Abstract: This new board game will give children the opportunity to study facts and figures about dinosaurs. In order to play this game, children must answer questions about dinosaurs, pronounce dinosaur names, spell and define dinosaur words accurately in order to gain bonus points, which are called Energy Bars. Energy bars help keep the children out of the tarpit. One square requests that a player draw a dinosaur. Instructions for drawing dinosaurs are part of the game. Another square sends a child to China to be in charge of a dig--which causes the player to lose a turn because of travel time and responsibilities. Another square makes a child become the curator of Amy's Museum of Killer Death Lizards--which, again, causes the player to lose a turn because of meetings and responsibilities. The player that goes around the board seven times, which then gives the player 14 chances to answer questions, define and spell words, pronounce names, and draw a dinosaur, becomes the winner.

Abstract: Game equipment and a method for playing a new class of board games are provided. Board games of this class are played on a specially designed game board featuring a closed loop track, that is subdivided in token spaces. Track movement of the players' tokens depends on chance. Some groupings of token spaces form stations along the track. There are also passage routes that connect one station to another. The passage routes are provided for a passage route movement of the tokens that is preferably advantageous over and an optional alternative to track movement. A player may establish and/or acquire control of these passage routes to the exclusion of the other players. The game ends when there are no passage routes left. The preferred embodiment is an airline game of purchasing air routes. Each player is assumed to be operating an airline, and the board presents a map. The track is a roadway that is subdivided in token spaces, some groupings of which are stations shown as cities. Each city has an airport.

Abstract: A board game having a game board, tokens and a random indicator which may be tiles or dice. The game board has a playing surface defined by a matrix of spaces, and the random indicator is used to direct the movement of the tokens across the surface. The tiles or dice each have faces thereon, wherein each face bears three types of indicia. One type of indicia indicates the direction of movement of the token, either forward or backward, the second type of indicia indicates the amount of movement of the token, and the third type of indicia indicates the axis of reference the token is supposed to move along.

Abstract: A transportation game comprised of a map showing cities interconnected by routes divided into segments of equal length, hometowns at which the players' trucks respectively start, contract cards indicating cities at which loads are to be picked up, cities to which they are to be delivered and the fees therefor, designations in respective segments: that a penalty card is to be drawn from a stack including cards having questions related to driving safety; that a reward card is to be drawn from a stack including cards indicating that money paid from fines into a truckers escrow account is to be received; that cards having questions of a general nature are to be drawn from a stack; that the truck is at a weigh station and a chance mechanism is to be operated to determine the penalty for overweight; that the truck is at a truck stop and that a chance mechanism is to be operated to determine the amount of money to be received and also including a chance mechanism.

Abstract: A board game having a playing surface incorporating a representation of land masses separated by oceanic expanses, with the latter divided into segmented movement areas, and further employing playing equipment for the purchase, shipment and sale of oil, freight and goods from one land mass to another.

Abstract: A windsurfing board game includes a game board divided into a shore area, a water area and an island area. The water area and island areas are divided into playing spaces, and playing pieces in the form of windsurfers are moved on the playing spaces according to the roll of a die. A treasure indicia is hidden on the island spaces. The players move from the water area to the island area in an effort to uncover the treasure indicia by exposing the undersurface of the island space landed upon. Once the treasure indicia is located, the player returns back to the shore area from the island through the water area. Chance cards are employed during movement through the water area with each turn, with each chance card containing either a favorable, adverse or neutralizing indicia.

Abstract: A travel assistance game is provided which consists of a game board having two concentric continuous paths around its perimeter divided into consecutive playing spaces bearing instructions, some of which represent amounts to be paid and received by each player during the game. A map of the world is at the center of the game board. The map identifies by number and name six different continents. A plurality of first type playing pieces are provided, with one for each player used to be placed onto each continent on the map during the game. A plurality of second type playing pieces are provided with one for each player used to be placed onto each playing space during the game. Play money of different denominations are for distribution of part thereof to each player. A plurality of accident/sickness cards are provided with each to be picked by the players when their respective second type playing piece lands on a playing space bearing instructions to do so.

