Starship Chess
OwnerJoseph Codi, Brian Codiinventors
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Abstract
A chess-like board game with a commercial name of Starship Chess provides a one-on-one or multiplayer (up to six player) tactical space combat game, like the game of chess between two versatile playing pieces or two teams of versatile playing pieces. The game is played by two-to-six players and each player has a fully maneuverable starship, complete with manageable resources, engines, weapons, and shields. Each player must navigate his starship in order to gain an advantage over the player's opponent with respect to direction and position. A starship can engage, withdraw, replenish, and reposition to plan out attacks. Players must learn to think ahead, predict opposing player's tactics, and outwit the opponent to win.
Claims16
A chess-like board game comprising:
- a plurality of game pieces further comprising:
- a game board further comprising a defined chessboard area of sixty four squares;
- a console score board;
- two identifiable decks of playing cards;
- two identifiable playing pieces to represent starships;
- at least one dice further comprising six-sides;
- at least one, but no more than two coins.
The chess-like board game of claim 11, wherein the set of three each of the following playing cards:
- forward 1, forward 2, forward 3, forward 4, stop, reverse 1, turn left, turn right, engineering correspond to navigation cards of the chess-like board game.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.