Lorenz Yatco is an entrepreneurial coach. He has lived the life of an entrepreneur, and lived others’ lives as well vicariously, over the past twenty or so years.

Now he’s made a board game out of it. You can read all about it in the upcoming May-June issue of SME Insight.

The board game is called The Entrepreneur. And what makes it interesting is that Lorenz has managed to integrate little details about the typical entrepreneur’s life into the game. Which is important because, as Lorenz explains, it’s not a competitive game but rather an experiential exercise. In other words, the objective of the game is not really to “win,” but to give the players a vicarious feel of what the average entrepreneur goes through.

For instance, Lorenz notes that the life of the average entrepreneur revolves around setting meetings with clients and suppliers and partners in malls and coffee shops. So the board game reflects that little detail by making the players do their errands in these areas.

There’s also the bank, which becomes a regular hangout for entrepreneurs as they struggle to manage their cash flows. And also the little detail about how mobile phones become indispensable tools for the roving entrep.

These, plus other little details, pop up in the board game.

I guess what strikes me about The Entrepreneur is that it isn’t your traditional competitive arena, which reflects Lorenz’s belief that competition should come only after one has mastered the basics. So the game becomes educational not because of the strategy factor, but rather because of the experience factor. So it can be quite useful for high school students who want to get a taste of the entrep lifestyle.

You can read more about the game, and how the entrepreneur’s life is reflected out of it, in our upcoming May-June issue of SME Insight, to hit the stands soon!