The game uses a top-down board representing a developing city. Players place tiles to form hotel chains, buy stock in active corporations, and manage cash while competing against other participants.

Play proceeds through turns rather than real-time action. Mergers can create majority and minority shareholders, distribute bonuses, and make smaller chains vulnerable to absorption. The objective is to finish with more money than the other players after the final liquidation of stock and cash.

Build chains when the resulting position gives you useful stock access, but avoid making a corporation vulnerable before you can benefit from its merger. Track opponents' shares and cash, since a merger is valuable only when its bonuses and stock exchanges improve your position. Keep enough cash to buy shares during unexpected turns.