JPH1015148A - Game card - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game card used for a masked competition game, capable of showing a judgement result regarding a relative 'win', 'loss' or 'draw', when the card is placed on a judgement device having the capability of judging a win, a loss or the like for two competition game cards in the masked competition game. SOLUTION: Two or more sets of game cards, each set consisting of three or more game cards are arrayed on a game board 14. Also, grouping information types c1 and c2 consisting of uniform design or characters for each set are shown on the upper surface of game cards 12 and 13 placed on the game board 14. Furthermore, visual recognition information types a1 and a2 of design or characters independently and visually identifiable from each set of game cards turned over on the game board 14 are indicated to identify a relative win or loss from a victory and defeat table. Also, cord information types b1 and b2 are added, so as to correspond to the visual recognition information types a1 and a2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a game card (a card made of paper or plastic such as a playing card in the specification of the present application) in which two or more players arrange a plurality of pieces on a game board in accordance with rules. And chess pieces, othello pieces, etc.) and move to the same point, and a match will be played. The winning game card is determined to be "win" and "losed" or "tied" according to the combination indicated by the visual recognition information which is made up of a figure or a character and which can visually recognize the relative strength, and the winning game card is left on the game board. A masked battle card game that progresses the game according to the rules such as, etc., in particular, two game cards played by the automatic judgment device Relative to the "win" is automatic judgment of any of the "negative" or "draw" is done, about the undercover battle card game game card.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the specification of the present application, a masked battle game refers to a game such as a military shogi game, and is not found anywhere else in the past. However, if a soldier shogi game is placed on an automatic determination device that can determine a win or a loss, etc., the relative “win” and “loss” between game cards
Alternatively, one of the determinations of “draw” is not automatically displayed, but a person other than the two players (opponents) acts as a judge and determines a win or a loss. In more detail, the military shogi game has characters or figures on the surface that include a general, lieutenant general, major general, colonel, colonel, major, captain, lieutenant, lieutenant, airplane, tank, mine, cavalry, engineer, spy, and military flag. Understand the relative strength of the played game cards, calculate the arrangement so that organic strength is generated, arrange them face down on the shogi board so that they can not be seen by the opponent, and follow the prescribed rules It is assumed that a player moves his or her game card alternately and fights in a place where they move and overlaps, and the referee sees the character indicating the relative strength of the two game cards played and decides whether to win or lose or draw. Make a decision,
The game is advanced by returning only the winning game card to the battle position, and the player who enjoys winning the game when his or her arbitrary game card reaches the headquarters in the opponent's base can be enjoyed.

[0003]

If an automatic judging device is provided which can automatically and quickly and accurately judge winning or losing when playing in a military shogi game, a military shogi game may be provided. Since the game can be played only by human opponents, the progress of the game becomes quicker and more interesting, and the military shogi game can be widely spread. If the automatic judgment device is provided, it is an opportunity to create not only a military shogi game but also various masked battle games that can be used by the automatic judgment device. However, what is the configuration of the automatic determination device and the configuration of the game card used in the masked battle game such as the military shogi game can be used by the automatic determination device.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and automatically determines the relative “win” and “loss” or “draw” between two game cards to be played in a masked battle game. Since there is no automatic judging device in the world that can be judged, a game card for an unmasked battle card game is provided in which the automatic judging device can be determined in such a way as to win or lose after the automatic judging device is specified in detail. Is to do.

[0005]

According to the present invention, as a means for solving the above-mentioned problems, two or more sets of game cards are arranged on a game board, one set of which is a combination of three or more game cards. On the surface that becomes the upper surface when the game cards are arranged on the game board, grouping information composed of a unified design or character for each group is displayed, and on the surface that is face down on the game board of each group of game cards,
Visual identification information for identifying relative wins / losses / drawings from the winning / losing table is displayed with a design or characters that can be visually identified individually, and code information corresponding to the visual identification information is added. It is intended to provide a game card of an undercover card game characterized by being played.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A game card of an undercover card game according to the present invention will be described together with a description of an automatic judgment device. As shown in FIG. 1, in the automatic determination device S, openings 1a and 1b opened on the upper surface of a casing 1 are closed by transparent films 2a and 2b having high tensile strength and durability.
A microcomputer 4, a ROM 5, and a pair of code reading means 6
a, 6b, win / loss display means 7, and judgment switch 8
, A piezoelectric buzzer 9 is provided, and power is supplied by connecting a power supply cord (not shown) with a current-voltage converter for converting a 100-volt AC power supply to a 3-volt DC power supply to the dry battery 10 or the plug jack 11. The judgment switch 8 is turned on when pressed and turned off when released. When the determination switch 8 is turned on, the microcomputer 4 starts operating by the function of a self-holding circuit (not shown).

