Patent ID: 8118308

Claim:
A method of playing a board game on a computer with a plurality of players comprising: providing a computer which displays a playing surface having a plurality of playing spaces and a plurality of playing pieces that comprise at least first and second player playing pieces, wherein each playing piece is assigned a numerical value, and wherein the numerical value corresponds to: (i) a movement value, wherein the movement value corresponds to the number of playing spaces that each playing piece can move on the playing surface; and (ii) a challenge value, wherein the challenge value corresponds to a challenge between a first player playing piece and a second player playing piece, wherein the second player playing piece can be removed from the playing surface when the first player playing piece has an equal or greater challenge value then the second player playing piece and when the first player playing piece is moved into the second player playing piece's playing space, wherein a processor associated with the computer receives and processes data inputted by a player into the computer, wherein the data is indicative of the player's intention to cause movement of the player playing pieces on the playing surface in accordance with the movement and challenge values of the playing pieces, wherein the plurality of playing pieces can be stacked on top of one another during the game, wherein the movement value of the stacked playing pieces is the assigned numerical value of the top pieces of the stack and the challenge value of the stacked playing pieces is the combined assigned numerical value of all of the playing pieces in the stack, and wherein a first player playing piece can move along a chain of playing pieces that is present on the playing surface, wherein the chain comprises at least two other first player playing pieces that occupy adjacent playing spaces, wherein the chain comprises a challenge value, wherein the challenge value is the combined value of all of the playing pieces that comprise the chain, and wherein the first player playing piece can be removed along any point of the chain by moving to: (i) an unoccupied playing space that is adjacent to the chain; (ii) a playing space that is adjacent to the chain and occupied by another first player playing piece; (iii) a playing space that is adjacent to the chain and occupied by a second player playing piece; or (iv) any point along the chain to create a stack of playing pieces.