Puzzle game apparatus

Portable game holder apparatus constituting a reusable component of a game playing assembly having discardable and replaceable parts, said discardable and replaceable parts including a game sheet and a pair of identical rollers on which said game sheet is wound and between which said game sheet is moved during use of said playing assembly, said sheet containing a collection of multiple printed games to be played by a game player using said game playing assembly, wherein playing said games entails having said game player write directly on said game sheet while it is held in said playing assembly, said game holder apparatus comprising:

• separable base and cover components forming an enclosure for holding and displaying a said game sheet;
• said cover component containing a viewing window dimensioned to frame an area filled by a single game in a said collection of games, said cover and base components having shaped elements forming:
• first and second holding compartments formed to receive and hold a said pair of identical rollers and a said game sheet that is wound initially on one roller of said pair of rollers, and that is movable between said compartments during play to be unwound from said one roller of said pair and wound upon the other roller of said pair;
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• said base component containing a flat solidly formed platen extending between said first and second holding compartments;
• said platen spanning the space framed by said window in said cover component and providing a backing surface for enabling a said game player to write upon a said game sheet contained in said playing assembly and thereby play a game framed in said cover component window;
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• wherein said platen is translucent, and said base component contains a source of light beneath said platen for illuminating a game printed on a portion of said game sheet overlying said platen.

Portable game holder apparatus constituting a reusable component of a game playing assembly having other parts that are discardable and replaceable, said other parts including a game sheet and a pair of identical rollers that are used as supply and take-up rollers when the game playing assembly is fully assembled and in use, said game sheet being initially wound upon the said supply roller of said pair of rollers when said game playing assembly is initially prepared for use, said game sheet containing a series of multiple printed games to be played by a user of said game playing assembly, said game holder apparatus comprising:

• a first compartment for holding a removable and replaceable supply roller constituting a supply roller of a said pair of rollers initially containing a said game sheet wound thereon;
• a second compartment for holding a removable and replaceable takeup roller constituting another roller of said pair of rollers, said take-up roller, when used in said game playing assembly, being attachable to a starting end of said game sheet nearest to a first game in said series of games;
• a lighting compartment located between said first and second compartments;
• said lighting compartment containing a controllably energizable source of light;
• a translucent platen element overlying said lighting compartment;
• said platen element providing a backing surface, for a portion of said game sheet overlying said platen element when said game playing assembly is fully assembled and in use, said backing surface enabling a game player to play a game contained on said overlying portion of said sheet by writing on said overlying portion of said sheet;
• said platen element also transferring light from said energizable source of light for illuminating said overlying portion of said game sheet so that a game contained upon said portion is clearly viewable in a darkened environment;
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• a rotating dial assembly coupled to at least one of said first and second compartments for enabling a said game player to move said game sheet between said supply and takeup rollers that are contained in said first and second compartments, when said game playing assembly is assembled and in use, in order to position portions of said sheet containing different games of said series of games over said translucent platen element.

A game playing assembly for holding and dispensing a consumable and replaceable game playing element;

• said game playing element comprising a writeable medium containing a plurality of pre-printed games requiring a user of said assembly to write on said writeable medium;
• said game playing assembly comprising:
• a) first and second separable cover elements forming an enclosure for said game playing element;
• said enclosure containing discretely separate but identically formed first and second holding compartments for dispensing and collecting portions of said game playing element;
• b) a backing element securely held within said enclosure, between said first and second compartments, for supporting a portion of a said game playing element in a manner enabling a said user of said assembly to write on said supported portion;
• c) an opening in one of said first and second elements allowing a user to view and write directly upon said supported portion of a said game playing element in order to play a game contained on and viewable on said supported portion;
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• d) means communicating with said first and second holding compartments for enabling a said user to manually alter the position of a said game playing element relative to said opening in said one of said elements, without opening said enclosure, so as to present any selected one of said plurality of games to be viewed and played through said opening in said one of said elements.