FIG. 6 shows a military shogi game which is an example of an undercover card game. In FIG. 6, two sets of game cards 12 and 13 have visual identification information a ₁ or a
₂ and code information b ₁ or b ₂ groupings are unified into a set by the rear surface with is displayed information c ₁ or c ₂ is displayed. The game card of the present invention may be any two or more sets of game cards arranged on a game board in which one set is a combination of three or more game cards. When the game cards are arranged on the game board, the unified design or character grouping information for each group is displayed on the upper surface, so that the game card can be used when starting the masked match card game. Can be divided into groups. In addition, the visual identification information a ₁ or a ₂ composed of a design or characters that can be visually identified individually is displayed on the surface of each set of game cards that face down on the game board, so that the league match data is displayed. Find the same visual identification information in a win-loss table and win for any game card, lose for any game card, or draw for any game card
Can be recognized. Visual identification information a _1, a _2, which may if identified visually, visual identification information a ₁ displayed in the military shogi game game card (chess piece), a
₂ is the character or figure of a general, lieutenant general, major general, colonel, colonel, major, captain, lieutenant, lieutenant, airplane, tank, mine, cavalry, engineer, spy, and military flag, as indicated by such ranks. It is not limited to letters or designs that require strong or weak implications. The visual identification information a ₁ and a ₂ include:
Pictures and names of TV animation characters and dinosaurs, pictures and names of gods in Greek mythology, pictures and names of historical figures, and pictures and names of animals, insects, and fish may be displayed. When one set consists of a combination of three game cards, there are also three pieces of visual identification information a ₁ or a ₂ that can be visually identified individually, and such three pieces of visual identification information a ₁ or a _{For 2} , the figure of the shape of "par" with five fingers open,
It is preferable to use a figure with the shape of a "fist" made with a fist and a figure with a shape of "choki" with the forefinger and middle finger extended, because the relative strength can be considered, but "1" and "2" are preferable. It can be a number of "3", a picture of a cochlea, a picture of a frog, and a picture of a snake, or a picture of a dog, a picture of a cat, and a picture of a mouse. be able to. The reason is that the relative strength does not arise from the idea of the combination of the visual identification information, but that each player can visually identify one visual identification information with the other visual identification information, so that each player can see the win or loss. This is because it is necessary and sufficient if the relative strength can be understood by looking at the table. Also, the code information b ₁ and b ₂ that can specify the address of the memory cell of the ROM of the automatic determination device S are attached to the surface of each set of the game cards 12 and 13 that face down on the game board. The code information can be read and decoded by the automatic determination device S, and can be collated with the league game victory data stored in the ROM. The 7-bit code information b ₁ , b ₂ composed of a combination of white circles and black circles added to the surfaces of the game cards 12, 13 is information corresponding to the visual recognition information a ₁ , a _2, and This is code information for identifying the relative strength of the card. The code information b ₁ and b ₂ may be any code information that can be read by the automatic determination device, and may be a bar code, a numeric code, a magnetic code, or a perforated code. Because
This is because it is sufficient if the code information reading means of the automatic determination device is made to correspond to the code information of the game card. The two sets of game cards 12 and 13 are arranged on the game board 14 such that the visual identification information a ₁ or a ₂ is not visible. In order to determine the win or loss of the two game cards 12 and 13 that have been played out of the two sets of game cards 12 and 13, the two game cards 12 and 13 must have the visual identification information a ₁ or a _2. It is placed so as to match the positioning recesses 1c and 1d on the upper surface of the housing 1 with its surface face down so as not to be seen.

