BOARD GAME

Abstract

A board game for at least two players comprises a plurality of boards each board having a plurality of recesses located at the perimeter of the board, a plurality of counters each counter of a size suitable to be located within a recess of the board wherein the boards are arranged to be mounted one on top of another, the largest board being placed at the bottom and the arrangement of the boards being such that it forms a tower of boards, each board, except for the largest board, being mounted within the perimeter of the top surface of the board beneath it, the winner of the game being the first player to position a pre agreed number of counters of their own in a row horizontally, vertically or diagonally across any of the boards.

Description

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described by way of example only with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 shows the boards of the game in a dismantled state;

FIG. 2 shows the boards mounted one on top of another with some counters in situ;

FIG. 3 shows another perspective view of the boards and counters of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 shows the boards mounted one on top of another in another arrangement for playing the game.

FIG. 5 shows a further embodiment of the board game comprising a number of boards mounted one on top of another.

Claims

1. A board game for at least two players comprising a plurality of boards each board having a plurality of recesses located at the perimeter of the board, a plurality of counters each counter of a size suitable to be located within a recess of the board wherein the boards are arranged to be mounted one on top of another, the largest board being placed at the bottom and the arrangement of the boards being such that it forms a tower of boards, each board, except for the largest board, being mounted within the perimeter of the top surface of the board beneath it, the winner of the game being the first player to position a pre agreed number of counters of their own in a row horizontally, vertically or diagonally across any of the boards.

2. A board game according to claim 1 wherein the pre agreed number of counters is four.

3. A board game according to claim 1 wherein the pre agreed number of counters is five.

4. A board game according to claim 1 wherein the recesses are distributed evenly around the perimeter of the boards such that each side of a board has the same number of recesses located therein.

5. A board game according to claim 1 wherein each board except the bottom board is retained within the lateral confines of the board beneath it.

6. A board game according to claim 1 wherein each board comprises edges having a saw toothed configuration.