CA2090133A1 - Mystery world - Google Patents

Abstract

11 "PRECISE" In a conventional board game, little importance is attached to the educational angle of the material made available to people. In the present invention, learning constitutes the very basis of the game, by means of cards making it possible to discover the strangest aspects of nature and to find fun solutions to the ecological problems of the Earth. A board serving as a frame for movement tokens allows players to test their presence of mind and develop their knowledge, while entertaining themselves in a completely original way. The game contains no less than 3,000 cards relating to natural sciences and ecology. The game is distinguished from all the others by the unusual side of the information that we discover there.

Description

~ '3L ~ 3 "DESCRIPTIVE MEMORY" page 1 Ia present ¢ inventi-n Be rapp-rte to a game of ~ society, having for the open-air theme of the world, for the knowledge of the aspects the plus ~ strange ~ e nature.
Most games currently ~ isp ~ nible ~ ur c-mp market ~ rtent ~ element ~ of vi ~ lence and have a slightly edifying c-ntenu.
To remedy this fact I designed a learning game cn ~ titue the b ~ itself of the ~ musement.
The games ~ with a questionnary ~ cut as a frame become quickly obsolete, very few adapt to cultural uxchang The game qUestiOns pr-ps ~ here nt nn only an educated value cative and a c ~ ractèro ins-lite, they also represent ~ a s-urce inf-rmations ca ~ itales ~ ~ Dnt the p-rtée will not diminish ~ but ~ with lo te ~ s `; ~
The game is c- ~ p-sé ~ 'a board with sixty boxes, on which ~ v-luont five jet-ns ~ e ~ épl ~ cements Vi ~ i the predecessor and lc8 regulations of this game entitled A WORLD ~ OF MYST ~ RES "
The ~ uours p- ~ ent their ~ and-n on the box "~ p ~ rt"
IN THE FIRST ROUND
Those who get a ~ 8iX "by launching a d ~ cenventi-nnel p-urr-nt ~ -uer ~ u ~ thirtieth ur. ~ es ~ other ~ evr ~ nt rep-n ~ re a a natural science question ~ a good answer will allow them from ~ ouer to the second t-ur, but in the event of a bad ~ e rep-nse, they ~ v ~ ncer-nt only when ~ ur-nt btenu ~ ix i q 1 V
"MEMORY DESCRIBED" p ~ 2 ~ U SECOND TOUR
Those who can j-uer immediately ~ get ahead of their ~ and-n aut ~ nt ~ e boxes gu'il there ~ e p-ints on the surface ~ u ~ it ~ ~ ettent ~
~ = i in the fifth box ~ = in the next box, etc ¦ THE GAME MODALS VARt SEION IA CUIIEUR DE LA CASE SUR IAQUELLE
¦ T ~ TOKEN ARRIVES
¦ YELLOW boxes ~ There are ~ sept. LQ premierc represents ~ leaves, the others s-nt ! dc5 research centers that can serve as breakage, and the latest brand the arrival The day which reaches a yellow box ~ it rep-n ~ re to a natural science questions that require a detailed re-pen ~ If it ~ he succeeds, he wins tr-is p-ints He bt ~ ent also a "card ¦ white ", which will prevent him from making a ret-ur in ~ back to the heart Jeu ~ u game L ~ 8 ca ~ es VERTES
~ There are ~ five Ellcs c-rresp-n ~ ent to c-ntinent ~ terre ~ tres ¦ When a gamer reaches one of these ca6es, he / she answers a question of natural sciences of the category "vr ~ iu faux" A good r ~ p-nses will earn him two p-ints, and if he manages to ~ -nner ~ read det ~ il, en ra ~ -rt ~ vec the subject, it deserves ~ te trcis p-ints The c ~ ses ~ IEUES
There are ~ twenty ~ they represent a natural environment of the planet The ~ j-ueur which ~ reaches a bluish ca ~ e is c-nsid ~ r ~ c-even a pr-guardian and a benevolent bserver He g ~ gne 1mmédiute = ent ~ e ~ xp ~ lnt ~

