RU2067483C1 - Table "strategy of control" - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: table games, educational means. SUBSTANCE: table game includes main and additional game fields with game sections, main and additional game elements, game tables, money substitutes and indicator of game situation. Game is additionally provided with game cards in the form of rectangular plates one side of which has game zone to accommodate one main game element. Main game elements are manufactured in the form of small coups, additional game elements - in the form of plates and money substitutes - in the form of discs of same thickness which outer diameter is smaller than diameter of small cups. Shape and area of game sections of game fields correspond to shape area of game elements and cards. EFFECT: graphicality of game. 4 cl, 4 dwg

Description

 The invention relates to managerial simulation board games that develop logical thinking and teach effective production management in a market economy, and can be used for children of middle and senior school age, for students, as well as for specialists of various profiles for accelerated learning the basics of production economics in the game form.

 A well-known strategy game based on accounting for economic and political development for several users, containing a game board with a regional map, divided by borders into separate territories. Territories are provided with distinctive signs and are implemented in a cell to highlight the corresponding sectors. Using probabilistic adaptations, territories are played out between users. The game also contains a sheet for scoring in the table and scoring. Each table has several horizontal rows indicating the region characterizing the level of development of the country. The horizontal rows intersect the vertical columns corresponding to one round of the game. The game contains a probabilistic device that determines the occurring events (see US patent N 4733870, CL A 63 F 3/00, 1988).

 The disadvantages of the famous game are the following: game activity is in no way connected with the real economic processes that accompany the activities of the enterprise; narrow focus, which limits its educational and gaming capabilities.

 A close technical solution to the proposed one is a business game containing a game field divided into two groups of fields with a closed track. In the first group of fields an increase in ownership occurs, and in the second group of fields an increase in ownership does not occur. There is one field for transferring the move to another player and one field representing the advantage of the move. The game contains game chips, a bank for storing money, money simulators, an indicator of the game situation that determines the amount of movement of chips, cards indicating various business opportunities and a different sequence of moves, and an indication device for increasing the ownership of players (see U.S. Patent No. 4,932,668, cl. A 63 F 3/00, 1990).

 A well-known business game has the following disadvantages: a low level of adequacy of economic reality (industrial activity of an industrial enterprise), since profit (income) is made on the basis of an element of chance; It does not allow simulating the production and financial activities of the enterprise, which reduces the level of economic training and amusement.

 One of the closest analogues is a board game device (US patent N 3539189, class 273 134, IPC A 6 B 3/04, 1970), characterized by the presence of the main and additional playing fields, game tables, main and additional game elements. The disadvantage of this game is, in particular, its low amusement.

 The invention is aimed at solving the problem of increasing the efficiency of training in entrepreneurial activity and production management in a market economy by modeling the production activities of a group of enterprises managed by players, while each player or team, managing his enterprise, releases and sells products monthly or quarterly, and can also conduct research on the development of new types of products, replace equipment with more productive ones, expand or collapse l production, develop new markets, obtain loans from the bank or carry out other types of commercial activities close to the real conditions of business.

 To solve this problem, in a well-known business game containing a main playing field, a game situation determination indicator, money simulators, according to the invention, an auxiliary playing field, game panels, game elements: main and auxiliary game tables are additionally introduced, the surface of the main playing field being divided into game zones with cells for placement of game elements and panels, and cells are made on the surface of the auxiliary playing field, the shape and area of each of which corresponds to IU area and game board and auxiliary game element, wherein the main and auxiliary game field formed as separate planes, which number corresponds to the number of playing commands. In addition, the game panels are made in the form of rectangular plates, on one side of which there are recesses of a square or ring shape. Game panels have an informational designation of the type of production equipment line, and the number of types of informational designations corresponds to the number of varieties of types of production equipment lines. Money simulators are made in the form of flat disks of the same thickness and various colors, on which a number characterizing their dignity is applied. The main game elements are made in the form of cups, the inner diameter of which is larger than the outer diameter of money simulators. Auxiliary game elements are made in the form of rectangular plates having an informational designation of the type of manufactured products, while the number of types of informational designations corresponds to the number of types of manufactured products.

The set of essential features of the invention allows to achieve the following technical results:
1) the playing field is a model of an independent industrial enterprise with its own financial resources, workshops and production equipment;
2) the game allows you to quickly model the production and financial activities of the enterprise for a long period;
3) playing fields allow you to visualize the movement of financial resources, orders and products in the production process;
4) accelerated training playing the basics of the economics of production in a playful and entertaining way.

