Abstract: Game equipment, such as board game apparatus, includes a game display, a plurality of sets of game pieces, a recruitment determining device and optionally, several player game pieces. The game display provides a playing area defined by a plurality of basic space units arranged in one or a plurality of levels. The basic space units in each level are arranged to form a plurality of pyramid modules each module including a number of stages of basic space units. The number of basic space units in each stage is determined by a geometric progression of a type used in some "pyramid" or "Ponzi" schemes.

Abstract: A doll support apparatus including a ferromagnetic base having an upwardly facing support surface for receiving the bottom surface of a doll foot device incorporating a magnetic insert which, when supported on such surface, is disposed in close proximity to the ferromagnetic base to thereby maintain the doll in an erect position. The foot device may be in the form of a foot having a magnetic insert embedded directly there into or may be in the form of a removable shoe having the magnetic insert embedded therein. The foot or shoe may incorporate a hinge element which incorporates a releasable lock for locking the shoe or foot in selected different positions.

Abstract: The apparatus comprises a hexagonal board subdivided into a tessellated arrangement of equilateral triangles, and two to four sets of playing pieces, with at least seven pieces in each set. The triangles into which the board is subdivided alternate in type along rows of triangles such that edges of each triangle are parallel to two opposed edges of the hexagon, and the number of any type of triangle along any edge of the hexagon is at least four.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for the playing of a game disclosing in the preferred embodiment of the invention the use of a multi-level pyramid game board 10 which is collapsible into a generally planar arrangement 52. Dice 78, 80 are used both to determine an amount of movement upon the board 10 as well as the direction associated therewith. Additionally, game players are to do battle by the generation and the later comparison of a plurality of hand symbols 100-104 that define which token, if any, is to be moved upon the game board 10. The invention relates to a method and apparatus for playing a game.

Abstract: A rectangularly shaped, multimode game board in accordance with this invention comprises at least one generally flat playing surface upon which game pieces can be rolled or slid by one player. My novel game board is supported by a plurality of legs, with the legs preferably being removable in pairs, such that the game board can be folded into a comparatively flat configuration for transit and/or storage. I may use a hinged joint at approximately at the midpoint of the game board, such that it can be folded into a comparatively small volume for storage transport. The multimode game board preferably has a generally flat playing surface on both of its major sides, with the pairs of removable legs being able to be installed in either of two orientations 180.degree. apart, whereby the player or players can utilize the game board for at least two different games involving the use of game pieces that are caused to move along a generally flat playing surface.

Abstract: A young girl's board game is provided and consists of playing pieces, make-up kits, a game board and a die. Each playing piece represents one young girl player which each kit is used by one young girl player. The game board has a continuous path around its perimeter divided into consecutive spaces, in which one space is a start for the playing pieces, while the other spaces bear instructions in which most of the instructions indicate what items each young girl player must put on and take off from their make-up kit when their playing piece lands thereon during the play of the game. The die produces random numeric designations representing travel movements for each playing piece along the continuous path of the spaces, so that when each playing piece lands on one space the instructions will be followed, until the first young girl player to put on all of the items from her make-up kit will become the winner.

Abstract: A color-crayons and board games combination set, which comprises a case formed of two pivoted parts for receiving different chessboards and pieces. The two pivoted parts have each a track on its back side around its periphery so that different chessboards can be drawn out and then pushed back into place. The case defines therein a trough covered with a sliding cover board for receiving a variety of writing materials, and a plurality of raised grooves for receiving different pieces which are simultaneously used as color-crayons and chessmen.

Abstract: A planar surface game board is divided into orthogonal quadrants and subdivided diagonally. The quadrants are hinged together along contiguous edges at a first surface and the diagonal subdivision is hinged together at a second surface, permitting the board to be folded or collapsed inwardly of the first surface wherein diagonally divided segments collapse adjacent each other between square quadrant segments to form a folded board one-fourth its original surface size and four times its thickness. The hinges may be formed by scoring the respective surfaces without completely severing the board, leaving thin webs of material as hinges.

