Abstract: An apparatus and method for constructing the two-dimensional five-number puzzle is provided wherein the twenty-five cubes, each with numbered indicia from “1” to “5”, are positionable in a five-times-five relationship grid that forms twenty-five square recesses arranged in five horizontal and five vertical rows intersecting each other, and a plurality of pattern cards can be chosen and positioned as the puzzle's background pattern that divides the five-times-five grid into five sections with three color indicia. The object of the game is to arrange the cubes so that the numerical indicia whereon are unique from “1” to “5” horizontally, vertically, as well as in each section, and the color indicia match those indicia of each section on the pattern card.

Abstract: A stock market board game comprising a game board having a central stock market pricing display for all the stocks, a plurality of dividend spaces indicating dividend amounts, a plurality of spaces holding quarterly earning cards for each stock along the perimeter of the board, a plurality of tables for the estimated quarterly earnings and for the annual target prices for each stock aligning along the perimeter, a plurality of price marker pegs and share-splitting marker pegs for the pricing display, a yearly marker peg indicating years played, a plurality of quarterly earning cards for each stock, and a plurality of dice utilized to generate random numbers for earning card disclosure and price fluctuations. Play money of various denominations and the stock certificates are used for financial transactions between stock market and players. There are peg holes on the board for the easy and stable placement of marker pegs.