Foldable game board

The combination comprising:

• a mat including a rectangular playing panel formed from a flexible sheet material and having a playing field marked on it;
• a flexible pocket connected to the playing panel at one margin thereof and extending beyond the playing panel;
• and stiffening bars located along the margins of the playing panel such that they are prevented from being displaced outwardly with respect to the panel, there being a separate bar along each margin of the panel with each bar extending substantially the full length of the margin along which it lies, the bars extending out to the corners of the panel and having their ends at those corners, whereby the bars, when the playing panel is spread onto a flat surface, prevent the panel from gathering, the ends of the stiffening bars being substantially detached from each other at the corners so that the panel can fold along fold lines that pass between the ends of adjacent stiffening bars;
• and playing pieces of a size suitable for moving over the playing field during the course of the game and for further fitting into and being stored in the pocket when the game is not in use.