Patrick Moore's Astronomy Game

[Mark-V]

Just found this for sale in a local charity shop  so bought it  !

Has anyone else ever seen this or got it  ?

 

 

 

[Stub Mandrel]

Found this for you:

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/832299/gaming-5-and-2-year-old-patrick-moores-astronomy-g

[Putaendo Patrick]

Nice, fun find! Even among board game fanatics it seems to be something of a rarity.

Martin Mobberley, in his biography of Sir Patrick Moore It came from Outer Space wearing an RAF Blazer, writes:

Around this time, [1987]...... Patrick brought out a board game (!) called, not surprisingly, ‘The Patrick Moore Astronomy Game’. Up to six players could journey on a ‘voyage of discovery and adventure’, using a ‘giant Galactic board’ (70 × 48 centimetres), through the Solar System and into Outer Space. Electing their Mission Controller, they chose their own flight path, watched their fuel, avoided black holes and other hazards, visited stars and planets, and docked with other craft. The game sold for £9.95 and included a booklet of astronomical notes by Patrick, with the first 100 games sold getting a signed photograph of  the man himself. The game, promoted by Astronomy Now , was marketed through a certain Morrison Wilpred & Co. Ltd of Shoeburyness in Essex.