Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Piece moves over board having pattern
Patent
1978-07-19
1980-08-12
Pinkham, Richard C.
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Piece moves over board having pattern
273289, A63F 300
Patent
active
042169666
ABSTRACT:
A game board apparatus based on possible experiences of a player consuming liquor in relation to a time span in liquor establishments which includes a game board having a series of playing locations thereon and forming a playing path about the board. The liquor establishments are adjacent some of the playing locations. Player tokens are provided for moving on the playing locations and the stop locations. A pair of dice is used to move the player tokens about said playing and stop locations. A series of cards each bearing indicia indicating a type of drink, its liquor content, a message to the player, the amount of liquor consumed and the time spent during the consumption is provided. A blood alcohol concentration level chart is provided which has time increments versus ounces of liquor for ascertaining a state of drunkenness. A display board is provided which includes a dial for recording elapsed time and a dial to record the amount of liquor consumed. The player token is provided with a removable rigid head to indicate sobriety which is replaced by a head which flexes to indicate drunkenness. A series of cards is provided on each of which is indicia stating possible consequences to a player who is drunk and lands on a road hazard playing location. A police car is also provided as a means of eliminating a drunken driver from the game. The police car is moved in either direction on the path by means of a pair of dice.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1085371 (1914-01-01), Watterson
patent: 4081183 (1978-03-01), Urban
Safety Belt Game; last page; Selected U.S. Govt. Publications; 3/1974; vol. 3, No. 3.
Moy R. Carl
Pinkham Richard C.
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