You have different objectives and you can bluff your opponents on what your real objective is... You have both offensive and defensive pieces. Each turn consists of 7 actions by each player where you can split the actions between either offensive or defensive pieces. Dice are for any minor conflict outside of an Objective area between an attacker and a defender piece. Each player will play a conflict card for a major conflict within your objective areas. Be careful as you can only use each card once until you have used your whole deck. A bit like a sophisticated Stratego in some ways...