Abstract: This invention is directed to a board game having a playing track comprising a number of distinct areas of different colors. There is also an area for pegs having colors and which colors correspond to the colors of the discrete areas. A person moves and directs a ring toward the peg. With the ring moving over the peg and positioning itself on the peg, the person can advance an indicator to a discrete area of a color corresponding to the color of the peg. It is possible for young children who cannot read or write to play this game as the game is based on color. To assist those who are color blind, there is also a letter indicating the color and a person who is color blind can play the game. The game is such that people of a very young age through people of an advanced age in their seventies and eighties can play the game for amusement and pleasure.

Abstract: A hand held housing can be manipulated to cause a pair of balls to move in opposite directions along a groove in the housing. The groove has upstanding inner and outer walls. These walls have a rough surface and the balls have a snug fit in the groove.

Abstract: A game board for three player backgammon or related games. The board has three rows of twelve points with a bar dividing the three rows into six point boards. Three boards, one from each row, are used as the home boards for the players.

Abstract: A transparent enclosed cube containing a maze constructed of a plurality of layers of parallel square tubes separated by other layers of parallel square tubes, each tube having at least one opening to a neighboring tube, entrance opening to insert a ball therein that will traverse the maze to an exit opening by gravity when the cube is manipulated about its three axes. The ball may be made with a resilient surface and the entrance opening may be smaller than the other tube openings so the ball must be squeezed through the entrance.

Abstract: A video game accessory and method for playing video games which frees one hand and simplifies the operation of the game controller. A player sits on a chair over a base which is resting on the chair. A riser extends from the base between the player's legs and supports a mounting member which is positioned over the player's lap, and which holds a video game controller in place. A player thus positioned plays video games with both hands free to operate the game controls.

Abstract: Control apparatus for video games has a control handle spaced apart from and joined to a separate housing by a connecting rod. The housing is contoured and securable to a user's arm, and forms an anchor point for manipulation of the control handle. The user may choose between variable resistive controls and switch controls which operate responsive to movement of the control handle and/or the connecting rod. Multiple individual controls may also be mounted on the handle to control other game functions. Plates having cutouts formed therethrough are attachable to the housing, with the control rod protruding therethrough, the movement of the control rod may thereby be limited by contact with the periphery of the cutout, preventing simultaneous engagement of two or more signal controls.

Abstract: Two embodiments of a multi-directional control unit for video games and the like are disclosed. In each embodiment, the control unit includes a base structure, a circuit board with directional circuit segments, a resilient conductive pad arranged adjacent the circuit segments on the circuit board, a raised matrix on the conductive pad normally maintaining the pad in spaced apart relation from the circuit segments, a control element movable relative to the base structure and a directional actuator coupled with the control element for response to relative movement between the control element and the base structure for applying pressure to the resilient pad and establishing electrical contact with one or more of the circuit segments on the circuit board. One of the embodiments is a hand-held unit with the control element being a joystick, auxiliary triggers being mounted on opposite sides of the hand held unit for establishing selective contact in an auxiliary circuit segment.

Abstract: A series of board games wherein players attempt to maximize their financial worth by buying, selling and trading performers, each including a game board representing a specific sport and having a plurality of spaces located about the board forming a path for movement of game pieces. Designated spaces on each board represent professional athletes or performers of the respective sport and activities relating to that sport. Each player is provided with a token which the player moves around the board as directed by chance means such as dice. Each performer space represents a specific performer and has two designated values marked thereon, an acquisition value and an income value. Other spaces direct players to take actions, relevant to the sport which will retard, promote or in some instances not affect the players' chances of winning the game. Sets of cards corresponding to the performers, teams, stadiums and game related actions are provided.

Abstract: A board game includes a game board with a plurality of playing positions arranged thereon. A first set of playing pieces, conveniently in the form of construction workers, are moved along the playing positions while other sets of playing pieces, conveniently in the form of barrels and fire balls, interfere with the progress of the first set of playing pieces. Conflicts between the first and second sets of playing pieces are resolved by a two suit deck of cards. A playing piece dispenser is arranged to dispense playing pieces of the first set, one at a time directly onto the playing surface. The playing piece dispenser includes a collection bin for storing a plurality of playing pieces in serial fashion. A pivotal arm is connected at an outlet opening of the bin to receive a single playing piece therein. The pivotal arm receives a playing piece when the arm is in a generally horizontal position.

Abstract: A board game facilitates a player's understanding of the concepts relating to good manufacturing practices. At each turn at play, the players are required to answer a question relating to a particular facet of manufacturing. Awards and penalties result in dependence upon whether correct answers are given. The game can be played at various levels and with emphasis on particular aspects of manufacturing to suit the background and need of the players. Selected property areas are acquireable by the players and blocks are placeable on the property areas. The blocks include base block portions, first and second stackable blocks and a post. The game also uses plural sets of cards.

