GAME APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR USE IN BACKGAMMON-LIKE GAMES

摘要

A game board and a method for use in a backgammon type game board playable by two, three or four individual players as well as four, six or eight players in two player-teams. The board consists of eight segments (10) positioned such that they form a cross. Each segment (10) consists of six points (20) located linearly adjacent each other. The eight segments (10) are placed in pairs such that two segements (10) oppose each other. Thus, each leg of the four legs of the cross are comprised of two oppositely facing segments (10). The board also includes a central area (30) that is raised in the form of a platform. The game further includes the use of fifteen playing pieces by each player or teams of players.