The invention relates to a game apparatus for simulating the game of baseball using dice and a game board.
Numerous game apparatus have been devised in the past to provide parlour games which attempt to reproduce the different combinations of plays and strategies which occur in the actual game of baseball. Such apparatus use various means for randomly selecting the sequence of events for the game. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 1,320,315 issued Oct. 28, 1919 to Clarke discloses a game of parlour baseball which utilizes three sets of three dice each to determine the sequence of events in the game. Each set of three dice represents a pitcher of a given ability, with the result of the throw of a set of dice being the outcome of a given pitch.
U.S. Pat. No. 1,530,676 issued Mar. 24, 1925 to Keeley similarly discloses a simple game apparatus in which four dice are used to simulate the events in a baseball game. Separate dice indicate plays which may be made by the base runner, batter, pitcher and fielder. Similarly, U.S. Pat. No. 1,550,692 issued Aug. 25, 1925 to Gorman similarly discloses a game apparatus in which the sequence of events in a baseball game is simulated using dice. Here, eleven different dice are used to determined the result of a pitch as well as base running. Numerous other games have used various random selecting means to simulate a live baseball game, but such games have lacked the element of strategic choice and the full range of possible outcomes which makes the game more interesting and enjoyable and a closer simulation of the intricacies of the real game.
The present invention provides a baseball-simulating game in which each of the fielding players is represented by a random-event selecting element. Further, the present invention provides a baseball game simulating apparatus in which the pitcher randomly selects a particular type of pitch from a repertoire of pitches, much as would be the case in a real baseball game, with the possible outcomes resulting from such selection being different. In this way a baseball game apparatus is provided which more closely simulates the actual possible outcomes in a baseball game.