Fire call TM board game

Abstract

A board game with a firefighter theme. Players navigate the board picking up fire equipment along the way which are used to answer fire calls. Players who successfully answer a fire call obtain a district. The goal of the game is to obtain the most districts. Players can change ranks from lowest (Firefighter) to highest (Fire Chief) where fire calls are more easily answered by those players of higher rank. Players also may enter the hospital, have their equipment sent to the garage and experience other positive and negative results as the game progresses based on the squares on which they land and the cards which they draw.

1 . A board game comprising: 
 a plurality of player markers;    a game board having a plurality of spaces thereon for movement of player markers, said plurality of spaces including: 
 a plurality of equipment spaces, whereby a player obtains an equipment card indicated by a landed-on equipment space;  
 a plurality of task spaces, whereby a player takes a task card at random from a collection thereof upon landing on a task space and attempts to complete a task which is indicated on the task card by turning in at least one equipment card in their possession; and  
   random number generating means for determining movement of the player markers about the board.    
   
   
       2 . A board game according to  claim 1 , wherein the game board further comprises a plurality of district spots, separate from the plurality of spaces, obtainable upon successful completion of a task and wherein the game further comprises a plurality of district markers for placement on an obtained district to indicate ownership thereof, regardless of whether the district was previously owned or not.  
   
   
       3 . A board game according to  claim 2 , wherein districts represent firefighting districts.  
   
   
       4 . A board game according to  claim 2  or  3 , wherein the player pieces, equipment cards, and/or district markers are marked to indicate the player associated therewith.  
   
   
       5 . A board game according to  claim 4 , wherein the player pieces, equipment cards, and/or district markers are colour-coded to indicate the player associated therewith.  
   
   
       6 . A board game according to  claim 4  or  5 , wherein the player pieces equipment cards, and/or district markers are indicated with a city name to indicate the player associated therewith.  
   
   
       7 . A board game according to any one of  claims 1  to  6 , wherein said game board further comprises a plurality of duty spaces, whereby a player landing thereon takes a duty card at random from a collection thereof and follows instructions for playing the board game indicated on the duty card.  
   
   
       8 . A board game according to  claim 7 , wherein duty cards indicate firefighting-related instructions.  
   
   
       9 . A board game according to  claim 7  or  8 , wherein duty cards include cards having instruction to place a particular equipment card on a garage space on the board resulting in the particular equipment card being temporarily unusable.  
   
   
       10 . A board game according to  claim 9 , wherein the game board further comprises at least one back-in-service space, whereby a player landing thereon may return any or all of their equipment cards which are on a garage space to their possession.  
   
   
       11 . A board game according to any one of  claims 7  to  10 , wherein the game board further comprises at least one injury space, whereby a player landing thereon must proceed to a hospital space on the board where the player remains until liberated.  
   
   
       12 . A board game according to any one of  claims 1  to  11 , wherein task cards indicate either a specific district to be obtained or a choice of districts.  
   
   
       13 . A board game according to  claim 11 , wherein a player may be liberated from a hospital space by obtaining a preselected number using the random number generating means or by use of a particular duty card.  
   
   
       14 . A board game according to any one of  claims 1  to  13 , further comprising rank badges which may be obtained by a player either landing on a promotion space of the board or as a result of instructions indicated on a duty card, wherein the rank cards reduce the number of equipment cards needed for completion of the tasks.  
   
   
       15 . A board game according to  claim 14 , wherein the rank badges represent a rank of firefighting.  
   
   
       16 . A board game according to  claim 15 , wherein the ranks include, from lowest to highest, some or all of firefighter, lieutenant, captain, deputy chief, and fire chief.  
   
   
       17 . A board game according to any one of  claims 1  to  16 , wherein the game board further comprises at least one mutual aid space, whereby a player landing thereon is permitted to turn in, in addition to any of their own equipment cards, one or more equipment cards from another player in order to complete a task.  
   
   
       18 . A board game according to any one of  claims 1  to  17 , wherein the game board further comprises at least one start space upon which players may place their playing piece at the game's outset.  
   
   
       19 . A board game according to any one of  claims 1  to  18 , wherein the plurality of spaces is in the configuration of a maltese cross.  
   
   
       20 . A board game according to any one of  claims 1  to  19 , wherein said random number generating means comprises at least one die.  
   
   
       21 . A board game according to any one of  claims 1  to  20 , wherein equipment cards indicate a piece of equipment useful for fighting a fire.  
   
   
       22 . A board game according to any one of  claims 1  to  21 , wherein task cards indicate a firefighting task.