part the corners 4 6 8 of one half of the outer octagon are matched by points 16 14 12 of the other half of the octagon while the points 20 22 24 of one half of the inner octagon are matched by points 32 30 28 of the other half the points 4 6 8 24 20 of the one half and the points 12 14 16 32 28 of the other half constitute the starting points for the game and the five counters held by each player are put on these points at the beginning of the game as stated each player has five counters which may be suitably shaped and marked in the disclosed form of the game the counters of each player are shaped as the pawn in the game of chess and those of one player may be differently marked or colored from those of the other player as shown in fig2 and 3 when the game is begun each player puts his five counters on the points described above and each player then in his turn moves one of his pawns it being understood that each counter may be moved only along a line beginning at the location of the counter and to another designated point whether forward or backward along that line in continuing the game each player attempts to position four of his counters on points of one of the median lines the points of these lines excluding the center point x being when one of the players has four of his counters.