Abstract: A game apparatus which includes a game board providing a playing area which simulates the geographical area of the United States with each of the 50 states outlined and identified. Each of the states contain one or more pairs of directional arrows for travel for a game piece. A plurality of identifiable playing pieces are used which are intended to be moved from state to state. One game piece is assigned to and moved by each individual player upon a roll of specially designed dice in a north, south, east or west direction in response to the reading of the dice.

Abstract: Using a game board having all fifty U.S. state flags depicted together with groups of contiguous states. Employing fifty playing cards, with each card naming a separate U.S. state and listing multiple cities located in the state, bonus cards naming cities and play money. Each player, in turn, reads the name of the state and the listed cities on a playing card, selects the capitol city of the state, selects the geographical location of the state on the game board and selects the corresponding state flag. Play money is awarded for correct answers and the person with the most play money at the end of the game is declared the winner.

Abstract: The present invention entails a geography game kit that is designed for teaching children and others the identity and location of counties within a particular state, the county seat of respective counties, and general information and history concerning the counties and the state. In particular, the geography game kit includes a puzzle board that includes a back panel having a raised state shaped outline extending around the back panel that conforms to the shape of a particular state. There is also provided a plurality of county puzzle pieces that conform to or represent the shape of the respective counties constituting the particular state. In addition, the game kit comprises a series of question and answer cards that relate to information about the respective counties and state. Finally, the geography game kit of the present invention includes a timer and at least one die that is used to determine which player begins play.

Abstract: A maze type game board having a plurality of pathways divided into spaces. Preselected spaces having directional indicators thereon so that a playing piece moving along said spaces when finishing a turn on said directional indicators must begin the next turn by moving off in the direction of said indicator. The object of the game being to travel from the start point to the finish point of the game. Said players having the option of choosing to move the playing piece down any pathway forming a part of an intersection through which the players piece is moving.

Abstract: By providing an interactive communication system whereby individuals are able to electronically select at least one possible outcome of a plurality of outcomes of a future event, individuals are able to participate in the outcome of that event and possibly share in a prize award associated with the event. In the preferred embodiment, individuals forming the home audience of a televized game show are able to electronically communicate a series of random numbers using their telephone to participate in possibly winning the prize awards of the show. In addition, both on-camera game participants and the studio audience also participate and have the ability to win prizes.

Abstract: An airline travel board game for use by at least two players to accumulate bonus mileage and monetary status, and a method of playing the same. The airline travel board game includes a game board (10) having a playing surface (12) provided with a plurality of interconnected spaces (18), some of the spaces bearing the names of geographical locations and some bearing directional commands. A plurality of instruction cards (70, 76, and 82) associated with certain of the spaces of the game board, in conjunction with the spaces bearing directional commands, may dictate a change in a player's position on the game board, a change in a player's monetary status and/or a change in a player's total bonus mileage. Thus, real life trials and tribulations associated with air travel are simulated during play. Preferably, the players consecutively take turns until one player has accumulated a predetermined amount of bonus mileage required to win the game.

Abstract: In its preferred form the present invention provides a board, skill or social interaction game which in normal use simulates world travel, including a board having two zones marked thereon, a number of cards and a number of playing pieces. Players score points by moving playing pieces on the first zone, using resources and opportunities, represented by cards, acquired by movement of a further playing piece on the second zone and an exercise of chance or skill. This exercise preferably includes identification of the geographical location of a place of tourist significance or other tourist attraction depicted on one face of cards.

Abstract: A board game apparatus designed to guide and educate the players about geography in a particular region, on a particular continent, or of the world itself. The apparatus includes a board comprising at least one map bearing the geographical indicia characterizing separate locations to be depicted and identified. The separate locations are each distinguishable by a color and a number. A trail forms a closed loop around the map. The trail is divided into a plurality of spaces. Each space is also distinguishably colored and numbered to correspond to a separate location on the map. There is a plurality of playing cards one for each separate location containing identifying information about these locations to include the location's name, and the name of that location's capital city on one side, and a colored and numbered map of the location on the other side of that card. Players move their tokens along the trail according to a spinner.

