This is a two person card game. The components are a deck of cards with various fencing moves, a fencing strip board 8 squares long, and two fencing pawns, which are cardboard with wooden bases. The game consists of players playing attacks and finding appropriate responses from hand to defend against them. Attacks can only be initiated by the "player at advantage", a game state that can be passed. The cards names and effects are all genuine fencing terms, from ballestra to fleche.