Balancing game method and apparatus

A method of playing a rod balancing game comprising the steps of:

• providing an elongated member having a first end and a second end, said elongated member having an arcuate upper surface, said elongated member having a plurality of scoring sections thereon and aligned with each other from said first end to said second end, each of said scoring sections having a substantially equal length with respect to each other, each of said scoring sections having a scoring indicia thereon, said scoring indicia increasing from said first end to said second end of said elongated member, said plurality of scoring sections including five scoring sections;
• providing a stand, said elongated member being positioned on said stand and supported by said stand over a support surface, a bottom surface of said elongated member being pivotally coupled to said stand adjacent to said second end, a height between the support surface and said first end being selectively adjustable between a plurality of downwardly orientated slopes;
• providing a tubular member having a length less than a length of said elongated member;
• positioning said first end at a first increment setting with respect to a horizontal wherein said elongated member is angled downwardly from said first end to said second end;
• rolling said tubular member for a selected number of turns by each of a plurality of players down said upper surface of said elongated member from said first end and toward said second end, wherein each of the players scores a number of points equal to a position of said tubular member falling off of said elongated member relative to one of said scoring sections;
• repositioning said first end at each of a plurality of central increment settings and repeating the step of rolling said tubular member for the selected number of turns, wherein each repositioning places said elongated member closer to a horizontal orientation, wherein each of the players again scores a number of points equal to a position of said tubular member falling off of said elongated member relative to one of said scoring sections;
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• winning the game by the person having the most points after the tubular member has been rolled the selected amount of times by each player on a lowest increment setting.

A balancing game comprising:

• an elongated member having a first end and a second end, said elongated member having an arcuate upper surface, said elongated member having a plurality of scoring sections thereon and aligned with each other from said first end to said second end, each of said scoring sections having a scoring indicia thereon, said scoring indicia increasing from said first end to said second end of said elongated member;
• a stand supporting said elongated member over a support surface, said elongated member being angled downwardly from said first end to said second end;
• a tubular member having a length less than a length of said elongated member;
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• wherein the tubular member may be rolled down the upper surface of the elongated member by a player and the player scores a number of points equal to a position of said tubular member falling off of said elongated member relative to one of said scoring sections.