Abstract: The subject MILITARY BOARD GAME includes a playing board with a top surface having primarily linear orientated pathway(s). The playing board may also have peg hole(s), or track(s), that seat playing pieces having pegged, or slotted, undersides in the pathways to prevent inadvertent movement during game play. Players utilize the pathway for progressive or regressive movement en route to a final destination at one end of the pathway. This movement is regulated by a number of factors including designated spaces, card play and rolling dice. The first player to successfully traverse from one end of the pathway to the other is the victor of the game.

Abstract: A modified game of chess compirsing four individual armies is disclosed herein. There can be two, three or four participants. A gameboard is modified to comprise seventy-two alternating smaller squares of equal dimensions for a total of 144 squares, but of two distinct alternating colors. The gameboard has a border with linear groups of designation marks for initial pawn movements. The methodology is novel in that two, three, or four participants, each initially with his or her own modified army of chess pieces, can form or dissolve alliances with other armies. Armies may also, by checkmate, control one or more defeated armies. The result is a modified game for experienced players.

Abstract: A game of skill includes a playing board having a perimeter surrounding a playing area divided into equally sized boxes, wherein each box is marked with an identifying element, such as a geometric shape and/or symbol of a particular color. The identifying elements dictate the permitted direction of movement of corresponding playing pieces along avenues formed by the arrangement of identifying elements within the boxes. Scoring points are indicated at the juncture of four box corners, identifying the center of four adjacently positioned boxes in a square area. The playing pieces are provided in contrasting colors to identify each player. Each player is provided with four sets of playing pieces, the playing pieces in each set being of a particular group to identify the permitted movement of the playing pieces of that group. Each player is further provided with scoring pieces of contrasting color. When a scoring point is surrounded on three sides (i.e.

Abstract: A method of playing chess in which eventually all chess moves are played out on a chess board in full view, but some of these moves are previously recorded out-of-view, so that the playing out of these recorded moves adds surprise to the play and an element of chance to the outcome of the chess game.

Abstract: Dual hexagon shaped playing fields composed of smaller hexagons of two different colors vertically separated for visibility with each player starting with the same number of three different shaped playing pieces with each piece being limited differently in movement and capture capability with such limitations designed to make each piece of approximately the same worth to a player in his effort to capture the opponent's pieces and conscript the captured pieces for his use.

Abstract: A game for play by one or more players. The illustrated game includes a selection surface for each player. Each surface faces a player area where the associated player would position herself to observe the surface. A liquid discharge mechanism is selectively operable to direct a liquid discharge toward the player areas. The selection surface has a plurality of sites or locations. At the start of each game, a group or some but not all of the sites on a selection surface are predetermined, but the player associated with that surface does not know which sites have been predetermined. The players may take turns selecting sites on their surfaces with the objective of selecting the predetermined sites. As one player makes selections, the discharge mechanism is directed toward the other player's play area, and when a predetermined selection is successfully selected, the opposing player may receive a liquid discharge or spray.

Abstract: A war game device comprising a playing board having a plurality of squares thereon, preferably ten squares long and thirteen squares wide. Playing pieces are provided to each player, the pieces representing a command post (one for each player), infantry battalions (three for each player), tank battalions (four for each player), and armored battalions (four for each player), for movement among the squares in the accordance with the call of a device and game instructions. The object of the game is for one player to "capture" the command post token of the other player, the command post token occupying a stationary position on the board and thus being unable to move to escape being captured.

Abstract: The inventive device includes a game board having an playing surface illustrated to represent terrain and having a plurality of spaces, each space having a type of terrain represented therein. A plurality of gold playing coins and a plurality of silver playing coins are provided. A plurality of playing piece sets are provided, each set including: a ruler piece, a queen piece, a plurality of soldier pieces. Each piece of the playing piece set is assigned an associated coin value, the coin values determining the number of playing coins required to purchase its respective piece of the playing piece set. A plurality of siege pieces are also provided and include catapults, a battering ram, an assault tower, and a bridge. The system includes a plurality of dice which are divided into a number of dice sets.

