Character identity game

Claim 1

A competitive character identification board and card game for a plurality of players, comprising: a game board having a plurality of blocks defining a main path delineated about the periphery of the board and defining a plurality of subsidiary paths leading from the main path to a block in the center of the board; a plurality of differently identified tokens sufficient in number to provide each player with a token whereby each player's position on the game board may be identified; a number selection device adapted to determine order of play among the players and the number of blocks to which a player's token is to advance; a plurality of resumes each of which contains on one side a plurality of biographical entries providing clues to the identity of a particular character and one entry providing the identity of the character whereby one or more of said clues are provided a player whose token lands on a block in the main path and whereby a player's continued advancement about the game board is determined by correctly identifying the character on a resume from clues contained thereon; a box for holding resumes which box contains on one face a plurality of windows with individual means for covering each window, whereby a window is opened revealing an entry on a resume for each player whose token lands on a block in the main path on the board; a plurality of chips which are used to obtain additional clues on a resume, some of which chips a player is given at the beginning of the game and others of which a player obtains by guessing the identity of a resume character or by landing on a particular block in the main path on the game board; a plurality of pins one of which is obtained by a player each time the player guesses the identity of a resume character and which are attached to the token of the player correctly guessing; and a plurality of cards containing a plurality of biographical entries providing clues to the identity of a particular character and one entry providing the identity of the character, whereby a player having a certain number of pins and having gained access to a subsidiary path is given clues from the card and his advancement towards the block in the center of the board determined by the number of clues given before the character is identified by said player.