[0008] As shown in FIG.
Each of a and 6b employs a photointerrupter array in which seven photointerrupters are arranged opposite to the transparent films 2a and 2b (hereinafter, the code reading means is referred to as a photointerrupter array).
One photo interrupter is a micro device in which a light emitting element and a light receiving element are coupled. The photointerrupter arrays 6a and 6b sequentially emit light from the seven light-emitting elements, and serially read 7-bit code information added to the game card 12 or 13 placed on the transparent film 2a or 2b. Photo interrupter array 6
a and 6b are the two game cards 1 on the transparent films 2a and 2b which sequentially emit light from the seven light emitting elements.
7-bit code information b ₁ on the front surface (lower surface) of 2, 13
received by the light receiving element reflected light intensity is changed by our performing light absorption by the irradiation position is irradiated in b ₂ is white or black, when the black such as less than 0.5 volts, when the white Output as 0.5-3 volts. As shown in the circuit diagram of FIG. 2 and the flowchart of FIG. 5, when the determination switch 8 is turned on, the microcomputer 4 serially outputs two sets of 7-bit light emission signals to the photo interrupter arrays 6a and 6b and receives light reception signals. Is directly and serially received as a 7-bit binary signal to decode the codes of the two sets of 7-bit serial signals.

The winning and losing display means 7 is provided with a total of six LEDs (light emitting diodes) of blue, yellow and red, respectively, such that the same colors are opposed to each other. (Hereinafter, in this embodiment, the display means such as winning or losing is referred to as L.
ED. ) LED 7a ', 7a "is blue and" wins "
The LEDs 7b ′ and 7b ″ are yellow and indicate “draw”, and the LEDs 7c ′ and 7c ″ are red and indicate “loss”.

As shown in the circuit diagrams of FIGS. 1 and 2 and the flowchart of FIG. 5, the microcomputer 4 uses the code value converted into the serial signal as the RO
An address decoder (column decoder) which inputs to an M5 address decoder (row decoder) and converts a code value converted into a serial signal into an address designation signal
To specify the 2-bit address of the memory cell. The ROM 5 extracts 2-bit data stored at the designated address of the memory cell to the address decoder (column decoder), and outputs it to the microcomputer 4 from the output circuit. 15 × 1 corresponding to FIG.
When a group of league game win / loss data, which is relative win / loss data between the game cards of No. 5 (data obtained by arranging wins and losses and draws), is stored in a memory cell, and the address of the memory cell is specified, Is extracted by an address decoder (column decoder) and output to the microcomputer 4 from an output circuit. The league game win / loss data group stored in the ROM 5 is data of “win”, “loss”, and “draw” of the game card 12 relative to the game card 13, and “win” is “0”, “loss” "Is" 1 "and" Draw "is" 2 ", and two bits are allocated to one data and stored.

Then, the microcomputer 4 sets R
When the two-bit data is read from the OM 5, it is determined whether the two-bit data is winning data "0", losing data "1", or tie data "2" based on the system program. LEs
D7a ', 7a ", 7b', 7b", 7c ', 7c "are turned on. That is, when the game card 12 wins the game card 13, the microcomputer 4 , Blue LED 7a 'and red L
The LED of ED7c "is turned on for 5 seconds, and the game card 12
And the game card 13 is "Draw", the yellow LE
D7b 'and 7b "are turned on for 5 seconds, and the game card 1
When 2 is “win” against the game card 13,
The blue LED 7a "and the red LED 7c 'are turned on for 5 seconds. Further, the microcomputer 4 causes the piezoelectric buzzer 9 to output a determination end sound of" bit "at each determination. The six LEDs 7a ', 7a ", 7
b ′, 7b ″, 7c ′, 7c ″ and the determination switch 8
It projects or is exposed on the upper surface of the housing 1.

FIG. 3 is a table showing a winning and losing table of 15 game cards and 15 game cards in a league match. A brute force table of 15 game cards 12 and 15 game cards 13 is shown. It is. In the table, fifteen sheets fifteen types Viewed game card 12 of the visual identification information a ₁ and with shows ten five kinds of code information b _1, fifteen game cards 13 displayed the fifteen types of showing a visual identification information a ₂ of ten (10) five kinds of code information b _2. In the table, "〇" indicates winning, "X" indicates losing, and "△" indicates a tie, and "winning", "losing",
Indicates "Draw".

FIG. 4 shows a table of FIG. 3 in which the "〇" mark is converted to a numerical value with "0", the "x" mark as "1", and the "△" mark as "2". This is a list to which the decoded values of b ₁ and b ₂ are appended, and it is assumed that the ROM 5 stores a league game win / loss data group in 2-bit units so as to correspond to this list. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an outline of a system program stored in the microcomputer.

