Upright game board having rotatably mounted indicia-bearing balls

Abstract

Abstract A game device comprising a game board positioned upright between two playing stations and having a plurality of openings arranged in a series of rows and columns extending through the board between the two playing stations. A plurality of indicia bearing balls are rotatably mounted within the board in the plurality of openings so that each ball may be independently rotated from either side of the board to display certain indicia, such as color spots, marked thereon. In playing the game, each player tries to align spots of the same color in any one row or column, or along a diagonal. The indicia on each ball are arranged in pairs with the indicia of each pair being different from each other and in diametrically opposed relation to one another. Also, and considering a common indicia or color spot on every two next adjacent balls (whether in a row, column or diagonal), the color spot diametrically opposed to the common color spot is different on one ball from that on the next adjacent ball. Thus, the pattern of indicia or color spots being formed on one side of the board by one player is different from the pattern being formed on the other side of the board by the other player. A transparent overlay is preferably removably mounted on the game board spaced from the balls and extending thereover for purposes of checking the alignment of the color spots of the alleged winner of the game.

Inventors

• 👤 A Heller

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