Bidding Game for 3-5 players. Theme: Imperial Expansion of European Powers circa 1600-1750. Players compete for control in 10 Global Regions by assigning influence cards of differing values. Control of a region awards victory points. Regions gradually grow in value (in a partially player-determined fashion) as the game progresses. Finally, Events at the end of each turn can radically change influence totals in each of the Regions.