Next, the operation of the automatic determination device will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 6 shows a military shogi game. The automatic determination device S is placed on the side of the game board instead of the referee. In this undercover card game, two or more players play a plurality of game cards (shogi pieces)
12 and 13 are arranged on the game board 14 and their game cards are moved in accordance with the rules described in the play card 15, and when a match is performed when the player moves to the same point, Is the visual recognition information a attached to the lower surface of the two game cards 12 and 13.
_1, a ₂ is in the automatic determination device six LED turns on the determination switch 8 is placed on the S so as not to be visible, any two of the game card 12 to see the lighting of the LED is "wins"
Or Game Card 13 is "Win" or "Draw"
The game progresses in accordance with the rules described on the play card 15, such as leaving the winning game card on the game board. The play card 15 shown in FIG. 6 describes a method of moving the game card and a method of proceeding with the game, and also describes a winning / losing table of the league match shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, the game cards 12 and 13, since the two types of design c ₁ or c ₂ is displayed as grouping information unified set by the rear surface (upper surface), the player, design c ₁ is a game card 12 being displayed, it can be easily divided into two sets of the game card 13 design c ₂ are displayed. Generals, Vice Admirals, Major Generals, Colonel, Colonel, Major, Captain, displayed on the front (bottom) surface of the game cards 12, 13 (pieces).
Lt., Ensign, aircraft, tanks, mines, cavalry, engineers, and spy character a ₁ or a ₂ is a visual recognition information for a player to visually recognize the relative strength of the game card. Therefore, the player visually recognizes whether the visual recognition information a ₁ or a ₂ is a general, a vice general, a minor, or the like, and recognizes the relative strength by looking at the league table of the play card 15 in the league. It is possible to arrange the arrangements face down on the game board so that the opponent player cannot see them, considering that the arrangement relationship has an organic strength. It is assumed that each player moves his or her own game card 12 or 13 alternately according to the rules, and moves and overlaps each other, and code information b ₁ and b ₂ are added to the two game cards 12 and 13 that have competed. The housing 1 is placed with its surface facing down so as to match the positioning recesses 1c and 1d on the upper surface of the housing 1 shown in FIG.

When the determination switch 8 is turned on, a system program stored in the microcomputer 4 is started, and the photointerrupter arrays 6a and 6b receive light emission signals sequentially output from the microcomputer 4 and emit seven light emission signals. The device emits light and the transparent film 2a or 2b
Of two sets of seven bits corresponding to two sets of code information corresponding to two sets of seven bits consisting of a combination of white circles and black circles added to the game card 12 or 13 located above the two sets of binary signals Serially accepts the received light signal. Then, the microcomputer 4, wherein the column address obtained two sets of seven-bit serial signal by decoding the code, from the code information b ₂ row address and the game card 13 obtained from the code information b ₁ of the game card 12 The address of the memory cell is specified via the row decoder and the column decoder of the ROM, and the 2-bit data stored at that address is read to determine whether the data value is "0", "1" or "2". Either of them is determined based on the system program, and when the two-bit data is “0”, the game card 12 determines that the game card 13 has
7a 'and the red LED 7c "are turned on for 5 seconds,
When the two-bit data is "1", it is determined that the game card 12 is "losing" with respect to the game card 13, the blue LED 7a "and the red LED 7c 'are turned on for five seconds, and the two-bit data is" 2 ". ", The game card 12 determines that the game card 13 is a" draw "with respect to the game card 13, and the yellow LEDs 7b 'and 7b" are turned on for 5 seconds.
Then, the microcomputer 4 causes the piezoelectric buzzer 9 to output a judgment end sound of "Beep" at each judgment.
When the determination is completed, the microcomputer 4 is turned off by the power cut of the system program.
Thereby, power consumption can be saved. Subsequently, when the two game cards 12 and 13 played next are placed on the upper surface of the housing 1 and the determination switch 8 is turned on, the system program stored in the microcomputer 4 is restarted,
7-bit code information b ₁ , b ₂ indicating the relative strength of the two game cards 12, 13 is read to win or lose.
Make a draw determination. Thereafter, the microcomputer 4 is turned off. Therefore, the game proceeds in such a manner that only the winning game card is returned to the battle position according to the determination of the win or loss and the draw, and when the player's arbitrary game card reaches the headquarters in the opponent's base, the player wins. You can enjoy the game.

