The little booklet is not badly written, but it does have a few places where it tries to make the game look more difficult than it really is. But once we got going we didn't have to refer to the rules more than once or twice. The game begins with the Earths population of 6.000.000.000 divided between 3-6 factions, with one or two neutral factions controlled by the player with the least population tokens. Usually each faction begins with a token in the 1 Billion-space on the track of planet Earth. Each player has a hand of 6 cards plus a special Hidden Agenda -card which names a planet where that player will double his score at the end of the game.
All cards are selfexplanatory and easy to play.
Each planet-track has a specially marked space which marks the limit within which its population can freely expand. Thereafter a population token can only double with the aid of a Double card. This would be then be one of two Action cards a player may play during his turn. Other actions might be to build a new Colony or Migrants . Both let the player place a token in a Holding Box to one of the planets.