Abstract: 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.