Board game simulating educational methods involving school or college curriculums

Claim 1

A board game apparatus comprising: a playing board having an outer playing path and an inner playing path, said outer and inner playing paths being separate and unconnected, said outer playing path comprising an endless arrangement of connected playing spaces, said inner playing path comprising a plurality of spaces representing classrooms; a plurality of playing pieces for use by the players, said playing pieces comprising two playing pieces for each player, a first of said playing pieces being adapted to be placed on the outer playing path to indicate a player's position on that playing path and a second of said two playing pieces being adapted to be placed on the inner playing path to indicate a player's position on that playing path; a number selecting means for indicating the number of playing spaces in the outer path that a player is to move his playing piece; a first set of cards having indicia thereon representing problems or questions to be solved by the players, said first set of cards representing tests; at least some of said spaces on said outer playing path having indicia relating to said first set of cards such that when a player's playing piece lands on one of said spaces having said indicia therein, the player is directed to pick up one of said first cards representing tests; said first set of cards being related to said inner playing path such that upon correctly solving the problem(s) or answering the question(s) contained thereon, a player can move his second playing piece to the next playing space on said inner path.