Abstract: A board game is provided including a game board with a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface has a first indicia, a second indicia and a single path connected between the first indicia and second indicia comprising a plurality of squares. A predetermined number of the squares include trap indicia printed therein. Also included are a plurality of first human tokens each representative of a soldier and a plurality of second human tokens each representative of a prisoner. A plurality of playing cards include trap cards each having a number of human tokens lost printed thereon. To facilitate play, a plurality of dice are provided. During such play, the players attempt to move the soldier human tokens from the first indicia to the second indicia whereafter the players attempt to move the prisoner human tokens from the second indicia to the first indicia.

Abstract: A new and improved battle board game for a plurality of players. The battle board game includes a plurality of sector cards with solar system indicia representing two imaginary planes imprinted thereon. Also included are a plurality of solar system cards corresponding with the solar system indicia of the sector cards for dictating a player's home solar system. A plurality of fighting tokens are included to move upon the sector cards. Also included are a plurality of dimensional path cards for allowing the fighting tokens to move between solar system indicia representing two different imaginary planes. A plurality of resource center cards are included with indicia corresponding to that of the sector cards for positioning resource center tokens on the sector card. Such resource center tokens allow a player to accumulate building material tokens which may be exchanged for additional fighting tokens.

Abstract: A board game for two or more participants comprises a game board overlaid with a grid pattern to define a plurality of sections. Certain sections on the game board are uniquely identified to designate a docking bay and an entering square for each of four participants. Certain sections on the game board are also uniquely identified to designate asteroids. Each participant receives initially a set of game pieces, each set of game pieces including five spaceships and ten bombs. At a maximum, two bombs are mountable onto an associated ship. The board game also comprises a set of dice for indicating the amount of movement of a ship on prescribed sections of the game board. The board game further comprises a manually operable stop watch for indicating a time interval related to the amount of movement on the game board of a bomb from the ship on which the bomb is mounted toward a ship of an opponent. The object of the game is to be the participant who has the last remaining spaceship on the game board.

Abstract: The invention is a method of playing a war simulation board game having a player one and a player two, and a square game board comprising twelve rows of square boxes forming a grid pattern. A player one set-up zone is formed by the first three rows of square boxes and a player two set-up zone formed by the first three rows of square boxes located at an opposite end thereof. Playing pieces comprise tank playing pieces, soldier playing pieces and anti-tank gun playing pieces. Playing pieces are moved about the game board in accordance with a chance determining device in order to remove an opponent player's playing pieces.

Abstract: A quest and battle board game comprising: a game board formed in a planar configuration and including a maze and battle side and a world map side, the maze and battle side including a plurality of rectangular spaces and a plurality of upwardly extending structures representing mazes, the world map side being formed in a planar configuration and including a plurality of inverted V-shaped structures, the world map side also including house-shaped structures, castle-shaped structures, circled numerals and other structures providing for organized movement of pieces across the board; and a plurality of character cards including information regarding the abilities of the characters of the game, at least one handbook being included with the apparatus, the handbooks providing background information and detailed instructions regarding play of the game, the game including player pieces and a random number generating device to determine movement of the pieces.

Abstract: A method for playing a war board game that includes a plurality of contiguously arranged square spaces that represent two land areas and one sea area separating the first two. There are four classes of tokens: tanks, battleships, airplanes and a command center. Each player receives initially a set of these tokens which, in conjunction with a set of dice, move and direct their firepower over the board. The tanks are limited in their travel to land, the battleships to the sea while the airplanes have no limitations. The command center does not have firepower and the object is to hit it thereby destroying it. The ultimate goal is to destroy the different pieces that come within their firepower.

Abstract: The invention herein is apparatus for a board game which simulates international military conflict. The game comprises a playing board which includes a map illustrating the principal oceans, nations and geographical area of the world with indicia assigning each nation to a continental region. The ocean portion of the map is overlaid by a first network of cells and the land portion of the map is overlaid by a second network of cells, the second network also indicating relative military strengths of the nations. Some of said nations on the map contain indicia designating missile facilities therein. The map is bordered by a path comprising spaces each identifying one of the nations on the map and other spaces denoting enhanced movement along the path.

