The players are dealt 8 cards and build their expeditions by stacking the numbers in increasing order, and may draw from the deck or the 5 discard piles.

The round is scored by subtracting 20 from the value of each expedition, and multiplying each with the Investment cards.

Lost Cities has been praised for "finely tuned balance of luck and skill...that made Lost Cities a hit with card- and board-game fans, and this version just makes all of that even better."

[6] In early 2009, Lost Cities was removed from the Xbox Live Marketplace.

[7] No official reason was given for the removal, but speculation centered on copyright issues over the merger of Activision and Vivendi, the latter being the parent company of Sierra, publisher of Lost Cities.