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Ie6 RED boxes There are nine They represent a natural or near-natural danger by human beings. The player who stops there will not be able to pr-ch ~ in bflur. When all the other participants have played, it ~ evra r ~ p ~ ndre à un s ~ ndage ec-logic t plUSieUrB s-luti-n ~ s-nt ex-~ -s ~ es ~ and the ~ -ueur ch-isitcelle which c-nvie him the most ~ the back, the choices s-nt ~ valued and lo j-ueur btient the n-mbr ¢ of p ~ int ~ corres-i ~ undulating ~ the ~ elutian he favors If he ch-isitla s-luti-n without p-int, it per ~ ~ e n-uveau a t-ur and v-it remove a p-int ~ e8 ORANGE boxes 'There is ~ ix. They represent different classes of beings I live on Earth the player who reaches a range box 1 d-it answer a question of sciencff ~ n ~ turelles c-mp-rtant un ¦ ch-ix ~ er ~ p-nses The player who manages to answer without receiving ¦ to the ch-ix gain tr-i ~ p ~ ints, whoever uses the indices ~ had in , win two. D-nner a bad ~ i8c repsnse never prevents a partici-i pant ~ e ~ ouer au pr-chain t-ur, it simply doesn ~ t get ~ uGun p-int I ~ 8 c ~ ses ROU OES WITH A CRO ~ X
There are seven of these dangers that don't plug anything natural Ie ~ -u ~ ur which stops there d-it back to the ~ bri or center ~ e research closest (yellow box ~, ~ auf if it p-ssède uno "carte-bl ~ nche" It ~ -it ~ l-rs c-mprendre that sn country is in danger and that it needs intervene. You have to imagine that he has a p ~ uvo ~ r ~ -litique ' Ios participantB a ~ issent al-rs c-mme ~ es electeurs ~ The elected representative ~ unecarte L ~

"DESCRIPTIVE MEMORY" page 4 red ~ rn ~ e of a m-tif of Cr ~ ix He must call on sn ingenuity to s ~ luti-nner a dilemnc d'-rdre ~ -cial u ee-l-gique Le8 "elccteurs" ~ value together the s-luti-n pr- ~ -sée, ~ n holding c-mpte ~ e the trick, the likelihood u the absurdity of his r ~ think A scluti-n lmpss6iblc to achieve will allow him to play again, but give him no p-int A selutian in ~ isageable is worth a p-int, and a soluti ~ n jud ~ e clever cu criginale d-nne ~ them painted L ~ FINULE
When a player approaches the finish line, s ~ n ~ and-n can only ~ pass the final ca8e lr ~ he btient on sn die the figure c-rre ~ pendant to the number of ca ~ es which the ~ adorns the back ~ this The first day at 8 'yr ~ ndre wins very anointed ~
the ~ ec ~ nd ~ them ~ the three ~ èmc one, and the8 others none.
The giant is the one who has accumulated the largest number of painted, pa8 n ~ cecessarily the first to arrive We award him the "CER ~ IFIC ~ T PROT ~ CTEUR AI NATURE"
THE ~ UT OF THE GAME is to pr-mu ~ -ir a more "~ key ~ attitude", and ~ 'increase the c-nnaissance d ~ ueurs in ~ ciences-natural The game aims to de ~ el ~ pper imaginati-n and ~ -nfiance ~ '~ musement serves as a starting point for a change pcrs-nnel, it is an 8timulant ~ our t-ute per ~ -nne ~ eager ~ e get involved s-cially, who may not ~ have to go about it. This game d ~ m-ntre that the ~ lai ~ ir p ~ ut c-nststitute the very basis of learning vll "DESCRIPTIVE MEMORY" page ~

The game c ~ mp-rte 2,000 questions of ~ natural-science is ra ~ p ~ rtant to astr-n-mie, biology, botany and x ~ gie, according to their ~ most popular aspects The ~ game is also ~ 500 sheets of "p-uv-ir" exposing a dilem ~ e s-cial, and 500 that ~ ticns ~ e relating to ec-l-gie "A WORLD OF MYST ~ RES" inn-ve by making ~ discover the ~ faculties excepti-nnels of ~ animaùx and 1 ¢ 8 angles m ~ known ~ e la vie Tcr ~
restricted This game is for children and for adults.
y ~ -ue with family, in ~ teams, only one or two. Iks quiz-ns y s-nt classified ~ es by rdre of difflculté easy ~ int ~ rm ~ iaires u difficult, selen the age of the person and the challenge they wish to raise You can use it completely, following the route of the board and the questionnaire In the schools, the teachers could use read the game only SOU8 f-rme ~ e questi ~ nnaire This would allow of c-mpl ~ ter of rig-n riginal sc ~ ences-natural courses.
All qucsti-n ~ nt have been verified by working naturalists-lant ~ -ur a rganism ~ envir-nmental and some ~ pr-fe ~ seurs A
complete list ~ e ~ reference works used will appear with 1eB
rules and procedure "A WORLD OF MYSTERIES"
He currently eXiBto a model of the game In March 1994, a loan An English version will also be available.
THE DESIGN of this game does not require a very expensive investment To realize it, you just have to cenfecti0nner a board of card-n plasticized, having a dimension of 60 cm in length and 30 cm in height LQ planchette is divided into 60 boxes, 4.5 cm long by 5.5 cm high.
A die and five ~ and-ns of d ~ placement, with the effigy of anim ~ ux repr ~ -of the five c-ntinent8, c-mplete the basic structure.

