Shove board game system and playing method thereof

A method of operating a shove board game on a shove board game system, the shove board game system including an electronic game host device to process a shove board game program, a display device communicating with the game host device, and an input device communicating with the game host device to receive operations of the players to proceed the shove board game, the method comprising the steps of:

• displaying a chessboard and pieces on the display device, the chessboard being octagonal and having four longer borders not adjacent to one another, four shorter borders interposed respectively between the four longer borders, and a plurality of crossed lines to form points of intersection to hold the pieces which are movable along the lines to another adjacent point of intersection, the lines being straight lines formed in directions of X and Y axes and also in diagonal directions at an angle of 45 degrees against the X and Y axes;
• providing bases to participating players by the game host device to hold each player's own pieces;
• selecting an active player and taking turns among the players to proceed the shove board game;
• allowing the active player to select at least one, or two or maximum three adjacent pieces on one line as an active moving-designated piece group by the input device, and inputting the selection to the game host device;
• allowing the selected one piece or piece group to move one step in one direction of the one line or towards one side by the game host device;
• moving an opponent's pieces in the moving direction of the moving-designated piece group by the input device in the event that the number of the opponent's pieces on the one line is fewer than that of the moving-designated piece group, and displaying the moving condition of the pieces on the display device;
• giving the pieces ejected outside the borders of the chessboard to the active player by the game host device;
• and
• the game host device admitting a loser whose remaining pieces are fewer than one half of total pieces owned when the shove board game started.