Abstract: A competitive board game representing world alliances competing economically and militarily for world power, wherein a game board is provided imprinted with a map of the world or a substantial portion thereof, which map is divided into a cellular network for placement of playing pieces, and bordered by a path consisting of a plurality of spaces representing the countries of the map interspersed with spaces of chance, for movement of playing tokens as indicated by chance means, whereby the players, through a combination of luck and skill, employ economic and/or military strategies to dominate the world.

Abstract: Disclosed is a board game which has, as a theme, various aspects of the recent war in the Middle East involving the United States, Saudi Arabia and Iraq. The game board has a path with a plurality of spaces which are traveled by the players responsive to a chance device. Each player receives a number of barrels of oil and missiles to start the game and the object of the game is for a player to accumulate the most barrels of oil before running out of missiles.

Abstract: A game wherein a plurality of bomber pieces with associated bombs are moved upon a game board in opposition against a plurality of missile pieces until either the last missile or last bomber is destroyed. The board game apparatus includes coding of the bombs to match the initial starting positions of particular missiles, and a plurality radar paths defining movement for the missiles which paths interconnect with a single branched flight path that defines movement for the bombers.

Abstract: A game is set forth wherein a game board includes a series of coaxially arranged paths, wherein the paths include orbital path of travel of planets and asteroids about a central solar space. The players of the game direct tokens through the various concentric paths to encounter the planets and thereby effect conquest of a planet. A player to encounter all of the planets is declared a winner. Various impediments and obstacles are provided in play of the game in conflict with opposing players and with paths of travel of various impediments, such as the asteroids.

Abstract: The battle strategy game includes the positioning of a series of 113 figurative combatants on either side of a medial positioned river of a game board. The pieces are allowed to advance and retreat or attack in response to indication by a six-sided dice member. The various combatants are positioned upon category markers to include cavalry, infrantry, artillery, and an officer in charge of each group of combatants.

Abstract: A strategic naval warfare board game includes a game board having a playing surface with compass headings and position indicia. The playing surface has a plurality of squares of alternating colors arranged contiguously in a checkerboard fashion and naval bases at the corners. A plurality of primary playing pieces, representing five different types of naval vessels, include a base member and a post of different heights mounted on the base member in an upright position. A plurality of secondary playing pieces in the form of cylindrical rings are adapted to be loosely mounted on the posts of the primary playing pieces in a stacked arrangement and removable therefrom. The ring-shaped secondary playing pieces represent either a unit or power or a unit of damage. A stacked arrangement of secondary playing pieces which represent units of power on a primary playing piece is indicative of the relative strength of the primary playing piece for movement, fire power and repair.

Abstract: A Vietnam war board game is provided and consists of a game board having a plurality of different trails in which each player using one of the trails trys to reach a prisoner of war camp, deep in a jungle, with a minimum of three of their five man squad to free prisoners.

Abstract: A game for teaching the skills of geography and history utilizing a map of the major continents of the world having indicia representing the profiles of topographical or political bounderies of countries. Playing pieces are provided for one to four players which match the topographical or political bounderies of the countries and indicia on each of the playing pieces identifies the countries. The playing pieces defining the various countries are placed in matching registry with the indicia representing the topographical or political boundaries of the countries on the map. Game markers are provided for the players and a series of blocks surround the map, indicia on the blocks comprise secondary directions for movement of the game pieces, the primary directions for movement of the game pieces being originated by a die or other chance indicator actuated progressively by the players.

Abstract: A board game is set forth utilizing a checkerboard style of opposing playing fields utilizing tokens symbolizing the various playing cards in a conventional deck of cards. Accordingly, twenty-six tokens are afforded each of two opposing players, with the object of the game including opposing players trying to capture an opponent's king token. Each player is provided a pair of dice for imparting an element of chance into the movement of the opposing tokens.