Abstract: The present invention is specifically designed as an outdoor game apparatus for use in such areas as sandy beaches and grassy parks wherein the game is laid out on the ground surface and secured in place by peg members. The game consists of a group of cord members that are connected and woven together. When laid on the ground the cord members outline a game play surface, sometimes referred to as a game board where the ground surface itself is the board surface for the placement of game pieces. This game board is flexible and adapted to be secured in a fixed layout for playing a game such as backgammon, checkers or chess. A peripheral cord defines a quadrilateral playing area having a plurality of play sections to receive game pieces. Hold-down rings are attached to the peripheral cord and are adapted to receive pegs therein wherby the game is held on the ground for game play.

Abstract: The portable pitch game of the present invention is a self-contained target/toss-type game comprised of two multi apertured rectangular platforms. Colored apertured disc projectiles are supplied in sets of six, one set for each player. A player stands on the edge of one platform and tosses discs in an attempt drop them through one of the apertures in the second platform. The apertures are scored one, two, three according to distance away from the thrower. Separable hinges and latches are included for attaching the two rectangular platforms together into a storage or carrying case. In a special embodiment, the discs and a ring around the apertures are colored with a non-toxic light chargeable coating which produces a glow effect in a darkened environment.

Abstract: A game board comprising a support of fiber web and of thin plates of polystyrene glued thereon at a distance from each other. A field marking corresponding to the field of the game to be analyzed is printed on the plates. Player figures of a laminate of an adhesive foil and a non-rigid PVC foil can be attached to the board. The figures stick by adhesion. In this form the board can be easily folded to a manageable size.

Abstract: A pocket sized toy game including an enclosure defining a chamber wherein a die is retained for movement, a manually operated mechanism for randomly moving the dice within the chamber, and a game board. The enclosure includes a cover and a pivotally interconnected base. An open sided transparent housing located in a cavity defined by the cover defines a chamber wherein the dice are movably retained. The manually operated mechanism is arranged within the cover and includes a pivotal lever which impacts against the dice to facilitate moving the dice within the chamber to facilitate playing the game. The cover is movable between open and closed positions. In its open position, the cover is generally disposed upright relative to the base. In its closed position, the cover lies generally paralleled to the base and defines a cavity therebetween.

Abstract: The board game apparatus includes a foldable game board having a substantially flat plane area when disposed in its playing position. The playing area is adapted for receiving removable game board pieces arranged by the players into various different pathways, over which are moved player position marking pieces during the play of the game. Moving the removable game board pieces over the playing area of the game board according to the rules of the game.

Abstract: A game carrying case convertible to a game board includes two identical half sections, symmetrical in construction and doweling. The two sections can be adapted to house the playing pieces in the carrying case configuration. The sections can also be oriented so that when section one and section two are connected end-to-end, they provide the playing surface. Dowel pins are affixed to section one. Dowel holes on the second section are adapted to frictionally receive the dowel pins for both the carrying case and the game board configurations.

Abstract: A game apparatus incorporates a random result generator into the playing surface itself, and includes a game board having a perimeter, a plurality of corners, a plurality of playing sections, and a center area. A boundary extends generally around the perimeter of the playing surface, but interior of the corners. A plurality of section dividing lines, each defining a diminishing-radius curve extending from the boundary towards the center area, divide that portion of the playing surface into a plurality of playing sections, each bearing indicia corresponding to a play result. Players roll game pieces from the playing surface corners towards the playing sections, so that the game piece comes to rest on one playing section, thus generating a result indicia for that roll. The player then draws a single card from the group of cards bearing that same result indicia, and asks the question printed on that card.

Abstract: A dual purpose carrying container and playing board, display surface or tool holder. The carrying container has two upper sections hingedly connected together like a suitcase but has a detachable base. The upper sections hinge relative to each other from a closed to an open position. The base attaches to the two upper sections when they are in the closed position to define an interior volume. The base is detached from the two upper sections in the open position. In the open position, the upper sections create an enclosed playing surface for playing board games, displaying items, or holding tools.