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n DESCRIPTIVE MEMORY "page 6 The natural science questionnaire is made up of 2,000 green core cards ~ s, ~ alders u rows The treating cards of ec ~ lcgie, to nsmbre of 500, ~ have of c-uau rauges Ie8 500 files "de p-uveir" ~ cnt ~ also u ~ uges, but they have a pattern of stylized crosses. The natural science files are aggregated ~ ins representing the plant, the star u the animal related with each question, to enlighten the players who ignore by ~ is what it 8 'agitl by v-yant an image representing a car ~
cashew, for example ~ ple, they can form a ~ precise idea before ~ e r ~ p-ndre to question I ~ game c-mpte also ten white cards and a certi ~ icat A m-dèla of all these cards and the clipboard itself scnt reproduced on page XV1, XV11, XV111, XlX, XX and XX1 "A WORLD OF MYST ~ RES" ~ was present to a relatively small audience n-mbreux, 8 ~ it has about thirty people T-us those who have it tested ~ ent ~ t ~ surprised by the originality of ~ nformati-ns Most wanted to get a copy of the game, but couldn't do it, since it is a prot ~ type not manufactured With each dice c-up, players get points, learn to dec-uvrir nature, 0u work their imaginati-n in order to ré ~ eudre a serious problem ~ es questioni-ns appealing to the imaginati-n ent no limit, since they elicit a very different response according to the people, the atmosphere of the moment and the solutions envisaged before. You have to read more than three hundred f ~ i6 and have a m ~ m-ire imprcs ~ i-nnante before exhausting the three ~ thousand questions of the game In the event of obtaining a patent and marketing ~ 39 ~ 13 ~

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"DESCRIPTIVE MEMORY" page 7 FROM A WORLD OF MYSTERY, it would be possible to edit new questions after a few ~ years This game is new, informative, mysterious and always distracting The educational applications that ~ n can shoot feels almost limitless It is ~ statistically impossible to find a ~ sablable ~ on the market The structure of the board, the ~ rules and the course of the game cannot have were imagined identically by another person Likewise, it is unlikely that an inventor wrote two thousand questiens of identical natural sciences, including explanations similar, as well as 50Q ecological cards containing both ~ ondage ¢ t of the scenario, and ~ OO sheets investing the player ~ of p-uv-irs imaginary t-ut very special YOUR GAMES AROUND THE INVENTION
I will not dwell on the description of the ~ eu "Docte-Rat" u ~ Super Quizz ", which c-mp-rt questions related to the field dc culture, from arts to medicine, much more than science-The emphasis is not placed on the strange aspects of nature, cu l 'col0gle, become ~ i important of ns j-urs TREEVI ~
There is a ~ eu-devincttes, c-mosé uniquomerlt of cards. The ~
~ -u ~ urs po ~ ent mutually one of the three questions listed on the cards The questions being ~ valued in terms of difficulty, one of them earns ~ near av-ir accumulated a greater number of p-ints.
The scope of this game and the pleasure that we derive are limited, then- -that there is no variant and that the de ~ inettes do not concern .

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"DESCRIBED MkMUIRE" page 8 that the field of science f-restiere TR ~ EVIA is published by F ~ rêts Canada, Ressourc ¢ s and Energie, as part of a project sponsored by the Canada-New Brunswick Agreement, cn-surrounding f-restier renewal There is an "ecological" game called THE GREEN HOUSE GAME
This game is equipped with a board where participants learn to modify their usual actions, in order to adapt them to a m ~ of more ecological life The game is produced by Bàtes Printing Limited, Oakville Ontari-, Canada I6L 5M9, and ~ -ssede few p-ints c-mmuns with A WORLD OF MYST ~ RES described in this mem-ire There is also "GARBAGE, THE GAME", produced by Tamwcrth, Ontari-, Canada KOK 3GO, in 1987 This game simply expcse bends and rather disgusting environmental problems, serving as an itinerary drawn on a sheet. It's about path of what the cn-ns-mmc to the dump The game called "THE GREEN GAME", produced by Octogo game LTD, turns out to be very useful This game is based on a question divided into six categories distributed like 8Uit ~ air, water, earth, plants, human activities, and pt luck many files show interesting questions, but the busy presentation and tctal absence of explanations minimize the educational side and the astonishment which the information could arouse, 8i 1 the player was given time to think about 8 ¢ C he comes learn before continuing the game.

