Game apparatus for simulating school experience

Claim 1

A school simulation game, imitative of teacher and student experience wherein players can assume teacher and student roles, comprising: a game board having an upper surface; at least a first type player game piece having the identity of a teacher representing a first type player; at least a second type player game piece having the identity of a student representing a second type player; a chance device partially determining movement of said game pieces of said game board; a first plurality of sets of Hazard Cards for impeding the progress of a recipient first type player; a second plurality of sets of Hazard Cards for impeding the progress of a recipient second type player; a first plurality of sets of Benefit Cards for enhancing the progress of a recipient first type player; a plurality of Influence Cards for altering a recipient Player's progress; said game board further comprising: a first circuitous path of player movement located on said upper surface, said first path including a first plurality of successive player landing sites therealong having instructions thereon; first and second pluralities of individually unique paths respectively for said first and second type players; each of said first plurality of paths having a first category of landing sites directing a player represented by one of said game pieces on one of said first category landing sites to draw one of a first particular one of said sets of said first plurality of sets of Hazard Cards; said first category of landing sites of said first plurality of paths having an association with said first particular one of said sets of said first plurality of sets of Hazard Cards; each of said first plurality of paths further having a second category of landing sites directing a player represented by one of said game pieces on one of said second category landing sites to draw one of a first particular one of said sets of said first plurality of sets of Benefit Cards; said second category of landing sites of said first plurality of paths having an association with said first particular one of said first plurality of sets of Benefit Cards; each of said second plurality of paths having a first category of landing sites directing a player represented by one of said game pieces of one of said first category landing sites to draw one of a first particular one of said sets of said second plurality of sets of Hazard Cards; said first category of landing sites of said second plurality of paths having an association with said first particular one of said sets of said second plurality of sets of Hazard Cards; each of said second plurality of paths having a second category of landing sites directing a player represented by one of said game pieces on one of said second category landing sites to draw one of a first particular one of said sets of said second plurality of sets of Benefit Cards; and said second category of landing sites of said second plurality of paths having an association with said first particular one of said second plurality of sets of Benefit Cards; and each of said first and second pluralities of paths having a third category of landing sites permitting a player represented by a piece on one of said third category of landing sites to influence another player by directing said another player to draw one of said Influence Cards.