Political science board game construction

Claim 1

A world-wide political science game construction involving diplomacy and armament escalation comprising a board having a playing surface, a single endless path marked on said playing surface, a plurality of different country markings corresponding to countries of the world located on said path in serial relation therealong, the country markings corresponding to adjacent countries of the world being located in proximity along said path, a plurality of group markings on said surface each adjacent to a respective group of country markings of associated world countries, a plurality of different incident markings located on the path interposed between certain of the country markings, a plurality of separate playing pieces corresponding to world countries and independently movable along said path for resting on said country and incident markings, chance means for determining the amount of playing piece movement along said path, indicia means indicating the costs pertinent to resting on a country marking, a medium of exchange for paying said costs, simulated armaments for purchase with said medium and association with said country markings, an armament zone located centrally within the space bounded by said path on said board for supporting the simulated armaments prior to purchase, said indicia means indicating the costs pertinent to resting on a country marking having different amounts of armaments, and a plurality of different instruction cards, to afford instructions to players whose playing pieces rest on certain of said incident markings.