CA1131667A
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Board game involving international trade
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1981-07-02
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Granted: 1982-09-14
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Expires: 2001-07-02
Abstract
Abstract Abstract An international trading game comprising a board with a continuous path divided into consecutive spaces having goods and services markings there along, group markings respectively associated with countries or groups of goods and services, opportunities and penalties for placing of tokens ad-vanced randomly, a supply of opportunity and hazard cards (e.g. export inquiries, import inquiries, special opportunities, wheeling and dealing opportunities, all risk insurance policies, hazards) immitation money, agency agreement cards, playing pieces, dice to randomly select playing piece movements, tokens and flags to be placed on the board to identify the establishment by players of agents and trading houses around the world.
Inventors
- 👤 Walter G. Boyle
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
CA
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 14:10
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/00003; A63F3/00063; A63F3/00072; A63F3/00006
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
369 words
In a board game, a. a rectangular board having a playing surface and four side edges; b. a plurality of playing spaces constituting a continuous path arranged in alignment along each of the side edges, said spaces or areas having designations for various countries, commodities, financial services, agency locations, trading house locations, special opportunities, international wheeling and dealing opportunities, hazards, free insurance and export tax, associate international finders, freelance agents and start; c. a plurality of agency agreement cards, each of which displays the country, goods and services represented and coloring corresponding to the agency and country locations on the game board, there being an agency agreement card for each commodity and/or service within each country on the board, each card also sets forth the cost of establishing the agency and setting up a trading house in that country; d. a plurality of export inquiry cards, each of which identifies one or more export opportunities and related commissions; e. a plurality of import file inquiry cards, each of which contains data o one or more import requests and related commissions; f. a plurality of special opportunity cards each of which displays data on international trade opportunities requiring ownership of agency agreements in two or more specified countries and related commissions; g. a plurality of wheeling and dealing opportunity cards each of which displays data on international trade opportunities requiring ownership of agency agreements in three or more specified countries and related commissions; h. a plurality of hazard cards, each of which displays data imposing pen-alties, both insurable and non-insurable, related to the many hazards and pitfalls of international trade; i. a plurality of all risk insurance policy cards each of which displays data providing protection from all insurable risks of international trade and the cost of purchasing said insurance; j. a plurality of playing pieces of different colors; k. a plurality of agency agreement chips of colors corresponding to the colors of the playing pieces; l. a plurality of trading house flags of colors corresponding to the colors of the playing pieces; m. a supply of playing money, and n. dice or other chance device for determining the number of playing spaces over which a playing piece is moved.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
369 words
In a board game, a. a rectangular board having a playing surface and four side edges; b. a plurality of playing spaces constituting a continuous path arranged in alignment along each of the side edges, said spaces or areas having designations for various countries, commodities, financial services, agency locations, trading house locations, special opportunities, international wheeling and dealing opportunities, hazards, free insurance and export tax, associate international finders, freelance agents and start; c. a plurality of agency agreement cards, each of which displays the country, goods and services represented and coloring corresponding to the agency and country locations on the game board, there being an agency agreement card for each commodity and/or service within each country on the board, each card also sets forth the cost of establishing the agency and setting up a trading house in that country; d. a plurality of export inquiry cards, each of which identifies one or more export opportunities and related commissions; e. a plurality of import file inquiry cards, each of which contains data o one or more import requests and related commissions; f. a plurality of special opportunity cards each of which displays data on international trade opportunities requiring ownership of agency agreements in two or more specified countries and related commissions; g. a plurality of wheeling and dealing opportunity cards each of which displays data on international trade opportunities requiring ownership of agency agreements in three or more specified countries and related commissions; h. a plurality of hazard cards, each of which displays data imposing pen-alties, both insurable and non-insurable, related to the many hazards and pitfalls of international trade; i. a plurality of all risk insurance policy cards each of which displays data providing protection from all insurable risks of international trade and the cost of purchasing said insurance; j. a plurality of playing pieces of different colors; k. a plurality of agency agreement chips of colors corresponding to the colors of the playing pieces; l. a plurality of trading house flags of colors corresponding to the colors of the playing pieces; m. a supply of playing money, and n. dice or other chance device for determining the number of playing spaces over which a playing piece is moved.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
65 words
The board game of claim 1 in which the playing surface of the board has an area marked thereon for the receiving of said export inquiry cards in stacked condition, said import file cards in stacked con-dition, said special opportunity cards in stacked condition, said wheeling and dealing cards in stacked condition and another area marked thereon for receiving said hazard cards in stacked formation.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
98 words
The board game of claim 1 in which certain of the playing spaces and related major headings are designated as by country, position or color so as to constitute a distinguishable group, there being a plurality of such groups, each having its spaces adjacent on the same side of the board, the board having indications of the goods and services handled by the agents and one or more sets of cards contain-ing data effecting potential opportunities or disadvantages to players landing on established or owned agencies and increased opportunities or disadvantages to players landing on established trading houses.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
93 words
The board game of claim 3 in which a player may increased his or her opportunity for profit through the purchase, by the same individual player, of additional space or spaces in the same country or group permitting establishment of a trading house in that country or group thereby affording the owner the additional opportunity of contacting other agents and/or trading houses around the world in order to supply the goods and services indicated on the various aforemen-tioned sets of opportunity cards, said cards to be drawn by players as determined by chance.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
The board game of claim 1 in which each of the various aforemen-tioned opportunity cards indicates a commission which is related to goods or services requested therein.
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