Board game

Abstract

The present invention relates a board game wherein players are educated on emergency preparedness, response and recovery and on the homeland security threat advisory levels as issued by the Department of Homeland Security while the players attempt to move tokens from a designated start space to a designated home space. The game further includes playing cards, player tokens, and disaster kit tools.

1 . A method of playing a board game comprising: 
 moving at least one token on a playing surface having: 
 a plurality of spaces configured in a contiguous path, said spaces providing designations of at least one of one state of the United States, a territory outside the United States, a vacation, a blank, a start, and a home;  
 a disaster kit area, said disaster kit area containing a plurality of disaster tool kit tools, at least one of said plurality of disaster kit tools for enabling said at least one token to enter a home space;  
   selecting a playing card from a plurality of playing cards placed in a draw pile on said playing surface, when said at least one token lands on a select one of said plurality of spaces; and    accumulating at least one of said disaster kit tools from said disaster kit area by at least one of: 
 landing on a blank space and collecting a disaster kit tool from an opponent; and  
 drawing a playing card from said draw pile that specifically designates a particular disaster kit tool.  
   
   
   
       2 . The method of  claim 1  wherein utilizing a random number generator allows the player to move the token along said path a number of spaces equal to the number produced by said random number generator and engage in a predetermined action.  
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the predetermined action is drawing a playing card from said draw pile.  
   
   
       4 . A method of playing a board game comprising: 
 having at least two players, each of said players have three tokens;    each player, in turn, moving at least one of their three tokens on a playing surface, with the playing surface having; 
 a plurality of spaces configured in a contiguous path, each of said plurality of spaces designated with at least one of a land territory, a vacation, a start, a home, and a blank;  
 a disaster kit tool area, said disaster kit tool area for providing a plurality of disaster kit tools, said plurality of disaster kit tools enabling a player to move said tokens to a home;  
   a draw pile of playing cards, said playing cards for selecting there from a playing card, said selection subsequent to said token landing on said space designated by a state or vacation;    accumulating at least one of said disaster kit tools from said disaster kit area by at least one of: 
 landing on a blank space and collecting a disaster kit tool from the disaster kit tool area or from an opponent; and  
 drawing a playing card from said draw pile that specifically designates a particular disaster kit tool.  
   
   
   
       5 . The method of  claim 4  wherein moving said player tokens along said path is accomplished by rolling at least one six-sided die.  
   
   
       6 . The method of  claim 5  wherein said disaster kit tokens consist of miniature embodiments of a battery-operated radio, bottled water, first aid kit, hand tools, flashlight, food, clothes and special needs, sanitation and cash.  
   
   
       7 . The method of  claim 6  wherein said player tokens consist of miniature embodiments of ambulance, police car, helicopter, boat, fire engine, and military vehicle.  
   
   
       8 . The method of  claim 7  wherein said playing surface is generally square in shape and configured in a substantially planar manner with a colored border circumferentially disposed on said playing surface, said border consisting of red, orange, yellow, blue, green and white.  
   
   
       9 . A method of playing a board game comprising: 
 moving three player tokens on a playing surface having:    a plurality of spaces configured in a contiguous path, said spaces designated by states, vacation, start, home, and blank spaces;    a draw pile of playing cards, said playing cards for selecting there from a playing card, said selection subsequent to said token landing on said space designated by a state or vacation;    a disaster kit tool area, said disaster kit tool area for providing a plurality of disaster kit tools, said disaster kit tools enabling a player to move said tokens to a space designated by home;    accumulating at least one of said disaster kit tools from said disaster kit tool area by:    landing on a blank space and collecting a disaster kit tool from an opponent; or    drawing a playing card from said draw pile that specifically designates a particular disaster kit tool; and    retaining at least one of said disaster kit tools, possession of said disaster kit tools necessary for moving said player tokens into a home space.    
   
   
       10 . The method of  claim 9  wherein the step of moving the three player tokens is accomplished by rolling at least one six-sided die.  
   
   
       11 . The method of  claim 10  wherein landing said player tokens on spaces designated with a state or as a vacation space allows the player to engage in a predetermined action.  
   
   
       12 . The method of  claim 11  wherein said predetermined action is drawing a playing card from said draw pile.  
   
   
       13 . The method of  claim 12  wherein said disaster kit tokens consist of tokens embossed with a battery-operated radio, bottled water, first aid kit, hand tools, flashlight, food, clothes, and special needs, sanitation and cash.  
   
   
       14 . The method of  claim 13  wherein said player tokens consist of tokens embossed with an ambulance, police car, helicopter, boat, fire engine, and military vehicle.  
   
   
       15 . The method of  claim 14  wherein said path further includes fifty spaces that are designated by states.  
   
   
       16 . The method of  claim 15  wherein said path further includes eight spaces that are designated as vacation spaces.  
   
   
       17 . The method of  claim 16  wherein said draw pile includes sixty playing cards.  
   
   
       18 . The method of  claim 17  wherein said playing cards further includes terrorist threat level cards.  
   
   
       19 . The method of  claim 18  wherein said playing cards further includes eight vacation cards.  
   
   
       20 . The method of  claim 19  wherein said playing cards further include eight disaster took kit cards.