Patent ID: 7125016

Claim:
A board game for providing entertainment to a group of players, said board game comprising: a portable housing having a plurality of walls sized and shaped for defining a generally rectangular shape, selected ones of said walls being integrally mated for defining a lower section having a cavity formed therebetween, a top one of said walls being pivotally connected to said lower section and movable between open and closed positions for shielding the cavity from undesirable foreign debris; a game board having surface indicia for defining a game path along which players must travel, said game path defining a starting position wherein each player travels in a clockwise pattern therefrom, said surface indicia illustrating a plurality of spaces on which each player may land wherein each space defines and instructs the players to perform a predetermined swimming activity during each round of play; a plurality of game pieces having shapes representative of a swimming icon selected from the group including a diving position, a free-style position, a stop watch and a pair of fins; and a dry-erase board and a dry-erase marker removably positionable within the cavity, said dry-erase board having a substantially smooth drawing surface connected to said top wall and facing away therefrom such that each player can keep track of an associated score during game play.