Board game apparatus

Claim 1

In a game, the combination of a game board, a plurality of playing pieces for movement upon said game board, a plurality of defense cards and a plurality of offense cards, the game board having self-contained means for determining the amount of travel for said playing pieces upon said game board, said game board comprising a generally square playing field having four sides, said game board being made of plastic material and upon which there is mounted a printed cardboard insert, said printed cardboard insert being of square frame configuration and having its upper side imprinted with a plurality of equal squares, each of said squares being identified with a different numeral, said numerals being in sequence between one and 36, the center of said game board being provided with an upstanding post supported at its lower end upon a lower panel of said game board, an upper portion of said post extending upwardly through a central opening of an upper panel in spaced relation to said lower panel of said game board, a space within said game board between said upper and lower panels, said space containing four radially extending levers each extending toward a respective side, an inner end of each of said levers being positioned beneath a shoulder formed on and around said post, and an outer end of each of said levers being upwardly turned and extending upwardly through an opening in said upper panel, the upper end of said lever being provided with a push button knob, an intermediate portion of each of said levers being pivotable about a fulcrum supported upon said lower panel so that upon downward movement of said push button knob, the opposite end of said lever bears against said shoulder of said post, and the upper end of said post supporting a transparent dome containing a pair of dice.