Table game

A table game comprising a game board having a plurality of upwardly-directed support members, a transparent cover removably mounted on said support members and supported thereby in a position in which it is parallel to and spaced above the upper surface of said game board, a matrix array of channel means disposed on the upper surface of said game board, a first plurality of game pieces identified as belonging to a first player, and a second plurality of game pieces identified as belonging to a second player, each of said game pieces having engaging means for releasably engaging said channel means, each of said playing pieces having end edges positioned to bear against end edges of adjacent game pieces when engaged in said channels, said channel means being of sufficient size to receive and retain columns of playing pieces extending in a first horizontal direction and rows of playing pieces extending in a second horizontal direction perpendicular to said first direction, with the players alternately inserting their respective playing pieces from the sides of the playing board between the upper surface of said playing board and said transparent cover until one player has formed a complete row, column or diagonal line of his inserted playing pieces.