Credit card debt management board game
OwnerMechel Glassinventor
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Abstract
A board game comprising a board with a path having spaces thereon, wherein the path is navigated around the board by rolling dice, with the purpose being to teach the management and elimination of credit card debt. The game incorporates real life situations requiring the increase of debt due to both external events and personal choices, and further permits the use of discretionary income to decrease credit card debt, and subsequently the accumulation of wealth.
Claims19
A game for teaching management of credit card debt comprising
- a board with at least one path thereon, said path having spaces thereon that describe actions to be undertaken by a player of said game;
- cards describing debt required to be undertaken by a player;
- cards describing choices between alternative game management activities to be taken by a player;
- game piece means for distinguishing between players and for marking a player's current position on said path;
- means for determining movement of said game piece;
- and
- means for keeping score,
- whereby said game allows decision-making and thus teaches players methods of control and elimination of their own real credit card debt.
A method for teaching management of credit card debt comprising the steps of
- a) providing a game having alternative choices required to be made by the players thereof;
- b) joining players to play said game;
- and
- c) playing said game.
A method for learning to manage credit card debt comprising the steps of
- starting a game wherein each player has cash assets and credit card debt randomly determined;
- playing said game by requiring choices between randomly selected spending or investment alternatives;
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- winning said game by completely eliminating credit card debt.
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