Board game apparatus

Claim 1

A board game apparatus for a plurality of players comprising in combination a playing board having a continuous main course, said main course being divided into a plurality of adjacent playing areas, a portion of said plurality of main course playing areas having penalties, rewards, and instructions associated therewith to which said players must respond, the remaining portion of said plurality of main course playing areas being provided with numerical indicia thereon, said playing areas being randomly arranged to form said main course, said board further including differently colored playing areas disposed without said main course, a plurality of secondary playing areas having consecutive numerical indicia thereon disposed without said main course, each said secondary playing area corresponding to one of said main course playing areas having numerical indicia thereon, said playing board additionally including a generally centrally disposed dial indicator rotatably affixed thereon, said rotatable dial indicator having a plurality of areas, selected ones of which have numerical indicia thereon corresponding to the numerical indicia provided on said main course playing areas, said areas having colors corresponding to said differently colored playing areas, said rotatable dial indicator being capable of rotating and indicating a chance selected one of a plurality of numerical quantities when coming to rest, a plurality of distinctive tokens constituting playing pieces, one of said tokens being utilized by each of said players in playing said game, monetary tokens for payment of rewards and penalties by players whose distinctive token lands on a main playing area having such instructions thereon, wagering tokens for placement on said secondary playing areas and said colored areas to indicate the areas selected and the amount wagered, a plurality of cards, each said card having a numerical indicia thereon corresponding to one of said main path numerical indicia, said cards being acquired by said players under prescribed conditions, ownership of said numerical cards providing rewards of said monetary tokens under specific conditions, and two decks of cards, the cards of one of said decks of cards having indicia thereon indicating wagering instructions, the cards of the other of said decks of cards having indicia thereon indicating penalty or reward instructions, and a player being directed to select a card from one of said decks of cards by instructions provided on selected ones of said main course playing areas.