Patent ID: 6019371
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A board game apparatus simulating environmental cleanup issues facing corporations, government, communities, and the environment comprising:a) a board, said board acting as a playing field;b) a plurality of marked spaces constituting a path extending across the board on the playing field, one of said marked spaces being a starting point and another one of said marked spaces being an ending point, wherein said path represents a fiscal year of corporate finance and environment compliance for a corporation;c) a plurality of playing pieces, said playing pieces being used to mark progress of a game played on said board game;d) a supply of playing money;e) a chance device for determining the number of marked spaces over which a playing piece is moved, said chance device also used to perform playing situations;f) a plurality of leaking barrel game pieces representing industrial waste, said leaking barrel game pieces being colored and corresponding to a particular player;g) a plurality of justice scale game pieces, said justice scale game pieces being placed on a marked space occupied by a playing piece of a player when said player conducts a battle in a litigation pit;h) a plurality of playing tokens, said tokens providing a player with a variety of strategic options that can be used while playing on said board game, said tokens being secured as determined by chance;i) a plurality of playing cards, said playing cards being drawn by a player as determined by chance;j) a plurality of permit cards, said permit cards including air permit cards, water permit cards, and land permit cards, wherein each player is required to secure an air permit card, a water permit card, and a land permit card before proceeding beyond a certain point along said path, said permit cards being secured as determined by chance;k) a pollution prevention chart, said pollution prevention chart allowing a player to obtain a pollution prevention technology and enhance the play on the board game; andl) a stock market chart, said stock market chart being used to track a stock value of companies during play on the board game.