Based in 19th century American history, Guano! Guano!! Guano!!! takes players from the excrement-laden islands in the Pacific to the mansions of Newport, Rhode Island. Are you a philanthropist, an investor, or a social climber? To reach your goals, you'll have to discover new guano sources, ship it (by land or sea) to warehouses, and find the right buyers. Weather the storms, beat the competition, and enjoy the most ostentatious pastimes of the Gilded Age. Players start with a small fleet on the way to building their guano empire. On each turn they place workers and ships to explore islands and take guano to various markets (ports). As their empire grows, players build bigger fleets and then spend their profits on luxuries of the Gilded Age. —description from the publisher