Puzzle with rotatable blocks and face portions slidable therebetween

Claim 1

A game device comprising: a plurality of blocks each having a plurality of sides and a pair of opposed ends, at least two of said blocks being rotatable with respect to a third block, said blocks being connected together in a columnar array with their ends in abutment, for relative rotation around a common axis; a plurality of face portions slidably retained on the sides of said blocks for sliding movement from one block to another in a direction generally parallel to said common axis, the number of face portions being one less than the number of block sides, to permit movement of said face portions parallel to said common axis from one block to another; means for preventing sliding movement of said face portions around said common axis, with respect to the block upon which said face portions are mounted; and indicia means on each of said face portions for distinguishing said face portions from one another and defining a predetermined arrangement of said face portions on said device in order to implement a game wherein a player attempts to arrange the face portions in the desired arrangement by rotating said blocks with respect to one another and sliding said face portions from one block to another.