Building and governing a state, taking care of the population and allying with new colonies is a big task. In Hadara, two to four players accept this challenge and establish their domain in three successive eras. To do this, they have to recruit people and with their help feed their population, increase income, take colonies, carve busts and collect victory points. But such specialists want to be paid well, so players should also watch out for their gold reserves. It can also make sense to send a person into exile once in a while. After three epochs have been completed, the final scoring follows. The player who then has the most victory points in front of him wins the game.