Abstract: The present invention is a commodity trading multi-player game, and the game is played with a plurality of cards. It can be played “Face to Face” or “Online.” The game comprises a game board, coin chips, game cards, customized dice which is a dodecahedron pentagonal prism, regulations, and rules. The game was constructed and arranged so that acquiring more commodities and money, by uniquely following the game's rules, would be the key to win the game. The present invention applies a new proposed economic theory of mutual shared-rights of the commoditerial history in fairtrade markets board game. It has a three-pronged approach: a) learning by training the expert systems about economy and markets, b) education by teaching informative, knowledgeable subjects about the US states, and c) entertainment.

Abstract: A board game is provided having the theme Death and Taxes. Multiple levels of paths of spaces are indicated on a board, each level having differing rules affecting the amount of scrip currency that a player receives or loses in playing. Players' pieces are moved to differing levels dependent on the amount of currency assigned to that player (Net Worth).

Abstract: A game system is provided to demonstrate how to utilize double-entry to manipulate balances for different account types. The system may include game-play instructions, game-play pieces and a game board, which may include visual representations of an income statement, a balance sheet, a general ledger, customers, and suppliers. The game-play pieces may include a place marker, a list of business activities, a balance sheet, an income sheet, a journal, monetary units, a monetary unit storage container, a monetary unit carrier, chits, debrief questions and model answers. The game-play instructions may include instructions to divide a group of players into teams, to assign each player a job role, an explanation of job roles, an explanation of accounting principles, and an instruction to enter information contained in the list of business activities into the income statement, the balance sheet, and the general ledger.

Abstract: A board game includes a plurality of game pieces, a plurality of reward cards, and a game board, where the game board includes a travel path on the game board, said travel path including a plurality of instruction spaces, a plurality of hidden cache spaces, and a plurality of open cache spaces, where one of said plurality of hidden cache spaces and one of said plurality of open cache spaces are associated with one of said plurality of game pieces, and at least one instruction space includes directions to add one of said plurality of reward cards to one of said plurality of open cache spaces that is associated with one of said plurality of game pieces.

Abstract: A global property trading board game having a game board with a continuous travel path divided into stations being associated with respective countries and having markings, including economic values representative of the respective countries' gross domestic product. Movement of a game-piece along the travel path is determined by a chance-controlled device. Each player is allocated a line of credit represented by international business cards in various monetary denominations. The respective players are further assigned a global region constituting a trade-bloc of countries. A player may acquire the assets of any country corresponding to the station in which the game-piece is located, assuming the assets are not owned by another player, by payment of the designated economic value utilizing the player's international business cards. When a competing player's game-piece is located within a station wherein the assets are owned by another player the competing player must pay a tax to that player.

Abstract: A double-sided transparent plastic tessellated jigsaw puzzle and a method of making the same are disclosed. The puzzle is formed of a pair of clear acrylic sheets having a thickness of about 0.060 inches. Images are subsurface printed on one side of each sheet and the sheets are laminated together with a pressure-sensitive adhesive with the images in confronting relation. The laminated sheet is laser cut to form a puzzle that has a plurality of tessellations. The tessellations or sets of tessellations are formed as identically shaped pieces that can be located in the puzzle in several different ways.

Abstract: A game for teaching financial skill and responsibility to a plurality of players. Each player initially is given a predetermined amount of spending capital representing earned income and credit available, with the object to generate debt. Players move pieces around a board, incurring debt by making mandatory payments or purchasing items and pursuing opportunities based upon the spaces landed upon. A player that has accumulated the most debt may proceed to answer a change question presented by one or more financial advisors in an attempt to win the game.

Abstract: A computer system which is connected to an electronic-commerce server includes a display unit, a monitoring unit, a table, a display control unit, and a transmitting unit. The display unit displays a combination of a numeric input field and an icon display area associated with the numeric input field. The monitoring unit monitors an input to the numeric input field. The table defines a correspondence between an entry in the numeric input field and an icon associated with the numeric input field. The display control unit causes, based on the table definition, an icon to be displayed before a transmission action is received, where the icon corresponds to the magnitude of the numeric value entered in the numeric input field. The transmitting unit transmits the numeric value entered in the numeric input field to the electronic-commerce server in response to receipt of the transmission action.

