Board game

Abstract

A board game as well as a method of playing a board game by multiple players comprises providing a game card deck containing individual game cards, each including a question to be answered by a player and the answer to the question. One or more dice along with a game playing element for each of the players are provided. A game card/board includes a plurality of separate game playing element receiver regions, each game playing element receiver region consists of one of a blank indication and a player instruction. The game is played by one player drawing a card from the deck; passing the card to another player who reads the question to the player. If the player correctly answers the question, the player rolls the dice and moves a game piece a number of spaces on the game board corresponding to the numeric total indicated on the dice.

The invention claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of playing a board game by multiple players, said method comprising the acts of:
 providing a game card deck containing a plurality of individual game cards, each of said plurality of individual game cards including a question to be answered by a player, and the answer to said question;   providing one or more dice, wherein each die includes numerical indicia on each of its sides;   providing a game playing element for each of said multiple players;   providing a game card/board including a plurality of separate game playing element receiver regions disposed along a prearranged game path, each game playing element receiver region consisting of one of a blank indication and a player instruction;   determining, by said plurality of players, an order the players will proceed in to play the board game;   selecting, by a first player to proceed, one game card from said game card deck by a first player;   said first player passing said selected game card to another player without reading said question and answer to said question included on said selected game card;   said another player reading said question from said selected game card out loud to said first player;   receiving an answer by said another player to said question on said selected game card from said first player;   determining, by said another player, whether said first player has correctly answered said question;   if said another player determines that said first player has incorrectly answered said question, informing said first player that the question has been incorrectly answered and wherein play advances to a second player, following which the acts of selecting one game card, passing said selected game card to another player and reading and answering the question by the second player continues;   responsive to said act of determining that said first player correctly answer said question, rolling the one or more dice by said first player;   determining the numeric total of said one or more rolled dice;   responsive to said determined numeric total, said first player moving the first player game playing element a number of game playing element receiver regions corresponding to said numeric total of said one or more rolled dice, wherein said game playing element comes to rest on a particular game playing element receiver region;   determining whether said particular game playing element receiver region includes a blank indication or a player instruction, and if said game playing element receiver region includes a blank indication, play resuming to a second and subsequent player, and if said game playing element receiver region includes a player instruction, said first player following said instruction, following which play resumes to a second and subsequent player.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said player instruction printed on said plurality game playing element receiver regions disposed along said prearranged game path are selected from the group of player instructions consisting of lose a turn; take another turn; go back to start; advance a predetermined number of spaces; and go back a predetermined number of spaces. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said game board includes a theme having one or more visual or verbal elements related to said theme. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein at least one of said plurality of game playing element receiver regions includes said one or more visual or verbal elements related to said theme. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein said player instruction printed on one or more of said plurality of game playing element receiver regions includes a player instruction related to said theme.