Three-dimensional board game apparatus

Claim 1

A game apparatus for playing a three-dimensional game, said apparatus comprising a plurality of game pieces, said game pieces comprising a plurality of discs, said discs being divided into a plurality of groups of similar number, each group of said discs being a different color, each of said discs including a stem which extends transversely to one of the flat surfaces of the disc at the center thereof, said apparatus including a threedimensional support member comprised of a rectangular member having five rectangular playing surfaces, four of said playing surfaces being vertically disposed and depending from the four edges of the periphery of the fifth of said surfaces, said fifth surface being horizontally disposed, each of said surfaces having a plurality of squares which are disposed in aligned rows and columns, the rows of each of said four vertically disposed surfaces being aligned with the rows of the other vertical surfaces, the columns of each of said four vertical surfaces being aligned with the rows and columns of said horizontal surface, each of said squares having an opening at the center thereof, so that any one of said discs may be removably secured to said square by insertion of said stem of said disc in said opening, said apparatus including a base having a projection, said rectangular member including a sixth surface having a bore for rotatably receiving said base projection thereby allowing players to rotate said rectangular member with respect to said base for a view of all of the playing surfaces.