Terrace is a strategy game played by two, three, or four players on a multi-leveled 8×8 (or, more recently, 6×6) board.

The game board for Terrace has either 64 or 36 squares of uniform color, arranged in L-shaped levels ("terraces") that rise stepwise from the board's lowest points in two diagonally opposite corners to its highest points in the other two corners.

All pieces are shaped alike and move according to the same rules, but they are of four different sizes and vary in capturing "power."

One of each player's smallest pieces has the letter "T" carved into it and has a role somewhat similar to the king in chess.

[1] After the game was introduced in 1991,[1] Terrace won a number of major awards and was subsequently featured on Star Trek: The Next Generation as a permanent prop.