The board consists of five columns of eight colored marbles, the colors being arranged randomly in each game. On each turn a player takes any number of marbles, but marbles may only be removed from the top of a column and all marbles taken on a single turn must be the same color. The object is to amass the most marbles. In an optional variation (in Take All (Orda Hebrew edition) and Toma Todo (Spanish edition)) there is a single black marble which is worth 5 ordinary marbles.