Baseball game

The present invention relates to a board game and more particularly, is designed to emulate the game of baseball.

Board games are a widely practiced recreational activity and many such board games exist. These board games range from those that exist as a “stand alone” game which does not relate to any particular field of endeavour. There are also those board games which are designed to emulate other activities such as a sport including golf, football, baseball, etc. While the above board games may be suitable for the purposes for which they were designed, the present board game is designed to very closely emulate, including actual percentages, the sport of baseball.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a board game wherein dice are rolled and used to represent actions on a baseball field.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a method for playing a board game of baseball wherein dice may be rolled to indicate certain actions which will occur on a baseball field.

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a board game comprising a game board, a pair of six-sided dice, each die side having a designation representing one of the numbers 1 to 6, a six-sided game die having three sides with a first designation and three sides with a second designation, and a six-sided defence die having a first pair of sides with a first designation, a second pair of sides with a second designation, and third pair of sides with a third designation.

According to a further aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for playing a board game, the method comprising the method of playing a baseball board game comprising the steps of supplying a game board, a pair of numbered dice each having six sides with numbers 1 to 6, a six-sided game die having a first set of three sides substantially identical and a second set of three sides substantially identical, and a six-sided defence die having three pairs of two sides each substantially identical, rolling the numbered dice wherein each combined number designates an action for the batter, permitting the offensive or defensive teams to roll a supplemental die for a further action, the supplemental die being rolled depending upon the original number obtained from the numbered dice.

The board game of the present invention, as above mentioned, comprises a plurality of dice and a board which can be depicted in different manners. Preferably, the board will have a depiction of a baseball stadium and more preferably, has the depiction of a baseball stadium in the area in which the game is sold or distributed.

Naturally, the depiction would include the interior of a baseball stadium with base paths along with first, second, third and home plates.

The board game may also include representations of the players on the opposing teams as is well known in the art. Any suitable type of token or design may be utilized with their being at least four such tokens for each team.

The board game includes a pair of conventional six-sided dice, with each side representing a numerical value of one to six. These dice are conventional in many board games and gambling games. The depiction of the number is conventionally the number of dots on the side of the die; other depictions may also be utilized.

In addition to the conventional dice, the board game of the present invention uses two supplemental dice, one of which will be designated as a game die and the other as a defence die for reasons which will become apparent herein below. Preferably, the game die has three sides carrying a first designation and three sides carrying a second designation. In a preferred embodiment, the designation is the colour of the die.

For the defensive die, there are preferably three sets of designations, each designation covering two sides. Again, the purpose will be explained hereinbelow.