Starship Chess

Abstract

A chess-like board game with a commercial name of Starship Chess provides a one-on-one or multiplayer (up to six player) tactical space combat game, like the game of chess between two versatile playing pieces or two teams of versatile playing pieces. The game is played by two-to-six players and each player has a fully maneuverable starship, complete with manageable resources, engines, weapons, and shields. Each player must navigate his starship in order to gain an advantage over the player's opponent with respect to direction and position. A starship can engage, withdraw, replenish, and reposition to plan out attacks. Players must learn to think ahead, predict opposing player's tactics, and outwit the opponent to win.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A chess-like board game comprising:
 a plurality of game pieces further comprising:
 a game board further comprising a defined chessboard area of sixty four squares; 
 a console score board; 
 two identifiable decks of playing cards; 
 two identifiable playing pieces to represent starships; 
 at least one dice further comprising six-sides; 
 at least one, but no more than two coins. 
   
     
     
         2 . The chess-like board game of  claim 1 , wherein the game board is placed diagonally between two players. 
     
     
         3 . The chess-like board game of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one, but more than two coins further comprise two side, a heads side and a tails side. 
     
     
         4 . The chess-like board game of  claim 1 , wherein the six starships are differently shaped and colored for each player. 
     
     
         5 . The chess-like board game of  claim 1 , wherein each deck of playing cards is colored differently for each player. 
     
     
         6 . The chess-like board game of  claim 1 , wherein the identifiable flat cardboard cutout of a starship corresponds to a player's starship. 
     
     
         7 . The chess-like board game of  claim 1 , wherein the console score board corresponds to a starship's console. 
     
     
         8 . The chess-like board game of  claim 7 , wherein the starship's console measures a starship's power point level and a starship's shield point level. 
     
     
         9 . The chess-like board game of  claim 1 , wherein the 2 decks of playing cards, each deck further including a set of particular cards comprising:
 a set of three each of the following playing cards: forward 1, forward 2, forward 3, forward 4, stop, reverse 1, turn left, turn right, engineering.   
     
     
         10 . The chess-like board game of  claim 1 , wherein the 6 decks of custom playing cards, each deck further including a set of particular cards comprising:
 a set of three each of the following playing cards: forward 1, forward 2, forward 3, forward 4, stop, reverse 1, turn left, turn right, engineering.   
     
     
         11 . The chess-like board game of  claim 11 , wherein the set of three each of the following playing cards: forward 1, forward 2, forward 3, forward 4, stop, reverse 1, turn left, turn right, engineering correspond to navigation cards of the chess-like board game. 
     
     
         12 . The chess-like board game of  claim 10 , wherein each player has four colored torpedo tokens, corresponding to the players color. 
     
     
         13 . The chess-like board game of  claim 10 , wherein each player has one colored Engine Status Token, corresponding to the player's color, with an arrow on one side, and a stop-sign on the opposite side. 
     
     
         14 . The chess-like board game of  claim 1 , wherein each player has one colored die, corresponding to the player's color, with numbers ranging from 1-3 twice on each die. 
     
     
         15 . A method for playing a chess-like board game utilizing the chess-like board game of  claim 1 , comprising the steps of:
 providing a game board that includes a defined chessboard area of sixty four squares and an additional trim-board of two squares by two squares in an L shape to connect to the corner of the chess board to increase the board size to 100 squares when playing with more than three or four players;   providing two-to-six players each with a set of game board pieces that include a console score board, one deck of 27 custom playing cards, one playing piece, one engine status token, four torpedo tokens, one die, and one coin-like chip;   placing the game board in a diagonal position between two players or teams;   playing with the game pieces on the game board, until one player defeats other player.   
     
     
         16 . The method according to  claim 15 , wherein the step of playing with the game pieces further comprising the step of:
 laying three navigation cards face-down around the game board by the two players;   flipping each card over, one at a time, and playing out the results;   moving a starship on the game board;   attacking an opposing player's starship with torpedo tokens;   attacking an opposing player's starship with laser points;   rolling the one dice to randomly attack an opposing player's starship(s);   damaging an opposing player's starship;   defending player's own starship;   repairing player's own starship;   escaping danger by overdriving starship engines;   restoring a player's single spent torpedo token; and   destroying an opposing player's starship.