Abstract: The key novelty of this financial game is that the prices are not fixed during the entire game, nor are randomly determined in an exogenous way, although some random disturbances interact with the endogenously determined prices. Players are encouraged to buy shares to make prices go up and sell to make a quick profit, but their plans can be disrupted by unexpected events. The mathematical function depicts in a formal way the operation of the board game: PY=AX+U Being: PY=Price of “Y” share. X=Quantity of “Y” shares traded. A=Slope (or constant multiplier, that combined with the given value of X makes PY move upwards). U=Random disturbance (positive or negative).

Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for determining stock option pricing in which the interplay of short-term interest rates and expected long-term rates of return on the underlying security results are factored to yield a more accurate forecast of options prices as compared to conventional models. The method of the present invention employs an expected long-term rate of return parameter and a conditional probability volatility parameter and an adjustment factor to address the put-call parity theorem which addresses the accuracy problems of the Black-Scholes model. The method can also be applied using a known current option prices to determine an assumed long-term rate of return.

Abstract: A method of playing a game. In accordance with the invention, the method includes the steps of identifying a plurality of geographic regions, such as continents, on a game board; identifying an industry located within each of the geographic regions; associating a unique icon with each industry; defining a path of player travel having plural stopping points therealong, some of the stopping points corresponding to the unique icons; providing a plurality of event cards in response to player travel along the path; providing currency for distribution to each player; providing a chance device, such as a die, for generating player advancement values; and advancing a player along the path in response to activation of the chance device. The cards affect the industries positively or negatively and rent is payed by a player that lands on an industry icon. A bank provides banking services to a player.

Abstract: An electronic trading system includes a plurality of trader terminals for receiving credit parameter data, arbitrage parameter data, and trading data from a trading entity, and a computer connected to the plurality of trader terminals via a communications network that receives and stores the credit parameter data and the trading data. The system also includes a detector circuit or program for automatically detecting an available arbitrage opportunity including a plurality of trades based on the credit parameter data, the arbitrage parameter data, and the trading data. A similar electronic trading system includes an automatic name switch feature wherein the plurality of trader terminals receive name switch parameter data, credit parameter data, and trading data from the trading entity. A circuit or program automatically detects and executes available name switch transactions based on the credit parameter data, the name switch parameter data, and the trading data.

Abstract: A trading simulation game that emulates the roles of market makers and traders involved in the securities market. The simulation allows for random market activity by specifying a starting market price and employing a subset of a pool of market-affecting items to modify the starting price and determine the final game price. Items in the subset are incrementally revealed to simulation participants during play, and designated participants may make the first offer to trade. All participants simultaneously make and accept offers to buy and sell the simulated security without restriction, based on the public and private information they have and their dynamic estimates of the final game price. Trades are tracked with a novel tally sheet or game status chart, and they are settled at the final game price when all items are revealed. The use of a subset of a pool of market-affecting items allows for probability-based strategy similar to popular card games like blackjack and poker.

Abstract: An apparatus including a board for playing a game is provided, the board typically including a plurality of spaces. Each of the plurality of spaces has a depiction of a person who appears on a monetary item. The monetary item may be a coin or a bill. The board may include a square of spaces, each of which has a childhood depiction of a person who appears on a monetary item. The board may also include a ring of spaces, each of which has an adult depiction of a person who appears on a monetary item.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided which enable students to participate in a simulated, electronic trading environment. The concept is one where the eSpeed rules based system and GUI may be used to educate students on the trading of financial products. The system may be “live” using real-time information and held either in a private virtual community (i.e. intra-school) or a wider community (i.e. inter-school). Fixed rules may be pre-programmed into the system or modified/customized by the participants. Participants may access the simulation via, for example, the Internet. The products traded in the simulation may include any simulated fixed income financial product. However, the simulation may not involve trading real financial products where there would be real financial risks. Simulated trading may be compared to real-world trading to create new financial products that may be tested and traded in the system.

Abstract: A method of playing a board game comprising the steps: providing players each given money and starting at a first rank; providing dice; providing a game board having a plurality of playing spaces, that are either owned or available businesses, arranged around the outside of five connected boroughs of New York City; performing alternating player turns comprising the steps of: rolling dice; moving the player around spaces in a number corresponding to the roll; determining the ownership status of the space. If the space is owned and the owner of the space is of a higher rank the player must pay the owner, if the owner is of the same or less rank the player pays nothing. The owner may also offer the space for sale. If available, the player may purchase the space. The purpose is to purchase spaces or properties to move up to the highest rank.

Abstract: A game for a plurality of players includes a playing area having playing stations which form a path along which the players move game pieces. The playing area includes a plurality of franchise site playing stations which represent a franchise location, such as a city. The players each pick a business entity such as a particular fast food chain. The object of the game is for a player to establish a franchise for his/her chosen business entity at each franchise site playing station.

