Game structure employing markers and links

Claim 2

A game structure which comprises a game board with a plurality of apertures therein and a plurality of channels interconnecting said apertures; a first plurality of members insertable into said apertures, the members of said first plurality comprising terminal markers in the form of pegs and playing markers in the form of spheroids; and a second plurality of members insertable into said channels, each member of said second plurality being capable of extending from one member of said first plurality to another; thereby to provide a game structure in which said members can be arranged in said apertures and channels to extend from one aperture position to another in accordance with a prescribed set of rules.

Claim 3

A game structure which comprises a game board with a plurality of apertures therein and a plurality of channels interconnecting said apertures; a first plurality of members insertable into said apertures, said members comprising terminal markers and playing markers, said playing markers comprising a plurality of groups of markers, the members of each group being visually distinguishable from those of each of the other groups; and a second plurality of members insertable into said channels, each member of said second plurality being capable of extending from one member of said first plurality to another; thereby to provide a game structure in which said members can be arranged in said apertures and channels to extend from one aperture position to another in accordance with a prescribed set of rules.

Claim 4

A game structure which comprises a game board with a plurality of apertures therein and a plurality of channels interconnecting said apertures; a first plurality of members insertable into said apertures, said members comprising terminal markers and playing markers, said playing markers comprising a plurality of groups of markers, the members of each group being visually distinguishable from those of each of the other groups; and a second plurality of members insertable into said channels, each member of said second plurality being capable of extending from one member of said first plurality to another; thereby to provide a game structure in which said members can be arranged in said apertures and channels to extend from one aperture position to another in accordance with a prescribed set of rules.

Claim 5

A game structure as defined in claim 1 wherein the members insertable into said channels constitute links having a plurality of different lengths.

Claim 6

A game structure as defined in claim 1 wherein the apertures of said game board form a grid of nodal and terminal positions and the apertures of said game board are both directly and diagonally interconnected by said channels.

Claim 7

A game structure as defined in claim 4 wherein the members insertable into said channels include links which are of a length to extend directly from one aperture to another and links which are of a length to extend diagonally from one aperture to another.

Claim 8

A game structure as defined in claim 5 wherein some of said links are of a length to extend between single interaperture intervals and others of said links are of a length to extend between multiple interaperture intervals.

Claim 9

A game structure as defined in claim 1 wherein the apertures of said game board are arranged in a square grid of node positions accompanied by a set of tErminal positions for each side of the square; the channels of said game board form link slots by which said node positions are both directly and diagonally interconnected and said terminal positions and adjoining node positions are both directly and diagonally connected; said pegs are insertable into said terminal positions to form terminals and said spheroids are insertable at said node positions to form nodes; and the members insertable into said channels constitute links, some of which are of a length to link a terminal with a node and others of which are of a length to link one node with another node; thereby to permit realization of a topological configuration extending from a terminal near one edge of the grid by way of links and nodes to a terminal near another edge of said grid.

Claim 10

A game structure as defined in claim 2 wherein the apertures of said game board form a grid of nodal and terminal positions; the apertures of said game board are both directly and diagonally interconnected by said channels; the members insertable into said channels include links which are of a length to extend directly from one aperture to another and links which are of a length to extend diagonally from one aperture to another.

Claim 11

A game structure as defined in claim 8 wherein some of said links are of a length to extend between single interaperture intervals and others of said links are of a length to extend between multiple interaperture intervals.