RU2111785C1 - Table game - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: games simulating commercial operations and procedures. SUBSTANCE: table game has board with two playing fields. First field is divided into portions and second field is made in the form of surface restricted from all sides. Table game is further provided with arbitrary figure generator, conventional money, playing plugs and playing pieces. Second field is selection field provided with portion for accommodation of directions referred to player, players of other personal field or to main playing pieces. Each portion of personal playing field designates predetermined object and has place within it for accommodating playing plugs and main playing pieces. These places are provided with designations of object parts of given portion. Main playing pieces are provided with designations of the same portions or their versions. Different areas of personal playing field are provided with such places for accommodating playing plugs and main playing pieces. Control field is positioned between personal playing field and selection field and has portions provided with places for accommodation of playing plugs and main playing pieces. Each portion of personal playing field has at least one related portion of control field similar to designated places for accommodation of playing plugs and main playing pieces. EFFECT: increased efficiency in obtaining initial skills in market economy and simplified construction. 7 cl, 13 dwg

Description

 The invention relates to board games that simulate commercial operations and processes, and can be used to obtain primary skills in a market economy. The game can also be used to radiate any knowledge system, including certain sections of school subjects - botany, zoology, geography, etc.

 A device for playing the economy is known (US Patent N 4150827, MKI A 63 F 3/00, publication 04.24.1979, Volume 981, N 4). The game kit contains talismans, tokens representing game money, dice and two sets of cards. On the cards of one group contains instructions for market operations related to the impact of one variable economic factor, on the cards of the second group describes the choice provided to the player. Talismans move along the path divided into cells depicted on the panel. On the game path there is a zone with instructions for using cards that indicate the player’s choice.

 A disadvantage of the known technical solution is low entertainment.

 The closest analogue to the proposed technical solution is a board game consisting of a board with two playing fields, one of which is the initial playing field is divided into sections that have the designations of objects of commercial operations and fines, the other is the main playing field is made in the form of a limited from all sides of the plane and connected to the initial playing field by the transition section, a random number generator, conditional money, game chips and tokens with designations of objects of commercial operations. The sections of the main playing field are grouped into zones and places for placing tokens inside these zones. The number of sections grouped into places is equal to the number of sections of the initial playing field with the designation of objects of commercial operations.

 The disadvantage of the closest analogue is low entertainment.

 The present invention solves the problem of increasing the amusement, information content of the game, learning a systematic approach, making decisions in real life situations - risk, uncertainty, conflict of interest, different levels of control over the situation.

 Moreover, the technical result achieved by using the claimed invention allows the child to acquire communication skills in conflict situations, contributes to the development of systemic, strategic thinking, the acquisition in a game form of knowledge in various fields of science, school subjects. The result of using the game is also the acquisition of the concept of control over the situation, which simulates real life situations, and to facilitate the child’s perception of control skills in the game, the concept of a “control package” is accepted - a simple majority (half + one).

 The achievement of this result is ensured in such a way that in a game containing a board with two playing fields, one of which is divided into sections, the other is made in the form of a plane bounded on all sides, a random number generator, conditional money, game chips and game elements, according to the invention the playing field, made in the form of a plane bounded on all sides, is a selection field and has inside itself places for placing instructions related to the player, sections of another playing field, which is a personal playing field Ol, or game elements, which are the main gaming elements. This allows you to visualize the "field of possible external influences", which contributes to the emergence and consolidation of concepts about the systemic impact of the external environment.

 Each section of a personal playing field denotes a specific object and has inside itself places for placing game chips and main game elements, and these places have designations of parts of the object of this section. Thus, an idea is formed of the object as a system consisting of parts - subsystems, while not all parts (subsystems) of the object can be placed on the site. And each place on the site (part of the object, subsystem) corresponds to a certain main game element, including each, made in the form of variants of this subsystem. The main game elements have a designation of the parts of the object (site) or options for their implementation, similar to the designations at the site of the site.

 In this case, either the main game element (if the player has one) or the game chip of the player who owns it can be placed at the site site, which indicates the presence of several owners in one site. Since the essence of the game is to take possession of a simple majority of places on each section of the personal playing field, this increases the visibility of the overall picture, helps to acquire skills for controlling the situation and makes it easier to make a decision process at each move.

 Different sections of the personal playing field have similar places for placing game chips and main game elements. Moreover, it is precisely the similarity that is of particular importance, and not the complete analogy, the identity of the notation, in real life, to achieve a goal, it’s not so much the subject that matters as the function it performs, and if the goal is very important, it may be necessary to spend more time on the acquisition of the desired function, than in another life situation. In particular, if in one of the sections there is a place for a car (vehicle), then in another there may be a place for a bicycle (also a vehicle). And the game element with the designation of a bicycle, motorcycle, truck or car with equal success can be placed on any of the above places. Since the player spends a different amount of conditional money on the purchase of different game elements, it is possible that for gaining control of someone else’s site (for which a lot of rewards should be in the game) it would be beneficial for him to buy a bicycle for a lot of money in order to place it in the place indicated on another player’s personal playing area as a “car”. This simulates a conflict situation, which initially exists in any life situations - several players need the same game element and everyone chooses a strategy for how to get it, and the strategy needs to be adjusted at each turn, because the situation is constantly changing. This execution of the game aggravates the competition for control over each place, since now there is a choice when receiving the main game element - where to place it, which section in this situation needs to be controlled, which also models the situation of a market economy when different people have similar needs and satisfy there is no opportunity - you need to develop a strategy to achieve exactly your needs. This allows you to acquire communication skills in conflict situations, contributes to the development of systemic, strategic thinking, teaches you to take risks, calculate options.

