On track an improved shoot the moon game

A game board, comprising:

• an enclosure comprising a playing surface therein tapered outwardly downward from a center thereof comprising a playing field with walls rising around a perimeter of the enclosure;
• the playing field comprising open receptacles disposed randomly or in a pattern arranged in columns and rows substantially covering the playing field;
• the receptacles comprising diameters and depths sufficient to capture a ball used in the game;
• a laterally movable dual-rod track comprising a pair of rods comprising first and second ends disposed above the playing field at a sufficient height to pass over a captured ball on the playing field;
• the rods' first ends being attached to a pivot mounted on the first wall and the second ends extending beyond the second wall, the track being inclined from the pivot to the second wall, the track swinging laterally over substantially all the receptacles on the playing field;
• a game ball stop movable along the dual rod track comprising a through channel and an elastic band looped therethrough, the rods passing through the loops, and
• wherein when a ball is placed on the track near the the game ball stop, a player urges the ball to travel uphill along the track and dropped into one of the receptacles by manipulating the distance between the rods.