The King and his court are visiting the region. All the local nobles - meaning you - want to impress him with holding the best party, hiring minstrels, musicians, jugglers, actors, acrobats and beast tamers. Minstrels is a card game in which players draft cards from a central tableau to compose the best artist troupe. Of course, many of these artists have special abilities. The player with the best group of performers at the end of the game wins. —description from the designer