Game board and apparatus

Claim 1

A game apparatus comprising: a. game board means having a plurality of columns adjacently aligned and each column segmented by a plurality of holes and each column being distinguishable from adjacent columns by markings, b. a plurality of marker means adapted for emplacement in the said holes of the columns and said marker means being grouped by markings; and c. chance means for initiating and directing the movement of said marker means between said holes within and across said columns, and said chance means including plurality of indicia corresponding to the markings of the said columns and said markers, wherein said chance means is comprised of three sticks each having four sides distinguished by either of the two colors or markings of the said columns and said markers, or a mixture of the two colors or markings of the said columns and said markers, wherein: The first stick has distinguishable sides alternating between the two colors or distinguishable markings of the said columns and markers, the second stick has one side distinguishable by a mixture of the two colors or distinguishable markings of the said columns and markers, the opposite side distinguishable by the lighter of the two colors or distinguishable markings of the said columns and markers, and the remaining two sides distinguishable by the darker of the colors or distinguishable markings of the said columns and markers; and the third stick has one side distinguishable by a mixture of the two colors or distinguishable markings of the said columns and markers, the opposite side distinguishable by the darker of the two colors or distinguishable markings of the said columns and markers, and the remaining two sides distinguishable by the lighter of the two colors or distinguishable markings of the said columns and markers.