Abstract: A game apparatus includes a board laid out in a number of square sections arranged in rows and columns, each section being marked with horizontal, vertical and diagonal bisecting or symmetry lines. Each player mainpulates one or more tank pieces having rotatable gun turrets in acordance with commands specified on movement cards arranged in a selected sequence by the player. The movement, rotation and firing directions coincide with the symmetry lines.

Abstract: An apparatus is set forth including a planar board game formed with a clock-wise path thereabout. The path includes a plurality of "safe" zones positioned intermediate "action" positions. The "action" positions include directions per each symbolic position to alternatively draw a card from a central card deck and require the drawing player to draw a gun in coordination with an opposing player whose position corresponds to a coloration of card drawn. Sequentially, the individuals fire a spherical projectile into designated conduits of a target, and the first sphere to appear at a lower end portion of a chute associated with the target is the winner of that draw. The winning player is the first to successfully have fired all of a predetermined number of projectiles awarded each player at the outset of the game.

Abstract: The invention herewith is a board game consisting of a Mount Olympus Game Board with a 3-dimensional mountain protruding about one foot high in the center of the aforesaid board, a War Game Board consisting of 64 squares, and game pieces, all having a mythological theme. The object of the game is to move around the Mount Olympus Game Board until reaching the top of the mountain; however, in the process, if a player lands on a War Space, that player must go to war on a separate War Game Board with another player. If a player lands on a space with a mythological character portrayed on it, that player must pick a god/goddess Card, which will either request something good or bad for the player to do. When a player lands on the Trinket Space, the player must play the Creature Game, which requires guessing which creature holds the Trinket in captivity and, thereby, has the Trinket within its hollowed out portion. If the player guesses correctly, he/she wins that Trinket.

Abstract: The inventive game may be played by from two to four players, each one of which has a home base game piece and a plurality of salt birds. At the beginning of the game, the home bases and a plurality of other game pieces are placed on the game board in a prescribed manner including a plurality of salt tablets. Each player has a plurality of bird game pieces for movement on the board. Each player has a plurality of discs describing various bad habits. The object of the game for each player is to obtain a predetermined number of salt tablets by moving their bird game pieces and landing on the spaces having salt tablets, then returning the obtained salt tablets to their home bases while getting rid of their bad habit discs.

Abstract: A war simulation board game utilizes a playing board having a grid pattern of square segments, each square having a centrally located circular target zone. Game pieces simulating war vehicles move on the grid pattern according to a spinner. Opposing players "fire" on each other's game pieces and headquarter zones by placing the tip of an ink marker on a target zone of a square occupied by one of their game pieces and orienting the marker in a vertical position, supported by an index finger contacting a butt end portion of the marker. The player then applies an external force to the marker forcing the marker tip to freely slide away from the target zone and forcing the marker to leave contact with the player's index finger as it falls in an arcuate motion. The sliding marker tip forms an ink line segment simulating a projectile shot path on the board surface. If the resulting ink line segment passes through a target zone of a square occupied by an opposing game piece, the "shot" is scored as a hit.

Abstract: A multi-level board game is set forth wherein a pair of players each are protective of their individual castle or "Keep". Each player is provided with a plurality of tokens representing Vassals, a Wizard, a plurality of Archers, and an Earthstone. The object of the game is to travel the board game from a player's Home Keep to an opposing player's Keep or to alternatively remove the opponents players, overpower the opponents Earthstone, or move the Demon player to overtake an opponent's Earthstone. The players are moved by a predetermined orientation relative to each other or alternatively may use pyramidal dice to determine the number and type of movement employed. Each player's Wizard and three Archers have powers to destroy opponents during the course of the game.

Abstract: A board game apparatus for playing is provided. The apparatus includes a set of game boards, each having a matrix of holes arranged in mutually orthogonal rows and columns for receiving game pieces that are coded according to the adversary and the type and size of military unit they represent and that are deployed according to the discretion of each player. A variety of actual topographical map sets, representing scenes of battle, may be secured under transparent overlays bearing lines of latitude and longitude, each point of intersection of which corresponds to a hole in a game board. Dice, spinning devices and cards are also provided to define such game variables as unit movement, limiting weather conditions, missions, support, special situations and battle objectives.

