Multi-level game board apparatus

A multi-level game board apparatus, comprising:

• a plurality of transparent, planar game boards each having a plurality of marker seats arranged in a square grid pattern for selectively receiving a series of game markers, each game board having a peripheral edge;
• a plurality of support shaft assemblies extending at spaced intervals through the peripheral edges of the game boards to secure the game boards together, the game boards and support shaft assemblies being movable between an upright, deployed position in which the game boards are horizontal and vertically spaced and each support shaft assembly is in a vertically extended position holding the game boards apart, and a collapsed, storage position in which each support shaft assembly is collapsed downwardly between each adjacent pair of boards to allow the boards to move closer together;
• a locking device for releasably securing the boards together with the support shaft assemblies collapsed in the collapsed, storage position;
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• each support shaft assembly comprising a set of spacer members, each spacer member extending between an adjacent pair of game boards, and incorporating biasing means for biasing the spacer members between a collapsed condition in which the respective pair of game boards is at a first spacing and a vertically extending condition in which the game boards are spaced apart by the spacer member at a second spacing greater than the first spacing.