JPH11253605A - Network marketing playing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To promote the understanding of basic network marketing business principle by including a stock card, a conference card where a question is described, a capital point card, a satellite city point card and prescribed amounts of money. SOLUTION: The network marketing playing equipment is provided with a game board, an investment list, eight differently colored pieces(red, blue, rose, black, white, orange, yellow and green) and three differently colored dice. Besides, it is provided with the headline card of a level 1, that of the level 2, that of the level 3, the stock card and the conference card where the question for testing the understanding of a participant is described, the point cards (capital and the satellite city), eight personal chips, money such as 50 dollars, 100 dollars, 500 dollars, 1,000 dollars and 5,000 dollars, a notebook and a calculator.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a game,
More specifically, it relates to a network marketing game (play equipment) that uses cards to provide business principles and test participants' understanding. Network marketing games are designed and configured to be easily understandable, easily learned by users, and easily adapted to other languages and cultures.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Network marketing games are
It is useful as a support tool in a network marketing training system that reproduces the actual network marketing situation and indicates and teaches the principles of the network marketing business.

[0003] Network marketing games emulate the real-world situations that sellers encounter in the network market, such as presenting plans, following training systems, attending meetings, and sponsoring new sellers. Different levels of network marketing are provided in the game, with funding and score cards for each participant varying at each level.

[0004] The network marketing game according to the present invention promotes an understanding of the basic network marketing business principles while sharing fun and cultural stimuli among participants.

[0005] Other objects and features of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, it is shown by way of example only and does not limit the scope of the invention, which should be defined only by the claims.

[0006]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In the drawings, like reference numbers indicate like elements throughout the several views. FIG. 1 shows a layout of a game board of a network marketing game according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 shows an investment table of a network marketing game according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
1 shows a level 1 headline card of a network marketing game according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 shows a level 2 headline card of a network marketing game according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 shows a level 3 headline card of a network marketing game according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 shows a stock card of a network marketing game according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 shows a conference card for a network marketing game according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 shows a score card for a network marketing game according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to one embodiment, a network marketing game according to the present invention comprises a game board 1, an investment table 2, and eight different colored pieces (red, blue, rose,
Black, white, orange, yellow and green), sponsor chip (small), network chip (large), 3
Two different colored dice (white dice are used to move the player on the board and indicate the plan, and green and yellow dice are used to determine the number of strains) and level 1 Headline card (3)
And a level 2 headline card (4) and a level 3
A headline card (5), a stock card (6), a meeting card (7) containing questions to test participants' understanding, a point (PV) card (8) (capital and satellite cities), , 8 personal chips, $ 50, 10
It is shown and described as having $ 0, $ 500, $ 1,000, $ 5,000, notes and a calculator. It should be noted that the names, numbers and colors described in this embodiment are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. In addition, although the invention is described using dollars, it is within the contemplation of the invention to use other monetary values and in amounts different from those specified.

In a preferred embodiment, the game board 1 has a rectangular shape and a set of three concentric ellipses printed on the front of the board. In detail, one outer ellipse 1A located approximately in the center of the front of the board,
There are smaller intermediate ellipses and inner ellipses. The first elliptical portion 1B between the outer ellipse and the middle ellipse has been subdivided into 16 equal portions representing the city, and the second elliptical portion 1C has been subdivided into 16 equal portions representing the conference. The third part 1D surrounded by the inner ellipse has a square 1E in the center of which the conference cards 6, 7 are arranged. A square 1F placed on the soil of the game board
Indicates a winning block. The square 1G is arranged at the bottom of the game board, and a level 1, level 2, level 3 headline card and a stock card (6) are arranged respectively. Eight parallel rectangles 1H, 1I, located on both sides of the game board, represent the PV / capital card and P
V / satellite city card respectively.

In a game, there are three different levels that must be achieved in succession before a player can achieve the final level. Different headline cards are associated with each level. The first level is level one.
Level 1 headline cards are specific to each individual and each headline card includes the name of the player associated with it and the associated color. Level 2 is the second level, and the third level is level 3.
The level 2 headline card identifies the two players by the color shown on the card. Similarly, level 3
Headline card identifies the two players by the color shown on the card.

