Abstract: A board game and method of playing a board game is provided. The game has at least pieces representing the fifty-two cards in a standard playing card deck and at least four wild cards arranged in the standard playing card suits, at least one wild card for each suit. A game board is provided having a flat playing surface of rectangular dimension arranged in four columns, one for each card suit. Each column has fourteen squares for placement of the pieces. A plurality of racks holds at least five of the pieces, one rack for each game player. The game is played by having each player, in clockwise rotation, place at least one piece in an open board square having the same suit as the suit on the piece. Up to five pieces may be placed in open board squares per turn to form either three or four of a kind or three or more of a run in a straight line horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

Abstract: A game playing method for two or more players utilizes a game board of a generally cross-shaped playing area having a checkerboard pattern. Each player is provided with a set of twelve game pieces numbered 1 through 12. The game is played by players moving either forward or backward in diagonal directions. A player may jump any game piece as long as the game piece being jumped is ranked with a number equal to or less than that of the jumping game piece. The object of the game is to jump and capture the opposition's number 12 game piece(s).