Board game

Claim 1

A board game comprising: (a) a playing board having a playing surface; (b) a playing course on said playing surface including a plurality of playing position boxes arranged in a sequence of predetermined configuration, said sequence including at one end thereof a starting position box and at the opposite end thereof a finishing position box; (c) a plurality of player's tokens each arranged for movement by a player along said playing course from one position box to a predetermined next position box in a predetermined sequence; (d) a plurality of alphabetic letters depicted at the respective position boxes thereby to associate with each position box at least one predetermined letter, which constitutes the initial letter of a word to be named by a player whose token stands on the position box; (e) at least one random selection means having a plurality of portions bearing respectively different indicia, for operation by a player to randomly select one of said indicia; and (f) a key portraying representations of the respective indicia appearing on said portions and in association with them respective representations specifying respective predetermined categories, thereby on operation of said random selection means by a player to select one said indicia, said player randomly selects one said category; said initial letter and said selected category together specifying limits within which a player whose token stands on a position box may name a word representing a variety within the selected category; said token being moveable to said next predetermined position box only on the naming correctly of a word within said limits by said player; and said predetermined categories being chosen from a list which includes at least the following categories of knowledge: persons, animals, other animate objects, plants, other vegetation, inanimate objects, places, features, materials and activities.