ba ~ e au jeu has nothing c-mmun with cellc of A WORLD OF MYST ~ RE

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n DESCXIPTIVE MEMORY "page 9 This game does not include pa6 "p ~ uv ~ ir" cards or sHndage ~ cel ~ gique The questi-nna ~ re is also not focused on the ~ ec ~ open strangeness of nature and d ~ 3 faculties insoup-çnnables des animaux ~ I could only examine one ~ versi-n year-clay from GREEN GAME, which may not be pa ~ yet diæp ~ nible in French Jc could not find the address c ~ m ~ lète d ~ la maison ~ e producticn of this game ~ e game pr-p-sé here has been ~ cxp-sé to the public only ~ once, December 12, 1992, at the Théatre de la Ville de L ~ ngueuil, at the heart of an exp-siti-n which only attracted a few visitors ~ i No other lies or disclosures regarding the rules.
ment, the nature of the cards and the ~ ncept of the clipboard n'-nt ~ t ~ do In these times m0uvement ~ s where the ~ cl-gie becomes a priority, people don't have discourse in years, and do not accept you ~ -urs to comply with constraints including n ~ cés ~ ité est pas ~ videntel selective collection, called into question of their lifestyle, disappearance of ~ gadgets ~ become essential to their qu-t ~ ien, etc It is therefore necessary to make them ~ make ~ -nscience of the imp-rtance of the ecolcgie, by the discovery of fragile splendours of nature The pleasure they derive from a toy such as A WORLD OF MYSTERIES
will have a beneficial impact on their thinking and a healthier influence that a l-ng disc-urs u a l ~
It’s by believing in the future and thinking of irreplaceable beauty from the planet that I designed A MOMD2 FROM MYST ~ RES

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The board game "A WORLD OF MYST ~ RES" was entirely C-nCu by ~ Mary ~ e IEW ~ S
domiciled at ~ 261 ~ ILLON 0 ST-BASIIE-LE-GRAND
QUEBEC J3N lS5 born on 15/06/1962, in Montr ~ al P
T ~ L ~ (514)653-7322 In virtue of the Paris Convention, I ask for priority ~
c-nventi-nnelle, in order to pcuv-ir to ~ po3er a possible patent in he following countries ~ Canada the ~ united states France Belgium Switzerland England Please give me more information on this subject, concerning the prices and prfCedures ~ fficiel rcqulses for a request for international patent Likewise, ~ 'would like the present invention to be the subject ~' a ~ study b ~ n ~ hereant of a r ~ snnance Qp ~ ciale, ccmpte held by nature su ~ ets approached by "A WORLD OF MYST ~ RES" This is not here an improvement made ~ e to an already known inventi ~ n, but a new concept, the importance of which at educational level is not to neglect May you have seen ~ accept my request Thank you 3 ~

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Relative to the drawings which illustrate the invention, -lcs ~ igures 1 and ~ represent the game board, SOU6 a reduced ~ ch ~, without color or pattern, Figure 3 shows an example of ~ questi-naire iche of natural sciences ~, that is to say astr-n-mie, le8 figure ~ 4 and 5 represent a science sheet-naturall figure 4 illustrating the front and figure 5 the ~ ers- of the f ~ che, FIG. 6 represents a double-sided sheet relating to the insects, Figures 7 and 8 represent a natural science sheet concerning mammals, FIG. 7 corresponding to the front and Figure 8 on the back of the sheet, Figures 9 and 10 each show a model card constituting an ecological s ~ ndage, Figure 11 represents ~ n excmple of card "of power"
vested with political responsibility, Figure 12 shows ~ a BIANCHE CARD model allowing; ~
to the player to continue the route, even when it is token on a red box with a cr-ix, `
Figure 13 shows a model of CERTIFICATE ~ cern ~ at winner. "

. ~. The real cards of the game include ~ utes a rect-and a ~ ers-, including detailed explanations ~, relati ~ es ~ u p-intage, n ~ n repr- ~ uites here ~ fault of hope. ~ -

Claims (3)

1 A board game with the theme of natural sciences, including a board divided into sixty boxes, including VNGT represent a natural environment of the planet;
CNQ represent the continents of the world;
DX have as models the various living species which populate them;
DX-HUT correspond to a natural danger or caused by Human being;
SEVEN represent shelters or research centers.
This board is accompanied by five movement tokens having the effigy of an animal. 2 A board game, as defined in claim 1, including DX conduits allowing participants to continue the game, 2,000 question and answer cards having relating to natural science, 500 cards delegating to players the power to solve a social or environmental problem-mentally, and 500 files written in the form of a fun survey, related to ecology.

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"THE CLAIMS" (continued) 3 A board game, as defined in claim 1, or claim 2, bearing the title of "A WORLD OF MYST? RES", including 4 pages of very specific regulations, as well as a presentation box illustrated with a photograph representing the game, bearing the title mentioned above, the description of the content, as well as the following definition:
"A world of mysteries, the game where one sets out to rediscover of the world, by knowing the most unusual aspects of nature ... The game where you have fun finding a solution environmental issues. "