Space Chase (1967)
Here's a game I got a few months ago but have not had a chance to look at until now. Space Chase by National Geographic, from 1967, almost as old as I am. The first thing that stood out is that I was missing some pieces. There were 3 astronauts but 8 ships. The game didn't come with a parts list, but some of the cards had only two where others had up to 8. Looking at BoardGameGeek, it came with 4 astronauts and 8 ships, but also had a printed rulebook. That would have been nice to have ... Link to BGG The first annoyance is that, while the parts were cute, they were vertical and were always falling over. We would prefer small plastic disks -- we might just used colored dice for the pieces next time. The second annoyance was having the rules printed all over the game board, on different sides facing different directions, but that's not unusual for games of this era, so okay. But then the overview printed inside the box said different things. A quick read of the rule