The game is basically a race to finish as many wonders of the world as possible.  Everybody can work on any wonder, but not all of them will actually be finished.

The game is a bidding game.  Reiner Knizia’s name is on the box, so of course it is a bidding game!  Every turn you can bid an amount of cards to help work on the current wonder.  If the player who’s turn is chooses your help, you will get markers on the wonder.  If it finishes, you will be scoring some points.

Every turn you are given another card that you can use to bid with later on.

I liked the game, but I did quite terrible at it.  I’ll need to play the game again in the future and try a different strategy.

I would recommend playing the game with your friends, but let one of them buy it.