Game

Abstract

An educational board game in which there is a board marked in a grid and cards marked with a description, drawing or phonetic spelling of a word on one side and the correct spelling on the other, each card having categories of questions in degrees of hardness, as a player gets the spelling right he moves up the board and, when he reaches a promotion level on the board, he can move to a harder category of question.

1 . A method of playing an educational board game in which each player is given a card with at least one question marked on it, there being a recording means divided into a plurality of zones and having a plurality of sequentially numbered columns, whereby each player tries to answer a question on his card and, if the question on the card is answered correctly, an appropriate place on the score recording means is indicated and, after a predetermined number of questions have been answered, the number of places indicated on the recording means determine into which zone the player is placed; at the end of the game the zone indicated is a measure of the playing attainment of the player.  
   
   
       2 . A method as claimed in  claim 1  in which the recording means comprises a board marked in a grid with each column in the grid being sequentially numbered,  
   
   
       3 . A method as claimed in  claim 1  or  2  in which each card has a plurality of questions marked on one side and the answers on the other side.  
   
   
       4 . A method as claimed in any one of the preceding claims in which each of the questions is allocated to an appropriate category in accordance with their difficulty and each of these categories is identified by a distinguishing means.  
   
   
       5 . A method as claimed in any one of  claims 1  to  4  in which the questions relate to how to spell words.  
   
   
       6 . A method as claimed in  claim 5  in which each of the questions takes a form selected from one or more of drawn or painted descriptions of the word, the use of such a device or as phonics.  
   
   
       7 . A method as claimed in  claim 5  or  6  in which there is also a phonetic alphabet reference card.  
   
   
       8 . A method as claimed in any one of  claims 1  to  7  in which the recording means comprises a board marked in a grid with each column in the grid being sequentially numbered in accordance with its difficulty and each player has a token placed on the board in accordance with each question answered and when a player plays a game in a category of questions, that player remains confined to playing that game in that category until, as a result of completing a part of any one “round” and/or on the completion of one or more “rounds” and answering a sufficient number of questions correctly, that player's marker has advanced to a predetermined “Promotion Zone” and the player is “promoted” to a higher grade of question difficulty.  
   
   
       9 . An educational board game comprising cards and a board on which there is a grid marked with each column in the grid being sequentially numbered; the cards being marked with one or more questions on one side and the board being divided into a plurality of zones.  
   
   
       10 . An educational board game as claimed in  claim 9  in which each card has a plurality of questions marked on one side and the answers on the other side.  
   
   
       11 . An educational board game as claimed in  claim 9  or  10  in which each of the questions is allocated to an appropriate category in accordance with their difficulty and each of these categories is identified by a distinguishing means.  
   
   
       12 . An educational board game as claimed  claim 11  or  12  in which the questions relate to how to spell words.  
   
   
       13 . An educational board game claimed in any one of  claims 9  to  12  in which each of the questions takes the form of a written selected from one or more of drawn or painted descriptions of the word, the use of such a device or as phonics.  
   
   
       14 . An educational board game claimed in any one of  claims 9  to  13  in which there is also a phonetic alphabet reference card.  
   
   
       15 . An educational board game as claimed in any one of  claims 9  to  14  in which there is also a phonetic alphabet reference card.  
   
   
       16 . An educational board game as claimed in any one of  claims 9  to  15  in which the board and/or the cards are represented on a video display unit.  
   
   
       17 . An educational board game as claimed in  claim 16  in which the video display unit is connected to a computer and the information for playing the game is generated and presented automatically by the computer(s).  
   
   
       18 . An educational board game as claimed in  claim 17  in which the questions and/or the answers are given visually and/or audibly and, during the progress of a game, each player's level/grade of question difficulties is adjustable by the player(s) or the computer at the end of a pre-set stage or after a pre-set number of questions and answers have been completed.  
   
   
       19 . An educational board game as claimed in  claim 17  in which the questions and/or the answers are given visually and/or audibly and, during the progress of a game, the computer software is programmed so that each player's performance can he monitored and reviewed.  
   
   
       20 . An educational board game as claimed in  claim 19  in which the computer is pre-set to determine the appropriate levels for promotion and demotion.