The PV card (8) is divided into a PV / capital card and a PV / satellite city card, and rectangles 1H, 1H on the side of the game board 1 corresponding to the city to which they belong.
1I. Each PV card (8) is divided into a predetermined number of columns corresponding to different players. According to the example in FIG. 8, the PV card has eight columns corresponding to eight different color pieces. Each row of PV cards includes the number of the corresponding player, the abbreviation of the player, the color of the player, and the value (point) of each PV for each player for that particular card.

[0011] If, in addition to placing one of the player's sponsor chips in the city, the player obtains a sponsor, as described below, the player may receive a PV / The satellite city card must be drawn and the value of PV must be calculated according to the value indicated on the PV card for the player. The PV card (8) and the associated PV value are only valid for the player who has drawn the card, and the other PVs on the PV card
Does not affect the value of the PV of the remaining players.

When a player is in a city where no PV card remains but a sponsor chip is placed, the player places a sponsor chip in this city but does not draw the PV card. PV is the score each player accumulates during the game according to the situation,
It is a necessary element to win the game.

The level 3 headline card is printed with various principles of network marketing. The progress of the player in the game is determined according to the instructions of each headline card. In particular, based on the instructions at the bottom of each headline card, the player earns or loses a predetermined amount of money, PV value or sponsor chip.

[0014] If the selected headline card specifies that the player will lose a predetermined amount of money, the player must pay a defined amount of money to the bank. In addition, if the selected headline card specifies that the player loses PV, the player considers that he may lose.
And the player preferably chooses
The PV card with the lowest PV value will be selected and returned to the bottom of the bundle in the city to which it belonged. Similarly, if the headline card specifies that the player loses sponsor chips, the player must remove only their sponsor chips from game board 1 if they do. No. On the contrary, the headline card is
If the player specifies to make a predetermined amount of money, the player will receive the predetermined amount of money from the bank. If the headline card is the player and the player
If the player specifies to obtain the first PV from the bundle of cities identified on the headline card,
Draw a card. In addition, if the headline card specifies that the player will earn sponsorship chips, the player places one of the sponsorship chips in any desired city.

Each headline card, at the time of each player's payment or loss, is considered as if it were information to be published. The player who draws the headline card can determine whether it is disclosed, hidden or retained for future or immediate transfer. For example, if a player draws a headline card that puts one or more players at risk, the player who draws the card will tell the victim player the player who has drawn the card instead of hiding it. To pay a certain amount of money (not a PV or sponsor chip, not a network chip). The player who draws the card is valid for two players according to the color appearing on the card, so no loss is incurred if the transferred headline card is level 2 or level 3 . If one player pays to hide a headline card, it is automatically hidden to both. If two players are involved, they would ideally split the cost of hiding the headline card. To make this transfer, only the included player can see the card until the card is revealed or hidden.

The player who draws the headline card
Decide whether to reveal, hide, or retain the card. If the player chooses to announce the headline card, the player reads the card aloud and places it at the bottom of the stack. If the player decides to hide the card, the card will
It is located below the bundle, thereby canceling its contents. A third option available to the player is to keep the headline card in effect and transfer or publish the card at any time during the game. Each player can get up to two headline cards. If the player holds a third headline card in hand, one of the two headline cards already in hand must be revealed or hidden.

At level 1, there is a success card and a difficult card (one success and one difficult card for each player). These are, for the player,
The best and worst cards, valid for any level of the game. This success and difficult card cannot be concealed and they must either be publicized or transferred immediately or later.

The cities appearing in the game are divided into capital cities and satellite cities. According to the example, the capital has 1-8
The satellite cities are numbered consecutively up to 1
Consecutive numbers from 1 to 18 are assigned. In this example, the numbers 9 or 10 have not been assigned to any cities to simplify numbering.

