Wipeout board game

A game apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of game boards, one for each player, with each said game board having a starting line at a bottom and a finish line at a top thereof and a plurality of spaces extending from said starting line to said finish line forming a plurality of columns with each space in each column being numbered sequentially such that a first space of each column begins with a different sequential number and with each game board further having a safe zone designated below the finish line;
• a plurality of playing pieces for each player equal to the number of columns on a players game board and a die to control the movement of the playing pieces wherein the playing pieces are to be moved vertically up the game board according to a roll of the die;
• a plurality of poker chips;
• and
• wherein a first player to move all of his playing pieces to the finish line is the winner and receives a reward and the poker chips are used to pay a penalty for any and all players having a playing piece on a numbered space equal to a number according to a roll of a die by an opposing player.