Patent ID: 7458581
Filing Date: 2008-12-02
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A method for playing a stairway to heaven board game comprising: (a) a board game, wherein the board game comprising a peripheral path of spaces and a plurality of secondary staircase paths connecting the peripheral path to a central space on the board; (b) a plurality of chance cards that have a question and corresponding answer on the back of said card; (c) a plurality of guide cards; (d) a plurality of jewel cards; (e) a plurality of angel playing pieces; (f) a set of dice; (g) a plurality of jewels; (h) a plurality of jewel crowns; wherein the board game further comprises the steps of: (a) each person must choose a colored angel playing piece and jewel crown; (b) all of the players roll the dice to see who will go first; (c) the first person rolls the dice and moves ahead the number of spaces indicated on the dice; (d) should the angel playing piece stop on a guide card, said player shall read the guide card out loud and retain the guide card until all of the jewels are collected on the jewel crown; (e) should the angel playing piece stop on a jewel card square, the player shall pick a jewel card and receive the corresponding jewel; (f) the squares on the board game without pictures or card squares are counted as regular squares; (g) two or more players may stop on any square at the same time if their respective moves happen to land them in that position; (h) if the angel playing piece lands on a “Take A Chance” square, another player must pick up a Chance card and read the question on the Chance card aloud to the player whose angel playing piece landed on said square; (i) the player reading the question on the card may also recite the answer to the player being recited to if s/he answered the question incorrectly; (j) should the angel playing piece land on the go back to start space, another player must pick up and read the question on the chance card; (k) Should the angel playing piece land on a step that has a good deed, then said player may choose a jewel of his/her choice; (l) if the angel playing piece is directed off of the stairs, then place the angel playing piece on the “go up stairs” space and go around the board and try again on the next staircase; (m) if the player has received all of the jewels and has the angel playing piece located on the judging platform space, the player must select another player to read a question from a chance card to said player;