Eighteen of the thirty-two pieces are place on the board at the start of the game, while the remaining fourteen pieces are gradually brought into play. The object of the game is to move the “king” piece into one of four designated spaces and win the game. The general direction of play is that one player starts from the inside and moves outward, while the other player starts from the outside and moves inward.

1 . A two-dimensional gameboard apparatus defining one hundred and twelve spaces as seven ring zones divided by sixteen column zones, where said one hundred and twelve spaces are colored in two contrasting and alternating colors displayed in a checker pattern, and additionally having four neutral-colored spaces outside of the outer ring, and additionally having four neutral-colored spaces inside the inner ring, totalling one hundred and twenty spaces. 
   
   
       2 . A gameboard method comprising the steps of: a) providing a gameboard apparatus as described in  claim 1 ; b) placing game pieces onto the gameboard as necessary and desired within the rules of game play; c) moving game pieces to other spaces as necessary and desired within the rules of game play; d) winning the game by moving a specific game piece into one of four specific spaces as allowed within the rules of game play.