Patent ID: 8672327

Claim:
A method for playing a global property trading game with a plurality of players, said game including a substantially planar game board, said game board having a pattern thereon defining a continuous travel path, said travel path being divided into a plurality of stations, at least some of said stations being country-designated stations, with at least some of said country designated stations being denoted as starting stations, said starting stations having identifying indicia, said country-designated stations being grouped to define a plurality of color-coded global regions, each of said country-designated stations further being assigned a monetary asset evaluation, a plurality of business cards each having a designated monetary value, a plurality of game-pieces color-coded for correspondence with the global regions, said game-pieces being adapted for movement within said stations, a set of three dice having markings on its faces, at least two of said dice having numerical markings on each of its faces, with one of said three dice being differentiated from the other two dice, whereby a roll of the dice will randomly provide an upturned face on each of the dice, comprising the steps of: a) distributing the business cards to each player in pre-determined monetary amounts, b) rolling the single differentiated die in turn by each player, c) determining a player's initial starting station on the game board by correspondence of the identifying indicia with the markings on the upturned face of said differentiated die, d) assigning the player a color-coded global region as determined by the player's starting station, e) selecting a game-piece color-coded in correspondence with the global region for placement on the starting station, f) rolling said three dice to determine the extent of movement along the travel path of the player's game-piece, g) advancing the game-piece from the initial starting station to another starting station having identifying indicia corresponding to the markings on the upturned face of the differentiated die, h) adding the numerical markings on the upturned faces of the remaining two dice, i) moving the game-piece the equivalent amount of stations represented by the sum of the numerical markings appearing on the respective upturned faces of the two dice, and then j) optionally purchasing non-owned assets of the country-designated station in which the player's game-piece has been moved by surrendering the player's business cards in the equivalent value of the assigned monetary asset evaluation wherein the player acquiring and holding the most country-designated station assets within the respective player's global region being declared the winner.