Board game

A game and method of playing game is provided. The method includes providing a game board, the board comprised of a plurality of nodes, providing a source node for each player and providing a plurality of playing pieces, the playing pieces each having a plurality of states, the playing pieces representing each of the states. Each piece has predetermined movement abilities, according to the state of each piece. The game is played by assigning a plurality of distinguishable playing pieces to a plurality of players, positioning the playing pieces on the spaces of the board in a starting position, and moving the pieces by each player, in turn, by having one of the player's playing pieces act on another of the player's own pieces, a playing piece of another player, or an empty node according to its predetermined movement abilities as characterized by its current state, and then removing the acting piece. Then the player backfills the empty node with another of the player's own pieces directly linked to the newly emptied node, and continuing to the player's source node. Finally a new piece is placed on the player's own source node in any state the player chooses. Play continues until one player's piece is removed from the player's source node by the other player.