Blast-off! 1969 John Waddington

	Blast-off!	1969	John Waddington
	First produced	1969	Players	2 to 4	Age(s)	8+

Click the picture for more		1 x playing board 4 x control panels 1 x master control panel 4 x colour capsules 4 x colour satellites 1 x moon 1 x dice 10 x thrusters rocket cards 1 x instruction book The game divides into 3 stages; In stage 1, players must achieve an Earth orbit. In stage 2, they blast off their capsules to rendezvous and dock with their orbiting satellites. In stage 3, the combined capsules and satellites (now spaceships), must frequently land on the moon and blast off again in order to reach the other planets.

The full game ends when the first player reachesPluto but players may shorten the game by reducing the number of planets to be reached.

Recreating one of mankind’s most exciting adventures; the game was 'launched’ by John Waddington in the year of the first Moon landing. It requires not only incredible initial thrust but also precise guidance controls to achieve successful navigation. Constantly make decisions as you attempt to keep your spacecraft in satisfactory orbit, achieve capsule-to-satellite docking, make frequent moon landings and reach other planets of the solar system.