Each player has two powerful cities. These cities have higher scores for their players than other players. Table 1 is an example of eight players with associated personal names, abbreviations, colors and capital and satellite cities, with the highest PV value for a particular player.

[0020]

[Table 1]

Each city, with the exception of cities 1, 3, 5, and 7, has shares of the company for sale, where "stock trading" investments are made. Stocks are the primary way players make or lose money during a game. Each player can purchase up to two stock cards (6). An example stock card is shown in FIG. Players must carefully analyze each stock before purchasing. During the game, it may be transferred between players in exchange for money, but not in exchange for PV or sponsor / network chips.

Cities 1, 3, 5, and 7 are strategic cities in which investments are made. When the player reaches one of these cities, his or her own stock can be found in the investment table 2 shown in FIG. 2 (only once per round). The player rolls two colored dice (one red dice and one yellow dice). The number obtained for each die corresponds to one of the rows and columns of the investment table. Thus, the player determines whether his stock has gone up or down based on the investment table and the results obtained in the dice. Depending on the results of the investment table,
And, depending on the gain or disadvantage gained by the stock, the player receives the profit or pays the loss to the bank.

A minimum of two players and a maximum of eight players can participate in the game. However, it is preferred that the game be played with three to eight participants so that the game ends in a relatively short time.

The goal of the game is six legs
(6 network chips) and $ 20,000
To accumulate 0 and collect more than 30,000 PVs with a PV card, then move to the winning block and answer the questions from the conference card (7). The meeting card is
The degree of difficulty varies (gentle, normal, or difficult), and the price of each varies, contrary to the degree of difficulty. In other words, the price of the conference card increases as the difficulty decreases.

Each participant starts a game with a predetermined amount of money. For example, each player has one 5,000
It consists of a $ 0 bill, five $ 1,000 bills, five $ 500 bills, six $ 100 bills, and eight eight $ 50 bills.
Start with 13,500 money.

To play the game, one person (banker) who is responsible for performing all transactions with the bank is selected from the participants. The banker may participate in the game as a player. The order is assigned by rolling the white dice. The player with the highest number is the first player. The player to the left of the first player is determined to be the second player, and so on, and so on, clockwise. Each participant selects a person. By way of example, eight persons that can be used are listed in Table 1 and include entrepreneurs, ambitious dreamers, dubious atheists, owners of broken truths, amusing bachelors, Includes sloppy tramps, promising students and qualified professionals. The player starts the game in the capital associated with the person. White dice are thrown and move on the board in a clockwise direction based on the number of dice rolled. Upon reaching the destination based on the number rolled, the player draws a level 1, level 2, level 3 headline card, depending on the current level of the game. The player may disclose the card (publish it aloud by reading it out), hide it (place it under the stack, thereby canceling its effect), or, when appropriate, You have the option of retaining it for transfer or strategic use.

The player rolls the white dice again to determine whether or not to sponsor. If the number rolled is one or two, this indicates that the merchant has seen the plan but has not followed it and is therefore not a sponsor. In other cases, the player
If a 4, 5, 6 is issued, this indicates that the seller has succeeded in his plan, the chase works, and is therefore a sponsor.

At the time of sponsoring, the player is required to make the first PV
Draw a card from the bunch of cities where the player is currently located and place a sponsor chip in that city. If a player forgets to draw a sponsor chip from the city, after his play is over, the player is prohibited from removing the sponsor chip. This process is repeated for the next player. Each player performs this procedure once per round.

[0029] All players start the game at level 1 and progress towards the final level. A player always draws a card from his level stack.

When the player shows a plan,
When the player rolls the white dice and rolls a 3, 4, 5, or 6 roll, the player places a small sponsor chip in the city where the plan was shown. In other rounds, if the player manages to pass through and responsor the city, the player places another sponsored chip in this city, thereby having two smaller chips in the same city. . At this point, the player can exchange the two sponsor chips for one network chip, ie, two sponsor chips in the same city are equivalent to one network chip. Therefore,
The player has obtained one qualified leg (one network chip).

