Patent ID: 7810814

Claim:
A strategic pattern building board game comprising: a first wall having a multiplicity of first apertures; a second wall having a multiplicity of second apertures juxtaposed relative to said first wall; a set of playing markers; a multiplicity of channels disposed between said first wall and said second wall, said multiplicity of channels having a first end for loosely receiving the playing markers and a second end opposite the first end, said second end for ejecting and emptying the playing markers from said multiplicity of channels; a retainer comprising a first bar and a second bar, said retainer mounted to said first wall and said second wall and spaced apart from said second end, said first bar being pivotably mounted in a maintaining position for maintaining the playing markers in said multiplicity of channels and pivotable to an emptying position for emptying the playing markers from said multiplicity of channels; and a plurality of openings for ejecting the playing markers, said plurality of openings defined between said second end and said retainer with said second bar in an ejectable position allowing playing markers to be ejected at said plurality of openings; wherein said second bar is shiftable along said retainer to prevent the playing markers from being ejected at said plurality of openings.