Table top ball game

Abstract

Ball game having a two-sided tower, one side associated with each playing competitor. The tower has a base supporting two sets of five tubes, each associated with one team. The tubes have five key holes aligned vertically. Each team has twenty five keys numbered from 1 to 25. Each team has five balls; four unmarked, one marked. The teams place the keys into key holes on its tubes. Next, the teams place one ball in each tube, the balls prevented from falling through the tubes by ball-blocking portions of keys. The teams alternate directing their opponents to remove one key. The removed key is surrendered to the requesting team, who places the key into its key track. Once all five keys have been removed from one tube, the ball falls through the tube, onto a ramp and into the team's ball pit. The object is to guess the correct combination of keys to be removed to release the opponent's marked ball.

1 . A ball game for two or more competitors comprising:
 a console unit, said console unit having two sides, each side being associated with one of the playing competitors, the sides being divided by a central divider, the console including five tubes on each side associated with each playing competitor;   each of the tubes including five key holes for reception of keys;   twenty five keys associated with each playing competitor, each of the twenty five keys having a different indicator, and each of the twenty five keys having a ball-blocking portion;   four unmarked balls and one marked ball associated with each playing competitor;   whereby the twenty five keys associated with each competitor are placed into the key holes on the tubes and whereby the four unmarked balls and one marked ball are placed into the tubes after the keys have been placed into the key holes, one ball in each playing competitor's tube, the balls being supported in the tubes by the ball-blocking portion of the keys;   and whereby a playing competitor alternates with the other playing competitor in directing the other playing competitor to remove one key at a time from a key slot until a correct combination of keys have been removed to release the marked ball.   
     
     
         2 . A ball game for two or more competitors comprising:
 a console unit, said console unit having a plurality of playing sides, each side being associated with one of the playing competitors, the console including an identical plurality of tubes on each playing side, each tube having a predetermined plurality of key holes;   a plurality of keys associated with each of the playing competitors, the plurality of keys being an equal number to the predetermined plurality of key holes associated with each playing competitor, each of the keys having a ball blocking portion, and each of the keys associated with each of the playing competitors including a different marking; and   a plurality of balls associated with a playing competitor, the plurality of balls being an equal number to the plurality of tubes associated with the playing competitor, wherein all of the balls except for one are unmarked and one is marked;   whereby the plurality keys associated with each competitor are placed into the key holes on the tubes and whereby the unmarked balls and marked ball are placed into the tubes after the keys have been placed into the key holes, one ball in each playing competitor's tube, the balls being supported in the tubes by the ball-blocking portion of the keys;   and whereby a playing competitor alternates with the other playing competitor in directing the other playing competitor to remove one key at a time from a key slot until a correct combination of keys have been removed to release the marked ball.