 Between the personal game field and the selection field, there is a control field, each section of which has inside itself places for placing game chips and main game elements, and each section of the personal playing field corresponds to at least one similar in designated places for placing game chips and main game elements of the section control fields. The control field allows you to control the situation on each of the sections of the personal playing field related to other players, i.e. place their main game elements related to foreign sites, as well as the chips of those players who also have their main game elements related to the same site, in appropriate places. The number of sections of the control field depends on the number of players accepted in the game - with two players there will be one control field, with three players - two, with four - three. The control field clearly shows the state of the site - who is its official owner, who has the opportunity to gain control over it and what are its chances for this move, with more chips from another player, he has a greater chance of taking possession of this site, but with a more favorable set of circumstances for the other player having a lesser chance of becoming the owner in advance, he can still get ahead of the first player. True, in the next move, this situation may change, which simulates real life situations. This allows you to "see the picture" of the owners of places in foreign sites and makes it easier to make a decision at each move - whether it is worth fighting for influence in this area or paying attention to other foreign areas, which allows you to acquire communication skills in conflict situations, contributes to the development of strategic thinking.

 According to the invention, the number of main game elements is greater than the number of designated places in the areas of the personal playing field.

 This brings competition to the game (if a player has acquired the main game element that another player already has, then he simply lost money) and accustoms to the analysis of the situation - what to do with an unnecessary (for now) game element (leave, exchange, lay, sell and etc.). But when the situation changes, if the other player as a result of any circumstances loses a similar main game element, the owner of the next main game element gets control over the place (if he saved it by this time). This allows you to increase the degree of risk for the player, increase the number of options he chooses, when some game elements have several options, but with different "prices", in this case, the player must constantly calculate whether it is currently profitable to purchase a more expensive option or he can allow himself to wait, perhaps he will be able to purchase a cheaper version of this element. But in this case, he runs the risk of being late and control of the site may fall into the hands of a more determined player. This embodiment of the invention helps to increase the entertainingness of the game, the development of decision-making skills in real life situations - risk, uncertainty, conflict of interest, different levels of control over the situation.

 According to the invention, the game contains additional game elements with designations of the types of actions on the sections of the personal game field, on the main game elements and on the players, and the selection field has a place inside for additional game elements.

 This imitates the systemic influence of external factors (on the player’s system, its “subsystems” - sections of the personal playing field, the “subsystems” of its “subsystems” - game elements), allows you to increase the types, quantity, and provide a different degree of probability of various influences - as good, and bad ones, which allows us to solve complex problems of finding the optimal solution at the moment (choice of the course option) in a game form with constantly changing external factors of influence. This increases the degree of entertaining, informative game.

 According to the invention, the game further comprises a game state field having sections that contain inside themselves spaces for accommodating game chips.

 This allows you to visually control the situation when using economic systems, in particular, who of the participants of the tax police seized a current account (so far deprived of the right to move), who repays debts, to whom dividends are accrued at each move, etc., when using biological systems - who is sick, who is in hibernation, who was placed in the reserve (protected from dangers), etc., which facilitates the visual perception of the difference in the game states of the players.

 According to the invention, the game comprises an additional order field connecting a personal game field, a control field and a selection field.

 This allows you to visualize how much the player has moved towards the ultimate goal of the game - to achieve control over most of the sections of the personal second field, since the game chips of those players whose sections have control over this turn are displayed on the order field. And since the situation changes with each move, it helps to make optimal decisions at the moment. This execution of the game increases the degree of its amusement.

 According to the invention, the game further comprises a financial state field having sections that contain inside themselves spaces for placing game chips.

 This allows for each move to count and mark on each player’s areas the amount of conditional money or capital they have and make decisions based on the current financial situation. The financial field also allows you to reflect the mutual debts of the players and facilitates settlements between them at each move.

 According to the invention, the game additionally contains capital chips of various categories, meaning the amount of conditional money, and chips of various categories have different colors or sizes.

 This allows you to immediately clearly see the amount of money for a given move for each player (capital), and also facilitates the calculation of conditional money. The difference between the chips also allows you to quickly make a qualitative assessment of the size of each player’s capital, and this helps to make optimal decisions at the moment.

 In FIG. 1 shows a general view of a game board; in FIG. 2 is an enlarged leader I in FIG. 1 section of a personal playing field; in FIG. 3 - the main game element; in FIG. 4 - coloring options for game chips; in FIG. 5 is an enlarged leader II in FIG. 1 fields of financial condition; in FIG. 6 - conditional money; in FIG. 7 - capital tokens; in FIG. 8 - random number generator, top view; in FIG. 9 is the same, view along arrow A in FIG. eight; in FIG. 10 - control field; in FIG. 11 - an enlarged section of the control field; in FIG. 12 - field of orders; in FIG. 13 is a field of a game state.

