To begin the game each player receives a set of tokens, which includes discs, cubes and cylinders in their colour. These are set out in the different areas to obtain a starting position. Which type of token will decide the outcome is decided by cards played from your hand, cards which you then replenish by drawing from one of several piles. Playing a card can also increase the number of tokens in an area. The best aspect of the game is the ceremony, which takes place when one of the main game pieces is moved into an area.
Removed pieces go back to their owner's stock.
When players have finished playing these cards, the majority token holder receives points from a table on the board. The value of these awards increases as the game proceeds. A timing device, in the form of scorpion cards, is incorporated into the drawing of cards and this allows the scoring marker to move up a chart. These cards also have a negative effect, with the player losing as many points as there are players behind him. So the player who is last suffers no negative effect but the leader gets hit significantly.