This is a two-player game that uses a checkerboard-style movement grid. In addition, each player has a large 'village' spot on their side of the board that is connected to all four spaces in their back row.Players have seven regular 'elf' pieces and one big 'stone man' piece. (All pieces are glass beads or colored rocks.) The object of the game is to move all of your elves into your opponent's village.Players move one piece forward one spot on the diagonal matrix each turn. Two elves (one or two colors) may occupy a single space. If the stone man lands on an elf, it sends it back to the owner's village.The game components are a set of glass beads and polished rocks and a roll-up mat with the map printed on it. - BoardGameGeek