Pathology game and method of playing same
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Abstract
A pathology board game includes a colored game board comprising (a) an illustration of the human circulatory system comprising organs and limbs; and (b) a colored circle or wheel comprising a plurality of diseases, each disease having its own number and color; a plurality of treatment/remedy cards, wherein each card comprises at least one treatment or remedy for a disease and is colored to match a corresponding disease on the colored circle; and a plurality of preventative cards, wherein each card comprises at least one preventative modality to prevent a disease and is colored to match a corresponding disease on the colored circle.
Claims12
A method of playing a pathology board game, comprising:
- providing a colored game board having 1) an illustration of the human circulatory system comprising organs, vein, artery, and limbs;
- and 2) a colored circle or wheel comprising a pie chart having a plurality of diseases, each disease having its own color and a number to indicate how many spaces each player moves through the illustrated circulatory system;
- providing a card holder with 1) a plurality of treatment/remedy cards, wherein each treatment/remedy card comprises at least one treatment or remedy for a disease and is colored to match a corresponding disease on the colored circle;
- and 2) a plurality of preventative cards, wherein each preventative card comprises at least one preventative modality to prevent a disease and is colored to match a corresponding disease on the colored circle;
- providing a plurality of pegs corresponding to each organ;
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- providing at least one pathology booklet comprising a plurality of tables, each table comprising 1) an explanation of a disease on the colored circle or wheel for at least one of an organ, vein, artery, or limb of the illustrated human circulatory system and symptoms associated with the disease;
- 2) a diagnostic test for the disease;
- 3) at least one of treatment for the disease corresponding to a treatment/remedy card, or a preventative modality for the disease corresponding to a preventative card,
- each player choosing a cell for circulation throughout the human circulatory system illustrated on a colored game board;
- each player being dealt a plurality of treatment/remedy cards and a plurality of preventative cards;
- during a turn, each player spinning the colored circle or wheel to indicate a disease and number;
- advancing the cell the indicated number along the circulatory system, thereby landing on an organ, vein, artery, or limb;
- locating in the at least one pathology booklet at least one of a treatment or prevention for the indicated disease corresponding to the organ, vein, artery, or limb on which the player landed;
- a player matching at least one of a treatment/remedy card or preventative card corresponding to the indicated disease, thereby avoiding the disease;
- as each player successfully passes through each organ, the player places a peg corresponding to the organ in a slot behind the card holder;
- wherein the first player to pass through the circulatory system in any order and who has a treatment/remedy card or preventative card for the last organ is declared the winner of the game.
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