US 4,385,765 A · Conquest game

Abstract

A solar system conquest game has a game board including a plurality of movement paths that form a first set of concentric circular orbits and a second set of orbits intersecting the circular orbits at pre-selected locations with these orbits defining movement paths for playing pieces corresponding to each player. The intersections define exchange points where pieces may change orbits. A set of cards determines additional pieces to be entered onto the board by a player, and dice determine the number of movement steps to be traversed by a player during his turn, and a second set of dice controls the outcome of a confrontation between playing pieces. The game board may further be divided into a number of sectors, and a set of instruction cards influence events in a particular sector for all players having pieces located therein. Base points may be located on selected orbits, and pairs of jump points may also be located on selected orbits and defined by exit points and entry points whereby a player may move directly from an exit point to an entry point. Playing pieces are of two types, a unit piece and a carrier piece having a larger value than the unit piece and configured to physically receive said unit pieces for transport therewith. Additional chance cards may be provided to influence game conditions.

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Dependent claims

A conquest game comprising:

a game board having a first set of concentric circular orbits inscribed about a common center, a second set of orbits inscribed about said center and intersecting said circular orbits at pre-selected locations, each of said orbits comprising a plurality of discreet movement steps, each of said pre-selected locations corresponding to a discreet movement step of each respective intersecting orbit, said game board having a plurality of lines which divide the game board into a plurality of sectors containing movement steps and having base locations corresponding to each player and associated with selected ones of said orbits;
a plurality of differently identified playing pieces corresponding to each player and adapted for movement along said orbits;
first chance means for determining the number of playing pieces to be entered onto the game board by a player;
second chance means for determining the number of movement steps to be traversed by a player's playing pieces during such player's turn;
and
attack means for determining removal of opposing forces of playing pieces from said game board corresponding to an attacking player and a defending player.

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A solar system conquest game, comprising:

a game board having nine concentric circular planetary orbits surrounding a circular center area representing the Sun, a set of interstellar orbits surrounding the Sun and intersecting the planetary orbits, each of said orbits being composed of movement steps, the intersection of said interstellar orbits with said planetary orbits occurring on selected ones of said movement steps, said game board divided into twelve sectors by lines radiating outwardly from the Sun to the edge of the game board and representing the twelve signs of the zodiac and having a base location on each planetary orbit, each said base location located in a different one of said sectors with a preselected number of said base locations being home bases corresponding to a respective player;
a plurality of first playing pieces corresponding to each player having a first value;
a plurality of second playing pieces corresponding to each player having a second value greater than said first value, said second playing pieces configured to receive a plurality of said first playing pieces for common movement therewith;
first chance means for determining the number of movement steps available to be traversed by the player's playing pieces;
second chance means for influencing one of the conditions affecting a player's ability for movement and the conditions within one of said sectors;
third chance means for awarding additional playing pieces to a player;
and
attack means for determining removal of playing pieces corresponding to an attacking player and a defending player.

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