Each player is granted seven followers and each takes turns placing random land tiles, after the initial “starter tile” is placed, from a group of 71.

The core game follows the standard rules of the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering; each player has a deck of cards consisting of lands and spells. Lands are used to generate “mana,” the resource needed to cast spells.

The single player campaign is divided into 5 chapters. Each chapter unlocks one of the games 5 factions. The gameplay in the single player campaign is similar to that of the 2008 Risk rule set.

Gameplay is identical to the board game: there are two types of cards, colored train cars representing a type of cargo, and destination cards which feature two city destinations.