A game apparatus comprising:
- a group of decks of playing cards having indicia means thereon configured in the shape of groups of characters forming questions and answers for game playing purposes according to game rules, said decks of cards each containing indicia means defining separate categories of question and answers;
- a compact sized game board having a playing area;
- said playing area having a plurality of playing card supporting areas for receiving said decks of cards for game playing purposes according to the game rules;
- said playing area having path indicia means thereon, said path indicia means being configured in the shape of a plurality of path segments extending along the periphery of said playing card supporting areas and being interconnected in an endless path of travel;
- said path segments being subdivided into a plurality of subdivisions;
- a plurality of movable position marking player pieces distinguishable from one another and movable from one to another of said subdivisions along said path segments, said pieces being associated individually with the players of the game and being moved by their associated players;
- move determining means presenting numerical values determining the move of the player pieces along said path segments;
- indicia on the smaller areas of said game board indicative of where a portion of said playing cards are to be placed on the game board according to the game rules;
- category indicia means on individual ones of the subdivisions of said game board for designating according to the game rules corresponding ones of the decks of playing cards;
- means defining a plurality of common bi-directional starting positions, said means defining a plurality of common bi-directional starting positions being spaced in a random manner on selected individual ones of the subdivisions of said game board for designating player piece starting positions that can be occupied by any one of the player pieces according to the game rules;
- means defining individual bi-directional subdivisions which can be occupied by any player piece and that can be approached from any direction according to the game rules;
- said path segments including four inner segments and eight outer segments, each inner segment extending along a portion of the periphery of two of said playing card supporting areas to help define them, each outer segment extending along a portion of the periphery of one of said playing card supporting areas to help define it;
- interconnecting means defining a common subdivision joining the ends of said inner segments for extending and for forming a portion of said endless path of travel therebetween;
- said interconnecting means for permitting bi-directional movement of each of said player pieces between pairs of said inner segments, according to the game rules;
- means defining four common subdivisions each connected between pairs of outer segments and the opposite ends of one of said four inner segments to extend and to form a portion of said endless path of travel;
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- said means of defining four common subdivisions for permitting bi-directional movement of each of said player pieces between pairs of outer segments and between an inner segment and the pairs of outer segments according to the game rules.