Abstract: A board game is provided in which a planar playing surface is defined by an array of hexagonal spaces. The hexagonal spaces are grouped together by color. There are twelve different colors, each representing a different "zone." The object of the game is to place as many "starships" as possible in a "zone" and thus, win the "zone". The player winning the most "zones" wins the game. The play is initiated by rolling a colored dodecahedron die and moving a playing piece counterclockwise around the board's perimeter to the color indicated on the die. The player then places the number of "starships" indicated on the corresponding "zone" in order to strategically control that "zone.

Abstract: A board game in which players, using markers representing different types of global influence, challenge individual opponents. The outcome of the challenge being effected by point values of the markers of a selected type of global influence. In one form the markers are tiles and a balance beam is provided to determine the outcome of a contest without having to numerically add the point value on the markers.

Abstract: A game board apparatus for two or more players, having a control token movement area of adjacent vertically and horizontally aligned rows of rectangular spaces, with a plurality of spaced groupings of spaces forming pairings of token start and token finish areas. A plurality of distinctive game tokens are provided, representing individual players, for movement between the pairs of start and finish areas through the central token area. The game is played using a die, numbered cards or a spinner to determine the distance of movement of a player's tokens for each player's turn, game reward units associated with predetermined spaces on the central token movement area of the board and chance taking apparatus for determining the movement of tokens of the players or the disposition of game reward units. This basic game format permits a multitude of different themes and game variations.

Abstract: An amusement device, specifically a board game simulating nuclear conflict between two players representing the United States and Soviet Union in which the participants assume alternate roles of attacker and defender. The game's object is for a player to destroy 21 of his opponent's 36 targets (designated as "COUNTERFORCE" and "COUNTERVALUE" targets). The game consists of a playing surface featuring outlines of the two countries (ref num 1,3) with the various targets on an alphanumeric grid pattern, playing pieces representing "missiles" used by both players in attack and defense (ref num 12,13), "Launch Coordinate" and "Target Coordinate" cards (ref num 9-10) which provide a random means for determination of both origin and destination of attacking missiles, "Megadeath" markers (ref num 14) which signify that a target has been destroyed, lists of targets, and dice which govern movement of attacker and defender missiles.

Abstract: A decoy board game is provided including a gameboard with a grid pattern divided into four segments defining discrete squares of different representations, such as water, land, mountain, island, starting, headquarter and airstrip in which four players can play the game. The players are provided with four sets of game pieces adapted for movement along the grid pattern formed by the squares. Each set of playing pieces includes six different types of pieces having predetermined movements and capable of removing an opponents pieces in accordance with rules of the game and by result of a random number generator.

Abstract: A game apparatus comprises a board having a playing area divided into two cartels. Each cartel is allocated an equal number of weighted contest tokens which are placed within each cartel. Players wager contest tokens in successive rounds of play. A spinner determines whether contest tokens wagered for each turn will be removed from or added to the playing area. The number of tokens wagered are determined by player selected groups of transaction outcomes and a chance device. Contest tokens removed from the playing area are placed on a designated side of a calibrated scale. With the completion of each turn, the balance or imbalance of the scale determines the odds of the outcomes for each cartel in the following turn. Cards from one of two sets are drawn by each cartel at the end of each turn, one set for the cartel achieving the greatest disarmament in the turn, the other set for the other cartel. Each cartel may accumulate cards for redemption at a later turn.

Abstract: The disclosure is of a three-person chess game and board having a central playing area in the form of an equilateral triangle bordered at each of its three sides by a rectangular playing field or area having at least two rows of eight squares each according to at least part of the conventional chess or checker board. Each rectangular field is contiguous with its side of the triangle and moves are made from the rectangle into the triangle and subsequently into either of the other rectangles according to prescribed rules. At least some of the moves are dictated by an element of chance, such as the roll of one die. The rectangles are identical and three conventional chess sets are used, albeit these may be of contrasting colors as may be the markings of the chess board squares as well as the smaller triangles into which the basic central triangle is subdivided.

