Game board apparatus and method of placement of tokens

A method of facilitating the play of a board game comprising:

• providing a board having a surface with a plurality of recesses each positioned in another one of a plurality of intersections of a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows;
• providing a plurality of tokens, each of the plurality of tokens is shaped in one of a first shape, a second shape and a third shape, said first shape, said second shape and said third shape are three different shapes,
• wherein said first shape is adapted to be placed by fitting in any of said plurality of recesses, and is adapted to accept stacking only of said second shaped token, when placed on top of said first shaped token,
• wherein said second shape is adapted to be stacked on top of any of said first shape token and of another token of said second shape and is further adapted to accept stacking of any of said second shaped token and said third shaped token when placed on top of said second shaped token,
• wherein said third shape is adapted to be stacked only on top of said second shaped token and is shaped not to accept stacking of any of said first shape token and said second shape token on top of said third shape token, and
• wherein each of said plurality of recesses is shaped in accordance with said first shape to allow fitted placement of said first shape in each of said plurality of recesses and avoiding unintentional displacement of a placed token from a respective recess,
• providing a plurality of cards each depicting a pattern of placement of tokens on said board;
• and
• providing a game playing manual comprising instructions for playing using said board, said plurality of cards and said plurality of tokens, said instructions comprising instructions for:
• arranging on said board at least two tokens of the plurality of tokens, by placing into a selected one of said plurality of recesses, in a pattern depicted in a card selected from said plurality of cards,
• forming a stack by placing a token of said plurality of tokens over another token of said plurality of tokens which is shaped to accept stacking on top,
• wherein said forming said stack is done by selecting a shortest path, defined by neighboring recesses on said board, such that a number of steps taken for forming said stack is equal to a number of tokens included in the stack.