Abstract: A board game for at least two opposing players that is designed to incorporate the competitive game concept of rock-paper-scissors. The board game includes a game board with a plurality of rows and columns that form a checkered grid pattern with a plurality of grid cells formed by the rows and columns. The opposing players use game pieces designated with at least one identifying characteristic for each opposing player, and place them, in alternating moves, in the grid cells. The goal of the game is to use the game pieces, in a single game, to form the pattern of game elements representing rock, paper and scissors, and with the rock game element beating the scissors or no game element, the paper game element beating the rock or no game element, and the scissors game element beating the paper or no game element. Other game elements can also be used. The board game can include a wild card. In addition, the board game can be played in such a manner that players accumulate points for various types of game play.