Patent ID: 7320466

Claim:
A method of playing a board game, said method comprising the steps of: providing at least two players, wherein each said player is given a predetermined amount of play money and starts as at a first rank; one of said at least two players is designated as a commission representative; providing a plurality of dice; providing a game board having a plurality of playing spaces arranged around the outside of five connected islands, wherein each said playing space is a business that has an ownership status that is either owned or available and each of said five connected islands represents a borough of new york city; performing at least one alternating player turn, each said at least one alternating player turn comprising the steps of: rolling said plurality of dice; moving said player around said playing spaces in a number corresponding to the roll; determining said ownership status of said playing space, wherein said playing space is owned said player must pay said owner if the owner of said space is of a higher rank or said owner may also offer said playing space for sale for a price; wherein said playing space is owned said player pays nothing if said owner is of the same or less rank; wherein said playing space has an available ownership status, said player may purchase said property for a predetermined price; assigning a higher rank to said player upon said player purchasing a predetermined number of properties; and assigning a winner as the first player to become a predetermined winning rank.