Gameboard

A gameboard having a generally planar platen with a plurality of intersecting channels formed in the platen to define a grid of tracks for movement of playing pieces along and between said tracks, each of said channels including a pair of opposed re-entrant walls and a pair of inwardly directed flanges defining a narrowed opening for said channel, each of said playing pieces including a head projecting from the channel and a base located within the channel, said head and base being interconnected by a neck passing through the narrowed opening to allow free movement of the pieces along said tracks and inhibit removal of said pieces from the plane of said gameboard, said flanges extending into intersections of said tracks to provide overhanging interstices and said bases projecting beneath said interstices when positioned in an intersection so as to retain said playing pieces captive whilst permitting movement thereof along any of said intersecting tracks, a biasing means being provided to bias said playing pieces into engagement with said flanges.