Katharina takes 2-4 players to the Tsarist Empire of 1762 to win the Tsarina's favor with the help of an innovative card mechanism. As is so often the case, different strategies can lead to different goals: Do you devote yourself to the development of the fine arts or trade, or do you perhaps prefer to secure and thus perpetuate the empire? The dilemma with the choice of cards is that it must always be decided whether the action of the card as such or whether it should be used to activate other actions. In the end, Katharina will decide in whom she will place her trust.