Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Piece moves over board having pattern
Patent
1997-03-20
1998-05-26
Layno, Benjamin H.
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Piece moves over board having pattern
A63F 304
Patent
active
057554420
ABSTRACT:
A new Marketing Board Game for simulating the expansion of a business from state to state with the objective of gaining the largest market share. The inventive device includes a game board having an illustration of the United States thereon, wherein the illustration of the United States is divided into a plurality of individual states, and a plurality of playing pieces to be moved among the plurality of individual states of the United States. A plurality of query cards having printed thereon a question and an answer corresponding to the question for each of a number of subject matter categories are provided for determining acquisition and ownership of the market share and associated profits of each of the plurality of individual states. A plurality of bonus cards having printed thereon favorable and unfavorable announcements and mandates are provided for introducing instructions to be followed during the course of the game. When a player correctly answers a specified number of questions while in an individual state, the player wins the individual state. As such, the player acquires and gains ownership of the market share and associated profits of the individual state and thus receives the profit figure of the individual state.
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