Game piece randomizer

Game apparatus comprising:

• a) at least one game piece having a plurality of surfaces containing scoring indicia;
• b) a multi-walled housing wherein the walls mount to one another to completely enclose and contain said game piece and to define a columnar play space between ones of the plurality of walls where movement of said game piece is confined;
• and
• c) a plurality of obstruction members mounted to project from a plurality of said walls into said play space, wherein each obstruction member is shaped to deflect said game piece, wherein none of the obstruction members contact any other obstruction member, and wherein each obstruction member projects without contacting any other of said plurality of walls, to form a plurality of random pathways to said game piece at interstices between the obstruction members and without permitting passage of said game piece between a distal end of any obstruction member and an adjacent wall, whereby as the game piece moves in the play space the game piece randomly deflects from said obstruction members to randomly follow one of the pathways prior to coming to rest on one of said walls to display one of the scoring indicia.

Game apparatus comprising:

• a) a game piece;
• b) a table to support said game piece;
• c) a stationary housing having a plurality of walls which mount to one another to completely-enclose said table and game piece and provide a cavity where movement of said game piece is restricted;
• d) a plurality of obstruction members, wherein ones of said obstruction members extend from external ones of said walls into a play space above said table;
• and
• e) means for rotating said table independent of said housing to centrifugally convey said game piece amongst said obstruction members such that said game piece randomly strikes and deflects from said obstruction members prior to coming to rest on the table to display one of said scoring indicia.

Game apparatus comprising:

• a) a game piece;
• b) a multi-walled, air filled housing wherein the walls mount to one another to completely enclose and contain said game piece and to define a columnar play space between ones of the plurality of walls where movement of said game piece is restricted;
• wherein said housing is comprised of first and second open-ended shells having peripheral edges at the open ends that mate to one another;
• wherein said housing includes means for retaining said first and second shells to one another;
• wherein first and second opposite end walls of said housing are flat;
• wherein each of first and second vertical walls, which extend between said first and second end walls, include surfaces adjacent the first and second end walls which bow outward from an intermediate planar region;
• and wherein the intermediate planar regions of each of said first and second vertical walls are mounted parallel to one another;
• c) a plurality of obstruction members mounted to project from ones of said walls into the play space without contacting any other obstruction member and to form a plurality of alternate pathways to said game piece at interstices between the obstruction members;
• wherein each obstruction member is shaped to deflect said game piece upon contact;
• and wherein the obstruction members are arranged to randomly deflect the game piece without interrupting movement and to cause the game piece to follow one of the alternate pathways.