Guided projectile game

Claim 1

IN A GAME APPARATUS REQUIRING QUICK PHYSICAL REACTION TO RECOGNITION OF A STARTING SIGNAL, A PLURALITY OF GAME PIECES, A COMMON GOAL MEANS, A GUIDE MEANS FOR EACH GAME PIECE HAVING A STARTING ZONE, INDEPENDENT SUBSTANTIALLY INSTANTANEOUSLY OPERABLE PROJECTING MEANS FOR EACH GAME PIECE FOR CAUSING SAID GAME PIECE TO MOVE WITH RESPECT TO ITS RESPECTIVE STARTING ZONE TOWARD SAID COMMON GOAL MEANS, THE GUIDE MEANS AND GAME PIECES BEING OPERABLE ARRANGED WITH RESPECT TO SAID GOAL MEANS TO ENABLE ONLY THE FIRST GAME PIECE ARRIVING AT SAID GOAL MEANS TO ASSUME A PREDETERMINED CONDITION THEREIN, THE PATH OF TRAVEL OF EACH GAME PIECE BEING OF SUCH SHORT LENGTH THAT THE GAME MOVES FROM ITS STARTING ZONE TO THE GOAL MEANS SUBSTANTIALLY INSTANTANEOUSLY, WHEREBY NO PLAYER HAS AN ADVANTAGE OTHER THAN HIS NATURAL FACILITIES OF PERCEPTION OF THE STARTING SIGNAL AND QUICK REACTION IN THE PROJECTION OF HIS RESPECTIVE GAME PIECE.