Board game apparatus

Claim 1

A game that creates a novel pursuit situation, said game comprising in combination: a. a game board having marked thereon: a plurality of spaces in succession that constitute a primary path of progression about the board and includes a common starting space for the plurality of pursued playing pieces and a specific space of safety for said pursued playing pieces at the end of said path; a separate small plurality of spaces in succession that constitute a secondary path that is the initial starting path for the pursuing playing piece and has at one end of separate starting space for the pursuing playing piece, the other end of said path connecting directly with the first space of the primary path; a series of specific hazards and shortcuts in picture and legend situated along the primary path to be encountered by chance by the playing pieces and intended to impede or to expedite the movement of said playing pieces; a pictorial representation of various dinosaurs along with their respective names and approximate dates of their existence situated at various locations on the game board, b. a plurality of playing pieces adapted to indicate the pursued Cavemen, c. a singular playing piece adapted to indicate the pursuing Dinosaur, d. a conventional cubical die used to determine by chance the progress and thereby the fate of the playing pieces during the game.