Abstract: A combination table top football and hockey game utilizes a rectangular board formed by two rectangular sections connected along a central line by a hinge for movement between open and closed positions. The board has front and back surfaces designated respectively as a football field game area and a hockey rink game area. By inverting the game board, either table top football or table top hockey may be played. A scoreboard is removably received in an invertible fashion in mounting brackets provided on a side wall of the board, for use with either the football game area or the hockey game area. Two pairs of spaced aligned notches are formed in interior portions on opposed side walls of the game board for removable insertion of a pair of elongated rectangular slats. The slats are disposed in a common plane upon movement of the game board to a closed position and form a retaining wall of the closed case.

Abstract: A game relating to cribbage having a playing board with a number of tracks along each of its edges. The tracks surround a card storage area, a dice storage area, a so-called "kitty" or bank area and an area for holding the game bits or pegs located in a central zone of the board. Each track is divided into a plurality of sections and each track section is divided into a number of groups of action locations, for example, in the form of holes for removably inserting a game bit. Different characteristics expressed, for example by different colors, are allocated to each hole for randomly influencing the progress that a player can make along his or her track from start to finish as determined by the cards of his hand and by at least one die.

Abstract: A box for storing social games having the form of a book and comprising two symmetrical parts forming the covers of the book which are articulatedly mounted on one another by hinges. The box is movable between a closed position and an open position. When the box is in the open position, the symmetrical parts are positioned one adjacent the other on one plane so that game pieces can be placed thereon. When the box is in the closed position, each symmetrical part is pressed against the other and a male component is provided having a salient portion which forms the back of the book. The two symmetrical parts forming the covers of the book form a female component of the book which is further provided on the side of the hinges within an aperture into which the salient portion of the male component can be inserted to secure the box in the closed position.

Abstract: A board game that can be played by two or more persons that it is not only amusing to play but which has more than on mode of play which can be utilized according to the desires and time constraints of the participants. The game includes a chance selection device and at least one game board. The game board includes a playing surface having at least one section wherein the section includes a start subsection, and a device for recording a subsection selection and at least three groups of a plurality of labeled subsections. The groups include a first group of subsections, a second group of subsections and a third group of subsections. The first and second groups are adjacent the start subsection while the third group is adjacent the first or second group. The recording device includes an apparatus for identifying and recording a selected subsection in the first group.

Abstract: This invention concerns a table top game capable of being played on a reversible table surface having a football playing field on one side and a rugby playing field on the opposite side. Each game is suitably marked with the necessary markings and preferably contains a green base to simulate the real game. Opposite ends of the game include goal posts that may either be fixed or removable, depending on the wishes of the user. A flexible reversible table surface is also described together with a fixed reversible table surface capable of being played on any supporting surface including the floor. Each of the games is played with a miniature ball that is kicked off by a flip of a player's finger.

Abstract: A multi-stepped gameboard apparatus which is preferably made in a checkerboard design and divided into separate sections constructed in monotonic steps. The sections may be arranged in a variety of configurations to form a "mountain", "valley", or mixed mountain-valley configuration. Furthermore, the stepped gameboard sections are nestable to form an assemblage for carrying and storing the gameboard when not in use. Preferably, magnets or any other acceptable means known in the art are used to hold the sections together in the variable configurations. Storage areas for playing pieces are provided in each section.

Abstract: A board game based upon the three events of the triathlon race--swimming, cycling, and running, includes a flat and substantially rectangular playing board, a plurality of playing pieces representing the participants of the event, instruction and strategy cards, and a time sheet to record the cumulative time it requires a player to move his or her playing piece through the game course. The game board is illustrated with the race course which is divided into the three events. The course is further divided into individual segments or squares each representing a segment of time and distance. The winner of the game is the player to advance his or her playing pieces through the course utilizing the least number of time segments while overcoming the obstacles inherent to the triathlon.

