A game board having two playing surfaces each symmetrically divided into a plurality of like regions which are arranged to form rows, columns, and diagonals of the regions in the fashion of a checkerboard. The game is played by moving pieces having bar magnets therein about the regions. Some regions have bar magnets thereunder which either repel or attract the pieces. The game provides for automatic, in place, flipping of pieces which are repelled and for reprogramming of the positions of the magnets in the board.