Game of the immune system
First Claim
1. A board game apparatus for teaching the immune system to players of the game comprising:
- a playing board having a continuous main course divided into a sequence of playing spaces, a first portion of said playing spaces having numbers in a random order with a single said number printed in each space, a second portion of the spaces being rest spaces with each rest space associated with a health facility, a start space and a finish space;
a chance device actuable by a player to determine the number of said playing spaces to be moved by the player;
a plurality of distinctive tokens constituting playing pieces, a separate one of said playing pieces to be utilized by a separate one of the players playing in the game;
a disease handout comprising a list of diseases and allergies that involve the immune system, with descriptions of the diseases and allergies and the types of immune response mounted against the diseases if so applicable;
a plurality of cards, each corresponding to a helper T cell with a specific receptor shape that can interlock with a separate bacterial or viral pathogen associated with a disorder listed in said handout; and
a set of numbered immune scenarios, each said scenario having a number corresponding to the number of a separate said playing space and relating its corresponding said playing space to a specific disease or allergy in said handout.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a board game for use as a didactic teaching-aid for individuals that are interested in the immune system. The game comprises a playing board having a continuous main course having a plurality of playing spaces. Each playing space contains a number that matches the number of an immune scenario vignette that constitutes an exposure to an infectious disease or to an immune disease state, such as an auto-immune disease or an immune-deficiency. A method of curing or treating the disease, and information about the disease is provided in a disease handout that the players reference while tending to their disease at a hospital, clinic or pharmacy, depending on the nature of the exposure. When a player attains immunity, they become immune to those diseases that are subsequently encountered.
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1. A board game apparatus for teaching the immune system to players of the game comprising:
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a playing board having a continuous main course divided into a sequence of playing spaces, a first portion of said playing spaces having numbers in a random order with a single said number printed in each space, a second portion of the spaces being rest spaces with each rest space associated with a health facility, a start space and a finish space; a chance device actuable by a player to determine the number of said playing spaces to be moved by the player; a plurality of distinctive tokens constituting playing pieces, a separate one of said playing pieces to be utilized by a separate one of the players playing in the game; a disease handout comprising a list of diseases and allergies that involve the immune system, with descriptions of the diseases and allergies and the types of immune response mounted against the diseases if so applicable; a plurality of cards, each corresponding to a helper T cell with a specific receptor shape that can interlock with a separate bacterial or viral pathogen associated with a disorder listed in said handout; and a set of numbered immune scenarios, each said scenario having a number corresponding to the number of a separate said playing space and relating its corresponding said playing space to a specific disease or allergy in said handout. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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