Abstract: A board game is provided and includes a checker-like game board having a plurality of rows of differently colored playing spaces. Differently colored playing pieces, both of a single color, and two colors, are positionable on the playing spaces in accordance with playing space-playing piece color coincidence. For adult play, movement of the playing pieces to like-colored playing spaces on the opponent's side of the game board is accomplished by playing piece movement, and jumping of the opponent's playing pieces; with the single colored playing pieces having greater freedom of movement in the manner of "kings" in checkers. For play by children, movement of the playing pieces to like-colored playing spaces on the opponent's side of the game board is accomplished by playing piece movement in accordance with sequential "throws" of multi-colored cubes.

Abstract: A military game featuring in one aspect a game board marked with a multiplicity of columns, each column being marked into a multiplicity of spaces and having uniquely associated with it indicia of a type of military force, a multiplicity of playing pieces, each piece being uniquely marked with corresponding indicia of the types of military force, and two dice, each face of one die being uniquely marked with corresponding unique indicia of the types of military force and each face of the other die being marked with a number, the throw of the dice determining which of the playing pieces to move and the number of spaces it is to be moved. The columns also have spaces designating cards. An award chart is provided identifying awards for playing pieces moved all the way along a column and being placed on a separate continent block.

Abstract: A board game in which a horizontal playing surface is defined by an array of hexagonal spaces, each space abutting the adjacent space, and a number of vertical walls disposed along lines formed by adjacent hexagonal spaces. Player start spaces are provided and a target is located on a site remote from the start spaces. Available paths of movement from space to space are limited by the walls but the player token has a marker movable parallel to the planar surface and transverse to the playing surface to pass over a wall. Both the player and the target may attack each other when they are on an aligned file of spaces, however, the target is further required to be facing the player token in order to attack. The playing spaces include defense zones armed by the presence of a defense playing piece in the form of a missile silo or cannon and activated by a chance drum borne by the target along with a number chance drum.

Abstract: Improved board game with plurality of rectangular planar elements, each marked with a rectangular array of playing squares includes a game board with a plurality of squares designated as entrance squares and located on opposite sides of a central division into two kingdoms between opposed positions for two players. At the left of each player position a sanctuary is located and comprises an intermediate size planar element at a level above the game board, with a control square and a passage square, and a smaller size planar element at a level above the intermediate size element, with a control square, a passage square and a royal chair square. At the right of each player position a domain is located and comprises three planar elements, the first two like the intermediate and smaller size elements of the sanctuary and the smallest uppermost and having a throne designation on it.

Abstract: A game which uses two (2) sets of player pieces, one set for each player. The game is played with two (2) players, each opposing the other. The playing pieces are arranged on a playing surface, or game board, which is comprised of evenly spaced checkered squares thereon. Each player has the same number of playing pieces evenly distributed on a portion of half the board and facing the player tokens of the opposite party. The object of the game is to capture the player tokens of the other party by either eliminating and taking the player token of the other party or completely surrounding and immobilizing it. A player can capture an opponent's token by placing two of his tokens on the same square that one of his opponent's tokens is located. A player can immobilize an opponent's token by placing two tokens on all squares adjacent to the square on which the opponent's token is located. The games includes dice for indicating the advancement of player tokens in a selected direction.

Abstract: Maritime board game involving competing ship/marker playing pieces, each carrying removable cargo units and moved from respective home ports about a closed circuit cruise route comprising various event positions variously labeled "card", "mine", collision", and "missile", with certain positions left blank, and with each "missile" position being connected by a missile flight path line to a generally opposite blank position, the play of the game involving a "hit" being scored, with loss of a cargo unit from a given ship/marker, in the event the ship/marker stops on a "mine" position, or is on a blank position connected by a missile flight path line to a "missile" position occupied by a competing ship/marker, unless a respective "mine sweeper" or "intercept" card has been previously drawn by the owner of the ship/marker from a deck of event cards, which event cards are drawn upon the ship/marker stopping at a "card" position.

