Patent ID: 8870184

Claim:
A method for playing a strategy desktop game for two or four players whereby the desktop game is transformed by a machine into an electronic game, the method comprising the steps of: a. providing an electronic memory and an electronic display; b. providing an electronic medium having a programmable microprocessor connected to the electronic display and in communication with the electronic memory, the microprocessor programmed to cause the display of a playing field divided by lines into a plurality of square sections arranged into a grid with coordinates, each section having a center and being diagonally subdivided by diagonal lines that intersect at the center whereby the intersection of lines defines a point, and further wherein subsets of adjacent sections are demarked to define a plurality of territories each territory having a boundary perimeter that encompasses a base point inside the territory; at least two sets of virtual playing pieces, each one of the pieces having eight faces arranged in an octagon wherein one face is designated the front face and movement on the grid is permitted only in the direction of the front face; wherein the pieces of each set are subdivided into a plurality of types, each type defined by: (iv) a maximum number of points the piece is allowed to move without attacking an opponent's piece, (v) a maximum number of points the piece is allowed to move to attack an opponent's piece, and (vi) one or more attack blocking faces upon which the piece cannot be attacked by an opponent; the microprocessor further causing the display of an identifier for each set of pieces, to identify the pieces of the set as belonging to a particular player; the microprocessor further being programmed to cause the display of an arrangement of one set of pieces in a first territory having a first base point and at least one other set of pieces in a second territory having a second base point; and (c) providing a player interface for moving pieces in alternating player turns along the grid until all players but one are eliminated by loss of base points.