Abstract: A game board device includes a game board having playing spaces arranged in a regular rectangular array of rows and columns, playing pieces divided into three sets or groups, each set or group of which is of a characteristic distinguishable from the other, the number of playing pieces of one of the sets, a "neutral" set, being equal to the number of playing spaces, while the number of playing pieces of each of the other sets, the "assigned" sets, are equal to each other and, respectively, to one-half the number of playing spaces. The distinguishable characteristics may be different colors, or different shapes although the characteristics lend themselves to many variations including being representative of themes to make the game more appealable to players of certain age groups.