Board game and method of playing

Abstract

The instant invention is a board game that anticipates the career path possibilities of a rock star, singer or musician. Players move instrument shaped pieces across a board while garnering managers, contracts, and gigs. Players can sign with recording studios, take tours cross country or even around the world, and eventually make it to Hollywood. Pitfalls are available, too, like lawsuits and illness.

1 . A board game emulating career choices in the music industry, said game comprising:
 a game board imprinted with indicia appropriate to the music industry;   token pieces representing the players;   tokens representing money;   a pair of dice;   informational cards, each such card imprinted with information relating to the music industry on one face thereof, with a blank or patterned nonindicating surface on the opposite face; and,   a set of tokens in the shape of records.   
   
   
       2 . The board game of  claim 1 , said method further comprising of a plurality of levels;
 wherein the upper levels are only accessed by a player when he successfully negotiates the challenge presented by the lower levels.   
   
   
       3 . The board game of  claim 1 , wherein said informational cards include information of events likely to occur during a music band touring the United States. 
   
   
       4 . The board game of  claim 1 , wherein said informational cards include information of events likely to occur during a music band touring the world 
   
   
       5 . The board game of  claim 1 , wherein said informational cards include information of events likely to occur if a music band or one of its members defends a lawsuit. 
   
   
       6 . The method of playing a board game in accordance with  claim 1  wherein the board consists of a plurality of levels, corresponding to difference aspects of a career in music. 
   
   
       7 . A method of playing the board game of  claim 1 , said method comprising:
 each player selects a playing token, and places it on the board;   in turn, each player rolls the dice and moves his token the corresponding number of spaces on the board, in a clockwise direction;   selects an informational card, if so directed by the instructions on the space on which his piece has landed; and,   following the directions printed on the informational card.   
   
   
       8 . The method of playing a board game in accordance with  claim 7  wherein the game is played with a chance means comprising a pair of six-sided dice with each side containing indicia of typical situations which occur during play of the game being simulated. 
   
   
       9 . The method of playing a board game in accordance with  claim 7  wherein the sets of questions are designed to teach the players about the rules, terminology, strategy, situations, and history of the music industry being simulated. 
   
   
       10 . The method of playing a board game in accordance with  claim 7  wherein the board consists of a plurality of levels, corresponding to difference aspects of a career in music.