Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Piece moves over board having pattern
Patent
1987-04-06
1988-11-15
Pinkham, Richard C.
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Piece moves over board having pattern
273254, A63F 304
Patent
active
047843942
ABSTRACT:
A board game apparatus designed to guide and educate the players about the geography, transportation, historical, social, entertainment and amusement interests in combination with the shopping, restaurants and hotel accomodations available in an existing area. The apparatus includes a board comprising at least one map bearing the geographical indicia characterizing the area wherein are displayed the geographical locations of the selected tourist attractions usually matched with the services. There is a plurality of playing cards containing essential information about these locations which are connected on the map by the separate itineraries of travel dedicated, each of them to a different player. Each player is authorized to leave temporarily an individual itinerary and to perform a trip according to existing means of transportation and the distances within the area. The information provided by the playing cards is disclosed to all players during the course of playing the game serving for formulating the questions at the end of the play; correct answers to these questions help to determinate one of the winners. The second winner is selected by chance. Each player is provided by a token being moveable for travel. There are also at least two cards designed for surprise and awarded to the winners.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3799551 (1974-03-01), Erickson
patent: 3947038 (1976-03-01), Archer
Pinkham Richard C.
Stoll William E.
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