Magnetic 3d terrain gaming tiles for use in miniatures gaming

Abstract

A magnetic 3D terrain gaming tile comprising: a slab having a top surface and a bottom surface; a plurality of edge walls extending away from the bottom surface of the slab so as to define a bottom recess; a plurality of pockets disposed in the bottom recess; and a plurality of spherical magnets disposed in the plurality of pockets; wherein one spherical magnet is disposed in each of the plurality of pockets, with the spherical magnet being rotatably captured within the pocket.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A magnetic 3D terrain gaming tile comprising:
 a slab having a top surface and a bottom surface;   a plurality of edge walls extending away from the bottom surface of the slab so as to define a bottom recess;   a plurality of pockets disposed in the bottom recess; and   a plurality of spherical magnets disposed in the plurality of pockets;   wherein one spherical magnet is disposed in each of the plurality of pockets, with the spherical magnet being rotatably captured within the pocket.   
     
     
         2 . A method for releasably securing a plurality of magnetic 3D terrain gaming tiles to one another, the method comprising:
 providing a plurality of magnetic 3D terrain gaming tiles, wherein each of the plurality of magnetic 3D terrain gaming tiles comprises:
 a slab having a top surface and a bottom surface; 
 a plurality of edge walls extending away from the bottom surface of the slab so as to define a bottom recess; 
 a plurality of pockets disposed in the bottom recess; and 
 a plurality of spherical magnets disposed in the plurality of pockets; 
 wherein one spherical magnet is disposed in each of the plurality of pockets, with the spherical magnet being rotatably captured within the pocket; and 
   positioning a first magnetic 3D terrain gaming tile adjacent to a second magnetic 3D terrain gaming tile so that a spherical magnet of the first magnetic 3D terrain gaming tile aligns one of its North-South poles with a North-South pole of a counterpart spherical magnet of the second magnetic 3D terrain gaming tile.