Strategy board games with concurrent play

An article of manufacture associated with published rules of play, comprising:

• a game board;
• first game pieces positionable at the game board;
• second game pieces positionable at the game board;
• number generating objects that generate numbers indicative of a relative positioning of the first game pieces and the second game pieces at the game board, wherein individual number generating objects are associated with individual first game pieces or individual second game pieces;
• one or more attribute cards comprising text, symbols, or colors that are representative of a number of available number generating objects associated with individual first game pieces and/or individual second game pieces;
• and
• wherein the number of available number generating objects is based on concurrent or simultaneous game play of:
• (1) the first games pieces while the second game pieces are not in play;
• or
• (2) the second game pieces while the first game pieces are not in play.

A game system, comprising:

• a game board;
• a first playing piece of a protagonist type associated with one or more first dies for generating a random value;
• a second playing piece of the protagonist type associated with one or more second dies for generating a random value;
• a third playing piece of an antagonist type associated with one or more third dies for generating a random value;
• a fourth playing piece of the antagonist type associated with one or more fourth dies for generating a random value;
• and
• a set of game rules having first instructions regarding simultaneous game play of the first and second playing pieces at the game board using the first and second dies, the game rules also having second instructions regarding simultaneous game play of the third and fourth playing pieces at the game board using the third and fourth dies.

A game process, comprising:

• game piece means comprising at least two game pieces of a first type and at least two game pieces of a second type;
• rule means for defining an end goal, one or more objectives, and a series of actions of play for achieving the objectives and the end goal between two or more players each employing a game piece of the first type and a game piece of the second type;
• game board means for providing discrete game play positions associated with the end goal, the objectives, and intermediary locations between the end goal and the objectives;
• means for generating a random value regarding each of the game pieces of the first type and each of the game pieces of the second type;
• and
• wherein the game process includes:
• during a first turn, generating first random numbers regarding individual game pieces of the first type and positioning the individual game pieces of the first type at one or more of the discrete game play positions based on the first random numbers;
• and
• during a second turn, generating second random numbers regarding individual game pieces of the second type and positioning the individual game pieces of the second type at one or more of the discrete game play positions based on the second random numbers.

A method of playing a game by at least first and second players, the method comprising:

• assigning first type characters to the first and second players;
• assigning second type characters to the first and second players;
• initiating individual positioning events corresponding to individual first type characters, wherein at least a portion of the individual positioning events are based on chance;
• simultaneously or concurrently positioning the first type characters at a game board based on the individual positioning events;
• and
• initiating a game play event between one or more first type characters and one or more second type characters based, at least, on the positioning of the first type characters on the game board with respect to a positioning of the second type characters on the game board.