Abstract: A board game on which the players simulate a shopping trip to a mall by moving their distinctive markers along a route defined by rectangles depicting stores of various types. A spinner determines the number of squares a player moves her marker during a turn. Playing cards having decorative portions of different designs are stacked in storage areas, each associated with a rectangle of a store. Each player has a frame with a plurality of cavities for receiving and depicting the decorative portions of the cards. A player wins the game by being the first to fill all of the cavities in her frame with cards having decorative portions of the same design. A replica of an outfitted mannequin is formed on the front face of the frame. Several windows of transparent material are formed in the front face of the frame within the replica of the mannequin so that the decorative portions of the cards which are inserted in the frame will be visible as portions of the outfit of the mannequin.

Abstract: A board game including a playing board with a large map of western Europe which is bordered by thirteen blocks that run along both the bottom and the left hand side of the playing board. The playing map is divided into sixteen European countries which includes forty nine European cities. Players start from the bordering blocks and play proceeds onto any city the player chooses. Once in a city the player draws the corresponding city card. Players move on to other cities and other countries as the object is to collect a specified number of each of seven various goals. Die is used to determine play. Layover cards and Altered Schedule cards contain instructions which alter regular play. Play money is used for fees, rewards and penalties.

Abstract: A method of playing a transportation industry game includes the following steps: There is provided a playing surface with a plurality of adjacent areas forming a first continuous pathway around the surface, a distinguishable marker for each player, a common money supply source, money and stock for each player. Each player in a repeating sequence activates a random number selector and advances the player's marker along the first pathway the number of areas specified by the number selector to stop on a particular area. The legend on the area is read and the action specified is performed. When the legend corresponds to a miniature drive or commodity carrier unit the particular unit is selected and is assembled with a previously selected miniature unit disposed adjacent to a second continuous pathway surrounding the first pathway. When the legend corresponds to that of a particular stack of cards the top card is selected therefrom and the action specified is performed.

Abstract: The invention herewith is a board game consisting of a Mount Olympus Game Board with a 3-dimensional mountain protruding about one foot high in the center of the aforesaid board, a War Game Board consisting of 64 squares, and game pieces, all having a mythological theme. The object of the game is to move around the Mount Olympus Game Board until reaching the top of the mountain; however, in the process, if a player lands on a War Space, that player must go to war on a separate War Game Board with another player. If a player lands on a space with a mythological character portrayed on it, that player must pick a god/goddess Card, which will either request something good or bad for the player to do. When a player lands on the Trinket Space, the player must play the Creature Game, which requires guessing which creature holds the Trinket in captivity and, thereby, has the Trinket within its hollowed out portion. If the player guesses correctly, he/she wins that Trinket.

Abstract: A board game (FIG. 1) featuring an actual map of the world (5) with an outer border (7) in colors corresponding to the colors of specific regions designated on the world map (i.e. 11 and 26). Players (FIG. 3) move from region to region around the world by electing to go clockwise around the outer border or by choosing a transportation card (FIG. 2) which allows for movement into certain regions. Once in a region a player may purchase the business (FIG. 8) in that region or may accumulate world market currency (FIG. 5) by answering correctly a question (FIG. 4) specific to that region of the world. The winner is the player who owns all the businesses of the world or who acquires the most world market currency after a period of playing specified by the players at the beginning of the game.

Abstract: A board game requiring some knowledge of geographical, historical, political, sociological and/or related facts for the successful player is disclosed. The game comprises a game board which includes a map of the United States or other geopolitical area, spaces for question and answer cards, an inner and an outer border, and state markers which conceal the names of the states on the map when installed. Play is started on the outer border, which contains representations of each of the states or other areas contained on the map. Players may choose a given state or area, correctly identify the state or area, and transfer the marker from the main map to the corresponding state or area of the outer border, thereby uncovering the name and confirming their actions. After a maximum of five plays per player on the outer border, players move to the inner border where movement is determined by the tossing of dice.

