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Solar system travel game

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-03-07
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Granted: 1965-12-14
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Expires: 1983-03-07
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Richard L Turner

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 10:26
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/00003; A63F3/00088; A63F3/00091; A63F3/00006

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 246 words
A SOLAR SYSTEM TRAVEL GAME COMPRISING: (A) A GAME BOARD HAVING INDICIA THEREON SYMBOLIC OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM INCLUDING PLANETS IN INDIVIDUAL CONCENTRIC ORBITS ABOUT THE SUN, TRANSFER ORBITS INTERCONNECTING ADJACENT PLANETARY ORBITS, TRAVEL ROUTES DELINEATED ON SAID PLANETARY AND SAID TRANSFER ORBITS, SAID TRAVEL ROUTES INCLUDING STOPPING STATIONS DISPOSED AT INTERVALS THEREON, INCLUDING A DISTINCTIVELY IDENTIFIED PLANET STATION ON EACH PLANETARY ORBIT REPRESENTING A STOP ON THE PLANET OF SUCH ORBIT, SAID GAME BOARD FURTHER INCLUDING INDICIA ADJACENT EACH PLANET STATION INDICATING THE PURCHASE PRICE OF CARGO AND FUEL AT SUCH PLANET; (B) A PLURALITY OF DIFFERENTLY IDENTIFIED POSITION MARKERS, EACH TO BE MANUALLY MOVED BY A PLAYER ALONG SAID ROUTES; (C) A LIKE MEMBER OF SIMILARLY IDENTIFIED TOKEN HOLDERS TO BE DISPOSED IN FRONT OF THE PLAYERS, AND CONSTRUCTED TO HOLD ONLY A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF TOKENS; (D) A GROUP OF FUEL TOKENS TO BE HELD ON THE TOKEN HOLDERS, TO BE EXPENDED BY A PLAYER WHEN HE MOVES HIS POSITION MARKET FROM A PLANET POSITION AND FROM A PLANETARY ORBIT TO A TRANSFER ORBIT; (E) A GROUP OF CARGO TAKENS IDENTICAL IN PHYSICAL SIZE AND SHAPE TO SAID FUEL TOKENS, AND COMPRISING TOKEN HOLDERS WITH SAID FUEL TOKENS, AND COMPRISING TOKENS REPRESENTING CARGO FROM EACH OF THE PLANETS; (F) CHANCE MEANS FOR DETERMINING THE NUMBER OF STOPPING STATIONS TO BE TRAVERSED BY A PLAYER''S POSITION MARKER DURING SUCH PLAYER''S TURN; AND (G) CREDIT PAPER TO BE USED FOR PURCHASING FUEL AND CARGO TOKENS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 246 words
A SOLAR SYSTEM TRAVEL GAME COMPRISING: (A) A GAME BOARD HAVING INDICIA THEREON SYMBOLIC OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM INCLUDING PLANETS IN INDIVIDUAL CONCENTRIC ORBITS ABOUT THE SUN, TRANSFER ORBITS INTERCONNECTING ADJACENT PLANETARY ORBITS, TRAVEL ROUTES DELINEATED ON SAID PLANETARY AND SAID TRANSFER ORBITS, SAID TRAVEL ROUTES INCLUDING STOPPING STATIONS DISPOSED AT INTERVALS THEREON, INCLUDING A DISTINCTIVELY IDENTIFIED PLANET STATION ON EACH PLANETARY ORBIT REPRESENTING A STOP ON THE PLANET OF SUCH ORBIT, SAID GAME BOARD FURTHER INCLUDING INDICIA ADJACENT EACH PLANET STATION INDICATING THE PURCHASE PRICE OF CARGO AND FUEL AT SUCH PLANET; (B) A PLURALITY OF DIFFERENTLY IDENTIFIED POSITION MARKERS, EACH TO BE MANUALLY MOVED BY A PLAYER ALONG SAID ROUTES; (C) A LIKE MEMBER OF SIMILARLY IDENTIFIED TOKEN HOLDERS TO BE DISPOSED IN FRONT OF THE PLAYERS, AND CONSTRUCTED TO HOLD ONLY A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF TOKENS; (D) A GROUP OF FUEL TOKENS TO BE HELD ON THE TOKEN HOLDERS, TO BE EXPENDED BY A PLAYER WHEN HE MOVES HIS POSITION MARKET FROM A PLANET POSITION AND FROM A PLANETARY ORBIT TO A TRANSFER ORBIT; (E) A GROUP OF CARGO TAKENS IDENTICAL IN PHYSICAL SIZE AND SHAPE TO SAID FUEL TOKENS, AND COMPRISING TOKEN HOLDERS WITH SAID FUEL TOKENS, AND COMPRISING TOKENS REPRESENTING CARGO FROM EACH OF THE PLANETS; (F) CHANCE MEANS FOR DETERMINING THE NUMBER OF STOPPING STATIONS TO BE TRAVERSED BY A PLAYER''S POSITION MARKER DURING SUCH PLAYER''S TURN; AND (G) CREDIT PAPER TO BE USED FOR PURCHASING FUEL AND CARGO TOKENS.

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