There are 11 sets of cards. The lead card has a picture of an animal: an ass, cat, cow, dog, fox, goat, hare, horse, lion, pig or rat. The others in the set spell out the name of the animal with the letters illustrated in pictures. The set of lion cards is double in point value, because he is the 'king of the beasts'. The player who has obtained the largest number of sets at the end of the game wins.