The rules of the masked battle game can be freely set separately irrespective of the game card and the automatic judgment device of the present invention. For example, the order and direction of moving game cards, specifying cards that can be moved to a free position in a single move or immovable cards, using dice, using reward chips, etc. are free as game rules. Can be listed.

[0017]

As described above, according to the game card of the present invention, since the grouping information c ₁ and c ₂ are provided, a large number of game cards can be grouped for each group. Since the visual identification information a ₁ and a ₂ are displayed, the relative strength of the same visual identification information can be understood by looking at the visual identification information a ₁ and a ₂ and then looking at the win / loss table. It can function as a recognition element for arranging on a game board by taking into account the arrangement relationship so as to generate organic strength, and furthermore, since code information b ₁ and b ₂ are added, an automatic judgment device It is possible to automatically determine the relative “win” and “loss” or “draw” of the two game cards that can be read and decoded and played against each other, and when these are combined, two or more A player plays a game board with multiple pieces Move your game card in line with the rules, and assuming that a match will be played when you move to the same point, if a match is played, the figures or letters attached to the bottom of the two game cards An unmasked card game in which the game progresses according to rules such as determining the "winning" and "losing" or "drawing" according to the combination indicated by the visual recognition information and leaving the winning game card on the game board. Can be played by using an automatic judgment device. In addition, according to the game card of the present invention, it is needless to say that even if the automatic determination device is not easily provided, if a person other than the player becomes a judge, it can be played.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an automatic determination device according to the present invention, which can automatically determine whether two game cards that compete in an undercover card game are winning or losing, and FIG.
(B) is a horizontal cross-sectional view showing a state where the upper surface of the printed circuit board is viewed except for an upper surface portion of the housing, (b) is a bottom view showing a state where a lid for a dry battery is removed, and (d) is a vertical cross-section.

FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram of an automatic determination device.

[Figure 3] Win / Loss Table of League Match (Round-robin Match) of 15 Game Cards and 15 Game Cards

FIG. 4 b ₁ , b of code information of a league match (brute force match) of 15 game cards and 15 game cards
List showing decode values of ₂

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an outline of a system program stored in a microcomputer;

FIG. 6 is a game explanatory diagram showing a military shogi game and a game card (shogi pieces) used in a military shogi game, which is an embodiment of the game card of the present invention in which an undercover battle card game can be played using the automatic determination device.

[Explanation of symbols]

12,13 ... two sets of game cards or competition with two game card a ₁ was, a ₂ ... visual identification information b _1, b ₂ ... code information c _1, c ₂ ... groupings Information

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[Submission date] August 22, 1996

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[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an automatic determination device according to the present invention, which can automatically determine whether two game cards that compete in an undercover card game are winning or losing, and FIG.
(B) is a horizontal sectional view showing a state in which the upper surface of the printed circuit board is viewed except for an upper surface portion of the housing, (c) is a bottom view showing a state in which a lid for a dry battery is removed, and (d) is a longitudinal section.

FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram of an automatic determination device.

[Figure 3] Win / Loss Chart of League Match (Round-robin Match) of 15 Game Cards and 15 Game Cards

FIG. 4 b ₁ and b of code information of a league match (brute force match) of 15 game cards and 15 game cards
Table showing decode values of ₂

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an outline of a system program stored in a microcomputer;

FIG. 6 is a game explanatory diagram showing a military shogi game and a game card (shogi pieces) used in a military shogi game, which is an embodiment of the game card of the present invention in which an undercover battle card game can be played using the automatic determination device.

[Description of Signs] 12, 13 ... two sets of game cards or two game cards played a ₁ , a ₂ ... visual identification information b ₁ , b ₂ ... code information c ₁ , c _2. ..Grouping information

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. One or more sets of game cards arranged on a game board composed of a combination of three or more game cards, and each set is arranged on a surface which becomes an upper surface when the game cards are arranged on the game board. The unified design or character grouping information for each group is displayed. The surface of the game card of each group, which is placed on the game board, can be visually and individually identified by the design or character.・ In addition to displaying visual identification information for identifying the draw from the win / loss table,
A game card having code information corresponding to the visual identification information.