Board game and advertising display
AssigneeSandstorm Enterprises, Inc.
InventorGeorge McCoy Boofer
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Abstract
A game apparatus comprising a game board having a playing field comprising a map, a plurality of terminals, a plurality of routes across the map, each route extending between a pair of terminals and divided into a plurality of playing spaces some of which bear instructional indicia; a plurality of cards from among which a player draws one or more cards bearing indicia instructing the player; a plurality of playing tokens (such as miniature trucks) for representing a player's location on the playing field; a die for randomly designating the number of playing spaces to be moved by a player along one of the routes during the player's turn; and imitation money for transactions calling for payment or receipt of money during the course of play. Advertising copy related to the trucking industry is displayed on the game board.
Claims12
A trucking game, imitative of the experiences of truck drivers, comprising in combination
- a. a game board having a playing field comprising a plurality of routes between terminals on a map, each of said routes divided into a plurality of playing spaces, some of which bear the following types of instructional indicia:
- i. indicia calling for payment of money;
- ii. indicia calling for loss of turn;
- iii. indicia calling for the player to move ahead by a designated number of spaces;
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- iv. indicia calling for return to a prior space or to a terminal;
- v. indicia calling for the player to draw a card;
- b. a plurality of route cards bearing the following types of instructional indicia:
- i. indicia calling for the player to cross the board on a particular route;
- ii. indicia calling for the player to take on loads at particular locations along said route called for;
- iii. indicia calling for the player to drop off all or part of a load at particular locations along said route called for;
- iv. indicia calling for receipt of money upon dropping off all or part of load as called for;
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- v. inidica calling for payment of money for specified purposes;
- c. a plurality of chance cards bearing the following types of instructional indicia:
- i. indicia instructing the player to move forward or backwards a designated number of spaces;
- ii. indicia instructing the player to receive or pay money;
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- iii. indicia instructing the player to miss a turn or turns;
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- d. a plurality of time cards bearing the following types of instructional indicia:
- i. pay penalty for late arrival;
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- ii. receive bonus for early arrival;
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- e. a plurality of playing pieces representing trucks suited for movement along said routes;
- f. means for randomly designating the initial number of spaces to be moved by a player in a given turn;
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- g. imitation money for carrying out transactions calling for payment and receipt of money.
A trucking game, imitative of the experience of truck drivers, comprising in combination
- a. a game board having a playing field comprising
- a map;
- a plurality of terminals;
- and
- a plurality of routes across said map, each route extending between a pair of terminals, said routes divided into a plurality of playing spaces, some of which bear instructional indicia calling for the following events:
- selection of a certain one or more of said routes to be followed by the player in moving about said playing field, payment or receipt of money by the player, delay or advancement of the progress of a player's token along said routes, and selection of one of a plurality of cards by the player;
- b. a plurality of said cards from among which a player draws one or more cards bearing indicia instructing said player, thereby providing randomly selected instructions to players;
- c. a plurality of playing tokens representing trucks for marking a player's location on the playing field;
- d. means for randomly designating the number of playing spaces to be moved by a player along one of said routes during the player's turn;
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- e. imitation money for carrying out transactions calling for payment or receipt of money.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.