Board game apparatus

Claim 1

A GAME COMPRISING A BOARD HAVING PLAYING SQUARES WHICH EXTEND SUBSTANTIALLY OVER THE ENTIRE BOARD, MEANS FOR DESIGNATING ONE ONLY OF SAID PLAYING SQUARES AS A STARTING POINT WHICH DESIGNATION DISTINGUISHES SAID ONE SQUARE FROM EVERY OTHER SQUARE DISPLAYED ON THE BOARD, SAID BOARD HAVING A SYMBOLIC WALL REGION ADJACENT THE SQUARES ON TWO SIDES THEREOF, AN END ZONE ON A THIRD SIDE THEREOF AND A FREE ZONE ADJOINING THE SIDE CONTAINING SAID SINGLE STARTING POINT, SAID BOARD HAVING IN ADDITION A CENTRALLY LOCATED PENALTY SQUARE CHARACTERIZED BY A COLOR DESIGNATION CONTRASTINGLY DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF THE STARTING SQUARE, A PLURALITY OF BONUS SQUARES PROXIMATE AND SURROUNDING SAID PENALTY SQUARE, EACH OF SAID BONUS SQUARES HAVING A COLOR DESIGNATION CONTRASTINGLY DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF THE STARTING SQUARE AND ALSO FROM THAT OF SAID PENALTY SQUARE AND AT LEAST ONE ADDITIONAL PENALTY SQUARE LARGER IN AREA THAN ANY ONE OF SAID PLAYING SQUARES AND COLORABLY SIMILAR TO THE FIRST-MENTIONED PENALTY SQUARE, SAID ADDITIONAL PENALTY SQUARE CONTAINING ONE FREE PLAY SQUARE ADJACENT TO ONE OF SAID PLAYING SQUARES AND VISUALLY SIMILAR THERETO, IN COMBINATION WITH A PLURALITY OF SETS OF DIRECTION DESIGNATING PLAYING PIECES, EACH PLAYING PIECE BEING DESIGNED TO BE SUPPORTED WITHIN ANY ONE OF THE SQUARES ON THE BOARD AND HAVING A FUNCTIONAL DIRECTION LINE DISPOSED ON ITS SURFACE, ONE OF SAID SETS OF PIECES HAVING DIRECTIONAL LINES ON EACH PIECE EXTENDING FROM CORNER TO CORNER, A SECOND SET OF PIECES HAVING DIRECTIONAL LINES ON EACH PIECE FROM ONE MID SIDE TO A SECOND MID SIDE AND A THIRD SET HAVING DIRECTIONAL LINES EXTENDING FROM ONE CORNER TO ONE MID SIDE, AT LEAST ONE OF THE PIECES IN SAID THIRD SET HAVING A DIRECTIONAL LINE EXTENDING FROM A CORNER DEFINED BY TWO ADJACENT SIDES TO A MID POINT OF ONE OF SAID ADJACENT SIDES.