Lawsuit board game
OwnerTina Rae Eskreis Nelsoninventor
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Abstract
An educational, legal based game and method for players, has a board with spaces on which the players land. The spaces instruct players to bring a simulated lawsuit or to act as a result of a simulated circumstance associated with the legal profession. A fund of play money is provided and a random generator determines the number spaces the players will move. Lawsuit cards are part of the game, each having a fact pattern and a positive or negative monetary result. At a player's option, an appeal card can be selected but then the player must comply with the monetary result which may be higher or lower on the appeal card. A player landing on one of the other type of spaces acts in accordance with the simulated circumstance of that space.
Claims9
A method of playing an educational and legal profession-based board game for a plurality of players, comprising the steps of:
- providing a game board containing a series of spaces on which each player can land, the spaces including a first plurality of spaces instructing a player to bring a simulated lawsuit and a second plurality of spaces instructing a player to act in accordance with a simulated circumstance associated with the legal profession, the second plurality of spaces including at least one space associated with simulated circumstances involving at least one of simulated legal education, simulated legal training and simulated legal licensing of the player;
- providing a fund of play money;
- providing a set of lawsuit cards each having thereon a lawsuit scenario including a fact pattern and a positive or negative monetary result;
- randomly determining a number of spaces on the game board to be moved by each player in turn, for each player to land on a space on the board;
- a player landing on one of the first plurality of spaces taking a lawsuit card and having an option of complying with the monetary result by either paying into the fund of play money a negative result of the taken lawsuit card, or drawing from the fund of play money a positive monetary result of the taken lawsuit card;
- a player landing on one of the second plurality of spaces acting in accordance with the simulated circumstance of the one of the second spaces landed upon including acting in accordance with at least one of the simulated legal education, simulated legal training and simulated legal licensing of the player:
- providing a set of settlement cards each having thereon a settlement scenario for a legal dispute, the method including a player taking a settlement card and complying with the settlement scenario on the taken settlement card at selected times during play of the game;
- at least some of the settlement cards having thereon a settlement scenario involving a player paying play money to or receiving play money from the fund;
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- including a player paying a selected amount of buy-in play money to the fund to become a simulated partner, and the player receiving and paying monetary results at a multiple of the amounts shown on the lawsuit cards and the settlement cards.
A method of playing an educational and legal profession-based board game for a plurality of players, comprising the steps of:
- providing a game board containing a series of spaces on which each player can land, the spaces including a first plurality of spaces instructing a player to bring a simulated lawsuit and a second plurality of spaces instructing a player to act in accordance with a simulated circumstance associated with the legal profession;
- providing a fund of play money;
- providing a set of lawsuit cards each having thereon a lawsuit scenario including a fact pattern and a positive or negative monetary result;
- randomly determining a number of spaces on the game board to be moved by each player in turn, for each player to land on a space on the board;
- a player landing on one of the first plurality of spaces taking a lawsuit card and having an option of complying with the monetary result by either paying into the fund of play money a negative result of the taken lawsuit card, or drawing from the fund of play money a positive monetary result of the taken lawsuit card;
- a player landing on one of the second plurality of spaces acting in accordance with the simulated circumstance of the one of the second spaces landed upon;
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- a player paying a selected amount of buy-in play money to the fund to become a simulated partner, and the player receiving and paying monetary results required at a multiple of the amounts shown on the lawsuit cards.
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