Tabletop hockey game

Tabletop hockey game apparatus comprising a planar board having a continuous raised border defining a playing surface;

• player pieces mounted on top of the playing surface, a first player piece being carried on a respective first player peg, which passes right through a first player slot which is within the playing surface;
• control handles mounted on the board, a control handle being carried on a respective handle peg, which passes right through a handle slot which is outside the playing surface, and where the alignment of the handle slot is such that the line of the handle slot remains substantially always outside the playing surface;
• wherein the said first player peg and the said handle peg are carried at respective pivot points on a linking arm, the points being a fixed distance apart on the arm so that the handle peg and the first player peg remain the same distance apart at all times;
• wherein the first player peg and the handle peg are each pivotally mounted to the linking arm at the respective points to that each peg may rotate pivotally with respect to the arm;
• wherein the handle slot and the first player slot are substantially hot in line, and a line joining the said pivot points lies at a substantial angle to the perpendicular to both slots;
• wherein the arm is located as to its position and orientation with respect to the two slots by virtue only of the engagement of the two pegs each in its respective slot, and by virtue of the pegs being held a fixed distance apart in the arm, the position and orientation of the arm being otherwise not constrained with respect to the slots at all;
• and wherein rotation transmitting means are provided whereby when the handle is rotated its rotary movement is transmitted in strict unison to the first player piece.