Board blocks with pieces moved by interconnected end blocks

Claim 1

A game designed to be played by two, three or four players comprising: a generally square, game board base having home positions on the four sides thereof usable by a predetermined number of players in the range of from two to four; raised corner platform means at the four corners of said base defining a generally crossed shaped playing surface therebetween which includes a first, central, generally square shaped playing surface area and four playing surface extensions located between adjacent pairs of the four corner platform means; a plurality of substantially square and identical, movable game pieces, the total number of playing pieces being determined by the formula X 2 +4X, X being 2 or a greater whole number, the X 2 quantity of pieces being located, initially, in said first surface and the 4X quantity of pieces being located in said playing surface extensions, adjacent said first area, an X quantity in each of the four surface extensions, a predetermined quantity of said game pieces being marked, the total number of pieces so marked being in the range of from 2 to 2X when there are two players, 3 to 3X when there are three players and 4 to 4X when there are four players; and a plurality of pairs of movable, end block members located in the four surface extensions, outside of, but abutting the game pieces located therein, the number of said pairs of end blocks being 2X, each pair of end blocks being arranged linearly across from one another on said base, embracing a quantity of X+2 game pieces therebetween and being fixedly interconnected to one another beneath said game pieces and thus being movable as a playing unit on said base, the unit including the end blocks with game pieces linearly embraced therebetween; units arranged at 90 degrees to one another being movable across one another whereby game pieces may be moved laterally and linearly across said playing surface from one side to the other to thereby play a game.