Abstract: A board game having a master course forming a path about the board and subdivided into spaces associated with different geographical locations along which the players advance by rolling a die or dice. At least some of the spaces of the master course designate the site of a regional game which can be played by the player who lands on the space designating the site by taking one or more additional turns. Each regional game is independent of the master course in that the player cannot progress from the master course onto the seqeuence of spaces defining the regional game but can take additional turns to play the regional game while remaining on the space of the master course designating the site of the regional game.

Abstract: A high-risk racing game in which two to six players own racing cars represented by their pawns which they race along routes of enumerated spaces through the United States, Canada and Mexico on a gameboard. Players are given the cars, or purchase them outright or at auction by total cash or part payment with the balance financed against a car's credit limit. A player defrays incurred expenses by cash payment or debt charged against an owned car. The first player with 100 points on the scoreboard wins the game. The scoreboard records points accumulated by players, cars owned outright and purchased, and cars available for acquisition. Each time a player lands upon or passes the gameboard's score-line space, he collects points for cars he owns, with additional points collected for two-car racing teams of each specific group. The number of gameboard spaces a player advances his pawn corresponds to a number card picked or a certain space landed upon.

Abstract: The present invention entails a game, game board, and game apparatus that relates to world travel and airline ownership. Forming a part of the game is a game board having a world map formed thereon with a series of different airline routes extending across the map. The object of the game is to travel from one location to another and at the same time to purchase ownership of various airlines which produces income by other players utilizing that airline as they travel from one location to another.

Abstract: The board game apparatus is intended primarily to provide a game involving trading, negotiating, and sailing. In order that the principle of the invention can be readily understood, a single embodiment thereof is discussed. The object of the game is to accumulate wealth through transporting goods on a cargo sloop and trading with other players. The game apparatus allows the sloops to be realistically sailed from port to port purchasing and trading cargo. Movement of the sloop is governed by wind, tide, current and the skill of the player. An array of playing spaces arranged in a grid allows a plurality of paths between any two ports. Value of the cargo changes as it is transported from port to port increasing as the distance from the port of origin increases, which reflects the added cost of transportation. A doubling of cargo value occurs if the market for that commodity is cornered. Unforeseen events during the game may resupply cargo at ports. Thus, trading of cargo is stimulated.

Abstract: A game board apparatus with a game board and two types of playing pieces. The game board is provided with a playing surface which displays a plurality of interconnected first symbols that may represent specific geographic locations interconnected by transportation routes. At some or all of the first symbols are reversibly positioned second playing pieces that may represent passengers or cargo. Each second playing piece is marked in a manner to indicate a specific first symbol that is its destination. Each of two or more players employs and moves at least one first playing piece, which may resemble an airplane or other vehicle, to carry a finite number of the second playing pieces to their specified destinations.

Abstract: This game is designed for entertainment fun and consists of a game board, a multiple number of playing pieces shaped like musicians and their instruments, a multiple number of discs that receive flags with music note symbols, tokens, cards, and a die. The game board consists of two separate paths, one representing the life of a rock musician and the other representing the position of a record on the charts. The winner of the game is the first player to advance their disc to the number 1 space. The disc may be advanced by completing a circuit of the outer path with the token or by collecting a specified number of flags which are placed in the disk.

Abstract: A board game apparatus designed to guide and educate the players about the geography, transportation, historical, social, entertainment and amusement interests in combination with the shopping, restaurants and hotel accomodations available in an existing area. The apparatus includes a board comprising at least one map bearing the geographical indicia characterizing the area wherein are displayed the geographical locations of the selected tourist attractions usually matched with the services. There is a plurality of playing cards containing essential information about these locations which are connected on the map by the separate itineraries of travel dedicated, each of them to a different player. Each player is authorized to leave temporarily an individual itinerary and to perform a trip according to existing means of transportation and the distances within the area.

