Democracy based political board game

Abstract

A board game for at least two players that permits players to garner political support from the voting public, create political parties and vie for control of a democratic government, wherein play of the board game includes generating a random number using the random number generator, moving a token a number of spaces around the board corresponding with the random number and acquiring control of a political base space, and to win, a player either forms a political party having a leader which progresses in the leadership race area to lead the government, or is the only player having member currency.

1 . A board game for at least two players that permits players to garner political support from the voting public, create political parties and vie for control of a democratic government, comprising:
 a. sets of different player pieces, each player piece of the set for a player being marked or colored the same, each set of player pieces comprising a token and a set of space markers,   b. sets of political party pieces, each piece of the set marked or colored the same, each set of political party pieces comprising a leader,   c. a member currency representing a number of members,   d. a random number generator, and   e. a playing board comprising:
 i. a plurality of spaces defining a circuit around the board, the spaces comprising a plurality of political base spaces which are divided into groups, each of the political base spaces having a cost in member currency for a player to acquire control over it, such control indicated by the placement of a player's space marker upon the political base space, and 
 ii. a leadership race area to indicate the political office of each leader relative to other leaders in play, 
   wherein the control of a group permits the creation of a political party and the placement of a leader on the leadership race area; and   wherein play of the board game includes generating a random number using the random number generator, moving a token a number of spaces around the board corresponding with the random number and acquiring control of a political base space, and to win, a player either forms a political party having a leader which progresses in the leadership race area to lead the government, or is the only player having member currency.   
   
   
       2 . The board game of  claim 1 , wherein the leadership race area comprises at least two series of sequential office spaces meeting at a single space connoting control of the government. 
   
   
       3 . The board game of  claim 2 , wherein the leadership race comprises four series of sequential office spaces arranged linearly in tracks, the tracks extending inwardly from the edge of the playing board towards the center of the playing board. 
   
   
       4 . The board game of  claim 1 , wherein the sets of political party pieces further comprise a plurality of party control markers, and the formation of a political party comprises the placement of a party control marker on each of the political base spaces in a group controlled by a player. 
   
   
       5 . The board game of claim, wherein the sets of political party pieces further comprise plurality of candidate pieces, and formation of a political party further comprises the placement of a candidate piece on each of the political base spaces having party control markers thereon in the group controlled by the player. 
   
   
       6 . The board game of  claim 1 , wherein the random number generator comprises a set of three six sided dice, and one of the six sided dice comprises at least one non-numeric side. 
   
   
       7 . A method for playing a game that permits players to garner political support from the voting public, create political parties and vie for control of a democratic government, comprising:
 a. providing sets of different player pieces, each player piece of the set for a player being marked or colored the same, each set of player pieces comprising a token and a set of space markers,   b. providing sets of political party pieces, each piece of the set marked or colored the same, each set of political party pieces comprising a leader,   c. providing a member currency representing a number of members,   d. providing a playing area comprising:
 i. a plurality of spaces defining a circuit around the playing area, the spaces comprising a plurality of political base spaces which are divided into groups, each of the political base spaces having a cost in member currency for a player to acquire control over it, such control indicated by the placement of a player's space marker upon the political base space, and 
 ii. a leadership race area to indicate the political office of each leader relative to other leaders in play, 
   e. generating a random number using a random number generator,   f. moving a token a number of spaces along the circuit of spaces corresponding with the random number,   g. acquiring control of a political base space as indicated by the marking of the political base space with a space marker,   wherein the control of a group by a player permits the creation of a political party and the placement of a leader on the leadership race area; and   wherein to win, the player either forms a political party having a leader which progresses in the leadership race area to lead the government, or is the only player having member currency.   
   
   
       8 . The method of claim, wherein the leadership race area comprises at least two series of sequential office spaces meeting at a single space connoting control of the government. 
   
   
       9 . The method of claim, wherein the leadership race comprises four series of sequential office spaces arranged linearly in tracks, the tracks extending inwardly from the edge of the playing area towards the center of the playing area. 
   
   
       10 . The method of claim, wherein the sets of political party pieces further comprise a plurality of party control markers, and the formation of a political party comprises the placement of a party control marker on each of the political base spaces in a group controlled by a player. 
   
   
       11 . The board game of claim, wherein the sets of political party pieces further comprise plurality of candidate pieces, and formation of a political party further comprises the placement of a candidate piece on each of the political base spaces having party control markers thereon in the group controlled by the player. 
   
   
       12 . The method of claim, wherein the playing area comprises a game board. 
   
   
       13 . The method of claim, wherein the playing area, sets of different player pieces, sets of political party pieces, and the member currency are encoded comprises a game board. 
   
   
       14 . The method of claim, further comprising a computer player that acts as a player in opposition to the players. 
   
   
       15 . A memory having recorded thereon statements and instructions for execution by a computer to carry out the method of claim. 
   
   
       16 . A method comprising transmitting over a communications medium computer-executable instructions for causing a computer system programmed thereby to perform the method of claim. 
   
   
       17 . A method comprising storing on a memory computer-executable instructions for causing a computer system programmed thereby to perform the method of claim.