Abstract: A board game and method of playing the board game wherein players move their game pieces in a path on the game board having landing spots in accordance with a combination of a numbers die and a words die. A spinner having a finger-activated spinning arrow pivotally attached at the center is used in conjunction with the words die. Play money in a plurality of denominations is awarded or taken away in accordance with the consequences determined by the dice, the spinner, and the instructions on the landing spot.

Abstract: An apparatus including a board for playing a game is provided, the board typically including a plurality of spaces. Each of the plurality of spaces has a depiction of a person who appears on a monetary item. The monetary item may be a coin or a bill. The board may include a square of spaces, each of which has a childhood depiction of a person who appears on a monetary item. The board may also include a ring of spaces, each of which has an adult depiction of a person who appears on a monetary item.

Abstract: The game includes a playing board having a predetermined continuous path with spaces for movement of pieces therealong in accordance with rules. The playing board includes: (i) marked historical location spaces designating a specified historical location based on a predetermined theme, especially Egyptian pyramids, the spaces identifying its specified historical location by name, pictorial representation or combinations thereof, and having a specified cost to operate value and a landing fee value. (ii) marked action spaces, each designated so as to require a specified action of a player when a piece lands thereon; (iii) marked event spaces, which may initiate a payment or other event of a player when a piece lands thereon. Random movement is established with at least one die, which has six major facets, forming a cube, and eight minor facets. There is a set of operation papers, a set of event cards, a plurality of different icon pieces for use by a plurality of players, and a set of rules.

Abstract: A method of playing a stock trading simulation game is disclosed and includes providing a game apparatus including a game board having a plurality of spaces marked thereon defining a path of movement on the game board, with a portion of the plurality of spaces representing individual stock positions. The method further includes a plurality of methods for ending play of the game, establishing an Exchange for handling exchange of game money and stock positions during play of the game, and taking a turn by one of the players, with the turn comprising taking a hidden turn and taking an open turn. A game apparatus may include the game board, a trade transaction sheet for recording trades of stock positions, a hidden bid card for secretly recording hidden bids, and a number of game pieces including open turn and hidden turn game pieces.

Abstract: A method for playing a game related to trucking where the player is one or more of a truck driver, a federal or state official regulating the truck driver, or owner of a 1) service center, 2) insurance company, 3) truck stop having a restaurant, 4) produce broker, shipper, 5) casino, 6) tow service, 7) truck payment center, 8) tire service, and/or 9) farmers' market. The method includes the step of winning the game by building a fleet of trucks of a predetermined number. The game board apparatus includes a course having a number of spaces, game truck or markers for moving along the spaces, bills representing money, chance cards, and a chance element.

Abstract: There is provided a food preparation recipe game and a method for playing the game. A spin wheel having a pointer is provided and includes a plurality of encoded possible landing spaces. A plurality of recipe cards is provided, each of which lists a plurality of ingredients. A plurality of question and answer cards are also provided. Each question and answer card has a plurality of questions and answers which are encoded for various degrees of difficulty. The encoding for the landing spaces on the spin wheel corresponds to the encoding for the question and answer cards. A plurality of ingredient cards are provided. Each ingredient card lists an ingredient for a food recipe, which ingredient may or may not correspond to an ingredient of a particular recipe card. Each player is entitled to draw an ingredient card by correctly answering a question from a question and answer card and the first player to complete his recipe is the winner.

Abstract: A board game comprising a board with a path having spaces thereon, wherein the path is navigated around the board by rolling dice, with the purpose being to teach the management and elimination of credit card debt. The game incorporates real life situations requiring the increase of debt due to both external events and personal choices, and further permits the use of discretionary income to decrease credit card debt, and subsequently the accumulation of wealth.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided which enable students to participate in a simulated, electronic trading environment. The concept is one where the eSpeed rules based system and GUI may be used to educate students on the trading of financial products. The system may be “live” using real-time information and held either in a private virtual community (i.e. intra-school) or a wider community (i.e. inter-school). Fixed rules may be pre-programmed into the system or modified/customized by the participants. Participants may access the simulation via the Internet or any applicable method of communicating information among more than one computer. The products traded in the simulation may include any simulated fixed income financial product. However, the simulation may not involve trading real financial products where there would be real financial risks. Simulated trading may be compared to real-world trading to create new financial products that may be tested and traded in the system.