 Board games are known that include playing fields, a game situation indicator and money simulators (see US Pat. No. 4,585,233, CL A 63 F 3/00, 1986). However, playing fields are not a model of an industrial enterprise, which does not allow simulating the production and financial activities of the enterprise and cannot serve as a means of teaching the basics of the economy.

 Thus, the influence of a set of distinctive features on the achievement of the specified technical result is unknown from the prior art, which allows us to conclude that the claimed proposal meets the requirements of the inventive step.

 In FIG. 1 and 2 show the main playing field, a top view; in FIG. 3 - auxiliary playing field, top view; in FIG. 4 game panels having an informational designation of the line type of production equipment.

 FIG. 1 -4 have the following digital designations: 1 main playing field; 2 auxiliary playing field; 3 game cells of a square or ring shape for placement of the main game elements; 4 game cells of rectangular shape to accommodate a group of main game elements; 5 - game cells of a rectangular shape for placement of game panels and auxiliary game elements; 6 game box of a rectangular shape, indicating the cash register for storing simulators of money; 7 9 game panels indicating the type of production equipment line (manual, mechanized and automatic); 10 square or circular recesses on the surface of the game panels 7 9 to accommodate the main game elements.

 A business game contains a main playing field 1 (see FIG. 1, 2), an auxiliary playing field 2 (see FIG. 3), a bank for storing money, money simulators, game panels 7 9 (see FIG. 4), main and auxiliary game elements, an indicator for determining a game situation and game tables (graphs) for determining the conditions for the sale of products.

 The main playing field, which is a model of an industrial enterprise (factory), is made in the form of flat rectangular surfaces 1 (Fig. 1 and 2), divided into four game zones with game cells arranged in order to accommodate game elements and panels.

 In the first zone of the main playing field (see Fig. 1), game cells 4 of a rectangular shape and game cells 3 of a square or ring shape are placed. Cells 4 have an informational designation (inscription or symbol) of the warehouse of materials of products, and cells 3 as a loan (for example, long-term, short-term).

 In the second zone of the main playing field (see Fig. 1) game cells of a rectangular shape are placed. The dimensions of the upper cells 5 provide placement on one game panel and one auxiliary game element. The lowest gaming cell 6 denotes a cash register for storing simulators of money received in the sale of products and in obtaining loans. From the cash desk you can take money for production (payment for materials and work), equipment and buildings, equipment changeovers, development of new products, development of new markets, as well as various deductions (taxes, depreciation, interest on loans, etc.).

 In the third zone of the main playing field (see Fig. 2), game cells 4 of a rectangular shape and game cells 3 of a square or ring shape are placed. Cells 4 have an informational designation of finished goods warehouses, the dimensions of each cell 4 provide for the simultaneous placement of at least two main game elements.

 In the fourth zone of the main playing field (see Fig. 2) game cells 3 of a square or ring shape are placed. Cells 3 have an information designation of items of expenditure. In each of the game cells 3 is placed no more than one main game element.

 The auxiliary playing field, which is a model of the new factory, is used to expand production facilities and is made in the form of a separate flat rectangular surface 2 on which there are game cells 5 (see Fig. 3). Cells 5 are rectangular and arranged in a row. The dimensions of each cell 5 provide the placement of one game panel with one auxiliary game element.

 The number of primary 1 and auxiliary 2 playing fields corresponds to the number of players or teams.

 Game panels (see Fig. 2), which are the model of production lines on which products are manufactured, are made in the form of rectangular plates 7, 8 and 9, with informational designation of the type of production equipment line, for example, a manual, mechanized or automatic line. On one side of the game panels there are recesses of square or annular shape 10, the number of which is from one to three and depends on the type of production equipment line. On the game panel 7, which indicates the manual line of the production equipment, there are three square or ring recesses 10. On the game panel 8, which indicates the mechanized line, two square or ring recesses 10, and on the game panel 9, which indicates the automatic line, one square or ring recess 10. The dimensions of each square or annular recess 10 provide the placement of one main game element.

 Money simulators are made in the form of flat disks of the same thickness (tokens) or disks with through holes in the center. On the discs there is a number characterizing their dignity, for example, 1 and 10 million. Money simulators of different denominations have a different color. The bulk of the money is in the bank, where it comes to enterprises when selling products or obtaining a loan.

