The game itself is super simple. One player takes on the roll of the land, and the other the sea. The land is trying to make islands across the board, while the sea wants to make small seas all over. If you play with the third player, then things get a little wackier as you score the secondary mechanics like coral in the seas and mountains on the land...however, overall game play is simple. On your turn you lay down a tile, making sure the sides connect to like sides, ie land to land and sea to sea. If doing this completes a sea or an island then you score points. Then you draw another tile, and the next player goes. It is that simple.