"Theme: European Royal Houses 1300-1900. Each turn represents 25 years (roughly 1 generation). Starting in 1300 and ending in 1900. There are 24 turns." There are three custom card decks used in the game, the Dynasty Deck, Territory Deck, and Event Deck. The Dynasty Deck represents the Dynasties that the players can represent. Each Dynasty has a starting Territory and a Special Ability. The Dynasties included in the game are: Habsburg, Orange, Tudor, Burgundy, Stuart, Romanov, Grimaldi, Hohenzollern, Oldenburg, Bourbon, Capetian, and Valois. Each card in the Territory Deck represents a Territory that can be owned by a player. Each Territory belongs to one of ten Regions. The Event Deck contains a variety of random events. Each turn a card is drawn from the Event Deck and resolved. "Victory: The player with the most Victory Tokens at the end of the game wins."