Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Piece moves over board having pattern
Patent
1992-08-03
1993-06-01
Millin, Vincent
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Piece moves over board having pattern
A63F 300
Patent
active
052153096
ABSTRACT:
An educational device employing a game situation to teach preventive health care concepts to the family. The educational device generally includes a playing board apparatus; two playing surfaces, with each playing surface having a plurality of locations defining a travel path; a plurality of playing pieces; health question-answer cards; and a chance device for determining the advancement of the playing pieces along the travel path. Each playing surface includes playing locations for answering health problem questions, and the first playing surface also includes preventive health care locations, water boy locations, and game direction locations for use in a first version of the health game with a match card, score point cards, penalty point cards, preventive health care certificates, and water boy locations. The Health Game simulates a real-to-life situation where players are confronted with health questions and health problems. In a first version of the Health Game, the health problems acquired by the players may be overcome by possessing the appropriate preventive health care certificate.
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Millin Vincent
Stoll William E.
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