Board game apparatus

Abstract

A board game apparatus wherein the object is to collect the greatest number of playing pieces which are awarded to the players of the game for correctly answering a riddle by movement of pieces over a gameboard. The apparatus generally includes a gameboard having a playing surface thereon, a movable playing piece for each player of the game, a set of playing pieces acquired by the players during play of the game and carrying indicia thereon, a plurality of stations on the gameboard defining a playing piece path of travel or track on the playing surface, and a chance device for determining the advancement of the players' playing pieces along the track. The indicia on the set of acquired playing pieces comprises questions or riddles for the players of the game. Each station includes indicia thereon representing an answer to one of the questions presented by the indica on the acquired playing pieces. A question is answered by a player being first to move to the proper answer station and that player is awarded the playing piece having the corresponding question indicia thereon. The gameboard includes a dispensing device in the form of an ice cream truck for dispensing the acquired playing pieces to the players of the game, the acquired playing pieces being in the form of ice cream sticks.

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