To qualify for Level 2, the player must have at least 5 sponsor chips and 1
000 PVs are required. To qualify for Level 3, a player needs three qualified legs (network chips) and at least 20,000 PVs. To qualify for the final level or win the game, the player has six qualified legs (network chips) and 30,0
You need a PV of 00 points and $ 20,000, and
Meeting questions must be answered exactly when the winning block is reached.

When each player obtains level 2 and level 3, each player receives one PV /
Receive a capital card, one PV / satellite city card (selected) and $ 500 money. From this point on, the player draws cards from the stack associated with the level obtained by the player. Thus, a headline card is only valid when the player to which it is associated is at the level of the game in which the card was drawn. If the investing entrepreneur is at level 2 and the player still at level 1 draws a headline card from level 2 associated with the investing entrepreneur, the headline card will have a positive or negative value. Is not valid,
Automatically hidden and placed at the bottom of the bundle. The only cards valid for the player, independent of the levels in the game, are the success and hardship cards within the bunch of level 1 headline cards (3).

If a player is demoted from the current level, for example by falling below the minimum PV value or entitlement leg required for a particular level, the player returns to the previous level and again Draw cards from each stack of the previous level until you are eligible for the next level.

A conference is held every four rounds, ie, after the last player has completed the fourth, eighth, twelfth, etc. rounds of the game. All players, without exception, move to the center of the game board 1 for two rounds of questions and answers. Two questions are asked for each player per conference. In particular, in the first round, all players are interrogated, and after the last player is interrogated, the second round starts with the first player, and each player is asked another question.

The price of a meeting varies depending on the location of the player when the meeting was started. When the player is in the capital, he has to pay $ 150 to the bank to go to the meeting. Otherwise, when the player is in a satellite city, he must pay $ 300 to the bank. Once the player has been placed in the conference, the white dice are dropped and, according to the number rolled, the player has to answer different questions of difficulty. If the roll is a 1 or 2, the player must answer simple questions; if the roll is 3 or 4, the player must answer medium questions; You have to answer difficult questions.

Depending on the degree of difficulty, different bonuses are awarded if the player answers the question correctly at the meeting. If the player answers a simple question, the player receives $ 200 and one of the player's selected PV / Satellite City cards. If the question is medium, the player receives $ 500 and one PV / capital card selected by the player. If the question is difficult,
The player is $ 1,000 and one of the player's selected cities
Receive sponsorship chips.

Questions are always asked by the next player in the order of the game. After the meeting, the player
Return to the city where you were before going to the center of the game board 1 and continue the normal game procedure from where you left off. In resuming the game, one of the participants, preferably the same person designated to be the banker, is responsible for counting the number of rounds and starting a conference round.

Each player receives a salary that varies according to the level of the player in the game each time he stops or passes in each of the player's two cities (capital and satellite cities). In a preferred embodiment, the player receives $ 400 at level 1, $ 800 at level 2, and $ 2,000 at level 3.
Receive as salary.

To win the game, the player must
You must qualify for the final round by earning 10 legs (6 network chips) and accumulating a minimum of 30,000 PV and $ 20,000. When these requirements are met,
The player announces that they have been won and leaves the city where the player is currently located and automatically moves to the winning block without rolling the dice. In the winning block, the player must answer questions correctly in order to win the game. The player asks a simple question,
When requesting moderate or difficult questions, the player will be charged $ 1,000, $ 500 and $ 200 respectively.
Must be paid to the bank. Since the player must exit with at least $ 20,000 in order to win the game, the player must pay for the questions (easy, medium, difficult) the player seeks to answer. You must enter the victory block with enough money to have and $ 20,000 required to win the game. For example, if a player wants to answer a simple question,
You must enter the winning block with 1,000.

If the player fails to answer the question correctly, the player must wait until the round of the game is completed to try again, thereby
This will give other players the opportunity to win the game. If the player does not have enough money to try again, he leaves the winning block and
Return to the city where the player was before proceeding to the winning block,
Until the player has earned enough money to try again
The game must proceed in a normal manner.