Abstract: A game comprising a game board having at least a pair of substantially identical playing surfaces, one for each game player, with each playing surface positioned so that the playing surface for any one game player is obscured from the view of all other game players, and a plurality of playing pieces. Each playing surface has a plurality of receptacles arranged in substantially identical patterns for positioning playing pieces. Receptacles on one playing surface have respective electrical terminals for common connection to one terminal of an A.C. power source while the receptacles on a second playing surface have respective electrical terminals adapted to be connected to an opposite polarity terminal of the A.C. power source.

Abstract: A case having two relatively pivotable, open ended case sections that abut at the open ends when the case is in an open position to form a walled, open-positioned to form a walled, open-topped enclosure, the case having a closed position in which the floors in the two sections are disposed parallel and the walls of the case sections extend about three sides of the region between the floors of the case sections. The case further includes a closure panel having a laminar central portion which is moved into recesses in the floors of the case sections when the case is opened so as to avoid forming a blockage between the floors of the two case sections in the open position and which is moved to a position to close the fourth side of the case in the closed position.

Abstract: Jackstraws bearing various geographic and sports indicia thereon are employed in conjunction with a game board having a map illustrated on a playing surface. Jackstraw receptacles in the playing surface are positioned about the map in the vicinity of cities having major sports teams. The game board itself is comprised of a hinged box; the top and bottom of the box form the playing surface when the box is open and the box halves laid flat. A chamber is formed between the box top and bottom when the box is closed. The jackstraws can be stored in the chamber when not in use.

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 board game using playing pieces in the shape of regular tetrahedrons, each face being an equilateral triangle with surface markings, such as dots, whose numbers range from one to four, distinguishing it from the other three faces. The fifteen regular tetrahedral playing pieces form three groups of five identical pieces each, each group being a different color. The game also uses a game board consisting of seven separate panels; four triangular and three trapazoidal. Each panel is divided into smaller equilateral triangular areas which are equal in size and shape to the faces of the playing pieces. The panels are connected with a flexible material whereby the game board can be folded into a regular tetrahedral shaped box to serve as the container for the playing pieces.

Abstract: A game device which consists of a game board having structural features and indicia associated with draw cards, simulated money, a pair of standard dice and a spinner which may be in the form of an octagonal spinner similar to a spinning top or an arrow type spinner provided with a support assembly associated with the game board. The upper surface of the game board includes four compartments or pockets for receiving cards and play money with each of the compartments including a lifting assembly to elevate one end of the cards or money positioned in the compartments.

Abstract: A novel chess box comprising a main body portion having a magnet at its center, a lid hinged on the main body portion, a pair of containers each pivoted on the main body portion and provided with a sheet iron, a positioning plate removably mounted on the main body portion, a number of boards for various kinds of board games, and a plurality of playing pieces for playing with the board games.

Abstract: A combined sheet and marker holder for carrying, in a folded condition; and, easily opened for playing bingo, in an unfolded condition. The legs are positioned so as to give the support proper elevation for viewing the sheet(s) while playing bingo; and, similarly, the clip means retain the sheet(s) during play. Combined handle and latch means retain the support in a folded condition for carrying, or for storage.

Abstract: The board game consists of a central, geometrically shaped goal area with rectangular playing surfaces extending from each side of the goal area. A single tortuous path extends outwardly from the center along each of the rectangular playing surfaces. The shapes of the spaces that comprise the tortuous path are identical to the shape of the goal area. The game also utilizes multi-sided dice having faces which correspond in shape to the shape of the goal area. The playing pieces used in the game are similarly shaped. The game board is hingedly constructed so that when not in use, it can be folded into a three-dimensional box that is then used to store the playing pieces and dice. The game also includes a cover for the folded box. The cover is used during the play of the game to shake and roll the dice.

Abstract: The game board features a display disk situated between upper and lower layers. The display disk has a plurality of radial columns of information which are rotated under display windows in the upper layer. A removable drive hub engages the disk through a central recess in the upper layer. Channel sectors in the lower layer limit the rotation of the hub and disk. The upper and lower layers each consist of two sections hingedly joined together. Folding of the game board is accomplished by aligning the fold line on the disk with the hinge line between the two game board sections.

