Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Markable or erasable game board or piece
Patent
1989-06-12
1990-05-08
Coven, Edward M.
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Markable or erasable game board or piece
273242, 273254, 273257, A63F 304
Patent
active
049231987
ABSTRACT:
A board game requiring some knowledge of geographical, historical, political, sociological and/or related facts for the successful player is disclosed. The game comprises a game board which includes a map of the United States or other geopolitical area, spaces for question and answer cards, an inner and an outer border, and state markers which conceal the names of the states on the map when installed. Play is started on the outer border, which contains representations of each of the states or other areas contained on the map. Players may choose a given state or area, correctly identify the state or area, and transfer the marker from the main map to the corresponding state or area of the outer border, thereby uncovering the name and confirming their actions. After a maximum of five plays per player on the outer border, players move to the inner border where movement is determined by the tossing of dice. Cards are drawn with questions pertaining to the corresponding categories of the segments of the inner border. Movement around the inner border may proceed in either direction according to the choice of the player. The winner is determined as the first player to correctly complete his or her scoresheet based upon his or her answers to the questions of the cards drawn. Alternatively, the end of the game may be determined by the completion of a predetermined percentage of the score sheet, a predetermined time interval, or a predetermined number of laps of the inner border. The game may also be played using a computer and suitable programming.
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Coven Edward M.
Litman Richard C.
Stoll William E.
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