Methods and apparatuses to facilitate provisioning of a new board game

Abstract

A board game requiring players to move traveler pawns along a game board to accumulate points. The game board comprises a path for a travel guide pawn and a plurality of paths for traveler pawns. The travel guide pawn and traveler pawns move along colored and numbered spaces that make up the paths in accordance with the roll of a plurality of dice. Points are accumulated by landing a traveler pawn on a numbered space in the same column as the location of the travel guide pawn. The game is won by accumulating a predetermined number of points.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of playing a game, comprising the steps of:
 providing a game board having a start label, a travel guide path and a plurality of traveler paths, said travel guide path and plurality of traveler paths each having the same moving direction, said travel guide path being made up of a plurality of colored spaces, said plurality of traveler paths each being made up of a plurality of numbered spaces, each of the plurality of numbered spaces having a number value associated with it, the travel guide path and plurality of traveler paths arranged in rows and columns so that each of the plurality of colored spaces is associated with one of the plurality of numbered spaces from each of the plurality of traveler paths;   providing a travel guide pawn and a plurality of sets of traveler pawns, each of the sets of traveler pawns comprising a plurality of traveler pawns;   placing a predetermined number of the plurality of traveler pawns from each of the plurality of sets of traveler pawns on the numbered spaces;   providing a first set of dice and a second set of dice;   determining which of the plurality of sets of traveler pawns is set to be moved and indicating that set of traveler pawns as the current set of traveler pawns;   rolling the first set of dice to determine the number of colored spaces moved by the travel guide pawn along the travel guide path;   rolling the second set of dice to determine the number of numbered spaces moved by the current set of traveler pawns along the plurality of traveler paths;   attributing points after movement of the travel guide pawn and the traveler pawns according to the number values associated with the numbered spaces associated with the colored space on which the travel guide pawn sits; and   winning said game by accumulating a predetermined number of points.   
     
     
         2 . The method of playing a game of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 the plurality of traveler paths each having a first section, a second section, a third section, and a fourth section, the fourth section being further along said paths than the third section, the third section being further along said paths than the second section, and the second section being further along said paths than the first section.   
     
     
         3 . The method of playing a game of  claim 2 , further comprising:
 the number values associated with the numbered spaces in the first section being higher on average than the number values associated with the numbered spaces in the second section, the number values associated with the numbered spaces in the third section being higher on average than the number values associated with the numbered spaces in the first section, and the number values associated with the numbered spaces in the fourth section being higher on average than the number values associated with the number spaces in the third section.   
     
     
         4 . The method of playing a game of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 for each colored space, the number values of the numbered spaces associated with said colored space being highest in the numbered space closest to the colored space and lowest in the numbered space furthest from the colored space.   
     
     
         5 . The method of playing a game of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 the travel guide path having a plurality of sections, each section being associated with a number; and   attributing points to the current set of traveler pawns if the value of the first set of dice or the value of the second set of dice is equivalent to the number associated with the section of the travel guide path in which the travel guide piece sits.   
     
     
         6 . The method of playing a game of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 adding a traveler pawn to any of the plurality of numbered spaces and subtracting a predetermined number of points from the associated set of traveler pieces.   
     
     
         7 . The method of playing a game of  claim 6 , further comprising:
 providing a travel score sheet booklet, having a score associated with each set of traveler pawns;   adding points to the score associated with a set of traveler pawns when points are attributed to that set of traveler pawns;   subtracting points from the score associated with a set of traveler pawns when points are deducted from that set of traveler pawns.   
     
     
         8 . The method of playing a game of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 the number values associated with the numbered spaces ranging from 5 to 70.   
     
     
         9 . The method of playing a game of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 moving any number of the current set of traveler pawns along the plurality of traveler paths in the moving direction, so that the total number of numbered spaces covered by the current set of traveler pawns is equivalent to the value resulting from rolling the second set of dice.   
     
     
         10 . The method of playing a game of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 the game board being substantially square in shape, the travel guide path and plurality of traveler paths each having a first space and a last space, the first space of each path being adjacent to a first side of the start label, and the last space of each path being adjacent to a second side of the start label.   
     
     
         11 . The method of playing a game of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 moving the travel guide pawn to the first space of the travel guide path when the travel guide pawn sits on the last space of the travel guide path and the travel guide pawn is to be moved based on the rolling of the first set of dice; and   moving a traveler pawn to the first space of one of the plurality of travel guide paths when the traveler pawn sits on the last space of one of the plurality of traveler paths and the traveler pawn is to be moved based on the rolling of the second set of dice.   
     
     
         12 . The method of playing a game of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 moving the travel guide pawn back to the start label when rolling the first set of dice results in a predetermined dice value.   
     
     
         13 . The method of playing a game of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 the predetermined dice value being equal to 7.   
     
     
         14 . The method of playing a game of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a predetermined number of the plurality of colored spaces being indicated as strategy card spaces;   providing strategy cards, each strategy card having a strategy that can be activated; and   distributing a strategy card when the travel guide pawn lands on a strategy card space.   
     
     
         15 . The method of playing a game of  claim 14 , further comprising:
 activating a strategy card immediately after the strategy card is distributed if the strategy indicates immediate activation.   
     
     
         16 . The method of playing a game of  claim 14 , further comprising:
 activating a strategy card at any point prior to the completion of the game if the strategy does not indicate immediate activation.   
     
     
         17 . The method of playing a game of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 providing a plurality of destination game pieces;   providing a plurality of destinations;   placing each of the plurality of destination game pieces on a different colored space or numbered space;   distributing a destination when the travel guide pawn or a traveler pawn lands on a space with a destination game piece; and   the step of winning said game further comprising accumulating a predetermined number of destinations.   
     
     
         18 . The method of playing a game of  claim 17 , further comprising:
 distributing a destination when a strategy card is activated.   
     
     
         19 . The method of playing a game of  claim 18 , further comprising:
 distributing a destination and subtracting a predetermined number of points from the associated set of traveler pawns.   
     
     
         20 . The method of playing a game of  claim 19 , further comprising:
 providing a plurality of passport folders;   each of the plurality of passport folders being associated with one of the plurality of sets of traveler pawns;   distributing a destination by placing the destination in one of the plurality of passport folders.