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Title: Board game apparatus

Abstract: A game apparatus comprising a game board provided with a playing area which simulates the geographical outline of a country and having a plurality of routes extending across the playing area and having strategic point indicia located on the playing area; two sets of player tokens to be moved along the routes; a die element showing the distance to move a player token along a selected route; command cards giving instructions to a captured player token; an escape die to allow a captured player token to escape. The object of the game is for a player to move all of his player tokens across the board from start to finish after overcoming obstacles and evading capture by the opposite team of player tokens. While children are playing the game they are able to learn about interesting geographical features of the country on the game board.


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Inventors: Jennings, John N. (Fort Lee, NJ, US)

Application Number: 647650
Filing Date: 1976-01-08
Publication_date: 1978-04-04
Assignee:
Primary Class(es): 273/251
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:
D157861Mar, 1950Graves273/134.
1348335Aug, 1920Thompson273/134.
1652851Dec, 1927Bendtin273/134.
3433483Mar, 1969Ellis273/134.

Other Refs: 525,521
Aug, 1940UK

Primary Examiner: Lowe, Delbert B.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Michalos; Constantine A.