President election game

Claim 1

A presidential election game for one of the players to win and thus become "President", said game comprises in combination: A. a game board having a playing surface, B. a series of outer zones extending along each side of the periphery of said game board, C. a first series of inner zones extending across said playing board and contiguous to said outer zones along spaced apart sides of said game board, D. a second series of inner zones extending across said playing board in spaced apart relation to said first series of inner zones and contiguous to said outer zones along spaced apart sides of said game board, E. said game board is generally square in configuration, said outer zones of progression are arranged about each side of the periphery of said game board to form a generally square closed figure of four sides, with said inner zones extending in substantially parallel spaced relationship to each other, and said inner zones terminate contiguous to said outer zones at each end thereof, F. said outer and inner zones comprising at least fifty-one voting areas comprised of the fifty States and the District of Columbia, G. numerical indicium contained on each one of said zones constituting a voting area, said numerical indicium being designative of the number of popular and/or electoral college votes allocated to each of said voting areas, H. chance means operable by players of the game apparatus so as to produce a random number for determining the percentage of votes accumulated by each player in each of said voting areas, and/or so as to produce a random number for determining the number of zones the player may advance, I. tabulation means formed on said game board for tallying the number of votes each player has accumulated on each one of said voting areas, J. a marker for each player that differs in color or configuration, said marker placed initially on one said zone by each player and progressively moving form zone to zone by utilization of said chance means and accumulating votes in order to win the election and become "President", K. indicating means on each one of said voting areas to obtain the number of votes the player has obtained on the player's usage of said chance means, L. said indicating means being in the form of a voting box having a plurality of parallel spaced apart columns with identification of each player, and as a result the player is given a total vote count obtained on each usage of said chance means in a particular one of said voting areas, M. pathways between adjoining zones on said game board, and N. said pathways being divided into a first group and a second group, said first group connecting certain contiguous zones, said second group connecting certain contiguous zones, and certain of said zones being connected by pathways of each of said groups.