Patent ID: 6412777
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A game for a plurality of players, the game comprising:a playing field; a means, disposed on the playing field, for traversing the field, the playing field traversing means having a plurality of discrete positions, the plurality of discrete positions comprising a set of indicia-bearing discrete positions and a set of non-indicia-bearing discrete positions; play money; a means for identifying the discrete position occupied by each player at each instant of play; a chance means for randomly generating numerical and non-numerical outcomes, the numerical outcomes for at least determining the number of discrete positions to be moved by the position-identifying means during play; a first means for issuing player-directives in response to indicia born by the set of indicia-bearing discrete positions; a second means for issuing player-directives in response to the directives issued by the first means for issuing player directives; a means for assigning each player a discrete-position from the set of indicia-bearing discrete positions for starting the game and a discrete-position from the set of indicia-bearing discrete positions for ending the game; a means for assigning each player at least one game role; a third means for issuing player-directives for altering directives issued by the first and second means for issuing player-directives; a means, remote from the playing-field-traversing means, for temporarily positioning the discrete-position-identifying means according to player directives issued by the second means for issuing player directives; and a means for recording player-directives.