Abstract: A medieval game combining both fantasy game elements and strategy game elements with chance. Each player assumes a role of a king (or queen) to manipulate men, gold, and circumstances (represented in playing cards) in an effort to gain possession of an opponent's crown. The game pieces include a game board with castles represented thereon for defending each player's crown, and squares thereon with indicia which enable a player to draw a card when a game piece lands on one of the indicia. The cards represent men, gold, attack and defend moves, and circumstances such as penalties and rewards. The play is advanced by utilizing a white knight game piece and a black knight game piece for each player. The game pieces advance around the board in accordance with chance, such as the throw of a die.

Abstract: A solar system conquest game has a game board including a plurality of movement paths that form a first set of concentric circular orbits and a second set of orbits intersecting the circular orbits at pre-selected locations with these orbits defining movement paths for playing pieces corresponding to each player. The intersections define exchange points where pieces may change orbits. A set of cards determines additional pieces to be entered onto the board by a player, and dice determine the number of movement steps to be traversed by a player during his turn, and a second set of dice controls the outcome of a confrontation between playing pieces. The game board may further be divided into a number of sectors, and a set of instruction cards influence events in a particular sector for all players having pieces located therein.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for playing a board game includes a playing board having a playing surface comprised of five concentric rings, each ring being divided into eight game piece areas. A circle in the center of the playing surface is divided into two semi-circles and define the inner fortress for each player. Each ring has two designated game piece areas for each player which indicate the position at which game pieces advance into the next innermost ring and the initial game piece area moved into to start movement about that ring. Each player's designated areas are on opposite sides of the ring from the other player to eliminate congestion and enhance play. Each player is assigned a plurality of game pieces including warriors, scouts, archers, shield bearers, captains, and one king. A catapult is available to each player as a means of capturing opposing game pieces.

Abstract: A game apparatus comprising a novel game board and playing accessories is suitable for play by two persons in a short period of time. The game board comprises an elongated board divided into checkered squares of three different colors and having base strips at opposite ends of the board and a neutral strip across the center of the board from side to side. There are positioned at the base strips at opposite ends of the board the playing pieces of each player. The board simulates a space war. The playing pieces are of three distinct types, command ships, cargo ships and fighter ships. Movement of the pieces is first from the base strip onto the playing area of the board, with additional playing pieces being moved into the base strip as spaces are available. Movement of the pieces is determined by three dice having distinctive indicia. One die has the numerals 1, 2 and 3 thereon. A second die has indicia for the three different playing pieces.

Abstract: A board game apparatus comprises a game board having a playing area divided into a plurality of cartels. Contest tokens are movable about the playing area between adjacent cartels for occupying a cartel, challenging opposing players to the right to occupy a cartel, and for defending such a challenge. A resource calculator designates at least two resources, generates a production and a consumption index for each resource, and provides instructions for exchanging surplus resources. A common market place is provided for exchanging a quantity of one resource for a quantity of another resource. A chance apparatus determines the right to occupy a cartel challenged by a player, whereby in playing the game, each player receives resource tokens in accordance with the assigned production index for each cartel which the player occupies, and must balance production and consumption of each of his resources.

Abstract: A game in which a game board is provided on which is depicted plural routes of attack against defenders of the Alamo. In the case of each attacker the game is played in three phases of play. The chances of the defender in defense of the Alamo are different for each of the three phases of play. An attacker must progress through the siege phase and through the assault phase before attaining the last stand phase. Each route of attack against the Alamo consists of a series of squares along which an attacker moves, certain of the squares bearing indicia indicating a procedure or happening to which the attacker may be subjected. The defender and each attacker is initially supplied with a plurality of markers each representing a person or soldier. Advances of the attackers are controlled by throws of dice, and loss of persons or soldiers in each defending and attacking force is controlled by throws of dice.