US 4,522,407 AGranted

Financial board game

OwnerBruce E. Hatherleyinventor

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Abstract

A board game of the kind wherein players are represented by pieces movable on a board along a track of main stations. The number of stations is selected by chance prior to each piece's movement and each player may effect financial transactions, the nature of which transaction depends on the main station on which each player's piece lands. The game includes two tracks of main stations, four transit stations enabling movement from one track to the other and a track of index stations along which an index token may move to modify the purchasing power of the currency by which the transactions are effected. One of the two main tracks has a higher proportion of a first type of main station and a lower proportion of a second type of main station than the other main track. Players elect a President who, subject to Congress, determines tax rates and like matters. Players may buy, sell and rent property, effect insurances, attempt take-overs of other's property, raise loans, buy and sell bonds in simulation of economic competition in a free enterprise society.

Claims21

Dependent claims

Apparatus for playing a game wherein players conduct private and governmental financial transactions, said governmental financial transactions being determined by a player or players who serve as a governmental authority to levy taxes and/or sell government securities, comprising,

two main tracks provided with a plurality of stations including property stations which are marked to represent different properties, both of said main tracks being provided with income stations which are marked to indicate that income is to be paid to a player whose marker lands thereon, one said main track having a higher proportion of property stations and a lower proportion of income stations than the other main track, whereby a player may affect his financial strategy by selecting one of the main tracks for movement of his marker,
player markers movable along said main track to indicate the stations occupied by the players,
means for providing a chance selection of the number of stations to be moved by the player markers on the main track,
means for conducting private and governmental financial transactions,
index indicating means for providing a randomly variable index of the purchasing power of currency, said index indicating means comprising a plurality of index stations which represent said index,
at least one of said stations including means for dictating that the players conduct an election to select a new governmental authority.

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Apparatus for playing a game wherein players conduct financial transactions, comprising,

two main tracks provided with a plurality of stations including property stations which are marked to represent different properties, both of said main tracks being provided with income stations which are marked to indicate that income is to be paid to a player whose marker lands thereon, one said main track having a higher proportion of property stations and a lower proportion of income stations than the other main track, whereby a player may affect his financial strategy by selecting one of the main tracks for movement of his marker,
player markers movable along said main track to indicate the stations occupied by the players,
means for providing a chance selection of the number of stations to be moved by the player markers on the main track,
means for conducting financial transactions relating to properties associated with the property stations occupied by the marker of a player on the main track,
index indicating means for providing a randomly variable index of the purchasing power of currency, said index indicating means comprising a plurality of index stations which represent said index, said index stations also including event-dictating means for ordering the occurrence of at least one critical event affecting all players.

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Apparatus for playing a game wherein players conduct financial transactions, comprising,

index indicating means for providing a randomly variable index of the purchasing power of currency, said index indicating means comprising an index track which has a plurality of index stations representing different values of said index, and an index marker which is movable along said index track, said index marker having a direction indicator thereon so that a designated player may determine the direction of movement to be taken by the index marker,
two main tracks provided with a plurality of stations including property stations, income stations and index-changing stations;
said property stations being marked to represent different properties, said income stations being marked to indicate that income is to be paid to a player whose marker lands thereon, said index-changing stations being provided with means for dictating the number of index stations to be traversed by said index marker on said index track, one said main track having a higher proportion of property stations and a lower proportion of income stations then the other main track, whereby a player may affect his financial strategy by selecting one of the main tracks for movement of his marker,
player markers movable along said main track to indicate the stations on said main track occupied by the players, and
means for providing a chance selection of the number of track stations to be moved by the player markers on the main tracks.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 06/655,315Filed 27 Sep 1984 · continuation
Priority: 23 Jan 1981
Granted: 11 Jun 1985
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

A63F 3/00072
Board games concerning economics or finance, e.g. trading: played along an endless track, e.g. monopoly
A63F 3/00006
Types of board games: board games played along a linear track, e.g. game of goose, snakes and ladders, along an endless track
A63F 2003/00022
Played along an endless track: played along concentric endless tracks
A63F
Card, board, or roulette games