Trucking simulation game

US4426084A · kind A · utility

Inventor

• Benjamin MICHEL · Liège, BE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 12, 1981
• Grant date: Jan 17, 1984
• Expiry date: Aug 12, 2001

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A63F3/00088
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A trucking simulation game in which the players load their trucks and move over a playing path buying and selling goods at marked spaces along the path; chance cards determine the amount and price of the goods bought when a player's truck lands on a buy space and another set of cards determining amount and price of goods sold when a player lands on a sell space. The playing path is made up of spaces having differing instructions. Also included is a simulated weigh station, courthouse and vacation spaces. The winner is the player with the most money at the end of the path.