A system and method for playing a game directed towards fostering novel concepts and products. Players take predetermined concepts and combine the concepts to evoke an idea that will be used for a pitch. The pitch is then discussed and the players determine which pitches seem promising and valid.

A bankruptcy board game, including a game board, including a plurality of spaces disposed on a perimeter of the game board, and a plurality of card retaining areas to receive cards thereupon, a spinner unit removably disposed on at least a portion of the game board to control a course of action of at least one player during a game, and a plurality of figurines to move around the plurality of spaces and represent a position of the at least one player on the game board.

Politicsophy is a clever and comical board-game of politics that questions the ideologies of both left and right side of politics in the US with a satirical and historical lens. Blue or left, red or right, both are ideological and comical. The game is strongly satirical, but the historical perspective gives it balance. Notwithstanding, the White house challenges give players the opportunity to campaign for the presidency and make decisions like real events. How much does anyone know about congress and the judiciary system is often evident in the answers provided. Consequently, players will get a history lesson while at the same time ascribe to a friendly competition showing no one wants to lose no matter their ideological differences.

A system and method for playing a game directed towards fostering novel concepts and products. Players take predetermined concepts and combine the concepts to evoke an idea that will be used for a pitch. The pitch is then discussed and the players determine which pitches seem promising and valid.

An educational game that allows players to navigate a board and invest in (purchase) spaces that emphasize Sustainable Development Goals to players. Additional actions by the player are dictated by Risk Taking or Global Commons cards after landing on the corresponding space. The game may be played primarily in two game modes: socialist and capitalist. Each mode dictates different ways by which the board is navigated, how proceeds are taxed for each player, how players are treated when they cannot meet financial obligations, and how to determine which player has won the game. While winning is still one goal of the game, the main takeaways from playing the game are rooted in reflection on equitable global sustainable development, the SDGs and how meeting these goals is affected by a socialist or capitalist worldview of global governance and citizens as stakeholders.

A bankruptcy board game, including a game board, including a plurality of spaces disposed on a perimeter of the game board, and a plurality of card retaining areas to receive cards thereupon, a spinner unit removably disposed on at least a portion of the game board to control a course of action of at least one player during a game, and a plurality of figurines to move around the plurality of spaces and represent a position of the at least one player on the game board.

This board game simulates the presidential nomination process and further requires the players of the game to demonstrate their knowledge of American's immigration issues, social issues, economy, foreign policy, healthcare, domestic policy, environmental, criminal issues, science, national security, education, and the electoral system. The game includes a game board having a serpentine or S-shaped track with a bilateral course, player pieces representing people candidates, trivia and scandal cards, answer key with playing instructions, and dice. All players begin at the debate stage. Each player will draw a card and answer the question presented. A correct answer moves the player forward toward the White House (on left side of the track). However, if the player answers wrong, they will move forward toward Informercial Land (on the right side of the track). The first player to reach the White House space is the nominated candidate for President of the United States.

Games of the present technology are strategic districting games in which one or more players are presented with a region divided into sectors, where each sector has a given set of elements, and players are tasked with combining the sectors to create a plurality of districts that achieve an objective.

In this board game, players take turns being the Chief and rating their level of agreement with prompts such as: For $1000, I would be willing to wear the same underwear for a week without washing it. The opinions are guessed using a scale from 1 (Frostbite!Completely Disagree) to 10 (All Ablaze!Completely Agree). Before the Chief reveals his/her rating, all of the other players guess the Chief's response using secret voting tokens, and all the votes are revealed simultaneously. At the end of the round, the closest matches score victory points. With over 700 cards already written, the prompts cover an enormous range of topics from intimate to hilarious, from every-day to fantastical, from family-oriented to party-friendly. Since the point system requires collecting points of all colors in order to win, you cannot win simply by knowing one other player extremely well. In fact, based on your point balance, you may discover which of your friends you ought to get to know better! This game promises to bring family and friends closer together by sparking meaningful, fun, and intellectual conversations that will continue even after the game itself is over.

The present invention entails an election game, a game board apparatus and a method of playing an election game simulating the democratic election process of the US President. The game board apparatus comprises a game board, multiple playing cards of various values, multiple colored playing pieces (or tokens) for each team/player, a Declared State playing piece (or token) to designate the Declared State, and one or more multi-colored die (or dice). Teams compete to win the Declared State for each round of play, and the game is won by the team that receives (accumulates) at least 270 Electoral College Votes (by winning sufficient states to accumulate 270 Electoral College Votes, for a game based on the US presidential election).