Patent ID: 8186679

Claim:
A board game comprising a game board, a plurality of game pieces, a randomizer, and a six-sided die, the game board comprising of plurality of identical game paths, each path comprising of four starting positions, four home positions, and twenty five intervening positions forming a single file line between the starting and home positions, with twenty four of the intervening positions divided into four groups of six, with each group of six positions being individually and sequentially numbered from one to six that permit the positions to be associated with the numbers on the six-sided die, and one of the intervening positions located between the second and third groups of six positions being unnumbered and therefore not associated with the numbers on the six-sided die, the plurality of game pieces being in sets of four pieces each with each set of four being of the same color but distinct from the colors of the other sets of four game pieces, the randomizer comprising of a plurality of colors each associated with a color of one of the sets of four game pieces, it being capable of randomly selecting one of the plurality of colors when activated, the six-sided die being individually and uniquely numbered on each side from one to six, wherein the board game is operable to be used by two or more players to take turns to roll the die and to activate the randomizer to determine how many positions to move their respective game pieces along their respective game paths on each respective turn, and optionally select an opponent's game piece to send back to its starting position on each turn by matching numbers on the rolled die with numbers of occupied board positions in an opponent's game path and also matching the color selected by the randomizer to the opponent's color, with the ultimate end goal of each player to successfully move all four of his game pieces from his path's four starting positions, through his twenty five intervening positions, to his path's four home positions before any of his opponents do so in their respective game paths.