Patent ID: 6308955
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method of playing an educational game comprising the acts of:providing a game display presenting a playing surface having a travel path divided into spaces;providing a marker to each player to indicate their position on the travel path;selecting a section from one of either Sub-junior, Junior or Senior sections in which each player will play;actuation of a random selector device for selecting a format being either Subtraction, Multiplication, Addition or Divisionchoosing a question card from a set of question cards according to the section selected for that player;answering a question on the question card corresponding to the format selected by the random selector device;correlating the correct answer with the number of spaces the player can move, indicated by the answer value designator;repositioning the answering players marker according to the value indicated by the answer value designator, whereby the repositioning of the marker onto a space with indicia thereupon will require the player to perform the activity indicated thereby;providing a reward scheme corresponding to the answering of questions and various activities of the game; andsuccessively repeating said steps until all players markers have reached a pre-selected finishing space.