Space game with piece and distance determining chance means

Claim 2

A space game comprising a game board having indicia thereon representing a playing area with regularly disposed playing positions spaced apart in rows longitudinally and transversely of the playing area, a plurality of visually different groups of playing pieces, each group including a plurality of different pieces of like physical dimensions and having means for visually distinguishing pieces of each group from others in the group, means for anchoring the playing pieces to the board at the respective playing positions, and a plurality of chance devices one of which has means for indicating the respective visual distinguishing means of the pieces to be moved and the other having means for indicating the extent of movement of the respective pieces to be moved.

Claim 3

A space game according to claim 1, wherein the respective pieces of each group have different colors for distinguishing the same one from others in the group, and the first-mentioned chance device has means for indicating the respective colors of the playing pieces in each group to be moved.

Claim 4

A space game according to claim 1, wherein the playing pieces of each group are elongated to be aligned respectively with playing pieces of the opposite group, the length of each of the pieces in each group causing a piece of one group to contact a piece of the other group when located in alignment at adjacent playing positions and out of contact with each other when the playing pieces are in parallel relation.

Claim 5

A space game according to claim 1, wherein the playing pieces of each group are of equal size and of respective pieces of different colors and corresponding in color with the respective pieces of the other group, the chance devices comprising cubes one of which has different faces with colors thereon corresponding with the colors of the playing pieces of both groups.

Claim 6

A space game according to claim 1, anchoring means wherein the anchoring means comprise peg holes at the playing positions in the playing area of the game board, and pegs on the playing pieces insertable in the holes for anchoring the playing pieces at the respective playing positions.

Claim 7

A space game comprising a game board having indicia thereon representing a playing area with regularly disposed playing positions spaced apart in rows longitudinally and transversely of the playing area, a plurality of visually different groups of elongated playing pieces, each group including a plurality of different pieces of like physical dimensions, all of the playing pieces of one group being divided into subgroups having respectively different colors and of the same colors as the playing pieces of the other group, means for anchoring the playing pieces to the board at the respective playing positions and for movement of the pieces of one group for alignment with correspondingly colored pieces of the other group or to positions out of alignment therewith, and a pair of dice one of which has differently colored sides corresponding with the different colors of the plaYing pieces of each group to indicate the respective pieces thereof to be moved, and the other dice having indications thereon of the extent of movement of the playing piece indicated for movement.

Claim 8

A space game comprising a game board having indicia thereon representing a playing area with regularly disposed playing positions spaced apart in rows longitudinally and transversely of the playing area, a plurality of visually different groups of elongated playing pieces, each group including a plurality of different pieces of like physical dimensions, all of the playing pieces of one group being divided into subgroups having respectively different colors and of the same colors as the playing pieces of the other group, means for anchoring the playing pieces to the board at the respective playing positions and for movement of the pieces of one group for alignment with correspondingly colored pieces of the other group or to positions out of alignment therewith, and a pair of dice one of which has differently colored sides corresponding with the different colors of the plaYing pieces of each group to indicate the respective pieces thereof to be moved, and the other dice having indications thereon of the extent of movement of the playing piece indicated for movement.