How to create board game in InDesign

I
am trying to create a board game in InDesign, similar to the trivial pursuit board game. In other words, an outer wheel that has been
divided up in sectionsand then spoes to the center. I think I can figure out how to do the spoes and the center, but I am having problems doing the outer wheel.
Any ideas? Should I be doing this in photoshop instead?
Thanks,
FG

Pretty much the same thing in Illustrator or ID, but Illy has more sophisticated drawing tools, including things like polar coordinates and duplication that will allow you to drag a copy of one of the line segments around an arc, then repeat at the same angle.
In any case, you want to make two concentric circles, then draw a series of radial line segments between them. I'd then select all and creat a compound path.

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Restatement of CuppoJava's Comments
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