Squirrel gathering nuts game apparatus and method

A squirrel gathering nuts game kit, comprising:

• a game box;
• a first tree board having
• a right side with a rotation blocking side pattern;
• a left side with a rotation blocking side pattern, wherein the left side and right side rotation blocking side patterns will mate with each other only in a single orientation;
• a vertical center line;
• a top with a half rotation top control pattern having a first segment on a first side of the vertical center line and a second segment on a second side of the vertical center line, the second segment being identical to the first segment mirrored across the vertical center line and vertically flipped from the first segment;
• a bottom with a half rotation bottom control pattern, wherein the half rotation top control pattern does not mate with the half rotation bottom control pattern, wherein the half rotation top control pattern will mate with another half rotation top control pattern and wherein the half rotation bottom control pattern will mate with another half rotation bottom control pattern;
• a first ground position,
• a first main trunk,
• at least one first limb with a first end,
• a first starting position located on the first main trunk,
• first movement markers joined by first connecting lines dispersed along the first main trunk and the at least one first limb,
• a first nut position located on the at least one first limb, and
• the first movement markers including a first jump position on the first end of the at least one first limb;
• the first movement markers including a first landing position for the first jump position positioned on the first tree board below the first jump position;
• a first die with numbers;
• a first squirrel position marker sized to fit on the first movement markers;
• and
• a first nut marker sized to fit on the first nut position markers.