 The main game elements are used to store deductions and to represent units of finished products or being in production and made in the form of cups whose inner diameter is larger than the outer diameter of money simulators (disks). The main game elements can be made in the form of discs, in the center of which a guide rod, preferably of circular cross section, is rigidly mounted to accommodate simulators of money of discs with through holes in the center. The main game elements have the same size and shape.

 Auxiliary game elements, which are the designation of the manufactured products, are made in the form of rectangular plates having at least one of the surfaces with an informational designation of the type of manufactured products. The number of types of auxiliary game elements corresponds to the number of types of products.

 The indicator for determining the game situation allows you to specify the conditions for the sale of products and can be made in the form of a dice, electronic cube or random number generator. The game situation can also be determined by the informal activities of teams during tenders for orders for the sale of products.

 Game two-dimensional tables are designed to determine the conditions for the sale of products. Instead of tables, graphs that have the same meaning can be used. A game table or graph determines the conditions for the sale of products in the form of a pair of numbers (in the table) or a point on a plane with two coordinates (in the graph), where the first number (first coordinate) specifies the number of units of products sold, and the second number (second coordinate) - price implementation. The number of tables corresponds to the number of conditions for the sale of products, for example four, if the game is played in four versions. In certain versions of the game, the conditions of implementation can set only the price of all finished products.

 The game is as follows. Before the start of the game, auxiliary game fields, game panels and auxiliary game elements are located in the bank. Each player receives the main playing field, on which you need to set the starting position.

 Then the game can be held in one of the fixed options. When using a simple option, the game can be conducted without a leader. More complex game options should be conducted by a leading game technician. The production cycle is repeated monthly (quarterly) and includes: placing orders, paying for materials, actually manufacturing and transferring products to the finished goods warehouse, which is sold in batches based on data from tables (graphs) to determine the conditions for the sale of products.

 If at the beginning of the game each enterprise for all players has one factory, equipment in all workshops, produces one type of product and sells it at a price determined by the indicator from the playing tables (graphs), then during the game the enterprise, for each of the players, can acquire new premises, using the playing cells of the auxiliary playing field, to acquire new or retool existing equipment, conduct research and development work, master the production of new types of products or collapse Vat production.

 In this case, the receipt of money in the game occurs only as a result of production activity, when the players produce and sell products.

 Further rules of the game according to the proposed invention are illustrated by the following examples.

 Example 1. A monthly production cycle consists of the following operations performed by players in a specific sequence.

 1. Transfer of finished products to the warehouse of finished products. For this, it is necessary to remove the main game elements (cups) from the rightmost square or annular recesses 10 of the game panels located in the game cells 5 of the second zone of the main game field (Fig. 1), and put them in the game cell 4 of the third zone of the main game field ( Fig. 2), denoting a warehouse of finished products.

 2. Promotion of products in the shops. In the remaining game cells 5 on the game panels, move the main game elements one square or annular recess 10 of each game panel to the right.

 3. Acquisition of workshops. To purchase new production facilities, it is necessary to take an auxiliary playing field from the bank, indicating the new factory (Fig. 3). Players can buy any number of shops in the new factory. Then take money simulators (disks) from the game cell 6, which represents the cash register, for example, at the rate of 5 million for one workshop, and put them in the main game element located in the fourth zone, where funds are collected for the purchase of buildings. After that, the players can install any production equipment in the purchased workshops.

 4. Sale of equipment. If the player wants to sell unnecessary equipment, then it is necessary to remove the game panel of the sold line of production equipment and give it to the bank. Then, from the main game element (cup), where funds are collected for the purchase of equipment, take the amount equal to the purchase price of the equipment and put it in your cash register.

 5. Sale of shops. If the player wants to sell an unnecessary workshop, then you need to put money from the main game element, where funds are collected for the purchase of buildings, into your cash desk at the rate of, for example, 5 million for each workshop sold. At the same time, equipment intended for sale should not be in the workshop.

 6. Performance of research work. If the player wants to carry out research on the development of new types of products, then he must put, for example, 2 million from his cash desk into the main game element, where funds are raised for the development of new types of products (one of the game cells in a square or ring shape, located in the fourth playing area of the main playing field). At the same time, you can perform research on any number of new products. Research needs to spend time and money. After the completion of research on any product, you can install new equipment (game panels) for the release of new products or reconfigure existing ones.

 7. Installation of new equipment. If after buying new production facilities the player wants to install a new line of production equipment in the workshop, then it is necessary to pay from the cash register to the main game element, where funds are collected for the purchase of equipment, the cost of the equipment purchased. After that, you can take the necessary game panel (new equipment) from the bank. The cost of various types of equipment is different. Less productive costs less, more productive more.

