Battling environment with multiple play level surfaces

A battling stadium game apparatus with three play level surfaces for toy tops, comprising:

• a base;
• at least one concave arena at a first play level surface at the base, the at least one concave;
• arena having a battling surface at the first play level, the battling surface having a middle area and a periphery area surrounding the middle area;
• an overdrive surface at a second play level surface at the base, the overdrive surface is disposed at a level elevated from the concave arena;
• a lid nesting within the base defining an exterior wall around a perimeter of the base;
• and
• a third level platform element is disposed between the base and the lid at a third play level surface for directing flow patterns of toy tops about three play level surfaces contained within the perimeter exterior wall of the battling stadium.

A method of play for toy tops about three play surface levels, comprising the steps of:

• providing a first level play surface having a lower arena bowl with a battling surface flowing into an upper arena bowl with a battling surface inclining away from the lower arena bowl, combining lower and upper arena bowls creating one large irregular shaped area bowl;
• providing a second level play surface having an overdrive surface elevating from the first level play surface and including an overdrive rail having a rail riding surface;
• providing one or more spinning toy tops;
• launching spinning toy tops onto the first level play surface for random energy driven traveling of the spinning tops along the large irregular shaped area bowl;
• and
• providing a removable third level platform element creating a third level play surface nesting with the base at the first and second level play surfaces, the third level platform element having a ramp edge for nesting with the lower arena bowl at the first level play surface and an outer perimeter wall defining an outer edge of the third level platform element nesting with the overdrive rail at the second level play surface, for directing flow patterns of toy tops about three play level surfaces.