Board game for promoting hometown identity

A game apparatus comprising:

• a game board having a path for advancing game pieces of players along, the path comprising a plurality of spaces for advancing the game piece of a player as the player moves along the game path;
• wherein a portion of the spaces each has a sponsor indicium marked thereon that is associated with a sponsoring entity located in a geographical area;
• wherein at least one of the plurality of spaces comprises a “GROUP FAVOR” space, the at least one group favor space having “GROUP FAVOR” indicium marked thereon, wherein four of the “GROUP FAVOR” spaces are included in said game path;
• wherein a portion of the plurality of spaces of the path are associated with a first trivia category, a portion of the plurality of spaces of the path are associated with a second trivia category, a portion of the plurality of spaces of the path are associated with a third trivia category, and a portion of the plurality of spaces of the path are associated with a fourth trivia category;
• wherein one of the plurality of spaces has a red crayon indicium marked thereon and one of the plurality of spaces has a blue crayon indicium marked thereon;
• a scoring sheet having a plurality of stripe portions and a field portion, the stripe portions and field portion being arranged on the scoring sheet in a configuration appearing as a United States flag;
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• at least two marking devices, a first one of the at least two marking devices marking in a blue color for marking the field portion of the scoring sheet and a second one of the at least two marking devices marking in a red color for marking the stripe portions of the scoring card.

A method of playing a game, comprising:

• providing a game apparatus including:
• a game board having a path for advancing game pieces of players along, the path comprising a plurality of spaces for advancing the game piece of a player as the player moves along the game path;
• wherein one of the plurality of spaces comprises a start space;
• wherein at least one of the plurality of spaces comprises a “GROUP FAVOR” space, the at least one group favor space having “GROUP FAVOR” indicium marked thereon;
• wherein a portion of the spaces each has a sponsor indicium marked thereon that is associated with a sponsoring entity located in a geographical area;
• wherein a portion of the plurality of spaces of the path are associated with a first trivia category, the spaces associated with the first trivia category having a first indicium marked thereon, the first trivia category comprising an education theme, each of the spaces associated with the first trivia category having an apple indicium marked thereon;
• wherein a portion of the plurality of spaces of the path are associated with a second trivia category, the spaces associated with the second trivia category having a second indicium marked thereon, the second trivia category comprising a health theme, each of the spaces associated with the second trivia category having an “H” indicium marked thereon;
• wherein a portion of the plurality of spaces of the path are associated with a third trivia category, the spaces associated with the third trivia category having a third indicium marked thereon, the third trivia category comprising a patriotic theme, each of the spaces associated with the third trivia category having a flag indicium marked thereon;
• wherein a portion of the plurality of spaces of the path are associated with a fourth trivia category, the spaces associated with the fourth trivia category having a fourth indicium marked thereon, the fourth trivia category comprising a religious theme, each of the spaces associated with the fourth trivia category having a cross indicium marked thereon;
• wherein one of the plurality of spaces has a red crayon indicium marked thereon and one of the plurality of spaces has a blue crayon indicium marked thereon;
• wherein the plurality of spaces includes a group of city services spaces, one of the group of city services spaces having “CITY HALL” indicium marked thereon, one of the group of city services spaces having “POLICE DEPT.” indicium marked thereon, one of the group of city services spaces having “FIRE DEPT.” indicium marked thereon;
• at least two scoring sheets, each of the scoring sheets having a plurality of stripe portions and a field portion, the stripe portions and field portion being arranged on the scoring sheet in a configuration appearing as a United States flag, the stripe portions being separated from each other by at least one blank stripe portion;
• a plurality of dice;
• a plurality of game pieces;
• a plurality of marking devices for marking on the game sheets, the plurality of marking devices including a red marking device and a blue marking device;
• a plurality of sets of cards including:
• a first set of the plurality of cards being associated with the first trivia category, the first set of cards including a plurality of subsets of cards, a first subset of the first set of cards comprising multiple choice trivia cards, a second subset of the first set of cards comprising sponsor association cards, a third subset of the first set of cards comprising “lose a turn” cards, and a fourth subset of the first set of cards comprising “group favor redemption” cards;
• a second set of the plurality of cards being associated with the second trivia category, the second set of cards including a plurality of subsets of cards, a first subset of the second set of cards comprising multiple choice trivia cards, a second subset of the second set of cards comprising sponsor association cards, a third subset of the second set of cards comprising “lose a turn” cards, and a fourth subset of the second set of cards comprising “group favor redemption” cards;
• a third set of the plurality of cards being associated with the third trivia category, the third set of cards including a plurality of subsets of cards, a first subset of the third set of cards comprising multiple choice trivia cards, a second subset of the third set of cards comprising sponsor association cards, a third subset of the third set of cards comprising “lose a turn” cards, and a fourth subset of the third set of cards comprising “group favor redemption” cards;
• a fourth set of the plurality of cards being associated with the fourth trivia category, the fourth set of cards including a plurality of subsets of cards, a first subset of the fourth set of cards comprising multiple choice trivia cards, a second subset of the fourth set of cards comprising sponsor association cards, a third subset of the fourth set of cards comprising “lose a turn” cards, and a fourth subset of the first set of cards comprising “group favor redemption” cards;
• rolling the dice by a player;
• moving the player's game piece along the game path a number of spaces corresponding to a value indicated by the dice;
• landing the player's game piece on one of the plurality of spaces;
• selecting one of the plurality of cards from the set of cards of the trivia category corresponding to the indicium marked on the space on which the player's game piece landed;
• losing a turn of the player when the players draw one of the “lose a turn” cards;
• performing a group favor by the player when the player lands on the “GROUP FAVOR” space on the game board unless the player holds one of the group favor redemption cards, wherein the group favor comprises obtaining a snack for each of the other of the players playing the game;
• coloring, by a player, one of the stripe portions of the scoring sheet of the player with the red marking device or coloring the field portion of the scoring sheet of the player with the blue marking device, when:
• landing the player's game piece on a space and correctly answering the question from one of the sets of cards;
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• landing the player's game piece on a space and correctly naming 108 a person associated with the sponsoring entity associated with the 109 sponsor indicium of the space on which the game piece ha landed;
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• landing on one of the city services spaces marked “CITY HALL” and naming the mayor of the hometown;
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• landing on one of the city services spaces marked “POLICE DEPT” and naming one of the members of the police department of the hometown;
• or
• landing on one of the city services spaces marked “FIRE DEPT” and naming one of the members of the fire department of the hometown;
• or
• landing on the space having the red crayon indicium marked thereon and coloring one of the stripes red;
• or
• landing on the space having the blue crayon indicium marked thereon and coloring the field blue;
• and
• winning the game by the player having all of the stripe portions colored red and the field portion colored blue.

