Abstract: A baseball game including a gameboard having a baseball field design, four decks of cards and moveable pieces shaped as a baseball player. The decks of cards include a pitcher's deck, a batter's deck, a defense deck and a catcher's deck. The pitcher's deck comprises (a) strike cards which include an indicia designating infield or outfield and (b) ball cards. When a strike card is exposed, a batter card is exposed which may be a clean hit card, a ground ball card or a fly ball card. If a ground ball card or a fly ball card is exposed, the position on the batter card must match that of the strike card otherwise a strike is called. If the positions on the batter card and the pitcher card match, a defense card or catcher's card is exposed and the outcome of the hit ball is determined by the instructions on the defense card.

Abstract: A game apparatus including a game board and game pieces designed for two players is disclosed. The game board has a circular playing area comprising a plurality of zigzag game paths, each of which begins at the edge of the circle and terminates at the center. Individual game pieces are positioned around the circumference of the game board on the individual zigzag paths and also at the center of the circle on the game path terminus. The game pieces are moved, each on its own individual path, according to a set of rules governing each game piece. Rules are provided for "jumping" each other and "removing" opponent's pieces. The game paths sometimes intersect each other and sometimes lie alongside each other and the object of the game is achieved when the first game piece successfully traverses its pathway to the center. Further interest in the game is provided by the second set of game pieces located at the center circle and whose purpose is to "guard" the circle center.

Abstract: A board game includes player pieces of at least two types and a game board. The game board has a center area and player piece positions disposed in rows extending radially from the center area. Concentric movement paths connect the player piece positions of different rows and include first designations to indicate that any type of player piece may move along the concentric movement paths between the player piece positions. Radial movement paths connect player piece positions of the same row and include second designations to indicate that only one type of player piece may move along the radial movement path between two player positions. The second designations alternately mark the radial movement path between player piece positions such that any one type of the player pieces may move between only two player piece positions along the radial movement path before moving along a concentric movement path.

Abstract: An improved board game is disclosed comprising a novel game board having a first, second and a third major board section. A first minor board section is interposed between the first and second major board sections, whereas a second minor board section is interposed between the second and third major board sections. Flexible hinges are provided to connect the major and minor board sections, enabling the game board to be folded along the flexible hinges. A first and a second elevational member respectively, project from the first and second major board sections of the game board. The first and second elevational members may take the form of a rotatable random selecting spinner device or a decorative ornament structure pertinent to the subject matter of the game. The first and second elevational members are established such that one of the elevational members is receivable in the other of the elevational members, enabling the board to be folded with the major board sections being substantially parallel.

Abstract: An apparatus for constructing the genealogies of famous and/or noble individuals is disclosed. The device consists of a board or pedigree surface and a series of 63 prism-like structures--one for the subject and one for each of his (her) 62 ancestors over the preceding five generations.Each of these prism-like structures contains nominal information on a particular individual as well as a short biographical sketch or anecdote. Included in the sketch or anecdote is that individual's relationship to one or more members of the family tree. These familial relationships enable users to correctly place ancestors with the aid of certain known points within the pedigree.These known points are board positions which are labeled with the same nominal information as found on the prism-like structures. The great majority of board positions, however, are unlabeled and the proper ancestor for each of these sites must be deduced from familial relationships contained in the biographical sketches.

Abstract: A game based upon the religious novel Pilgrim's Progress in which spiritual and moral values are an integral part thereof. A game board is divided into two sections of play and displays a path of travel, as in Pilgrim's Progress, along which the participants each move a marker, with progress along the path being determined by the turn of a spinner/compass, having two levels governing play over the two sections of the display path, or by a pair of dice, governing the direction and duration of diversions from the main path. There are corresponding sets of question and answer cards, with the question cards containing a biblical quotation with key words deleted therefrom and possible answer words provided therebelow, and with the answer cards indicating the correct words to be filled into the quotation. Winners are determined in two ways. One winner is the one whose marker first reaches the end point after traversing the entire path.

Abstract: A game for two to six players to provide an indication of a player's present level of maturational functioning by his ability to make his communications understood and his ability to understand others' communications. The game comprises a pack of cards having sixsets. Each set includes six identical cards. Each card of a set bears a respective intentional type word and an associated score value. The intentional words are EXCLAMATION, DEMAND, COMPLAINT, REQUEST, CONCERN and SUGGESTION and the corresponding score values are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, respectively. The game includes a mover for each player and a game board having a plurality of positions to be traversed in sequential steps from a start position to a finish position, with the number of steps taken being a function of the score values accumulated during each hand of play.

Abstract: A board game designed arounda "monster" theme wherein the object of the game is to proceed from a starting area to a weapons pickup area while avoiding capture by the monster and after pick up of a weapon to be the first to hunt down and destroy the monster. The board game apparatus includes a game board having a playing surface and a travel path defined by a plurality of spaced apart play stations extending between a starting area and the pickup area for weapons. A plurality of playing pieces are adapted to be moved along the travel path between the play stations and a chance device is utilized for directing the movement of the playing pieces along the travel path. The game board playing surface also includes a plurality of spaced apart foot spaces arranged in pairs to straddle the travel path. A toy figure in the form of a monster having spaced apart feet is adapted to stand on pairs of the foot spaces and straddle the travel path when the monster is in a standing position.

