The aim of Poldark The Board Game is to travel around Cornwell, gaining as many coins and crown notes as possible along the way, before arriving in Truro before the time is up. The length of the game is agreed to before the game starts. 35 to 45 minutes is suggested by the manufacturer. In a 2 or 3 player game, each player will play 2 characters as a team, in a 4 (or 6) player game each player will play one character as part of a team, and in a 5 player game, 4 players will play one character each as part of a team and the fifth player will play 2 characters as the third team.