Abstract: A game board apparatus for two or more players, having a control token movement area of adjacent vertically and horizontally aligned rows of rectangular spaces, with a plurality of spaced groupings of spaces forming pairings of token start and token finish areas. A plurality of distinctive game tokens are provided, representing individual players, for movement between the pairs of start and finish areas through the central token area. The game is played using a die, numbered cards or a spinner to determine the distance of movement of a player's tokens for each player's turn, game reward units associated with predetermined spaces on the central token movement area of the board and chance taking apparatus for determining the movement of tokens of the players or the disposition of game reward units. This basic game format permits a multitude of different themes and game variations.

Abstract: A game board apparatus with a game board and two types of playing pieces. The game board is provided with a playing surface which displays a plurality of interconnected first symbols that may represent specific geographic locations interconnected by transportation routes. At some or all of the first symbols are reversibly positioned second playing pieces that may represent passengers or cargo. Each second playing piece is marked in a manner to indicate a specific first symbol that is its destination. Each of two or more players employs and moves at least one first playing piece, which may resemble an airplane or other vehicle, to carry a finite number of the second playing pieces to their specified destinations.

Abstract: A state or territory trivia game has a game board bearing a map or representation of a particular state or territory, and that representation is divided into eight color coded sections or regions. Each section represents a different region of the state or territory. On the sides of the board are smaller representations of the state or territory. These are used for the collection of game collection pieces. Game question and answer cards have eight questions relating to the history, geography, etc. of the respective regions of the state or territory, and the answers provided on the other side of the card. The card is arranged so that the answers cannot readily be seen as the question is being asked. The game begins with each player in the state capital or in some other predetermined city, and the player moves his or her piece a number of squares across the board in correspondence with the roll of a die or other randomizer.

Abstract: A travel game including a gameboard having indicia thereon relating to various locales. The game further includes a plurality of stackable time pieces which indicate the game time, a plurality of business establishment coupons which are associated with business establishment zones provided on the playing surface regions and present at the respective locales of such regions, these coupons being exchangeable for monetary coupons when a respective pawn lands on the respective zone as determined by the throw of dice, and postcards which can be revealed after a business establishment coupon has been betted thereon. The game also includes one terminating member which is randomly placed in the stack of time pieces and which indicates the end of the game.

Abstract: A travel game arrangement includes a gameboard consisting of a plurality of polygonal plate-shaped gameboard elements which are separate from one another for storage purposes, but which can be assembled into a gameboard and interconnected by complementary male and female formations arranged at the corners of the elements. The formations have such shapes that the elements can be oriented with one or the other of its major playing surface regions facing upwardly, and yet be interconnected by the formations.

Abstract: An educational game primarily for the simulation of the spread of the Bibical New Testament gospel throughout the Roman Empire. A game board has indicia associated with various playing spaces, representing cities, ports, and land and sea routes. A plurality of moveable game pieces representing Apostles are provided for movement around the game board, at least two game pieces for each participant. Each participant is provided with as many player boards as he has moveable game pieces, each player board having indicia thereon associated with a corresponding game piece. Each game piece is assigned a movement factor which is used to advance the piece around the game board. Moreover, each game piece is assigned other "ability factors" which, when compared to the roll of dice, may allow an Apostle to establish and build churches. Other playing markers and chips (having different indicia thereon) are employed to keep track of each participant's progress and accomplishments.

Abstract: A trucking simulation game in which the players load their trucks and move over a playing path buying and selling goods at marked spaces along the path; chance cards determine the amount and price of the goods bought when a player's truck lands on a buy space and another set of cards determining amount and price of goods sold when a player lands on a sell space. The playing path is made up of spaces having differing instructions. Also included is a simulated weigh station, courthouse and vacation spaces. The winner is the player with the most money at the end of the path.

