Board game amusement device

An amusement game apparatus comprising:

• a. means defining a playing surface;
• b. a plurality of indicia-bearing elements adapted to be placed on said playing surface selectively at different times thereby defining selected playing surfaces for a corresponding plurality of different types of games;
• c. a player element movably connected to said playing surface and extending from said surface and the indicia-bearing element placed thereon, said player element including means operable by a person playing the game for moving said player element along a portion of said playing surface;
• d. a player piece adapted for free movement onto and along said playing surface and the indicia-bearing element thereon;
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• e. means for guiding and deflecting said player piece moved by a person playing the game toward and onto said playing surface and the indicia-bearing element thereon, said means for guiding and deflecting said player piece comprises a guide surface vertically spaced from said playing surface and means defining and deflecting surface positioned between said guide surface and said playing surface, and deflecting surface being shaped in a manner such that said player element moving along said guide surface and onto said deflecting surface is directed by said deflecting surface onto said playing surface, said deflecting surface being curvilinear in transverse cross section and the curvilinear arc portions thereof lying in planes substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said deflecting surface and located in the mid longitudinal axial portion of said deflecting surface being of shorter angular extent than at other portions along the longitudinal axis of said deflecting surface, whereby the movement of the player piece along said playing surface and the indicia-bearing element thereon is influenced by the movement thereof along said guiding and deflecting means and by operation of said player element, the nature of the movement of the player piece along said playing surface and indicia-bearing element affecting the outcome of the game.