Abstract: A project management game is provided that includes a game board having indicia thereon representing a plurality of tasks that collectively form a plurality of deliverables to be completed and to be managed by a plurality of participants in the game. The participants form one or more teams that play the game. A plurality of game pieces are positioned on the game board. Each game piece represents a selected one of the teams. The game further includes a first die having a plurality of sides with numbers thereon. The first die may be rolled in order to indicate a number of spaces to be moved by a selected one of the game pieces. A second die is also included having a plurality of sides with numbers thereon. The second die may be rolled in order to indicate a cost value associated with one or more of the tasks.

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.

Abstract: The present invention 10 discloses a game to be played upon a board 12 wherein a plurality of spaces 14 are sequentially placed around the perimeter of the board. The spaces 14 comprise a plurality of property deed spaces with associated property deed cards 20, a plurality of stock certificate spaces with associated stock certificate cards 18, a plurality of option spaces with associated option cards 26, 28, a plurality of collect dividend spaces, a plurality of discounted housing unit spaces and a plurality of draw card spaces having associated therewith draw cards 30. An additional feature of the game may include a set of bond certificates 24 which can be used by each player to provide additional assets for the player to manage and which the player can use for various purposes.

Abstract: A method of teaching financial management of an enterprise, comprising: providing objects representing a balance sheet and income statement, also providing a source of monetary markers, the source representing the general economy, selecting an instruction to illustrate a financial transaction, directing the movement of the monetary markers among the objects to represent the selected instruction, and representing, by the distribution of the monetary markers among the objects, a financial condition of the enterprise.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a financial board game that teaches its players about buying and selling securities, about investment strategies, and about the business world. The game as disclosed includes a plurality of spaces forming a closed loop path about the periphery of the board. Many of the spaces are subdivided into subspaces. Some of the subspaces dictate the type of security available for purchase or sale and an indication of price. Other of the subspaces indicate that a question is to be answered by a player. In addition, players each receive a Portfolio Asset Allocation Card which dictates an investment strategy, setting forth the securities that are to be accumulated during the course of the game.

Abstract: An options simulation engine for an options trading game. The present invention comprises a game engine for keeping track of game time and game settings, an options market simulator for providing a real-world options trading environment, and a portfolio manager engine for keeping track of a player's portfolio. The options market simulator comprises a basic stock price generator for moving stock prices, a news/rumor generator for moving stock prices, and an options pricing generator for pricing options.

Abstract: A game apparatus for teaching players issues related to investments and the stock market is disclosed. A game board is provided that describes a pathway for player movement thereon. Player movement about the game board is determined according to the roll of a die. The game board includes, playing spaces associated with: 1. players' action of trading commodities; 2. increase or decrease in the value of commodities; 3. ownership of individual companies; 4. extraction of gold from a mine; 5. market rumors; 6. company rumors; market news; 6. company news; 7. stock trading options, and: 8. change in interest rates.

Abstract: A game apparatus for teaching players issues related to investments and the stock market is disclosed. A game board is provided that describes a pathway for player movement thereon. Player movement about the game board is determined according to the roll of a die. The game board includes, playing spaces associated with: 1. players' action of trading commodities; 2. increase or decrease in the value of commodities; 3. ownership of individual companies; 4. extraction of gold from a mine; 5. market rumors; 6. company rumors; market news; 6. company news; 7. stock trading options, and: 8. change in interest rates.

Abstract: The disclosed trading game is comprised of a clearing house setting up specific contracts defined as issues each having no innate financial value but of local, national or international interest and involving social, financial, business, political, sports, or general, etc. matters that can be influenced by the actual or potential occurrence of different events or factors. The value of the issue contract might change in value, up or down, depending on how the participants, individually and collectively, believe the resolution of the issue has been advanced, via bids/offers tendered on the contract and trading via the Internet.

Abstract: The present invention is a pet lover's board game. It includes a playing board having a predetermined continuous path with spaces for movement of pieces therealong in accordance with rules. The playing board has marked breed spaces designating a specified breed of animal selected from cats, dogs, birds, horses and combinations thereof which have specified costs to own and a landing fee value. The board also has marked action spaces and marked event spaces. There is a random movement mechanism for randomly determining numbers of spaces to be moved by players in accordance with the rules, a set of pet ownership papers for the marked breed spaces provided to a player in exchange for payment of play money, and a set of event cards. Play money is used to make purchases, pay fines and pay landing fees. In preferred embodiments, houses and macro-houses may be purchased to enhance values and increase landing fees.

