Board Games

Abstract

A board game comprising a playing board having a surface marked with an array of vertical and horizontal rows of abutting squares, each square having a number marked within it and a pack of cards having on one side a plurality of questions and on the other side the answers to those questions, the questions and answers on each individual card of the pack being different from those on each other card but relating to the same subject. The cards may have an axis of symmetry about which they can be folded such that both the questions and the answers on a card can be viewed by the player holding that card but that one or the other of the questions and the answers is concealed from the other players during play. The game may also include a word insertion guide.

1 . A board game comprising a playing board having a surface marked with an array of vertical and horizontal rows of abutting squares, each square having a number marked within it and a pack of cards having on one side a plurality of questions and on the other side the answers to those questions, the questions and answers on each individual card of the pack being different from those on each other card but relating to the same subject. 
   
   
       2 . A board game according to  claim 1 , wherein the array of squares on the board is rectangular. 
   
   
       3 . A board game according to  claim 2 , wherein the array of squares on the board is square. 
   
   
       4 . A board game according to  claim 1 , wherein the board has a wipe-clean surface. 
   
   
       5 . A board game according to  claim 1 , wherein the board is disposable and made of paper. 
   
   
       6 . A board game according to  claim 1 , wherein the cards having an axis of symmetry about which they can be folded such that both the questions and the answers on card can be viewed by the player holding that card but that one or the other of the questions and the answers are concealed from the other players during play, 
   
   
       7 . A board game according to  claim 1 , including a word insertion guide comprising a strip of material having a length at least the width of the playing area of the playing board and having along one edge portion a plurality of divisions corresponding to the squares on the playing board, said edge portion being of transparent material at least in a strip extending the length of the guide and at least as wide as the squares on the board and either encompassing or abutting the divisions and having a surface that is capable of being written on and subsequently wiped clean. 
   
   
       8 . (canceled) 
   
   
       9 . (canceled) 
   
   
       10 . A pack of cards for use in aboard game according to  claim 1  having on one side a plurality of questions and on the other side the answers to those questions, the cards having an axis of symmetry about which they can be folded such that both the questions and the answers on a card can be viewed by the player holding that card but that one or the other of the questions and the answers is concealed from the other players during play, the questions and answers on each individual card of the pack being different from those on each other card but relating to the same subject.