Game board

Abstract

A game board for providing both long and short play is disclosed. To convert the game board from long play to short play, the endmost sections of the game board are lifted up and placed next to each other on top of the intermediate sections of the game board. A path circumnavigates the game board and appears to be continuous in both long and short play modes. The begin and end regions reside at least partially on an endmost section and appear as unbroken shapes when configured for both long and short play.

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:  
     
         1 . A game board for long and short play comprising: 
 a plurality of planar sections hingedly joined together such that said sections can be folded so as to overlie one another or unfolded to lie in a substantially common plane; and    a game path located on selected surfaces of said planar sections, said game path forming a short play path when said sections are folded to overlie one another and a long play path when said sections lie in a substantially common plane.    
     
     
         2 . A game board as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said plurality of planar sections include two end sections, two intermediate sections, and a center section.  
     
     
         3 . A game board as claimed in  claim 2  wherein said end sections are hingedly attached to said intermediate sections and said intermediate sections are hingedly attached to said center section.  
     
     
         4 . A game board as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said game path is located along the periphery of said plurality of planar sections.  
     
     
         5 . A game board as claimed in  claim 4  wherein said plurality of planar sections include two end sections, two intermediate sections, and a center section.  
     
     
         6 . A game board as claimed in  claim 5  wherein said end sections are hingedly attached to said intermediate sections and said intermediate sections are hingedly attached to said center section.  
     
     
         7 . A game board as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said game path includes a begin region and an end region.  
     
     
         8 . A game board as claimed in  claim 7  wherein said plurality of planar sections include two end sections, two intermediate sections, and a center section.  
     
     
         9 . A game board as claimed in  claim 8  wherein said end sections are hingedly attached to said intermediate sections and said intermediate sections are hingedly attached to said center section.  
     
     
         10 . A game board as claimed in  claim 7  wherein said game path is located along the periphery of said plurality of planar sections.  
     
     
         11 . A game board as claimed in  claim 10  wherein said plurality of planar sections include two end sections, two intermediate sections, and a center section.  
     
     
         12 . A game board as claimed in  claim 11  wherein said end sections are hingedly attached to said intermediate sections and said intermediate sections are hingedly attached to said center section.  
     
     
         13 . A game board as claimed in  claim 7  wherein said begin and end regions lie on the same planar section.  
     
     
         14 . A game board as claimed in  claim 13  wherein said plurality of planar sections include two end sections, two intermediate sections, and a center section.  
     
     
         15 . A game board as claimed in  claim 14  wherein said end sections are hingedly attached to said intermediate sections and said intermediate sections are hingedly attached to said center section.  
     
     
         16 . A game board as claimed in  claim 13  wherein said game path is located along the periphery of said plurality of planar sections.  
     
     
         17 . A game board as claimed in  claim 16  wherein said plurality of planar sections include two end sections, two intermediate sections, and a center section.  
     
     
         18 . A game board as claimed in  claim 17  wherein said end sections are hingedly attached to said intermediate sections and said intermediate sections are hingedly attached to said center section.