Abstract: An investment board game and game method are disclosed. The board includes an endless path along which the players” game pieces are moved. The path includes a plurality of stock spaces, each representing a stock and a stock purchase price. Upon moving to one of the stock spaces, the player is permitted to purchase shares of stock for that space. If shares are purchased, the player must draw a stock value card which has the potential of changing the closing value of the stock. The stock value cards are preferably arranged into low, medium and high risk card sets, with the player being limited to selecting from one of the sets depending on the present value of the stock. A plurality of personal risk spaces are dispersed among the stock spaces along the path, and a player who moves to one of these spaces must draw a personal risk card that is likely to monetarily award or penalize the player.

Abstract: An investment board game and game method are disclosed. The board includes an endless path along which the players' game pieces are moved. The path includes a plurality of stock spaces, each representing a stock and a stock purchase price. Upon moving to one of the stock spaces, the player is permitted to purchase shares of stock for that space. If shares are purchased, the player must draw a stock value card which has the potential of changing the closing value of the stock. The stock value cards are preferably arranged into low, medium and high risk card sets, with the player being limited to selecting from one of the sets depending on the present value of the stock. A plurality of personal risk spaces are dispersed among the stock spaces along the path, and a player who moves to one of these spaces must draw a personal risk card that is likely to monetarily award or penalize the player.

Abstract: The present invention is a game apparatus comprising a board having a plurality of spaces. Each space represents a stock that can be purchased. Located on each space is an indicia for representing a particular category, followed by a numerical representation. A plurality of cards having a plurality of questions is provided. The questions are in categories that correspond to the indicia on the board. Landing on the space enables the space to be placed on the market so that bids can be taken. The highest bidder can purchase the stock. If the player lands on a space that he owns, then he can answer a question that corresponds to the particular category. If answered correctly he is reward via the amount shown via the numerical representation. The players strive to gain the most money by buying and trading stocks throughout the game.

Abstract: A board game apparatus upon which a card game is played contains a plurality of principal areas representing either a) international wine-producing continents in the world or, b) districts within a wine region depending upon whether the game version is a) international or, b) regional. Localities within the principal areas represent either a) wine regions within the international wine-producing continents of the world or, b) vineyards within the districts of the wine region. Playing cards correspond to the areas and localities on the board and also list one of four purchase prices and symbols as the object of the game is for players match and purchase the symbols for one of three winning playing card combinations. The playing cards must originate from either a) inside a first principal area e.g. Europe, or b) any other principal area(s) outside of the first principal area. Players must rid themselves of any remaining cards.

Abstract: A game for teaching project management skills is disclosed. The game includes a play space having an area to track progress of tasks from a predetermined group of tasks which upon completion constitutes a game project. The project tasks when completed constitute completion of a game project. The game includes indicators for work effort for workers assigned to the project tasks by the players, tracking project tasks, and project funds. The assigned workers incur corresponding amounts of project funds expenditure during each project period. The game includes first information indicators for each project task, each stating a minimum task completion time, a total work effort, project funds costs, and an inherent delay time for each task.

Abstract: A board game based on stock market concepts comprising a game board (10) having a path of varibly-colored spaces beginning at one top corner, winding up and down across the board, and ending at the opposite top corner. As players move around the board, they make choices and perform transactions relating to the space they have landed on: on colored spaces, they may buy or sell the specified color of stock; on white spaces (12), they may strategically jump to any other white space on the board; on gray news flash spaces (14), they draw a news flash card (22A-22B) and perform the expressed transaction; and when they land on or cross over the market update bar (16), they change the price-per-share cards (18A-18B). Players record their transactions and track their balances on a balance sheet (24). The game ends when one player reaches the agreed upon goal or when all players agree to end the game, in which case, a play-off round is performed.

Abstract: This invention is a two-player, hide and attack, scavenger hunt strategy board game that is a hybrid combination of Checkers, Chess, Stratego and Life. This board game allows each player to have the ability of making, naming, and drawing their own game piece that they would like to see included in a corporate workplace. This part of the game adds control as well as creativity for both of the players involved in the board game. Another aspect of this board game is the structure and function of the game pieces themselves in which the brief case game pieces have the option of not only being hidden from the players opponent but from the player themselves. Other structures and functions of this board game include an educated guessing game piece, a moving continuously changing game piece that changes temporarily to a different game piece every time it is attacked or does the attacking, a transferable game piece, and a game piece that must be attacked more then once to be put out of play.