 The game board contains a personal playing field 1, a control field 2 and a selection field 3. The personal playing field 1 is divided into sections 4 with designations of places 5 for placing the main game elements 6 and game chips 7, the control field 2 is divided into sections 8 with designations of places 9 for placing the main game elements 6 and game chips 7. The selection field 3 contains places 10 to accommodate additional game elements 11. The financial condition field 12 is divided into players state sections 13 and mutual debt sections 14, the game state field 15 is divided into sections 16. The order field 17 connects a personal playing field 1, field 2 warning light and field 3 choice. The game also contains conditional money 18 and a random number generator 19. The random number generator 19 is made in the form of a top 20 with a three-beam multi-colored arrow 21. On the plane of the top 20 there are numbers 22. The chips 23 of the capital of different categories have a different color.

 The game is as follows.

 At the beginning of the game, three players receive the same amount of conditional money and play their sections 4 of the personal playing field 1 (determine the colors of their playing chips 7). One player is appointed by the banker, he must make all payments between players, between players and the bank. Then, with the help of a random number generator 19, the number of conditional money 18 is determined, which they must pay during this move to acquire the main game elements 6 (determined by the number on which the arrow 21 stopped the color, which chips 7 the player has), as well as the external impact for the player (determined by the place 10 of the selection field 3, on which the arrow 21 of the color that the player has 7 game chips has stopped, an additional game element 11 is removed from him, which describes the effects on sections 4 of the personal playing field 1, on B asic game elements and 6 players). The player puts the main game elements 6 received by him during this turn to the corresponding places 5 of his personal playing field 1 or to the corresponding places 9 of his control field 2 (if they relate to sections 4 of other players). At the same time, each player places his playing chips 7 on the opponent’s personal playing field 1 — into six corresponding places of the main game elements of place 5. Each monetary transaction is accompanied by the transfer of conditional money 18 between the players and the bank, and a certain amount of payment is charged for the bank’s services percentage of the amount of settlements made by the banker in a given move. In the presence of field 12 of the financial condition, money 18 is accounted for each move in sections 13 of the state of the players and sections 14 of mutual debts using chips 23 capital. On the field 15 of the game state in sections 16, situations in which the player falls due to the received additional game elements 11 (for example, a debt hole or bankrupt, or charity help) are reflected. Thus, the game continues until one of the participants scored in his own or another section 4 the number of the main game elements 6 belonging to him, equal to half of all places 5 of this section +1. After that, he gains control of this section 4, and its owner, the player, must pay him a certain amount each move. When one player gains control over the number of sections of another player’s 4 equal to half of all sections of 4 of this player’s personal playing field 1, he receives the right to “order” from this player - a large amount of money and places 17 orders on the adjacent section of the field his game chip 7. Therefore, he must collect orders from all other players. Since the situation changes at each turn (the player may lose the game elements 6 belonging to him and thereby control over some section 4 or lose the section 4 itself or lose the conditional money 18), control over sections 4 constantly passes from one player to another .

 The game is terminated when a player has managed to gain control over most of the sites available on their personal playing fields, or before they accumulate a certain amount of money. He is declared the winner.

 The game can be used in the classroom at school, to study economics in elective classes, as well as independently for leisure activities for children and adults.

Claims (7)

 1. A board game containing a board with two playing fields, one of which is divided into sections, and the other is made in the form of a plane bounded on all sides, a random number generator, conditional money, game chips and game elements, characterized in that the playing field, made in the form of a plane bounded on all sides, it is a selection field and has inside itself places for placing instructions related to the player, sections of another playing field, which is a personal playing field, or game elements that are With ovine game elements, each section of the personal game field denotes a certain object and has inside itself places for placing game chips and main game elements, and these places have designations of parts of the object of this section, and the main game elements have designations of the same parts or their options different sections of the personal playing field have similar places for placing game chips and main game elements, a control field is located between the personal playing field and the selection field, each section whose window has inside itself places for placing game chips and main game elements, and at least one corresponding to designated places for placing game chips and main game elements section of the control field corresponds to each section of the personal playing field.  2. The game according to claim 1, characterized in that the number of main game elements is greater than the number of designated places on the sections of the personal playing field.  3. The game according to claim 1, characterized in that it contains additional game elements with designations of the types of impacts on the sections of the personal game field, on the main game elements and on the players, and the selection field has a place inside for additional game elements.  4. The game according to claim 1, characterized in that it further comprises a game state field having sections that contain inside themselves spaces for placing game chips.  5. The game according to claim 1, characterized in that it further comprises an order field connecting a personal playing field, a control field and a selection field.  6. The game according to claim 1, characterized in that it additionally contains a field of financial condition, having sections that contain inside themselves space for placing game chips.  7. The game according to claims 1 and 6, characterized in that it additionally contains chips of capital of various categories, indicating the amount of conditional money, and chips of various categories have different colors or sizes.

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