In The Scarlet Pimpernel you help the Scarlet Pimpernel complete seven missions and save the innocent from the guillotine. No mission will be as important as the last, as you rescue the young Dauphin, heir to the French throne, by taking him to Vienna.

As a member of the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel, you help carry out missions by securing the routes and locations, obtaining the required number of supporters and resources (horses, carts, papers and disguises), and filling the five mission spaces. This task is done by placing your cubes in different locations on the board to score points.

Although players work together to complete missions, only the player with the highest score at the end of the game becomes Scarlet Pimpernel's most trusted advisor.