Board game kit of components, and methods of constructing and utilizing same

Abstract

A board game employs a combination of rules and apparatus 1) to motivate each player to truthfully answer the questions which asks her/his opinions, and 2) to promote cooperative play at the right time to make the game not only fun, but also meaningful.

1 . A board game kit of components for playing a game by a plurality of players, said kit comprising:
 (1) a game playing surface marked with a plurality of indicia, said indicia comprising
 (A) a plurality of spaces of varying kinds, 
 (B) said spaces adapted to receive instructions for one or more of said players, and 
 (C) said spaces defining a track for movement along said playing surface; 
   (2) a plurality of markers adapted for positioning on said spaces responsive to stimuli, one said marker being assigned to each of said players, each of said player's marker being adapted to be attached to or detached from the marker of another player;   (3) a story media setting forth a story and a series of related questions;   (4) means to record players' responses to said questions   (5) means to score the results of play for said players' markers, said scoring means comprising:
 (A) a first series of scores for each player defined by said player's marker's attachment to or detachment from another player's marker, 
 (B) a second series of scores for each player defined by movement of said player along said playing surface, and 
 (C) ascertaining the results of play for each said player by multiplying said player's first series of scores by said player's second series of scores; and 
   (6) a plurality of markers adapted for occupying spaces on the game playing surface, requiring players to pay the second series of scores when they land on said spaces.   
   
   
       2 . The board game kit recited in  claim 1 , wherein said plurality of spaces includes a plurality of instruction cards requiring designated acts for a player receiving a card during the course of game play. 
   
   
       3 . The board game kit recited in  claim 1 , wherein said first series of scores includes a plurality of tokens providing benefit as designated to a player receiving such tokens during the course of game play. 
   
   
       4 . The board game kit recited in  claim 1 , wherein said second series of scores includes a plurality of scripts providing benefit as designated to a player receiving such scripts during the course of game play. 
   
   
       5 . The board game kit recited in  claim 1 , wherein random selection means determines movement of said players' marker along said board spaces. 
   
   
       6 . A board game for playing a game by a plurality of players, comprising:
 (1) a game playing surface marked with a plurality of indicia, said indicia comprising
 (A) a plurality of spaces of varying kinds, 
 (B) said spaces adapted to receive instructions for one or more of said players, and 
 (C) said spaces defining a track for movement along said playing surface; 
   (2) a plurality of markers adapted for positioning on said spaces responsive to stimuli, one said marker being assigned to each of said players, each of said player's marker being adapted to be attached to or detached from the marker of another player;   (3) a story media setting forth a story and a series of related questions;   (4) means to record players' responses to said questions   (5) means to score the results of play for said players' markers, said scoring means comprising:
 (A) a first series of scores for each player defined by said player's marker's attachment to or detachment from another player's marker, 
 (B) a second series of scores for each player defined by movement of said player along said playing surface, and 
 (C) ascertaining the results of play for each said player by multiplying said player's first series of scores by said player's second series of scores; and 
   (6) a plurality of markers adapted for occupying spaces on the game playing surface, requiring players to pay the second series of scores when they land on said spaces.   
   
   
       7 . The board game recited in  claim 6 , wherein said story media comprises a series of questions pertaining to human conduct. 
   
   
       8 . The board game recited in  claim 7 , wherein a player records answers to said questions separately and secretly from other players. 
   
   
       9 . The board game recited in  claim 8 , wherein said player recording said answers reveals said answers during the course of play responsive to actions by other players. 
   
   
       10 . The board game recited in  claim 6 , wherein action by a player who correctly guesses another player's answer to a question yields means for increasing a player's reward in the form of said second series of scores resulting from subsequent movement of other players landing on such playing surface. 
   
   
       11 . The board game recited in  claim 7 , wherein the unattached marker of a first player who correctly guesses a second player's answer whose marker is also unattached can be attached as a partner to said second player's marker, and each of them will gain their initial first series of score. 
   
   
       12 . The board game recited in  claim 11 , wherein each time the players of the attached markers correctly guesses each other's answer will each gain an additional first series of score. 
   
   
       13 . The board game recited in  claim 11 , wherein each time a partnered player incorrectly guesses the answer of said player's partner while a third player correctly guesses, the partnered player loses a certain number of the first series of score. 
   
   
       14 . The board game recited in  claim 6 , wherein said first series of scores ascertained by said scoring means are entirely deducted when attached players' marker are detached. 
   
   
       15 . A method for playing a question and answer game by at least three players, said method comprising the steps of
 (1) selecting a story and presenting said story to the players of the game;   (2) having each player separately and secretly answer questions contained in the story according to said player's own opinions about said story;   (3) offering a first player the opportunity to attempt to guess a second player's answer to a question in the story;   (4) attaching a player's marker to another player's marker, as partners, when the former correctly guesses the latter's answer to a question in the story;   (5) maintaining said partnership between said attached partnered players until and unless a third player correctly guesses an answer to a question while one's partner guesses incorrectly;   (6) revealing the answers to said questions;   (7) scoring players by multiplying, for each player, two component of scores together to arrive at a total score; and   (8) tallying said total score to determine the highest score.   
   
   
       16 . The method recited in  claim 15 , wherein said players are awarded, or are penalized for, a first of the two components of scores as they move along a board track. 
   
   
       17 . The method recited in  claim 15 , wherein said players are awarded, or are penalized for, a second of the two components of scores when they are attached to or detached from other players. 
   
   
       18 . The method recited in  claim 15 , wherein the two components of scores are accumulated for each player as a factor in determining said player's total score. 
   
   
       19 . The method recited in  claim 16 , wherein said players are awarded, or are penalized for, a second of the two components of scores when they are attached to or detached from other players. 
   
   
       20 . The method recited in  claim 19 , wherein the two components of scores are accumulated for each player as a factor in determining said player's total score