Array of pointers issue

[jnmacd]

void board:place(piece p, int x, int y, int z) {
table[x][y][z] = &p;
}

So you are passing in a local copy of piece... then storing the memory address of a local variable.
THIS IS A BIG NO! As soon as the place() function ends, &p is no longer valid.

It should be instead something like,

homeBoard->place(this,c);
.......
void board:place(piece *p, int x, int y, int z) {
table[x][y][z] = p;
}

Go ahead and pass in the original object, not make a copy of it. The original object was created in main(), so it will still be valid through out the end of the program.