A game board comprising: an upper surface member, preferably composed of a transparent material; a peripheral edge connected to the upper surface member; and at least one aperture in the peripheral edge for receiving a game piece, the game piece preferably an elongate tile provided with indicia relevant to game play. A method of playing a game using the game board is also taught, the method comprising the steps of: a. placing player tokens at a selected location on surface indicia on the upper surface member; b. allowing the players to alternate rolling a die to determine an amount of movement for each of the player tokens across the upper surface member, c. moving each of the player tokens by thusly determined amounts of movement; d. when moving one of the player tokens to a space above an aperture, observing indica within the aperture through the transparent upper surface member, the aperture indicia providing game instruction; e. responding to the game instruction provided by the aperture indicia; and f. in the event that the aperture is empty, allowing the player to insert a tile into the aperture, covering the aperture indicia and allowing observation of tile indicia through the transparent upper surface member, which tile indicia provides game instruction.