Patent ID: 7040624

Claim:
A method for playing a board game comprising: providing game pieces including one or more individually controlled player movers and one or more commonly controlled pieces; providing a first playing surface having a plurality of upper spaces defined by an x-axis and a y-axis, providing a second playing surface having a plurality of lower spaces defined by an x-axis and a y-axis, wherein the first playing surface is positioned above and parallel to the second playing surface; taking turns moving a plurality of playing pieces on the first and second playing surfaces, wherein each turn includes: moving an individually controlled player mover based on the outcome of a random number generator; and moving a commonly controlled playing piece, where the commonly controlled playing piece may be a chaser piece, a target piece, or a bonus target piece; moving the player mover from the first playing surface to the second playing surface when the chaser piece is within a predefined range of the player mover; and scoring when the player mover is within a predefined range of the target piece.