Patent ID: 6189886
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A board game based on stock market concepts comprising:a) a plurality of cards designating varying stock prices in a predetermined range of whole dollar amounts for each of four groups of stocks represented by the different colors, whereby the cards are randomly shuffled and one card from each group of stock is turned face up to designate the current stock prices,b) a plurality of stock certificate cards representing four generic groups of stocks represented by the colors red, green, yellow, and blue,c) a plurality of random transaction cards, whereby a player who draws a card from the randomly shuffled plurality reads the information contained on said card and performs the suggested transaction if possible,d) a game board having a single, noncontinuous path of variably-colored spaces, wherein said variebly-colored spaces have different meanings and applications to game play, including the ability of players going around corners on said path, to count or skip certain spaces for strategic positioning to benefit said player, further wherein said path includes six purple spaces positioned in such a way as to collectively form a bar going horizontally across the middle of said board and containing the words market update, whereby when any player lands on or passes over any said purple space anywhere on said path, a card designating an increment of whole dollar amounts is turned over for each color group of stock, changing the price per share of each group of stock,e) a plurality of tokens representing players as they move along said path,f) a random number generating means for designating a number of spaces players move said tokens along said path.