TRIPLANETARY: Space Combat in the Solar System, 2001 (Box Set)

Box is nice. Complete, with punched counters in tray. ~ A game-simulation of interplanetary conflict in the early 21st Century. Spaceships of various strengths and capabilities use vector movement to flit across the Solar System in scenarios reproducing the future conflicts of piracy, alien invasion, interplanetary war, and political oppression. ~ GAME COMPONENTS: A set of rules, including game charts and game scenarios. A sheet of die-cut counters representing single spaceships. A game map showing the inner Solar System along the plane of the ecliptic. The hexagonal grid (composed of hexagons, or hexes) assists and regularizes movement and positioning of spaceships. The map is covered with protective plastic, to enable use of the marker in drawing ship courses. After each game, ship courses can be erased with a cloth. A marker, used to draw ship courses on the map.