Game board with intersecting channels

Claim 1

IN A GAME FOR FOUR PARTICIPATING POSITIONS, THE COMBINATION OF A GAME BOARD HAVING A PLAYING FACE AND FOUR SIDES OF SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL LENGTH WITH EACH OF THE SIDES PROVIDING ONE OF THE PARTICIPATING POSITIONS, ONLY TWO SETS OF GROOVES IN THE PLAYING FACE WITH ONE SET INTERSECTING THE OTHER SET AT SUBSTANTIALLY RIGHT ANGLES, THE GROOVES IN THE RESPECTIVE SETS BEING PARALLEL AND EQUIDISTANT FROM EACH OTHER AND EACH SET AT ITS RESPECTIVE ENDS OPENING ON TWO OF THE PARTICIPATING POSITIONS, A PLURALITY OF PLAYING COMPONENTS, EACH WITH A HAND ENGAGEABLE MEMBER HAVING A PROJECTION SUBSTANTIALLY CENTRALLY THEREOF AND OF A SHAPE TO SLIDABLY FIT IN GUIDED RELATION TO THE GROOVES, THE HAND ENGAGEABLE MEMBER OF THE PLAYING COMPONENTS BEING OF A CROSS SECTIONAL SIZE WHICH IS ONLY SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN THE DISTANCE FROM THE CENTER OF ONE GROOVE TO THE CENTER OF AN ADJACENT GROOVE, THEREBY BEING SUFFICIENTLY SMALL TO PERMIT PASSAGE ALONG RESPECTIVE ADJACENT GROOVES WITHOUT OBSTRUCTION OF ONE WITH THE OTHER AND SUFFICIENTLY LARGE TO CENTER SUBSTANTIALLY ON THE INTERSECTIONS WHEN ALIGNED IN CONTACT RELATION TO EACH OTHER BY PUSHING ONE AGAINST THE OTHER IN A SINGLE GROOVE.