The players are split into two even teams and each chooses a base (their bank), and a playing area is defined. Each player is given/finds/earns starting money/token, usually of the minimum value.

Two bankers and a number of traders (leaders) are defined, and each is given one or more stacks of non-adjacent valued tokens/money. These traders then move randomly around the playing area.

The players must then find the trader with the next highest note/token. The trader will check the current value held and providing the trader is the right one will give the player the next highest value money/token. The player must then take the lower value token/money to their bank. The player can then go on to find and increase their currency with other traders going up in value. If they find the highest possible note/token then this is taken straight to the bank and can be used to mark the end of the game.

The winning team can either be the one that is the first to return a maximum value note/token to their bank, or the one with the highest value in their bank at the end of the game time.