Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
251 words
A political game comprising a square or rectangular game board which includes, along the other periphery thereof, a plurality of divided spaces or sections, each of which has an unfavorable, favorable, or neutral situation or direction for a player whose playing piece lands thereon; a set of different playing pieces for each player, each playing piece within the set for each player being of the same color; a plurality of drawing cards of a first color, each of which either assists or hinders each respective player's pursuit of higher political office potentially culminating in the Presidency of the United States of America; a plurality of drawing cards of a contrasting color containing only cards which hinder a player's pursuit of higher political office; a plurality of debate cards which challenge the debating players' knowledge of American political history including detailed and obscure knowledge; paper play money of a plurality of different denominations and worth; a pair of dice of generally cubical shape and containing size substantially flat surfaces, each surface containing a different number of dots ranging from one to six; a plurality of vote tokens, having a corresponding plurality of different denominations and worth different number of votes and a set of rules and regulations governing play whereby to win, a player either progresses from candidate to governor to senator to president by sequentially acquiring a combination of money and votes for each office, or is the only player to remain financially solvent whereas all opposing players have gone bankrupt.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
251 words
A political game comprising a square or rectangular game board which includes, along the other periphery thereof, a plurality of divided spaces or sections, each of which has an unfavorable, favorable, or neutral situation or direction for a player whose playing piece lands thereon; a set of different playing pieces for each player, each playing piece within the set for each player being of the same color; a plurality of drawing cards of a first color, each of which either assists or hinders each respective player's pursuit of higher political office potentially culminating in the Presidency of the United States of America; a plurality of drawing cards of a contrasting color containing only cards which hinder a player's pursuit of higher political office; a plurality of debate cards which challenge the debating players' knowledge of American political history including detailed and obscure knowledge; paper play money of a plurality of different denominations and worth; a pair of dice of generally cubical shape and containing size substantially flat surfaces, each surface containing a different number of dots ranging from one to six; a plurality of vote tokens, having a corresponding plurality of different denominations and worth different number of votes and a set of rules and regulations governing play whereby to win, a player either progresses from candidate to governor to senator to president by sequentially acquiring a combination of money and votes for each office, or is the only player to remain financially solvent whereas all opposing players have gone bankrupt.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
41 words
A political game as in claim 1 including a plurality of different sets of debate cards, each set containing questions of a given level of difficulty enabling said game to be played at different levels of age, schooling and educational development.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
43 words
A political game as in claim 1 wherein each set of playing pieces includes a potential plurality thereof up to a maximum of three for each player and each playing piece is readily distinguishable from others in each set by its facial expression.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
A political game as in claim 1 wherein two of the playing pieces in each set have chest indicia or marking indicating player status and political position.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
A political game as in claim 1 wherein each playing piece in each set has a face and chest with its different, respective facial expression and chest marking, or lack thereof.