Property investment board game apparatus

Claim 2

Game apparatus comprising: a. a track having a series of marked spaces constituting a continuous path along which a first marker is movable in steps dependent on successive indications of indicator means, each track space identifying a class of property; b. a market condition regulator adjustable in accordance with the indications of said indicator means to establish varying market conditions; and c. a price chart which has a series of marked spaces indicating different prices lying numerically in order and along which at least one second marker is movable in steps dependent on the successive indications of the said indicator means, the second marker being movable numerically upwards and downwards along the price chart in accordance with market conditions indicated by the market condition regulator to establish rising and falling prices.

Claim 3

Game apparatus comprising a board including: a. a track having a series of marked spaces constituting a continuous path along which a first marker is movable in steps dependent on successive indications of indicator means, each track space identifying a class of property; b. a market condition regulator representing the numbers 2 to 12 and having at least one indicator movable relative to the numbers in accordance with the indications of said indicator means to establish varying market conditions; and c. a price chart which has a series of marked spaces indicating different prices lying numerically in order and along which at least one second marker is movable in steps dependent on the successive indications of the said indicator means, the second marker being movable numerically upwards and downwards along the price chart in accordance with market conditions indicated by the market condition regulator to establish rising and falling prices.

Claim 4

Game apparatus comprising a board including: a. a track having a series of marked spaces constituting a continuous path along which a first marker is movable in steps dependent on successive indications of indicator means, each track space identifying a class of property; b. a market condition regulator representing the numbers 2 to 12 and having at least one indicator movable relative to the numbers in accordance with the indications of said indicator means to establish varying market conditions; and c. a price chart which has a series of marked spaces indicating different prices lying numerically in order and along which at least one second marker is movable in steps dependent on the successive indications of the said indicator means, the second marker being movable numerically upwards and downwards along the price chart in accordance with market conditions indicated by the market condition regulator to establish rising and falling prices.

Claim 5

Game apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the prices indicated by adjacent price chart spaces differ in steps such that each successive price along the chart is a substantially fixed percentage of the immediately preceding price.

Claim 6

Game apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the market condition regulator comprises a clock face numbered 2 to 12; and at least one rotary indicator hand.

Claim 7

In game apparatus the combination of: a. a track having a series of marked spaces constituting a continuous path, each track space identifying a class of property; b. indicator means operative to give successive indications; c. a property marker progressively movable along the track in steps comprising numbers of track spaces dependent on successive indications of said indicator means; d. a market condition regulator adjustable in accordance with the indications of said indicator means to establish varying market conditions; e. a price chart having a series of marked spaces indicating different prices lying numerically in order; and f. at least one price marker movable along the price chart in steps comprising numbers of chart spaces dependent on successive indications of said indicator means, the movement of the price marker being upwards and downwards in accordance with market conditions indicated by the market conditions regulator to establish rising and falling prices.

Claim 8

In game apparatus the combination of: a. a track having a series of marked spaces constituting a continuous path, each track space identifying a class of property; b. indicator means operative to give successive indications; c. a property marker progressively movable along the track in steps comprising numbers of track spaces dependent on successive indications of said indicator means; d. a market condition regulator adjustable in accordance with the indications of said indicator means to establish varying market conditions; e. a price chart having a series of marked spaces indicating different prices lying numerically in order; and f. at least one price marker movable along the price chart in steps comprising numbers of chart spaces dependent on successive indications of said indicator means, the movement of the price marker being upwards and downwards in accordance with market conditions indicated by the market conditions regulator to establish rising and falling prices.

Claim 9

Game apparatus comprising: a. a track having a series of marked spaces constituting a continuous path, each track space identifying a class of property; b. a set of dice marked to give any one of a plurality of different numerical indications when thrown; c. a property marker progressively movable along the track in steps comprising numbers of track spaces depending on the indications given by successive throws of said dice; d. a market condition regulator representing a series of numbers corresponding to the various numerical indications that can be given by said dice, the market condition regulator being adjustable to give indications relative to its numbers in accordance with numerical indications given by throws of said dice to establish continually varying market conditions; e. a price chart having a series of marked spaces indicating different prices lying numerically in order; and f. at least one price marker movable along the price chart in steps comprising numbers of chart spaces depending on the indications given by successive throws of said dice, the direction of movement of the price marker being numerically upwards and downwards along the price chart depending on prevailing market conditions as indicated by the market condition regulator.

Claim 10

Game apparatus comprising: a. a track having a series of marked spaces constituting a continuous path, each track space identifying a class of property; b. a set of dice marked to give any one of a plurality of different numerical indications when thrown; c. a property marker progressively movable along the track in steps comprising numbers of track spaces depending on the indications given by successive throws of said dice; d. a market condition regulator representing a series of numbers corresponding to the various numerical indications that can be given by said dice, the market condition regulator being adjustable to give indications relative to its numbers in accordance with numerical indications given by throws of said dice to establish continually varying market conditions; e. a price chart having a series of marked spaces indicating different prices lying numerically in order; and f. at least one price marker movable along the price chart in steps comprising numbers of chart spaces depending on the indications given by successive throws of said dice, the direction of movement of the price marker being numerically upwards and downwards along the price chart depending on prevailing market conditions as indicated by the market condition regulator.

Claim 11

Game apparatus as claimed in claim 6, comprising a set of two six-sided dice each of which is marked to give numerical indications from 1 to 6; and a market condition regulator having a face numbered from 2 to 12 and an indicator movable over the numbers of the face.

Claim 12

Game apparatus comprising: a. a track having a series of marked spaces constituting a continuous path, each track space identifying a class of property and the different classes of property being grouped together in different categories; b. indicator means operative to give successive indications; c. a property marker movable progressively along the track in steps dependent on successive indications of said indicator means; d. a market condition regulator adjustable in accordance with successive indications of the indicator means to establish varying market conditions; e. a price chart having a series of marked spaces indicating different prices lying numerically in order; and f. a price marker for each of the categories of properties, each price marker being movable along the price chart in steps with each successive indication of said indicator means, each step of a price marker being dependent on the indication in question of the said indicator means and the direction of each step of each price marker numerically upwardly and downwardly along the price chart being in accordance with market conditions indicated by the market condition regulator at that time.

Claim 13

Game apparatus comprising: a. a track having a series of marked spaces constituting a continuous path, each track space identifying a class of property and the different classes of property being grouped together in different categories; b. indicator means operative to give successive indications; c. a property marker movable progressively along the track in steps dependent on successive indications of said indicator means; d. a market condition regulator adjustable in accordance with successive indications of the indicator means to establish varying market conditions; e. a price chart having a series of marked spaces indicating different prices lying numerically in order; and f. a price marker for each of the categories of properties, each price marker being movable along the price chart in steps with each successive indication of said indicator means, each step of a price marker being dependent on the indication in question of the said indicator means and the direction of each step of each price marker numerically upwardly and downwardly along the price chart being in accordance with market conditions indicated by the market condition regulator at that time.

Claim 14

Game apparatus, as claimed in claim 8, comprising at least one track space in each category which is selected for special rating; and an additional price marker movable along the price chart.