Patent ID: 8579291
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. An educational board game comprising: (a) a game board having a planar upper surface including a defined center thereof, a plurality of identical pie-shaped peripheral player domains each extending radially from said defined center to an outermost periphery, one for each of a plurality of players, each of said plurality of player domains including an aggregate of aggregated numbers of blank spaces graduating in series from a smallest number of said aggregated numbers of blank spaces defined nearest said defined center to a largest number of said aggregated numbers of blank spaces defined nearest said outermost periphery, wherein said graduating series of blank spaces define a plurality of level regions extending from said defined center to said outermost periphery, first indicia designating each of said level regions as being distinguished from others of said level regions; (b) a plurality of first game pieces including multiple sets of said first game pieces, each of said multiple sets of game pieces including a number of said game pieces having a same one of a plurality of color codes imprinted thereon but distinct from the color codes imprinted on said number of play pieces included in other sets of said game pieces for correspondence to one of said plurality of designated level regions, wherein said plurality of game pieces are sized for being placed on said blank spaces, and wherein each of said sets of game pieces is sufficient in number to provide each of said plurality of players with one of said game pieces for each of said blank spaces defined in said designated level regions in his player-domain; (c) randomizing means including a plurality of dice, each of said plurality of dice having a plurality of dice surfaces, a first number of said plurality of dice surfaces each including a different one of said plurality of color codes corresponding to a different one of each of said sets of game pieces imprinted thereon for determining a possible number of game pieces a player may place on a possible number of said blank spaces in said designated level regions during a turn, a second number of said plurality of dice surfaces each including a different one of said plurality of color codes corresponding to said sets of game pieces imprinted thereon, and further including a different one of a number of symbols superimposed thereon for determining a possible number of additional actions said player may be required to take at a possible number of said designated level regions during said turn; (d) a plurality of question and answer cards including multiple sets of said question and answer cards, each of said multiple sets of question and answer cards including a number of question and answer cards each having a different question, a corresponding answer to said question and an elaboration on said answer imprinted thereon, wherein each of said questions printed on said number of cards has a same degree of difficulty but distinguished from the degree of difficulty imprinted on said number of cards of other sets, each of said number of question and answer cards of each of said multiple sets of question and answer cards further including a same one of said color codes imprinted thereon but distinguished from said color codes imprinted on others of said sets of question and answer cards, wherein each of said color codes provides a correspondence to a different one of each of said sets of game pieces, wherein said difficulty of said question imprinted thereon is recognizable, and wherein each of said sets of question and answer cards is sufficient in number to provide each of said players with a corresponding question and answer card for each game piece earned by rolling said plurality of dice; and (e) a second game piece sized for capping said defined center by a first player to earn an aggregate of play pieces corresponding to said aggregate of aggregated numbers of blank spaces to mark an end of the game.