US 11,705,017 B2
Supply chain management instructional board game
Ziping Wang, Baltimore, MD (US)
Assigned to Morgan Sate University, Baltimore, MD (US)
Filed by Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD (US)
Filed on Jun. 6, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/1,090.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/515,865, filed on Jun. 6, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2018/0350263 A1, Dec. 6, 2018
Int. Cl. G09B 19/18 (2006.01); A63F 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC G09B 19/18 (2013.01) [A63F 3/00063 (2013.01); A63F 2003/00066 (2013.01); A63F 2250/133 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An educational supply chain management board game, comprising:
a game board comprising a plurality of panels, each said panel including indicia designating a distinct phase of a supply chain, and each said panel including at least one set of a fixed number of a plurality of player spots, wherein a first one of said player spots in each set of player spots on each said panel is provided in a first color that may be associated with a first player, and a second one of said player spots in each set of player spots on each said panel is provided in a second color that may be associated with a second player, wherein said second color is distinct from said first color, and wherein each said set of player spots on each said panel is identical to each other set of player spots on said game board, and wherein each said set of player spots on each said panel surrounds a distinct supply chain segment indicia, all of which distinct supply chain segment indicia thematically relate to a different phase of a supply chain;
a plurality of first game piece components, each said first game piece component having a flat base, said plurality of first game piece components being provided in said fixed number of color-coded sets matching said distinct colors of said plurality of player spots, and wherein a first one of said first game piece components is provided in said first color, and a second one of said first game piece components is provided in said second color;
a plurality of second game piece components of a different shape from said first game piece components and equal in number and color to said plurality of first game piece components, each said second game piece component having a flat top side and a flat bottom side, wherein said flat top side of each said second game piece component is sized to receive a flat base of one of said first game piece components thereon, and wherein a first one of said second game piece components is provided in said first color, and a second one of said second game piece components is provided in said second color;
wherein each said first game piece component and each said second game piece component are configured for temporary attachment to one another to enable moving as a single unit by manipulating only one of either said first game piece component or said second game piece component; and
at least one random number generator.