Patent ID: 7287753

Claim:
A method for a plurality of players to play a game, comprising: (a) providing a game including: a game piece for each of the plurality of players; a playing area; a plurality of playing stations disposed upon said playing area, said plurality of playing stations forming a path along which said game pieces may move, and each playing station of said plurality of playing stations having rules which are imposed when a player's said game piece lands upon that said playing station; a randomizer for determining the extent of movement of said game pieces along said path; said plurality of playing stations including a plurality of franchise site playing stations, wherein each said franchise site playing station has indicia which represents a unique franchise site; a plurality of unique business entities; a plurality of business entity markers which represent said business entities; (b) each player choosing one of said plurality of business entities; (c) said business entity markers being distributed to each player based on said chosen business entity of step (b), wherein each said player receives a number of said business entity markers sufficient to place one said business entity marker on each said franchise site playing station; (d) after steps (b) and (c), using said randomizer the plurality of players taking turns moving their said game pieces along said path, said game pieces landing upon a said playing station and following said rules imposed by that said playing station; (i) wherein the object of said game is for a player to establish a franchise for his/her said business entity at each said franchise site playing station, and in so doing place a said business entity marker for his/her said business entity on each said franchise site playing station; and, (ii) when a player's said game piece lands upon an unowned said franchise site playing station the player establishing a franchise at said franchise site playing station and placing a said business entity marker on said franchise site playing station; and, (e) continuing with step (d) until (1) a first player has his/her franchises on all franchise site playing stations and wins the game, or (2) the players setting a time limit, and the player who has established the most franchises at the end of the time limit wins the game.