Abstract: A board game, for being played competitively between several players, and wherein the game board has a playing field, that is divided into hexagonal playing spaces, so that rows of spaces can be made in three different directions, the spaces each being adaptable to have a playing piece placed thereupon, and which has an alphabetical letter imprinted thereupon, so that words can be formed in three different directions, so that letters, of words in one direction, can also comprise a letter of words in other directions.

Abstract: A game board for the play of partnership chess by four participants. The playing area of the board is 8-sided, being bounded by four straight sides alternated with four curved sides formed by quarter circles. A symmetrical checkered pattern of 120 four-sided and 8 five-sided playing spaces is provided on which four standard sets of 16 chess pieces are to be placed. In the preferred embodiment of this invention, an octagonal space or gate is located at the center of the board, with dotted lines establishing pairs of optional routes to either the right or left for those chess pieces permitted to make diagonal moves toward the board center.

Abstract: A parlor game utilizing a game board having a first set of playing sections disposed in a continuous path around the periphery thereof, and a second set of playing sections disposed within the area defined by the first set of sections. A movable game piece is provided for each participant and die are thrown to advance the game piece around the board. Title cards are provided, one associated with each playing section of the first set, and a number of title cards capable of purchase by individual participants being associated with some of the sections of the first set of sections. A participant traverses one of at least two alternate paths in the second set of playing sections which determines his eligibility for purchase of various of the title cards associated with sections in the first set of playing sections.

Abstract: A board game of skill which has an upper transparent stationary surface, a transparent first movable underlying member with a partial direction-movement pattern, a lower opaque second underlying movable member which has a complimentary partial direction-movement pattern in one of a number of varied positions. The uppermost stationary transparent surface is provided with peg holes for moving pegs or pieces along color coded allowed direction-movement patterns formed by the two movable underlying members. Selection of the underlying member position to determine the alignment of the partial direction-movement patterns and the number of movements allowed is determined from random selection dice mounted in a centrally supported revolvable dice box.

Abstract: A simulated basketball game played by two players comprises a playing board having two simulated half-courts, color coded and lettered offensive and defensive positions in each half-court, corresponding color coded and lettered game pieces and a simulated ball providing each player with both an offensive and a defensive team in each half-court and a corresponding color and letter coded system of dials providing play and score opportunities simulating offensive and defensive style of play and situations encountered in the game of basketball.

Abstract: A pursuit game apparatus which includes a board divided into two segments in visual isolation of each other, each segment having a plurality of electrical connectors thereon within a design pattern and a moveable probe, with both the design and connector location being identical in each segment. Each connector on one segment is electrically connected to a connector in the corresponding location on the other segment. An electrical power supply and an indicator connected in series with the probes produce a signal indicative of positioning of the two probes in identical complementary connectors in each segment. A die and instruction card means restrict the movement and location of each probe introducing a variation of the pure chance element in the position matching process.

Abstract: A three dimensional game is provided comprising upper and lower playing fields each divided into corresponding first and second playing areas. Each playing area is provided with the same number of game piece locations, and the upper and lower playing fields are oriented for the first and second playing areas on the upper field to respectively overlie the second and first playing areas on the lower field. Two sets of game pieces are provided each of a number corresponding to the number of game piece locations provided in the two playing areas of one of the playing fields. The game is played by initially placing all of the game pieces in the corresponding one of the two playing areas in the upper field, thus completely filling the corresponding playing area. The players then, in sequential turn, move their respective game pieces into the corresponding playing area of the lower playing field other than by direct movements thereinto from the corresponding upper playing area.

Abstract: A game apparatus for checkers and chess which is three dimensional to provide a simulated perspective of a combat zone by raising or lowering each successive row of squares, a uniform distance from front and back to the center of the apparatus.

Abstract: A game wherein each participant is supplied with simulated currency which the player uses to simulate the activities generally associated with the construction industry, such that the participants develop an understanding of the decision making and financial aspects of the construction industry. The game consists of a playing board having a peripheral area marked with spaces that constitute a plurality of individual playing courses, each course being representative of the various steps associated with a construction project, such as constructing a building. Each course is provided with a plurality of instructions which, by the throw of dice by the participant determines his profit and loss during each step of the course.

Abstract: A chance device for randomly selecting one of a plurality of radial directions on a game board. The device includes a housing defining an internal cavity and a plurality of light transmitting apertures defined generally around the periphery of the housing. An illuminator is rotatably mounted within the housing by an indexing mechanism causing the illuminator to stop adjacent one of the apertures. The chance device further includes a switch for alternately energizing the illuminating device at the termination of rotation to direct a flashing beam through the selected aperture. The game board includes a position for mounting the chance device and radial indicia extending away from the chance device in directions aligned with the apertures defined in the housing.

Abstract: A table game of football, which is played upon a game board, upon which there is imprinted different positions for football players, together with movements in a play, the game additionally including an instruction sheet, a score keeper, a plurality of playing pieces, and a deck of cards.

Abstract: A new type of Bingo game in which each player's card shows pictures of all kinds of sound producing devices or objects and which are covered by the player with a disc or chip in response to a sound played on a phonograph record, and which sound is characteristic of a particular item pictured on the card; the game including cards, discs, and phonograph records.