It is a negotiation game in which a group of players compete and cooperate to put together profitable business deals.
Each player is randomly issued investor cards (usually one), with remainders placed face up near the board.
If a player does not draw cards, he may attempt to make a deal based on the current board position.
Notations on the board dictate which investors must be involved to close the deal, as well as the number of shares that will pay out.
Terms may only specify which investors will be involved and how the total proceeds of the deal will be distributed: no other offer of consideration is legal play.
These can have a variety of effects under different circumstances, including: The game ends after the conclusion of one of the last few deals on the tile stack.