From the designers' website:The game is played in several rounds. The 3 to 5 players are sheiks who try each round to make themselves more attractive to convince as many women as possible to come to live in their harem. They can perform different actions to achieve this goal. Each round, another woman with different preferences comes into play and chooses the sheik that she is most attracted to.1st Place 2004 Hippodice Spieleautorenwettbewerb (as Harem). - BoardGameGeek