During the medieval goings-on around Orléans, you must assemble a following of farmers, merchants, knights, monks, etc. to gain supremacy through trade, construction and science in medieval France.
In Orléans, you will recruit followers and put them to work to make use of their abilities. Farmers and Boatmen supply you with money and goods; Knights expand your scope of action and secure your mercantile expeditions; Craftsmen build trading stations and tools to facilitate work; Scholars make progress in science; Traders open up new locations for you to use your followers; and last but not least, it cannot hurt to get active in monasteries since with Monks on your side you are much less likely to fall prey to fate.
You will always want to take more actions than possible, and there are many paths to victory. The challenge is to combine all elements as best as possible with regard to your strategy.
 
Orléans: Trade & Intrigue is the second large expansion for the award-winning game Orléans.
This expansion adds new place tiles and four new modules:
Orders: a new set of cards, each depicting goods and a city - collect the goods and turn them in at the city for victory points
New Events: a completely new set of 34 Hour Glass Tiles from which 18 are semi-randomly chosen for each game
New Beneficial Deeds: a replacement Beneficial Deeds board providing completely new rewards for sending away your Followers
Intrigue: a replacement Beneficial Deeds board allowing you to attack and hinder your opponents or even steal from them