Strategic space racing board game

A method of playing a game by two or more players, the method comprising:

• providing a game, the game comprising:
• a playing board with a top playing surface defined by a single track, each track including a plurality of standard spaces, a plurality of planet spaces, a start and end space, a plurality of alien spaces, and a plurality of card-drawing spaces;
• a plurality of game pieces, two of each type;
• a spinner;
• two dice;
• a plurality of cards, each indicating an action for a player in possession of the card, the actions selected from advancing a number of spaces, retreating a number of spaces, switching playing piece location with another player playing piece location, moving a playing piece to a planet space, moving an opponent's playing piece backwards to the nearest planet space;
• assigning two of the game pieces to each player;
• positioning all game pieces on the start space;
• determining playing order of each player;
• wherein a first player rolls the dice and advances a first playing piece the number assigned to one die and a second playing piece a number assigned to the second die rolled;
• wherein if a player lands on a standard space occupied by a number of playing pieces equal to the number of players, that player loses a move and does not advance to the space occupied by the other playing pieces;
• wherein after the first player rolls the dice, moves the playing pieces and takes appropriate action, the first player's turn is over and play moves to the next player;
• and
• wherein the player to return both playing pieces to the end space first is determined the winner of the game.