GB1385353A - Games and more particularly to property investment games - Google Patents

Abstract

1385353 Board game B BRAUDE 20 March 1972 [26 March 1971] 12904/72 Heading A6H A board game representing property investment includes a board marked with an endless track divided into space, each space representing a class of property 2, a first marker for moving around the track, a price chart 4, at least one second marker for recording prices on the chart 4 and indicating means (e.g. dice) for directing movement of both the first and second markers. As embodied, the game represents stock exchange investment and the spaces are marked with companies (1-28) trading in various commodities. The game is played by throwing dice moving the first and second markers to indicate the type of shares that may be bought or sold and their price and effecting transactions in the sale and buying of shares and bonds. The companies are grouped in five categories and each category is provided with a distinctive marker for moving on the price chart 4. The board also includes a market condition indicator 6 indicating whether share values are generally rising or falling and a market trend indicator in the form of a clock face 10 with hands 8, 9 indicating whether share values are rising or falling at a particular throw of the dice. Imitation money, share and bond certificates and a set of cards for dealing to the players (the cards bearing instructions altering the course of a game) are also provided.