 8. Conversion of equipment. If the player wants to re-adjust any of his line producing any products to release other products, he must take from his cash desk an amount equal to the cost of re-adjusting this equipment and put it in the main game element, located in the game cell 3 of a square or circular shape in the fourth playing area of the main playing field, where funds are collected for the readjustment of equipment. Then, in the bank, you need to take an auxiliary game element, indicating the type of product on which the line is being shifted, and replace with it an auxiliary element, indicating the old type of product in the workshop. You can re-equip the equipment for those products on which the players have fully conducted research. At the same time, the equipment being redeployed should be free, that is, the line (game panel) should not have the main game element.

 9. Launching orders to work. If the player has a free line on which the order is not in operation, that is, the line does not have the main game element, then the order can be put into operation on it. To do this, you need to take the main game element with paid materials from the material warehouse, for example, 1 million, put a simulator of money worth 1 million in it (the cost of work) into it and install 10 game panels (free lines) on the leftmost square or ring recess. At the same time on any line can not be more than one main element.

 10. Sales of products. If a player in a finished goods warehouse has a certain amount of finished goods, then it can be sold. To determine the price of products sold, you need to use the indicator and a game table or chart.

 Finished products are referred to the bank, where the player receives the necessary amount from the sale of products.

 11. Preparation of new orders. To launch orders in the next month, each player must put in the cells 4 of the first zone of the main playing field (material warehouse) the necessary number of main game elements (cups) and put an amount from his cash desk depending on the type of product (pay the cost materials).

 On this, all the actions of the players for the current month are over. After that, you can proceed to the next month, starting operations from point 1.

 Example 2. The activity of the players every month is performed as in example 1. At the end of each quarter (after three months), the following actions are performed.

 1. Payment of costs for workshops, depreciation of equipment, interest on a loan.

 2. Obtaining new loans from the bank.

 3. Filling out the financial statement and calculating profits. The financial statement may include columns for calculating the total costs, income and expenditure of funds, determining the amount of the asset and liability of the enterprise.

 4. Payment of tax to the budget in the form of a certain percentage of profits.

 Summarizing the game and determining the winner. Since each player uses his own production development strategy, which differs in effectiveness from the strategies of other players, the capital accumulated by the players will be different.

 The duration of the game is determined by the players themselves. The game can be completed at the end of any month, calculate income and determine the winner. For this, it is necessary that every player transfers all the money from the main game elements located in the material warehouse, to the game panels (on the lines of work in progress), to the finished goods warehouse, as well as from the main game elements where funds were raised for the purchase of buildings and equipment to the cash register. This is all earned by playing money.

 Money from the main game elements, where funds were collected for the readjustment of equipment, the development of new types of products and other deductions, are the expenses of the player and are not included in the final amount.

 Then each player must count the money at his own cashier. The winner will be the one with the most money.

 The determination of the winner in the game options in which the financial statement is filled out is carried out on the basis of the amount of equity (equity) obtained from the financial statement.

 Other options for using the board business game are possible, including such important economic operations as commercial credit, factoring, leasing, working with securities, etc.

 Using a business game allows players to develop initiative, flexibility of thinking, quick reaction, adoption of non-trivial decisions, the ability to develop an effective production strategy for the long term, evaluate and control entrepreneurial risk.

Claims (4)

 1. A board game containing the main and additional game fields, an indicator for determining a game situation, game tables, main and additional game elements, money simulators, moreover, the game fields have game areas, characterized in that game cards are additionally introduced therein, made in the form rectangular plates, on one side of which there is a game area for placing one main game element, the main game elements are made in the form of cups, additional game elements are made in in the form of rectangular plates, money simulators are made in the form of discs of the same thickness, the outer diameter of which is less than the inner diameter of the cups, while the shape and area of the playing areas of the playing fields corresponds to the shape and area of the playing elements and game cards.  2. The game according to claim 1, characterized in that the game cards have an information designation of the line type of production equipment, while the number of types of information signs corresponds to the number of varieties of types of lines of production equipment.  3. The game according to claim 1, characterized in that the money simulators are painted in various colors and have an information symbol in the form of numbers characterizing their dignity.  4. The game according to claim 1, characterized in that the additional game elements have an informational designation of the type of products, while the number of types of information signs corresponds to the number of types of products.

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