Board game utilizing owner operated businesses

Claim 2

A board game utilizing owner operated businesses wherein players strive by chance to maximize their financial worth comprising means for identifying each player by a fictitious name prior to commencing play, tokens for each identified player, bogus money which can be used for acquiring said businesses or paying for services or the like, a game board having a plurality of contiguous play spaces disposed generally around the perimeter of said board so as to define a continuous play field on which said tokens can be moved, certain of said play spaces in said play field designating different business each of which is identified to a particular player by said fictitious name and subject to acquisition and operation by the player so identified as against opponent players, and certain of said play spaces in said play field designating different businesses not identified to any particular player and subject to acquisition and operation by any of said players as against opponent players, said player identified business property being capable of acquisition by the identified player at no cost to him if he chances to land on the play space so designating said business property, and said non-identified businesses being capable of acquisition at a predetermined purchase price by any of the players who chances to land on the play space so designating said business property, and a chance means for advancing said player tokens around the play field on said game board.

Claim 3

The board game of claim 1 wherein said game board is substantially square and said player-identified businesses are grouped according to the identified player on respective sides of the game board.

Claim 4

The board game of claim 1 wherein the play spaces representing said non-identified business properties have acquisition price indications printed thereon designating the price which the player who chances to land on such play space must pay in order to acquire said business for operation against opponent players, said acquisition price indications also serving as player subsidy indication means for financing players by chance during an initial period of play.

Claim 5

The board game of claim 2 wherein each side of said square play field is designated by a street name.

Claim 6

A board game utilizing owner operated businesses wherein players strive by chance to maximize their financial worth comprising means for identifying each player by a fictitious namer prior to commencing play, tokens for each identified player, bogus money which can be used for acquiring businesses or pay for services, or the like a substantially square game board having a plurality of contiguous play spaces disposed around the perimeter of said board so as to define a continuous play field on which said tokens can be moved, certain of said play spaces in said play field designating different businesses each of which is identified to a particular player by said fictitious name and subject to acquisition and operation by the player so identified as against opponent players, said play spaces representing said player-identified businesses being grouped according to the identified player on separate side of the game board and being capable of acquisition by the identified player at no cost to him if he chances to land on the play space so designating said business, and certain of said play spaces in said play field designating different businesses not identified to any particular player and subject to acquisition and operation by any of said players as against opponent players, the play spaces representing said non-identified businesses being spaced around the play field between said player-identified property and having acquisition cost indicators printed thereon designating the price which the player who chances to land on such play space must pay in order to acquire said business property for operation against opponent players, said acquisition price indications also serving as a player subsidy indication means for financing players by chance during an initial period of play, and a chance means for advancing said player tokens around the play field of said game board.

Claim 7

A board game utilizing owner operated businesses wherein players strive by chance to maximize their financial worth comprising means for identifying each player by a fictitious namer prior to commencing play, tokens for each identified player, bogus money which can be used for acquiring businesses or pay for services, or the like a substantially square game board having a plurality of contiguous play spaces disposed around the perimeter of said board so as to define a continuous play field on which said tokens can be moved, certain of said play spaces in said play field designating different businesses each of which is identified to a particular player by said fictitious name and subject to acquisition and operation by the player so identified as against opponent players, said play spaces representing said player-identified businesses being grouped according to the identified player on separate side of the game board and being capable of acquisition by the identified player at no cost to him if he chances to land on the play space so designating said business, and certain of said play spaces in said play field designating different businesses not identified to any particular player and subject to acquisition and operation by any of said players as against opponent players, the play spaces representing said non-identified businesses being spaced around the play field between said player-identified property and having acquisition cost indicators printed thereon designating the price which the player who chances to land on such play space must pay in order to acquire said business property for operation against opponent players, said acquisition price indications also serving as a player subsidy indication means for financing players by chance during an initial period of play, and a chance means for advancing said player tokens around the play field of said game board.