Patent ID: 6893020

Claim:
A game apparatus, comprising: a plurality of elongate, tile-shaped playing pieces, each said playing piece having at least three substantially equal-sized segments arranged in a row so that when viewed from a top side said piece is one segment wide and at least three segments long, each of said segments having a substantially identical shape so that segments of said pieces are individually superimposable upon one another; said segments of at least some of said playing pieces being distinguished by at least first and second indicia on said top sides thereof; at least some of said playing pieces having differing stepped configurations as viewed from a side such that some of said segments thereof have a two-level thickness and other segments thereof have a one-level thickness so as to form overhanging or underlying portions of said playing pieces; so that said playing pieces are stackable in play with indicia that match on each segment of upper and lower pieces that are in contact with one another.