Up to 4 Players can take part in the game. The Players first decide which colour they are to use and each one draw a shipping route Card, which names the ports he must sail to for loading and unloading. A "6" has to be thrown with the dice to start. With the next throw after the "6" the ship can sail from Hamburg. No second throw is allowed after a "6" during the game. Throwing the dice is carried out by means of a short, sharp tap on the Knob of the dice box. Each Player can only enter a port when the exact number necessary is thrown with the dice, otherwise he has to wait until he has thrown the exact number. The winner is the one who is first to arrive back in the port of Hamburg and calls "Hamburg Ahoy". —user summary