Theme is the maneuvering of game pieces on a 6x6, 8x8 and 10x10 square board layout to Trap and Purge the Baron Game play is similar to Chess, if it were on steroids There are a lot of game pieces involved, about 102 starting pieces and 2 decks of cards It's a table top game, meant to be played in a modular fashion, so that no 2 games have to be played in the exact same layout or manner It's a truly 3 dimensional game