Game with variably configured board

Apparatus for a game played on a game board having an operative configuration of normal squares and special squares, comprising:

• (A) a frame;
• (B) a grid disposed in said frame for releasably receiving game pieces placed thereon and restraining the game pieces against unintended horizontal and vertical displacement;
• (C) an invariant planar game board disposed in said frame below said grid;
• (D) at least one upper planar slide disposed in said frame in a plane intermediate said grid and said planar game board and defining a first set of normal opaque squres, a second set of special opaque squares and a third set of see-through squares;
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• (E) at least one lower planar slide oriented transverse to said upper slide and disposed in said frame in a plane intermediate said upper slide and said planar game board, said lower slide defining a first set of normal squares and a second set of special squares adapted to be viewed through said see-through squares of said upper slide;
• each of said slides being mounted in said frame for independent sliding movement in a given plane relative to the other of said slides and to said planar game board so that selected portions of the operative configuration of the normal squares and the special squares on said game board may be independently varied by movement of at least one of said slides.

Apparatus for a game played on a game board having an operative configuration of normal squares and special squares, comprising:

• (A) a frame;
• (B) an invariant planar, operatively transparent or translucent game board disposed in said frame and having a surface defining a matrix of squares;
• (C) at least one upper planar slide disposed in said frame in a plane below said planar game board defining a first set of normal opaque squares, a second set of special opaque squares and a third set of see-through squares;
• (D) at least one lower planar slide oriented transverse to said upper slide and disposed in said frame in a plane below said upper slide, said lower slide defining normal squares and special squares adapted to be viewed through said see-through squares of said upper slide;
• each of said slides being mounted in said frame for independent movement in a given plane relative to the other of said slides and to said planar game board so that selected portions of the operative configuration of the normal squares and said special squares on said game board may be independently varied by movement of at least one of said slides.

Apparatus for a game played on a game board having an operative configuration of normal squares and bonus squares, comprising:

• (A) a frame;
• (B) a grid disposed in said frame for releasably receiving game pieces placed thereon and restraining the game pieces against unintended horizontal and vertical displacement;
• (C) a conventional invariant planar game board disposed in said frame below said grid, said conventional game board defining a matrix of squares and being movable between at least two orientations relative to said frame in the same plane but shifted 90.degree.;
• (D) a plurality of planar upper slides disposed in said frame in a plane intermediate said grid and said conventional game board and defining a first set of normal opaque squares, a second set of bonus opaque squares and a third set of see-through squares, the totality of said upper slides extending over all of said matrix of squares;
• (E) a plurality of planar lower slides oriented transverse to said upper slides and disposed in said frame in a plane intermediate said upper slides and said conventional game board, said lower slides defining a first set of normal squares, a second set of bonus squares, and a third set of see-through squares adapted to be viewed through said see-through squares of said upper slides, the totality of said lower slides extending over all of said matrix of squares;
• each of said slides being mounted in said frame for independent sliding movement in a given plane relative to the other of said slides and to said conventional game board so that selected portions of the operative configuration of the normal squares and the bonus squares on said game board may be independently varied by movement of at least one of said slides;
• and said slides in a particular orientation together effectively define an operative game board having the conventional game board configuration of normal squares and bonus squares;
• (F) means for independently releasably fixing each of said slides in a given disposition relative to said frame.

Apparatus for a word game played on a game board having an operative configuration of normal squares and bonus squares which is adapted to be changed by the players of the game, the normal squares indicating a unitary multiplier for the value of letter game pieces placed thereon or thereon and adjacent thereto while the bonus squares indicate a non-unitary multiplier greater for the value of letter game pieces placed thereon or thereon and adjacent thereto, comprising;

• (A) a frame;
• (B) a grid disposed in said frame for releasably receiving game pieces placed thereon and restraining letter game pieces placed thereon against unintended horizontal and vertical displacement;
• (C) a plurality of planar slides operatively disposed for sliding movement in said frame in at least two planes below said grid and defining a plurality of normal squares and special squares;
• said slides defining at least portions of the operative configuration of the game board and being mounted in said frame for independent movement to any of a variety of different positions relative to said grid so that selected portions of the operative configuration of the game board may be independently varied by the same or different amounts before and during play of the game by movement of said slides.