Patent ID: 6142472
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A corporate ladder game, comprising:a playing surface defining a plurality of corporate ladders, each said ladder being designated by a specific corporate function and each said ladder having a specific color;each ladder having a plurality of corporate steps beginning with a first step designated as trainee being located at the bottom of said ladder, and each ladder having a top step designated by the position of chief executive officer;a plurality of player pieces adapted to be positioned on and moved from step to step of each said ladder;a plurality of ladder specific sets of question and answer cards, each said set being color coded corresponding to the colors of said ladders, said question and answer cards having printed thereon questions and answers which relate to activities specific to said corporate function represented by a specific ladder, said ladder specific questions and answers being used until a player reaches a first predetermined step on its respective ladder;a set of ladder non-specific question and answer cards having a color unrelated to any of said plurality of ladders, said non specific question and answer cards having printed thereon questions and answers which relate to matters of general corporate business and management, said non-specific question and answer cards being used when player pieces reach said first predetermined level on its respective ladder;a set of answer cards associated with each question and answer card, said answer cards each having an answer which matches one of the answers on said question and answer card;each of said answers on said question and answer cards having a point value;whereby points are awarded to players upon selecting an answer card which matches answers on said question and answer cards, so that accumulation by a player of a first point value will permit movement of said player's player piece from step to step up the corporate ladder.