Card and board map game

Claim 2

A skill and chance influenced game comprising: a game board containing indicia representing a map defining a large number of different political subdivisions and divided into a multiplicity of zones, there being associated with such zones indicia which correlate each zone only with a plurality of nonajacent other zones so as to provide to each player a plurality of recognizable assigned zones for his play; a card deck containing cards divided into a plurality of sections, one section containing a type of indicia associated with a first political subdivision shown on the board and a second section containing a second type of indicia associated with a second political subdivision differing from the first shown on the board; whereby in playing said game, a player attempts to correctly identify the position on the map of the political subdivision in his zone of play associated with any indicia on cards assigned to him and after which any second player can attempt to correctly identify the position on the map of the political subdivision in the second player's zone of play represented by the second indicia on the card.

Claim 3

A skill and chance influenced game comprising: a game board containing indicia representing a map defining a large number of different political subdivisions and divided into a multiplicity of zones, there being associated with such zones indicia which correlate each zone only with a plurality of nonadjacent other zones so as to provide to each player a plurality of recognizable assigned zones for his play; a card deck containing cards divided into a plurality of sections, one section containing a type of indicia associated with a first political subdivision shown on the board and a second section containing a second type of indicia associated with a second political subdivision differing from the first shown on the board, said deck of cards also containing a second type of card having indicia corresponding to the indicia coordinating the zones of the board; whereby in playing said game, a player attempts to correctly identify the position on the map of the political subdivision in his zone of play associated with any indicia on cards assigned to him and after which any second player can attempt to correctly identify the position on the map of the political subdivision in the second player's zone of play represented by the second indicia on the card; and whereby any player having access to a card of the second type of card can through its use interchange the zone assigned to him with the zone assigned to another player.

Claim 4

A skill and chance influenced game comprising: a game board containing indicia representing a map defining a large number of different political subdivisions and divided into a multiplicity of zones, there being associated with such zones indicia which correlate each zone only with a plurality of nonadjacent other zones so as to provide to each player a plurality of recognizable assigned zones for his play; a card deck containing cards divided into a plurality of sections, one section containing a type of indicia associated with a first political subdivision shown on the board and a second section containing a second type of indicia associated with a second political subdivision differing from the first shown on the board, said deck of cards also containing a second type of card having indicia corresponding to the indicia coordinating the zones of the board; whereby in playing said game, a player attempts to correctly identify the position on the map of the political subdivision in his zone of play associated with any indicia on cards assigned to him and after which any second player can attempt to correctly identify the position on the map of the political subdivision in the second player's zone of play represented by the second indicia on the card; and whereby any player having access to a card of the second type of card can through its use interchange the zone assigned to him with the zone assigned to another player.

Claim 5

A skill and chance influenced game comprising: a game board containing indicia representing a map definig a large number of different political subdivisions and divided into a multiplicity of zones, there being associated with such zones indicia which correlate each zone only with a plurality of nonadjacent other zones so as to provide to each player a plurality of recognizable assigned zones for his play; a card deck containing cards divided into a plurality of sections, one section containing a type of indicia associated with a first political subdivision shown on the board and a second section containing a second type of indicia associated with a second political subdivision differing from the first shown on the board, said deck of cards also containing a second type of card having indicia corresponding to the indicia coordinating the zones of the board; markers of a plurality of types, the number of types at least being as great as the number of different sections of said cards and coded to correlate thereto so as to be used to indicate each play successfully completed and, by reference to their type, to calculate the score; and an index for consultation for determining correct and incorrect plays; whereby in playing said game, a player attempts to correctly identify the position on the map, by placement of the markers, of the political subdivision in his zone of play associated with any indicia on cards assigned to him and after which any second player can attempt to correctly identify the position on the map by placement of the markers of the political subdivision in the second player's zone of play represented by the second indicia on the card; and whereby any player having access to a card of the second type of card can through its use interchange the zone assigned to him with the zone assigned to another player.

Claim 6

A skill and chance influenced game comprising: a game board containing indicia representing a map definig a large number of different political subdivisions and divided into a multiplicity of zones, there being associated with such zones indicia which correlate each zone only with a plurality of nonadjacent other zones so as to provide to each player a plurality of recognizable assigned zones for his play; a card deck containing cards divided into a plurality of sections, one section containing a type of indicia associated with a first political subdivision shown on the board and a second section containing a second type of indicia associated with a second political subdivision differing from the first shown on the board, said deck of cards also containing a second type of card having indicia corresponding to the indicia coordinating the zones of the board; markers of a plurality of types, the number of types at least being as great as the number of different sections of said cards and coded to correlate thereto so as to be used to indicate each play successfully completed and, by reference to their type, to calculate the score; and an index for consultation for determining correct and incorrect plays; whereby in playing said game, a player attempts to correctly identify the position on the map, by placement of the markers, of the political subdivision in his zone of play associated with any indicia on cards assigned to him and after which any second player can attempt to correctly identify the position on the map by placement of the markers of the political subdivision in the second player's zone of play represented by the second indicia on the card; and whereby any player having access to a card of the second type of card can through its use interchange the zone assigned to him with the zone assigned to another player.