A system and method for a word construction game that allows players to place words in any direction: forward, backward, up, down, and can zig zag around corners where corner words may have a double value. Each word going around a corner may be a complete word of its own or a single word. The word construction game has one hundred fourteen tiles with eight that are doubled sided whereby the players will be allotted seven tiles. The word construction game is played on a uniquely shaped board in the shape of a house.

A board game apparatus with a plurality of triangular playing spaces upon which are positioned and moved two sets of playing pieces, one for each player; each set of playing pieces includes a number of pieces which are separately movable to different groups of the triangular playing spaces. The players alternately move one piece each with the objective being to threaten the opposing player's most important piece with imminent inevitable capture.