The game ends when the player enters the victory block with the minimum required number of PVs, money and qualifying legs and answers the questions correctly.

If the player loses all money (due to losses in Investment Table 2 and / or headline cards) and has a debt at the bank, the player offers bankruptcy, withdraws from the game, and PV card (8)
The sponsor / network chip must be removed from the game board 1 by returning it under the city bundle to which it belongs. If the player holds a headline card in his hand, he must place the card under his or her bundle of cities without showing it to other players. In a preferred embodiment, loans from banks or other players are not allowed.
The bankrupt participant is the other player (other person)
You may rejoin the game from level 1 as if you were at the start of the game.

Network marketing games improve the training system of companies involved in network marketing by facilitating the unity of a group of network marketing professionals by entertainment in real-life situations, while at the same time teaching basic business principles. May be used to provide entertainment. In addition, the network marketing game according to the present invention improves other tools of the training system and makes it easier for business professionals to access untrusted persons or those who ignore their commercial procedures.

These and other features make network marketing games a useful support tool of a network marketing training system for both young and adults, as the games provide entertainment and learning and understanding tools. .

Thus, while the basic novel features of the present invention have been shown, described, and pointed out as applied to their preferred embodiments, the shapes and details of the components shown. It will be appreciated that many omissions, substitutions and changes in their operation may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention. For example, in particular, all combinations of components that perform substantially the same function in substantially the same way to achieve the same result are intended to be within the scope of the invention. Substitution of elements from those of the described embodiments to others is fully intended and contemplated. Further, the drawings are not necessarily required to draw at a fixed ratio, but are merely conceptual in nature. Accordingly, it is intended to be limited only as indicated by the appended claims.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a layout of a game board of a network marketing game according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows an investment table of a network marketing game according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 shows a level 1 headline card of a network marketing game according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 shows a level 2 headline card of a network marketing game according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 shows a level 3 headline card of a network marketing game according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 shows a stock card for a network marketing game according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 shows a conference card of a network marketing game according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 shows a score card for a network marketing game according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1A Outside ellipse 1B First ellipse part 1C Second ellipse part 1D Third ellipse part 1E Square 1F Square 1G Rectangular part 1H Rectangular part 1I Rectangular part

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A game board, an investment chart, a number of different colored pieces, a sponsor chip, a network chip, three dice, and different levels of headline cards including various principles of the network market. , A stock card, a conference card with a question, a capital point card, a satellite city point card, and a predetermined amount of money. 2. A game board, an investment table, eight colored pieces, a sponsor chip, a network chip,
A white dice, a red dice, a yellow dice, a three-level headline card containing various principles of the network market, a stock card, a conference card with questions, a capital score card, Satellite city point card, 8 personal chips, $ 50, 1
$ 00, $ 500, $ 1,000 and 5,000
A network marketing playground equipment comprising $ 0 money, a notebook, and a calculator. 3. The game board has a rectangular shape, and an ellipse is arranged in another ellipse at a center position,
The outer ellipse subdivided into three ellipses is printed, the first ellipse is subdivided into 16 equal parts representing cities, and the second elliptical part is subdivided into 16 equal parts representing meetings. The subdivided third elliptical portion has a centrally disposed rectangular portion in which the conference card is disposed, and the game board has a rectangular shape disposed thereon. Blocks, four rectangular portions arranged along the lower part of the game board, and headline cards and stock cards of each level are arranged respectively; and capital point cards and satellite cities arranged on both sides of the game board 3. The playground equipment according to claim 2, comprising eight parallel rectangular portions on each of which a score card is arranged. 4. The capital point card and the satellite city point card are divided into bundles based on the city to which they belong, each of the capital city and satellite city point card having eight different colors representing each of the different players. 3. A playground equipment according to claim 2, wherein each row has an associated player number, an abbreviation of the player, an associated player color, and a respective score for the player.