The game is set 1870 during the German-French-War. There are the following 8 factions for 8 players:
blue-white-red.................France
black-white....................Preußen
white-green....................Sachsen
black-yellow-green.............Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach
blue-white.....................Bayern
black-red......................Würtemberg
yellow-red-yellow..............Baden
red-white......................Hessen
Each player has his own track ans starts at space 1. Whoever gets on space 50 (iron cross) first wins the game.
Movement is determined by drawing cards. There are 10 cards: One card for each faction, a card for the North German Confederacy (NGF) and a cord for the iron cross.
If a player card is drawn, the player in question moves 1 space forward. If the NGF-card is drawn, all players move 1 space. A player standing on space 24 may only move to the iron cross, if he draws the iron-cross-card.