Board game apparatus

Claim 1

A game for at least two players comprising in combination: a. a game board displaying a geographical area with a plurality of locations connected by color coded airplane flight routes, an equal number of checkpoints being provided on each flight route, a similarly color coded alternate flight route being additionally provided for each said flight route, checkpoints in turn being provided for each alternate flight route; b. a strip provided on said game board along its border edges, said strip being divided into a plurality of individual units, a number inscribed in each unit, said number corresponding to a predetermined set of instructions as set forth in a legendary table therefor, a minority of said units being randomly color coded consistent with the color coding of said airplane flight routes, each color being represented equally; c. a chance number indicator means; d. at least two color coded miniature aircraft, said aircraft being movable between checkpoints from point of departure to point of destination along said airplane flight routes and alternate flight routes similarly color coded; e. at least two color coded board markers, said markers being movable from one individual unit to another provided on said strip, pursuant to the number indicated by said chance number indicator means, said number inscribed in said individual unit providing the basis for the gain or loss of score points or the movement of said aircraft between checkpoints in accordance with the instructions set forth in said legendary table; and f. a first set of a plurality of cards designated as Airmanship Cards and relating solely to the gain or loss of score points; a second set of a plurality of cards designated as Decision Cards and relating to the gain or loss of score points or the movement of said aircraft between checkpoints; a third set of a plurality of cards designated as Enroute Cards and relating to the gain or loss of score points or the movement of said aircraft between checkpoints, said first, second, and third set of cards being selectable in accordance with the instructions set forth in said legendary table.