Firepath was a two-player game of strategy which involved moving large game pieces across a playing field consisting of a finite number of circles, called "rings" or "radials," and these were organized into groups called "stones"; pieces could only move from ring to ring, but it is not known if the rules permitted a piece to move across several rings at once or only one at a time. Players made use of elaborate strategies and ruses to attempt to outwit their opponents, often by tricking them into thinking they were using one stratagem when they were in fact using another. Either player had the ability to activate columns of fire at certain rings, allowing him or her to destroy the other player's pieces, but it is not known what rules applied to the use of these flames. It was possible to lo