Space game having multipart counters and multipart playing pieces

Claim 1

A GAME COMPRISING A GAME BOARD HAVING INDICIA THEREON SIMULATING A CROSS SECTION OF SPACE EXTENDING OUT FROM THE EARTH, INDICATING A STARTING PLACE FOR EACH PLAYER ON THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH AND INDICATING A DIVISION BETWEEN TWO PARTS OF SPACE, ONE ADJACENT TO THE EARTH AND THE OTHER REMOTE, SAID BOARD ALSO HAVING THEREON A SERIES OF SACED APART LINES SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE SAID SURFACE OF THE EARTH FOR INDICATING STEPS OF MOVEMENT, ONE BEING LOCATED SUBSTANTIALLY AT SAID DIVISION AND OTHERS BEING LOCATED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID DIVISION, THE ONE MOST REMOTE FROM THE STARTING PLACE BEING THE WINNING LINE, A SELECTOR DEVICE OPERABLE IN TURN BY EACH PLAYER TO GIVE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE INDICATIONS ACCORDING TO CHANCE, AND A SET OF PLAYING PIECES FOR EACH PLAYER INCLUDING A MULTIPART COUNTER MOVABLE ON SAID BOARD FROM ONE OF SAID STARTING PLACES TO SAID WINNING LINE PROVIDING MEANS FOR INDICATING CUMULATIVELY THE NUMBER OF NEGATIVE LIMITATIONS ACCRUING TO EACH PLAYER UP TO A PREDETERMINED MAXIMUM, ONE PART OF THE SAID COUNTER BEING SEPARATED FROM THE REMAINDER FOR EACH SUCH NEGATIVE INDICATION, AND MEANS COMPRISING MULTIPART PLAYING PIECES FOR INDICATING THE NUMBER OF TIMES EACH PLAYER''S COUNTER HAS ACHIEVED THE SAID LINE LOCATED SUBSTANTIALLY AT THE DIVISION, ONE PART OF SAID LAST NAMED PLAYING PIECE BEING PLACED ON THE BOARD EACH TIME SAID LAST NAMED LINE IS ACHIEVED.