Abstract: Apparatus for playing a competitive scoring game including a flat playing surface divided into upper and lower sections, a plurality of playing pieces, and randomized selector holders for holding sets of playing pieces during play. The playing pieces include reference indicia on the top surface to indicate alphabetic consonants, vowels, and blanks which may represent consonants or vowels. The playing pieces are provided with further indicia of color to distinguish each players set of playing pieces and further indicia on the bottom surface to distinguish playinig pieces having consonants from those having vowels or blanks. The object of the game is to form colorwords by juxtaposing colored letter carrying playing pieces in the upper section. The colorwords may be extended to form other words. The word is won, when no further letters can be added, by the player whose colored letters outnumber those of any other players. The lower section is used to discard playing pieces in juxtaposition to form words.

Abstract: A bridge bidding aid is designed in the form of a booklet having an oversized cover and a plurality of instruction pages that correspond to various opening bids. The booklet is devised such that, when unfolded at the center of a bridge table, the four players can simultaneously and independently consult the notes to decide on their bids. Also, the information is programmed such that when the opening bidder's notes face the opening bidder, the notes pertaining only to responding bids will face the responder and, similarly, the notes for opponent overcalls and responses will be appropriately positioned in front of the opponents.

Abstract: Game apparatus having a game board defining a triangular playing surface with a predetermined number of triangular areas formed on the playing surface. A plurality of overlapping hexagons are defined by the triangular areas, each of the hexagons being formed by six of the triangular areas positioned to have a common apex. Predetermined ones of the triangular areas are marked with a number from one through six, and plural sets of distinguishable playing pieces and dice are provided. Two players compete by alternately rolling the dice and by a combination of chance and skill seek to move a minimum of seven playing pieces across the board.

Abstract: A board game for being played competitively between up to four players, and including a gameboard divided into nine areas, a set of chips for each player to place upon the gameboard areas, and a deck of cards carrying instructions for placements and removals of the chips. The game board being foldable to enclose a card shuffling device.

Abstract: A game board assembly provides a central column designed to stand upwardly on a horizontal surface. Three or four playing boards are connected to the base of said column and extend outwardly from the base in directions which are approximately equally angularly spaced. The column is made from panels hinged together and the playing boards are hinged to the base of the panels. The entire assembly is capable of being folded into a stack when not in use and a four player or a three player game as desired.

Abstract: A pocket-size chess set is disclosed, comprising a pair of identical panels pivotally secured at their inner edges to a narrow third intermediate panel, whereby the first two panels may be folded together to form a case with the third panel acting as a spine. Two slidable para-magnetic checkerboard halves are provided, on the top surface of each of the first two panels. Thirty-two chessmen are also provided. Each of the latter is provided with a magnetic element on its back and bottom surfaces. Thus, each chessman may be placed either horizontally or vertically on the checkerboard halves. The squares of the latter have a recessed portion and their margins are also recessed for the placing of captured chessmen thereon. The case is kept in closed position by the magnetic attraction of the chessmen for one another.

Abstract: A multi-level ticktacktoe game consists of a plurality of individual ticktacktoe game boards 30, 32, 34, associated in a planar array. The players take turns in making or selecting an individual square or location on any board; the winner is the first player to claim and prove that one of said player's selected locations on every board when the individual boards are stacked in a multi-level array (FIG. 1B). The number of associated boards may vary to provide variable levels of difficulty. The boards may have a permanent or integral attachment or association means 38 or may be associated by removable fasteners (FIGS. 2B-2D), hook and eyelet strip fasteners 44-50, magnetic means 52-54, or by a flexible web or hinge 56. The boards may be associated in a linear, circular (enclosing), or cruciform formation.

