Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – In a game requiring strategy or problem solving by a...
Patent
1996-08-30
1998-06-23
Layno, Benjamin H.
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
In a game requiring strategy or problem solving by a...
273279, 273430, 273302, A63F 918
Patent
active
057697159
ABSTRACT:
Entertaining political games in either parlor game or PC computer game format are playable by one to six players from a basic set of game accessories. Typically each play is initiated by a roll of three differently colored dice, and ten plays for each player constitute a game. A set of game cards provide a variety of political issues involving different sectors of public interest upon which the players vote yes, no or abstain. Corresponding answers provide scores and feedback. Some issues may be politically controversial in nature, and in some instances include constitutional or ethical circumstances that may result in loss of the game either by impeachment for unethical behavior or conflict of interest votes or by voting contrary to provisions of the Constitution. The objective of the various games associated with a standard set of game pieces is to direct voter's attention to the perspective of issues from various points of view and public interest and to hone voting judgment and skill. Thus, randomly the players vote from different roles, such as "elected politician", "welfare recipient", etc., and the issues are presented randomly in different fields of public interest such as "International affairs", "Real Estate Taxes", "Federal Debt", "Crime/Public safety", etc.
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