Journey Game

Age 9, Small Groups

45 minutes, indoors or outdoors

Form small groups (5 to 7 players for each game board).
Duplicate masters according to the number of game sets needed.
Note: Duplicate journey masters on overhead transparencies.
Duplicate two sheets of money for each player ($230).
Cut out coins and dollars.
Duplicate game directions and navigation sheet for each team.
Assemble journey transparencies.
Cover poster with clear self-adhesive contact paper (optional).
Place assembled journey transparencies over the poster and tape to poster, if desired.

Designate an individual to be the captain of the boat. The captain reads the navigation statements, distributes the dollars and maintains the bank.
Give each individual or mate one coin and $230 in golden seas dollars.
Each player rolls the die. The highest roll begins the game.
Read the game directions. The game should proceed in a clockwise direction.
When the first mate completes the California's Golden Seas Journey by landing on the finish marker (#56 California's Golden Seas Port), the game stops.
To determine the winner, each mate counts his/her California Golden Seas dollars and adds the number that his/her vessel is on to the dollar amount.
For example, if a mate has $50 and is on number 21, that mate's score is 71.
The mate with the highest score wins.