Galactic Battle Game

Abstract

The Galactic Battle Strategy Game is a board game for two, three or four players. Each player has fourteen game pieces comprising eight Droids, and one each Andromeda, Pegasus, Pollux, Castor, Mars and Mercury. Each playing piece has its own unique moves. The playing surface of the game varies as to whether two, three or four players are competing. However, the movement rules for the game pieces is consistent regardless of the number of players. The object of the game is to capture the opponent's Andromeda piece or move the Andromeda piece or a Droid piece into their opponents Halo zone, which is a specific location on the game playing surface. The game is simple to learn yet complex to master.

The invention claimed is: 
     
         1 . A board game apparatus for two, three or four players including a plurality of game playing boards specific for two, three or four players, where the game playing boards are decagon, diamond, nonagon and four pointed star shaped and are traversed by horizontal, vertical or diagonal lines the intersection of which define the location of the landing spaces for the game pieces which are further indicated by small numbered circles, where the game playing boards have a number of larger circles corresponding to the number of players located on the game board and designated as the Halo zone, and fourteen game pieces for each player where the fourteen game pieces are comprised of one each Andromeda, Pegasus, Mars, Mercury, Castor and Pollux and eight Droids. 
     
     
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         7 . A board game apparatus as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the game playing pieces are in a different color for each player. 
     
     
         8 . A board game apparatus as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the game playing pieces have other designated names than those provided. 
     
     
         9 . A method of playing a strategy board game for two, three or four players in opposition to each other, comprising the steps of: (a) providing game boards that are decagon, nonagon or four pointed star shaped and are-traversed by horizontal, vertical or diagonal lines the intersection of which define the location of the landing spaces for the game pieces which are further indicated by small numbered circles and where the game playing boards have a number of larger circles corresponding to the number of players located on the game board and designated as the Halo zone; (b) providing each player with fourteen game pieces where the fourteen game pieces are comprised of one each Andromeda, Pegasus, Mars, Mercury, Castor and Pollux and eight Droids; (c) positioning the player's fourteen game pieces on the playing board in the rows of landing spaces in front of said players Halo zone; (d) formatting the rules of movement for play, wherein: the Andromeda game piece moves one landing space in any direction, the Pegasus game piece moves two landing spaces in any direction and may jump over any other game piece including the opponent's, the Mars game piece moves any number of landing spaces along a diagonal line, the Mercury game piece moves any number of landing spaces along a horizontal or vertical line, the Castor game piece moves any number of landing spaces in any direction along a line, the Pollux game piece moves any number of landing spaces in any direction along a line and the Droid game pieces moves one landing space in any direction; (e) formatting rules of capture of opponents' game pieces wherein: the Andromeda game piece cannot capture an opposing game piece, the Pegasus, Mars, Mercury, Castor and Pollux game pieces capture an opposing piece by moving to the landing space occupied by the opposing game piece and the Droid game pieces capture an opposing game piece on a forward diagonal move into the landing space occupied by the opposing game piece; and (f) wherein the objective of the game is movement of a player's Andromeda or Droid game piece into their opponent's Halo zone. 
     
     
         10 . A method of playing a strategy board game for two players in opposition to each other, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a diamond shaped game board that is traversed by horizontal, vertical or diagonal lines the intersection of which define the location of the landing spaces for the game pieces which are further indicated by small numbered circles and where the game playing board has two larger circles designated as the Halo zone; (b) providing each player with fourteen game pieces where the fourteen game pieces are comprised of one each Andromeda, Pegasus, Mars, Mercury, Castor and Pollux and eight Droids; (c) positioning the player's fourteen game pieces on the playing board in the rows of landing spaces in front of said players Halo zone; (d) formatting the rules of movement for play, wherein: the Andromeda game piece moves one landing space in any direction, the Pegasus game piece moves two landing spaces in any direction and may jump over any other game piece including the opponents, the Mars game piece moves any number of landing spaces along a diagonal line, the Mercury game piece moves any number of landing spaces along a horizontal or vertical line, the Castor game piece moves any number of landing spaces in any direction along a line, the Pollux game piece moves any number of landing spaces in any direction along a line and the Droid game pieces moves one landing space in any direction; (e) formatting rules of capture of opponents' game pieces wherein: the Andromeda game piece cannot capture an opposing game piece, the Pegasus, Mars, Mercury, Castor and Pollux game pieces capture an opposing piece by moving to the landing space occupied by the opposing game piece and the Droid game pieces capture an opposing game piece on a forward diagonal move into the landing space occupied by the opposing game piece; (f) wherein the objective of the game is movement of a player's Andromeda or Droid game piece into their opponent's Halo zone; and (g) formatting rules of the game wherein each player must make thirty moves within an agreed upon time or forfeit the game.