Game

Claim 1

A GAME ADAPTED TO BE PLAYED AT LEAST TWO PLAYERS, COMPRISING A BOARD DIVIDED INTO SIX DIFFERENTLY CODED PLAYAREAS, SIX WINNING COMBINATION PIECES FIVE OF WHICH ARE SELECTIVELY POSITIONABLE ONE EACH OF FIVE OF THE PLAYING AREAS, THE SIXTH OF THE WINNING COMBINATION INDICATING PIECES BEING POSITIONABLE ON THE OTHER OF THE SIX PLAYING AREAS, A PLURALITY OF COUNTERS DIVIDED INTO FIVE EQUAL GROUPS EACH OF WHICH IS CODED TO INDICATE POSITIONMENT ON ONE OF THE PLAYING AREAS UPON WHICH ONE OF SAID SELECTIVELY POSITIONABLE WINNING COMBINATION PIECES IS LOCATED, A GROUP OF TWO PLAYING PIECES FOR EACH PLAYER, EACH MEMBER OF EACH GROUP OF PLAYING PIECES HAVING SIMILAR INDICIA RELATIVE TO THE OTHER MEMBER OF THE GROUP WHICH DISTINGUISH THE MEMBERS OF THE RESPECTIVE GROUPS FROM EACH OF THE OTHER GROUPS, EACH OF THE MEMBERS OF EACH OF THE GROUPS ALSO HAVING ADDITIONAL DIFFERENT INDICIA RELATIVE TO THE OTHER MEMBER OF ITS GROUP WHICH IS SIMILAR TO ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF EACH OF THE OTHER GROUPS OF PLAYING PIECES, EACH OF THE MEMBERS OF EACH OF THE GROUPS HAVING A DIFFERENT PLAY INDICATING OPERATION RELATIVE TO THE OTHER MEMBER OF THE GROUP AND SAID OPERATION BEING INDICATED BY SAID ADDITIONAL DIFFERENT INDICIA, AND A GROUP OF SELECTIVELY DEALT PLAYING ELEMENTS DISTRIBUTABLE IN EQUAL NUMBERS TO EACH OF THE PLAYERS TO SELECTIVELY DICTATE POSSIBLE MANNERS OF MANIPULATING SAID PLAYING PIECES, AND SAID WINNING COMBINATION PIECES INDICATING AND BEING EQUAL IN NUMBER TO THE SAID POSSIBLE MANNERS OF PLAY, AND THE PLAYRS PROPERLY SELECTING WINNING MANNERS OF PLAY SELECTIVELY REMOVING SOME OF THE COUNTERS.