Psychological game apparatus

Claim 1

A game apparatus for play among players to simulate different human experiences and their psychological effects, comprising: a plurality of tokens each representative of personality enrichment, including: a first type of favorable personality token representing pleasurable experiences with each said first type of token having distinctive identifying indicia, a second type of favorable personality token representing rewards for using one's intellect with each said second type of token having distinctive identifying indicia; a third type of favorable personality token representing rewards for pride in achievement with each said third type of token having distinctive identifying indicia, and unfavorable personality tokens representing guilt feelings with distinctive identifying indicia; a plurality of decks of chance cards including: a first deck with each card in said first deck having distinctive identifying indicia corresponding to said indicia on said first type of favorable personality token, a second deck with each card in said second deck having distinctive identifying indicia corresponding to said indicia on said second type of favorable personality token, and a third deck with each card in said third deck having distinctive identifying indicia thereon, each of said chance cards having printed matter with instructions for taking away or awarding designated said personality tokens from said players; a game board having a plurality of routes each with a plurality of stations, said routes including: a general route along which all types of said personality tokens may be awarded or taken away, and at least first, second and third specific routes for each of said first, second and third types of favorable personality tokens, respectively, along which only one associated type of favorable personality token may be awarded or taken away, each of said first, second and third routes having distinctive identifying indicia corresponding to said indicia on said first, second and third favorable personality tokens, respectively; said routes having further indicia thereon, the further indicia on each route distinct from the further indicia on each other route; a game piece for each player for movement over said routes from station to station on said game board; chance means for determining the movement of each of said game pieces; said stations having printed matter with instructions for awarding or taking away designated of said personality tokens from a player and representative of different human experiences; and a plurality of elements, a set of which is representative of an enriched personality, the acquisition of a set of which determines the winner of the game, at least some of said elements each having distinctive identifying indicia corresponding to said further indicia on one of said first, second, and third routes, said elements being available to a player when the player has a preselected amount of said personality tokens and lands on selected of said stations having printed matter with instructions for the acquisition of said elements.