From the box: "Knuckle Down the Nile with your marbles. A classic game of marble madness for ages 5 to adult. Using skill and strategy, outmaneuver your opponent. Enter the sacred kingdom of the Nile. But watchout!! You may lose your marbles...and the game!! Don't let the legions of dinosaurs barricade your path. Capture them to score and become pharaoh of the Nile." From the rule book: "Object of the game: To score the most points by shooting marbles to knock down barriers, hit your opponents' marbles and to storm through the entrances to the pyramids, the sphinx and into a dinosaurs mouth."