Solar space games

Claim 1

GAME APPARATUS COMPRISING A PLAYING BOARD HAVING A REPRESENTATION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM THEREON, SAID REPRESENTATION COMPRISING THE SUN AT THE CENTER THEREOF AND THE SOLAR SYSTEM PLANETS REPRESENTED AS BEING IN ORBIT AROUND THE SUN, SAID ORBITS BEING SPACED RADIALLY OUTWARDLY ACCORDING TO THEIR POSITION IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM; A SPACE STATION FOR SPACE TRAVEL ON THE BOARD; SAID GAME APPARATUS INCLUDING A CHANCE DEVICE HAVING ASSOCIATED THEREWITH A PLURALITY OF DIFFERENT INDICIA, AND COMPRISING MEANS FOR SELECTING BY CHANCE ONE OF SAID INDICIA, SAID INDICIA REPRESENTING DIFFERENT VELOCITIES, SOME OF WHICH ARE ARBITRARILY DESIGNATED AS "ESCAPE" VELOCITIES ENABLING A PLAYER TO MOVE HIS GAME PIECE TO THE SPACE STATION; SAID GAME APPARATUS ALSO INCLUDING A MEMBER HAVING THEREON A SCHEDULE IN UNITS OF TIME FOR SPACE EXPLORATION SETTING OUT THE TIME REQUIRED TO TRAVEL FROM THE SPACE STATION TO THE VARIOUS PLANETS, EACH OF A FIRST GROUP OF SAID PLANETS HAVING TRAVEL TIMES COMPRISING A FIRST SET NUMBER OF DIGITS, AND EACH OF A SECOND GROUP OF SAID PLANETS HAVING TRAVEL TIMES COMPRISING A SECOND DIFFERING SET NUMBER OF DIGITS; SAID GAME APPARATUS FURTHER INCLUDING A FIRST SET OF DICE HAVING DIGITS THEREIN INCLUDING THOSE ON THE TIME SCHEDULE FOR SPACE EXPLORATION WHEREBY A PLAYER MAY LEAVE THE SPACE STATION FOR SPACE EXPLORATION TO SAID FIRST GROUP OF PLANETS, THE NUMBER OF DICE IN SAID SET BEING EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF DIGITS IN SAID FIRST SET OF DIGITS; AND A SECOND SET OF DICE HAVING DIGITS THEREON INCLUDING THOSE ON THE TIME SCHEDULE FOR SPACE EXPLORATION WHEREBY A PLAYER MAY LEAVE THE SPACE STATION FOR SPACE EXPLORATION TO SAID SECOND GROUP OF PLANETS, THE NUMBER OF DICE IN SAID SECOND SET BEING EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF DIGITS IN SAID SECOND SET OF DIGITS, SAID FIRST AND SECOND SETS OF DICE BEING DIFFERENTIATED FROM EACH OTHER FOR SELECTION AND USE IN TRAVEL TO EITHER THE FIRST GROUP OF PLANETS OR THE SECOND GROUP OF PLANETS.