Abstract: The disclosure describes a game to be used by two players and which involves the guessing by one player of a word selected by the opposite player. Each player has at his disposal a plurality of each of the letters of the alphabet, and if desired, a plurality of question marks and also a plurality of blank marks. There are two columns of consecutively aligned numerals opposite which can be disposed letters forming a word. A set of one column and one channel to place the letters, is intended for the word selected by one player while another set will be used by the same player for the word which he is trying to guess. By questions and answers, the player will try to locate the position occupied by the word to be guessed, opposite a particular column, after which he will try to identify each letter of the word to be guessed. In his turn, the opposite player will also try to arrive at guessing the word selected by the first player. This game is an excellent tool to develop the vocabulary of a person.

Abstract: An upright board having a plurality of through holes arranged in a symmetrical grid pattern and a plurality of pegs positionable in the holes by opposing game participants. The board is oriented in a vertical or upright position between opposing game participants to place pegs in the holes in the board in accordance with special dice and rules of play. In one embodiment, the board is supported by a pair of laterally extending trays hingedly connected to the lower portion of the board and including an area for receiving the dice and compartments for storing the pegs in accordance with distinguishable colors on the pegs. The trays are hinged to the board slightly above the bottom edge thereof so that when the trays are disposed in vertical position alongside the board and secured in place, the lower end of the board will project beyond the trays with the projecting edge of the board including a handle structure incorporated therein to facilitate the game device being carried or handled.

Abstract: A multiple game assembly that can be carried in a player's pocket is provided. A plurality of game boards are contained within the housing assembly and an exterior indicator can select any specific game. When the housing assembly is open the preselected game board is automatically positioned in an operative mode. Each game sheet includes a magnetizable substrate that is capable of retaining magnetic game pieces.

Abstract: The board of a backgammon set is characterized by a central box portion and oppositely deployed festoon portions. The box portion serves as the bar during play and as a container during storage. The festoon portions are extended as tables during play and retracted into the box portion during storage, with the playing pieces.

Abstract: Crossword puzzle game equipment is disclosed which includes a game board having an array of columns and rows of side-by-side spaces that are sequentially numbered but do not define a puzzle pattern. The game equipment further includes a clue book having a plurality of crossword puzzle clues or definitions printed thereon and a puzzle pattern defining list of selected numbers of spaces which are to be blacked out or otherwise designated as non-playing spaces to form the puzzle pattern. The clue book is preferably formed for free-standing support in a generally vertical orientation proximate the game board to act as a privacy shield for competition between multiple players having the same game equipment and simultaneously solving the same crossword puzzle. Optionally, the clue book is mounted to a foldable game board to provide the privacy shield and a clue support structure.

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: A mancala game board assembly having three boards arranged in triangular fashion for three players, one of the boards being easily removed and the remaining pair of boards arranged parallel one another for play by two players. Also disclosed is a method of playing mancala by two or more players involving simultaneous as well as serial play, and capture and collection of game pieces.

Abstract: A game for being played competitively by two players, and which included a gameboard upon which a playing field with rows of spaces is imprinted, and upon which the players alternately place a playing piece so to try and obtain three playing pieces in a "straight line" or in a "trick track" position.

Abstract: An artistically arranged three dimensional chess set has eight vertically spaced stages, the uppermost and lowermost stage comprising a single square with the stages including progressively increasing numbers of squares toward the center to a total of 64 squares and the upper and lower groups of three stages each defining a totality of sixteen squares. The stages are maintained in spaced relation by a stand which is preferably comprised of a plurality of disengageable members so that the set may be disassembled and arranged in a relatively small container for marketing and storage.

Abstract: A game board having opposed parallel major surfaces including a plurality of playing fields in row and column array is disclosed. The playing fields are mounted on a mesh formed of mutually perpendicular elongated support members interconnected to provide a plurality of generally square openings in which the playing fields are received with each playing field swingably attached along the same side thereof only to the adjacent one of a parallel set of support members, of the mesh. A plurality of game pieces each comprising a pair of indicia bearing bodies joined to each other at one of their ends are also provided. The board and pieces are so constructed as to enable the pieces to be received on a playing field with indicia bearing bodies of each piece extending in juxtaposed parallel relation to an opposed major surface of the playing field.