Edward P Breslin

US Patent:

42720800, Jun 9, 1981

Filed:

Jun 7, 1979

Appl. No.:

6/046473

Inventors:

Edward P. Breslin - Philadelphia PA

International Classification:

A63F 300

US Classification:

273249

Abstract:

An educational game designed to acquaint the players with a particular subject includes a gameboard and tokens representing the different players movable thereon. The gameboard is divided to include a plurality of separate paths, and each path is further subdivided into discrete spaces. These spaces include indicia thereon providing different types of data relating to the subject of the game, and each space includes a numerical marking indicating its position, or location, within its path. A move director apparatus, such as dice, operable by the players to determine, on the basis of chance, the number of spaces within a particular path that the tokens should be moved. An informational aid separate from the board includes both general information about the specific data in the spaces, and questions relating to the particular subject of the game. Preferably a scoreboard, and scoreboard markers are provided to keep track of each player's score as the game progresses.