Fantasy tour board game with improved game board

Abstract

A board game used for playing a bicycle or tour race with an improved game board. The game board includes indicia thereon which defines a plurality of parallel tracks which extend along an interior periphery of the game board, the tracks extending around the entire game board. At least a section of the parallel tracks pass through indicia on the game board defining a geographic area which includes indicia defining sites and places of interest within the geographic area defined. Overlay strips, defining other geographic areas with sites and places of interest within the other geographic area are provided, for changing the geographic area on the game board. The board includes a set of receiving and retaining slots for receiving and retaining overlay strips for changing the geographic area through which the tracks of the race pass.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A game board for playing a bicycle race game thereon, said game board comprising: 
 a substantially rectangular planar surface having a first indicia means thereon representing a plurality of track extending in parallel relationship along an internal periphery of said rectangular surface from a start line to a finish line, said plurality of tracks divided, along a length thereof, into a plurality of discrete spaces representing time intervals form said start line to said finish line;    at least a section of said internal periphery having a second indicia means thereon defining a predetermined geographic area through which said plurality of tracks extend; and    a third indicia means over said second indicia means defining one or more sites and/or places of interest within said predetermined geographic area.    
     
     
         2 . A game board as in  claim 1  wherein said first indicia means is printed on said planar surface.  
     
     
         3 . A game board as in  claim 2  wherein said second indicia means is printed on said planar surface and said third indicia means is printed on said planar surface and compliments said second indicia means.  
     
     
         4 . A game board as in  claim 1  wherein said predetermined geographic area defines a first geographic area and said game board further includes a strip means for covering said first geographic area, said strip means having a fourth indicia means thereon defining a second geographic area and a fifth indicia means defining one or more sites and/or places of interest within said second geographic area, for changing said first geographic area to said second geographic area.  
     
     
         5 . A game board as in  claim 4  and further including means for holding and retaining said strip means on said game board and over said section for changing the environment through which said bicycle race is run.  
     
     
         6 . A game board as in  claim 5  wherein said means for holding and retaining said strip means is a binder clip.  
     
     
         7 . A game board as in  claim 5  wherein said means for holding and retaining said strip means is a paper clip.  
     
     
         8 . A game board as in  claim 5  wherein said holding and retaining means is a first slot means, coupled to said planar surface defining a first edge of said section and a second slot means, coupled to said planar surface defining a second edge of said section, and said first slot means faces said second slot means for receiving and retaining first and second edges, respectively, of said strip means.  
     
     
         9 . A game board as in  claim 5  and in which said holding and retaining means is a slot means, coupled to said rectangular planar surface, along a first edge and a second edge of said section and along a length of said section, said slot means along said first edge and said second edge facing each other and said slot means along said length, for receiving and retaining opposite edges and a length of said strip means for holding said strip on said game board as an overlay.  
     
     
         10 . A game board as in  claim 1  wherein said predetermined geographic area defines a first geographic area and said board game further includes a strip means for covering said section having said second indicia means thereon for covering said first geographic area, said strip means having a fourth indicia means thereon for defining a second geographic area and a fifth indicia means for defining one or more sites and/or places of interest within said second geographic area and means for holding and retaining said strip means on said game board over said section of said internal periphery in overlay relationship with respect to said section for changing said first geographic area to said second geographic area.