Abstract: A stock market game apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a game board defining a game piece movement pathway thereon including a plurality of movement units. At least some of these movement units are associated with a plurality of stocks used for building stock portfolios among the game players. A display unit provides players with information concerning the current value of stocks within the game and providing a running total of the value of the stock portfolios they have built. The values of these stock portfolios are determined by receiving and inserting ownership tokens into slots associated with the player's stock portfolio. This action selects a particular valuation algorithm associated with the stock that determines the value of the stock using a processor internal to the display.

Abstract: A mathematical investment game comprising: a game board having a central region including a large circle divided into first, second, third and fourth equally sized quadrants, a spinner including a central pivot pin being rotatably coupled to the centerpoint of the circle, the quadrants including different colors and indicia, the game board including first, second, third and fourth corner regions located adjacent to correspondingly numbered quadrants of the circle, each corner region including a plurality of property squares, each property square including numerical indicia, the apparatus including rules instructing players how to play the game; and play money including a plurality of bills with varying denominations, the varying denominations being imprinted upon the bills as numerals, the numerals including 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1,000, 5,000 and 10,000.

Abstract: A gaming apparatus having at least two competing objects each identified by an associated unique set of identification symbols wherein a game is played by positioning the objects in competition as a function of numbers associated with each object. The gaming apparatus includes a random symbol generator generating a random sequence of the symbols. A computer device calculates an independent incremental value (I.sub.x) for each object based on each symbol drawn in the random sequence. Each incremental value (I.sub.x) calculated for each object is a function of the identification symbols contained in the associated set, and each determines an independent incremental progression of play of each respective object. The computer device further computes a position value (M.sub.x) for each object which is a function of the respective incremental value (I.sub.x) for each object, and for each symbol drawn in the random sequence. This position value determines a competing game position relative to any other object.

Abstract: A game apparatus includes a game board arranged with a plurality of columns of insurance categories, with each category including a plurality of spaces corresponding to first through fifth faces of a second die member, with the second die member including a sixth lettering to indicate loss of turn. A first die member indicates type of category. Each player is afforded a predetermined number of markers with modified marker structure indicating addition or loss of premium relative to the spaces of each category. A player accumulating a least total relative to the insurance categories is declared the winner of the game procedure.

Abstract: A game board to receive a plurality of decks of cards to include a deck of game cards and player cards, as well as draft cards, provided to direct game participants in selecting and establishing teams of various values and worth. Limits are placed upon such teams to be developed, with game cards utilized as directional cards to effect penalty and reward during the draft selection process. The game is arranged to further provide for a player board formed as a support board to position various player cards thereon, wherein the use of a player support plate and adhering player dollar plates are provided whereupon exceeding of a team dollar limit effects displacement of the player support plate from an associated team support hook.

Abstract: The preferred embodiment of this invention features a trading game in which some or all of the activities, features and events related to a stock exchange or the like, may be simulated for the enjoyment of 2 or more players. The game consists of 5 sessions and 3 steps in each session and it is played on a simple game board characterized by providing a distinct trading symbol in each of the playing spaces therein, for the players to select at least one trading symbol per turn to conduct simulated trading transactions. The value of the simulated investments represented therein are subject to change during the game and at game-end, the player accumulating the most play money over his/her start up funds, wins the game. This invention also provides a method of continuing playing, thereby linking together the 5 sessions game with a plurality of succeeding completed 5 sessions games. The game closes after every 5 sessions game and re-opens to run continuously over an undetermined period of time.

Abstract: Game apparatus that includes a game board having markings thereon representing an imaginary oil well, a number of imaginary oil storage tanks and water storage tanks, and an imaginary channel extending from the imaginary oil well to the different imaginary storage tanks. A number of separate miniature flow line section pieces are adapted to be placed onto the different channels to form imaginary flow lines between the oil well and the various storage tanks. During the playing of the game die are rolled to establish prices for selling oil form the oil storage tanks or for disposing of water from the water storage tanks. Play money is exchanged to determine the game winner, i.e. the player acquiring the most money.

Abstract: A business education model in which players may simulate the running of a company with the amounts and types of assets, liabilities and future commitments, contingent liabilities, of a company or other business enterprise being shown through the number, color and positions of symbols and markers on a board. The board is marked out with areas representing business premises or factory plant, areas for stocking bought raw material, tokens to represent values of raw material and goods for sale, cash and debts, these different tokens being preferably of a similar size but of different colors so that it can readily be appreciated what they represent, with their value being apparent by their total. The board also includes areas for illustrating the expense of the equipment and manning of plant, for processing cash and loans, for showing the costs of building up a marketing force and for containing tokens showing overhead expenditures incurred in the running of the model business.