Board game having a lake theme

Abstract

A game includes: a playing board; a plurality of tokens representing identities of players playing the game; a plurality of title deed cards; a plurality of game pieces; a source of scrip; a plurality of cards each one of which bears indicia related to one of a penalty, an award and a direction; and at least two elements operable by the players in turn for randomly determining movement of the tokens upon the board. The playing board includes a plurality of successive, contiguous spaces defining a continuous path about a periphery of the board. First second and third sets of the spaces identify properties, such as lake areas, dams and boat dealerships, that may be purchased with scrip by a player landing upon the respective space. Title deeds bear indicia indicating a rental payment.

We claim:  
     
         1 . A board game having a lake theme for play by at least two players, said board game comprising: 
 a board having a path of successive spaces, each of at least some of said spaces bearing indicia identifying a unique property associated with the respective space; and    a plurality of title deeds each one of which is associated with a respective one of said properties identifying spaces, wherein a plurality of said successive spaces bear indicia related to lakes.    
     
     
         2 . The board game according to  claim 1 , wherein: 
 said property identifying spaces are organized into groups, each of said property identifying spaces in a given one of said groups having a same coloring thereon identifying said given one group.    
     
     
         3 . The board game according to  claim 1 , wherein: 
 a plurality of said property identifying spaces bear indicia related to lakes.    
     
     
         4 . The board game according to  claim 1 , wherein: 
 a plurality of said title deeds bear indicia thereon related to lakes.    
     
     
         5 . The board game according to  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 at least one stack of cards each one of which bears indicia thereon related to one of a penalty, an award and an instruction, wherein some of said successive spaces bear indicia related to said stack of cards.    
     
     
         6 . The board game according to  claim 5 , further comprising: 
 a source of scrip for purchasing the properties identified by said property identifying spaces, wherein said indicia related to said penalty on said cards directs a player drawing the respective indicia bearing card to return back to said source an amount of said scrip initially given the player from said source.    
     
     
         7 . The board game according to  claim 5 , further comprising: 
 a source of scrip for purchasing said properties identified by said property identifying spaces, wherein said indicia related to said award on said cards directs a player drawing the respective indicia bearing card to receive from said source an amount of said scrip.    
     
     
         8 . The board game according to  claim 5 , further comprising: 
 at least two tokens each one of which represents an individual player's movement over said path, wherein said indicia related to said instruction on said cards direct a player drawing the respective indicia-bearing card to move a predetermined number of spaces in a predetermined direction along said path.    
     
     
         9 . The board game according to  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 at least two tokens each one of which represents an individual player's movement over said path.    
     
     
         10 . The board game according to  claim 9 , wherein: 
 each of said properties may be acquired by a player; and    each of said properties has an associated rental payment payable to the acquiring player by another player whose token moves onto the space identifying the property acquired.    
     
     
         11 . The board game according to  claim 10 , further comprising: 
 a plurality of game pieces placeable upon said property identifying spaces for increasing the rental payment associated with the respective property identifying space.    
     
     
         12 . The board according to  claim 1 , wherein said path is continuous.  
     
     
         13 . The board game according to  claim 1 , wherein: 
 each one of said property identifying spaces bears indicia relating to a purchase price for the respective property identified.    
     
     
         14 . The board game according to  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 at least two tokens each one of which represents an individual player's movement over said path; and    at least one element operable by the players in sequence for randomly determining a number of spaces to be traversed per turn by said tokens.    
     
     
         15 . The board game according to  claim 1 , wherein: 
 a first portion of said property identifying spaces bear indicia related to lakes;    a second portion of said property identifying spaces bear indicia related to dams; and    a third portion of said property identifying spaces bear indicia related to boats.    
     
     
         16 . The board game according to  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 a source of scrip for purchasing said properties.    
     
     
         17 . A board game having a lake theme, said board game comprising: 
 a) at least two tokens for representing identities of individual players;    b) a board having a path of successive delineated spaces for travel of said tokens thereupon, said spaces including: 
 i) a first set of spaces each one of which identifies an associated lake property,  
 ii) a second set of spaces each one of which identifies an associated dam, and  
 iii) a third set of spaces each one of which identifies an associated boat dealership; and  
   c) a plurality of title deeds each one of which is associated with a respective one of said lake properties, dams and boat dealerships.    
     
     
         18 . The board game according to  claim 17 , wherein: 
 each of said title deeds displays a rental payment payable to a player acquiring the associated lake property, dam or boat dealership.    
     
     
         19 . The board game according to  claim 18 , further comprising: 
 a plurality of game pieces for placing upon said spaces identifying one of said lake properties, dams and boat dealerships, wherein rental payments associated with said spaces identifying one of said lake properties, dams and boat dealerships is dependent upon to an amount of said game pieces placed upon said lake property, dam or boat dealership identifying space, said rental payment being displayed by the associated title deed.    
     
     
         20 . A board game having a lake theme for play by a plurality of players, said board game comprising: 
 a board having an endless path for being progressively and periodically traversed in turn by each player during play of said game, said path comprising a plurality of serially connected playing spaces each of which has indicia thereon for individually identifying the respective space, the indicia upon a plurality of said playing spaces being related to lakes;    certain of said playing spaces being designated by said indicia for defining distinguishable groups of predetermined numbers of said playing spaces, said certain playing spaces being acquirable by a player first occupying a respective one of said certain playing spaces;    a plurality of tokens each one of which is associated with an individual player in traversing said course on said board;    at least one element operable by the players in sequence for randomly determining a number of said spaces to be traversed per turn by said individual player-associated playing piece;    a plurality of game pieces for placement upon one of said spaces of said groups to indicate improvement of a value associated with said one space; and    a plurality of deed cards each one of which is associated with a respective one of said spaces.