Business organization game

Claim 1

A game simulative of the vagaries of success within a corporation, said game comprising in combination: (a) a game board having a first path and a second path; (b) a plurality of playing pieces for each player, one of said playing pieces being used in conjunction with said first path and another of said playing pieces being used in conjunction with said second path; (c) means for arbitrarily determining the number of squares each player in turn moves his playing piece along said second path; (d) said first path including a number of levels having an ascending order of signficance relative to positions within the corporation; (e) said second path being a continuous path segmented into a plurality of squares, said second path including a plurality of discrete sections, each said section embracing a number of squares and being representative of a work function within a corporation; (f) a third path distinct from said second path with entry into said third path being determined by a designated one of the squares of said second path and having a terminal end remote from said second path, said third path having a plurality of further squares equal in number to the highest number available from said determining means, each further square being reflective of a quantity of said medium of exchange or said certificates of stock to be delivered to a player; (g) each square of each said section including a certain directive pertinent to movement of the respective one of a player's playing piece along one of said first and said second path; (h) a plurality of stacks of cards, each said stack of cards being related to employee evaluation criteria; (i) one of the squares in at least some of said sections including a directive referencing one of said stacks of cards and subjecting a player to the directive of a card in the referenced one of said stack cards; (j) a medium of exchange for reflecting each player's financial status which status may be altered in response to directives of the squares and said cards; and (k) a plurality of certificates of stock for determining each player's degree of ownership in the corporation which degree of ownership may be altered in response to directives of the squares and said cards.