For the King (and Me) is played in two distinct phases: Draft and Auction.

In the first phase, players draw cards and decide whether to allocate them to their hand, the discard pile or the common market, from which all players are then obliged to take cards. Once the deck has been emptied and the King has reached his majority, the auction begins.

In the second phase, players reveal cards from the discard pile and bid for them using gold. Their aim is, of course, to complete the collections begun in the first phase… and to counter those of their opponents.