The acquisition of SP's takes place through playing the game, It is similar to Monopoly by the fact that when a player passes where she or he started, SP's are received. Also by landing on good spots, the player collects varying amounts of points depending on the circumstances. Every whale costs a different amount due to how many are left or how much they are worth. The players pool money together to save each whale, and once one is saved, the player selects another of the remaining whales from the game box. When all the whales have either been saved or killed, the game is over.
Players move around the track encountering various situations, either good or bad.
Usually a problem will fine all players, instead of only the one person who landed on that particular spot. There is also another track on the inside edge of the larger track. It is around the periphery of the global map and it is the track of the whaling ship. If a whale lands on a specific spot or the player is unable to pay a fine, he or she has to move to the whaling ship track. The player has to stay there until landing on a spot which allows the whale to leave, or if someone on the normal track lands on a spot which can remove all whales from the whaling track.