Abstract: A board game for two players comprises a board which has a playing comprises a board which has a playing area divided into playing spaces and respective similar armies of pieces which may be moved about the playing area by the players to capture opposing pieces. Each player is provided with one or more non-playing areas adapted to accommodate one of his playing pieces and with a marker adapted to be accommodated on a playing space, whereby either player can remove one of his playing pieces from the playing area and denote the playing space from which it was removed by positioning his marker on that playing space.