Board game, apparatus, and method of play

Abstract

A board game preferably for two players involving the movement of a single game piece along a plurality of three types of lanes differentiated on the basis of color, with the lanes having arrowheads showing allowable directions of movement to a plurality of sites including a start site for each player and a score site for each player. Players alternately toss a pair of cubic dice with each die having three sides of one color and three sides of another color corresponding to the colors of the lanes. The single game piece is moved from one site to an adjacent site along one of the lanes corresponding to the uppermost faces shown by the dice. Players win one point when the game piece moves into their score site; and when a player reaches a predetermined winning score, that player wins the game. The game can be played by a single player against an imaginary opponent.

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       2 . A game preferably for two persons comprising a game board that has: 
 two types of lanes wherein one type of lane that has an arrowhead on both ends, which denotes that the single game piece can be moved from one site to another in either direction along this type of lane and a second type of lane that has an arrowhead at one end denoting that the game piece can be moved only in one direction between sites along this type of lane.    
   
   
       3 . A game according to  claim 2  wherein the movement of the game piece is determined by the tossing of a pair of dice wherein the players alternately toss the dice and move the game piece accordingly, and wherein; 
 the dice are matching cubes that have three sides of one color and three sides of another color corresponding to the type of lane on the game board that allows movement in either direction;    three combinations of colors can result from the toss of the dice: two uppermost faces of one color, two uppermost faces of the other color, and one uppermost face of one color and one uppermost face of the other color;    the probability that the dice will show one of the single colors is one in four;    the probability that the dice will show two colors is one in two;    the toss of the dice by a player thus designates which type of lane along which the game piece is moved to an adjacent site; and    the toss of the dice by one player may result in the single game piece being moved to the other player's score site.    
   
   
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