Abstract: An oil exploration game including a box-shaped game board with an upper playing surface and lower supporting surface with a rotatable cam located between such surfaces and having reremovably mounted game pieces some of which are operatively connected to the rotatable cam and further including information indicia means for recording events associated with the playing of the game.

Abstract: A game in which the flow of traffic is simulated and in which a game board is imprinted with multiple streets running across the game board from one section to another and also at right angles thereto. The game includes cooperable pieces in the form of cards and game pieces in a unique form and appearance that enable, through playing of the game, the acquisition by the respective players of knowledge of vehicular and pedestrian traffic rules.

Abstract: A travel game device is disclosed comprising a game board and a plurality of card sets, each card set having individual cards therein with instructions thereon for the advance of game play. The game also has game pieces for movement over a simulated map route and chance means such as one die or more for the advancement of the game piece and the selection of cards from the card sets for the advancement of game play.

Abstract: A board type game to be played competitively between several players; the game representing competing airlines flying between various cities, so as to acquire a monetary gain; the game includes a gameboard with a playing course imprinted thereupon for playing pieces to travel thereupon, a map showing travel routes imprinted on the gameboard, and the game also includes play money for transactions between the players, a pair of dice and a spinner, a deck of cards, and specialized other pieces particular to the game including control towers, connector bars, merger bars and grand merger bars.

Abstract: A game simulating trucking activities with use of simulated Citizens Band Radio (CB) communications and chance in traversing a game board. Truck loads are carried from east to west and west to east across a game board simulating the continental USA and sequential advancement is made by throwing dice or using a spinner.

Abstract: A board game for two or more players combines elements of strategy, knowledge of geography and chance in simulating the action of intelligence agents in performing assigned missions. The board surface is an unlegended map of the principal part of the world with unidentified target sites designated thereon. The map is marked with latitude parallels and longitude meridians at small intervals, e.g., 10.degree., the intersections forming a grid of spaces along which the playing pieces move. Random drawing of secret mission cards by each player assigns particular target sites to be reached by each player and the particular missions to be performed at the sites. The object of the game is to move the playing pieces to the assigned target sites by roll of dice, carry out the designated mission, and, if required, return to the starting point, at the same time trying to impede the progress of the other players.

Abstract: A board game apparatus for educating players with respect to tourist attractions within a particular geographical region. The apparatus includes a board having a continuous path comprising areas representing particular localities within the geographical region and a series of cards having either questions concerning the various tourist attractions of the localities or other instructions. Another set of cards represent rewards obtained during the course of playing the game.Each of the areas representing the localities are appropriately marked to indicate whether the particular locality is accessible by boat and/or by airplane while all of the localities are accessible by car. A set of tokens are provided for each player, each set including an automobile token, a boat token and an airplane token, each respective token being permitted to occupy only those areas appropriately designated as being accessible by that particular instrumentality.

Abstract: Game apparatus is disclosed comprising a game board having a plurality of intersecting one way and two way simulated roads. The two way roads have no passing zones thereon and in combination with the one way roads, lead to various destinations from points that may be used either as starting points or concluding points on the board. Destination cards and hazard cards are randomly selected during the course of game play for selecting destinations along the roads and hazards which hinder the advancement of a game piece. The roads are divided into spaces and movement of game pieces is advanced along the spaces by means of chance apparatus. Some of the spaces on the roads are longer than others to create an illusion of speed in the movement of game pieces.

Abstract: A game is provided with a map board subdivided into a plurality of territorial entities such as geographical or political entities, such as the states of the United States of America. Each state is assigned a value corresponding to, for example, its population. A grid of recesses is provided on the top surface of the game board which allows for the movement of game pieces therealong. The grid of recesses is formed into a plurality of vertical rows and a plurality of horizontal rows, and the game pieces move therealong a distance equal to a number shown by a first-game-piece control member, such as an eight-sided die, while the direction of movement of the game pieces along the grid of recesses is also determined by a game-piece control member, such as a second eight-sided die which has a plurality of directions indicated on the surfaces thereof. A state is claimed by any player whose game piece lands in a recess within the boundary of the state.