Gameboard apparatus

• US 4,946,169 A
• Filed: 08/08/1988
• Issued: 08/07/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/1988
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Elsa O. Hofmann
• Original Assignee: Elsa O. Hofmann
• Inventors: Hofmann, Elsa O.
• Primary Examiner(s): Grieb, William H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Layno, Benjamin
• Application Number:
  US07/230,006
• Time in Patent Office: 729 Days
• Field of Search: 273/250-254, 273/256
• US Class Current: 273/253
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/00072 played along an endless track, e.g. monopoly A63F3/00069 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/00091 concerning space ship navigation

Abstract

A gameboard apparatus picturing an advanced, economic, technological civilization throughout the solar system and beyond, a path of spaceships containing many contingency circumstances interspersed between man-made, unpurchaseable property containing many contingency circumstance, and eleven major types of purchaseable man-made properties containing many contingency circumstances. The indicia on color-coded leases describes the internal, external, vertical and horizontal development of real estate in over thirty ways, four decks of cards, Speed of Light Years Utility Service Card and Speed of Light Years Ticket Tokens color coded to work in conjunction with the path of spaceships which are path of the continuous open route with a starting point from Earth, the entire game being described by a set of rules.

Claims

1. A board game apparatus comprising:

a board having marked thereon a playing path divided into a plurality of spaces;

a plurality of playing pieces for indicating the position of each player;

a random number generating means for randomly determining the movement of said playing pieces along said path;

a plurality of play money;

said path comprising a plurality of purchaseable property spaces;

a plurality of lease cards one for each of said purchaseable property spaces for indicating ownership a set of cards, each card being distinguishable by having one of plurality of different indicia;

said path further comprising unpurchaseable spaces, each distinguishable by having one of said different indicia;

an instruction card having marked thereon all of said different indicia and having a corresponding monetary amount marked next to each indicia for indicating the amount of money a player must pay wherein the winner is the players with the most currency and/or property value.

2. The board game apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:

a plurality of question cards;

said path further comprising question spaces directing a player landing thereon to select a question card and answer the question.

3. The board game apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:

second and third sets of instruction cards, each card directing a player to pay a fee after moving to a certain space on the board;

said path further comprising a second and third sets of spaces, each respectively having second and third indicia to correspond to said second and third sets of instruction cards for directing a player landing on one of said second or third sets of spaces to select a corresponding card.

4. The board game apparatus of claim 1 wherein each of said lease cards having indicia listing a plurality of different property improvements for each property;

developing means comprising a plurality of development tokens, each token corresponding to one of said property improvements, said tokens having engagement means and said purchaseable property spaces each having a plurality of receiving means for receiving said engagement means such that each of said purchaseable property spaces is capable of securely supporting a plurality of development tokens for continued development of said purchaseable property spaces;

said engagement means are prongs and said receiving means are holes for receiving the prongs.