A method of playing a game, comprising:

• providing a game apparatus including:
• a game board having a path for advancing game pieces of players along, the path comprising a plurality of spaces for advancing the game piece of a player as the player moves along the game path, a portion of the spaces each having a sponsor indicium marked thereon that is associated with a sponsoring entity located in a geographical area, a portion of the plurality of spaces of the path being associated with a first trivia category, a portion of the plurality of spaces of the path being associated with a second trivia category, a portion of the plurality of spaces of the path being associated with a third trivia category, and a portion of the plurality of spaces of the path being associated with a fourth trivia category, wherein at least one of the plurality of spaces on the path on the game board comprises a “GROUP FAVOR” space;
• and
• a scoring sheet having a plurality of stripe portions and a field portion, the stripe portions and field portion being arranged on the scoring sheet in a configuration appearing as a United States flag;
• rolling a die by a player;
• moving the player's game piece along the game path a number of spaces corresponding to a value indicated by the die and landing the player's game piece on one of the plurality of spaces;
• coloring, by a player, one of the stripe portions of the scoring sheet of the player with the red marking device or coloring the field portion of the scoring sheet of the player with the blue marking device, when a preset condition is satisfied;
• performing a group favor by the player when the player lands on the “GROUP FAVOR” space on the game board unless the player holds a group favor redemption cards;
• and
• winning the game by the player having all of the stripe portions colored red and the field portion colored blue.