Abstract: A game board with a base having four raised corner platforms defining a cross shaped playing surface therebetween, upon the base. Four player positions are thus defined on the four sides of the game but the game may be played by two, three or four players. Game pieces include from one to four marked pieces for each player and a predetermined plurality of total game pieces, including neutral, unmarked pieces and the marked pieces. Pairs of player moved, interconnected end blocks are arrayed side by side on the base with pieces aligned in a row between connected end blocks. Rows thus defined are movable at a 90 degree angle with rows arrayed therethrough and thereacross. Each game piece is radiused at its corners to facilitate movement of pieces past each other. Each player begins with one or marked pieces in a home position, the object of the game being to move such pieces across the board to the home position of another player.

Abstract: A kit for playing a game including a game board having at each corner four large squares, each of which is divided into a number of small, numbered squares of equal size. The large squares are of equal size and have the same number of small squares. Two of the large squares are checkered while the other two are of uniform but different colors. The game kit includes a first set of game pieces of a first colored numbered from one to a number equal to the number of small squares in each large square. A second set of game pieces of a second color is numbered from one to the same number as the first set. There are also provided two dice for randomly determining two numbers in the range from one to six. Preferably the number of game pieces in each set is thirty-six and the game pieces are flat, square pieces having horizontal dimensions corresponding to those of the small squares. A further set of game pieces that are unnumbered can be provided as option chips.

Abstract: A portable pneumatic action game for two opposing players has a base including a central raised hollow core supporting a playing surface and oppositely extending end sills. The playing surface has an array of separate elongated channels, each with an aperture at each end. A transparent cover extends over all of the channels. Slots in the cover permit insertion of a playing piece into each channel. Slidably mounted on each of the sills is a manual air pump and nozzle which can be moved by the player along one end of the channel array to selectively register the nozzle in pneumatic communication with the aperture of one channel to propel the playing piece toward the opposite end. An opening is provided in the bottom of each channel adjacent each end for the playing piece to drop down into the hollow central core for later tallying of the respective players' scores.

Abstract: Game apparatus includes a bowl having a sloping floor and a receptacle centered beneath the floor, and a rotating element having an opening therein through which rolling elements may be selectively admitted or dropped into the receptacle, is disposed above the receptacle. At least two different types or colors of rolling elements are disposed on the floor and may be selectively allowed to fall into the receptacle to the intended exclusion of others of the rolling elements, thus comprising a game of skill and coordination.

Abstract: A three-dimensional game having rotatable track members mounted on a support frame on which a self-propelled vehicle may be guided over a predetermined course through rotation of the track members. The track members are mounted on the support frame so that they can be rotated into a plurality of positions in some of which positions a set of track members forms a substantially continuous path upon which the vehicle may travel from one track member to another track member. Rotation of the track members is accomplished through manipulation of a set of attached knobs. Each track member may include a metal panel to which the magnetized wheels of the self-propelled vehicle are attracted, allowing for rotation of a vehicle-carrying track member in a full circle without the vehicle falling from the track member.

Abstract: A board game wherein the playing board has color-coded sides and color chips having each side color-coded are placed by opposing players on the playing board adjacent to other color chips and the color-coded sides of the board so that the colors of each adjacent chip match one another and so that the color of each chip which is adjacent to a color-coded side of the board also matches the color-coded side.

Abstract: A plurality of magnetized game pieces are inserted one by one in a piece holder frame of nonmagnetic material along a piece guide formed therein. In the row of game pieces, two adjacent pieces are held in contact with or spaced apart from each other under magnetic attraction or repulsion acting therebetween and the row length is variable and unpredictable. The piece holder frame may be formed with any desired number of piece guides in the form of a blind piece-insertion hole or an upstanding post. The game pieces may be permanent bar magnets themselves or take a composite form including a body portion of nonmagnetic material and one or more magnet pieces embedded in the body portion at each and thereof. To make the game further changeful, the game pieces may each be divided into two axial half sections which are joined together for relative rotation to enable reversion of its polarity.

Abstract: A game board includes a peripheral zone defining a plurality of spaces to be occupied by participant symbols and a plurality of substantially identical internal zones each representing a different currency and having a plurality of spaces defining a path which may be occupied by other participant symbols. Each of the peripheral spaces has instructions for the participants and additional cards are provided with additional instructions, such as revalution or devalution of the currencies.

Abstract: The invention refers substantially to games and their construction. The games are played on the outer surface of a geometric solid necessitating piece and gaming surface construction adequate to permit piece and surface adherance. Also the geometric solid utilized is scribed or covered with an appropriate map or grid pattern to provide separate playing positions and thus specific moves of play are possible. The geometric solid chosen is a three phase icosahedron geodesic sphere. The icosahedron geodesic sphere is supported by support pins projecting from the sphere resting in a concave support surface.

Abstract: A cable guard for a compound bow comprises a rod attached at one end to the bow handle and extends therefrom beyond the cables when the bow is fully drawn and is spaced laterally from the bow string sufficiently to avoid any interference therewith; and a cable retaining member rotatably and slidably mounted on the rod has two bores therethrough perpendicular to the rod for slidably receiving the cables thereby to hold them in lateral spaced relationship wih the bow string.