Every player leads a clan of cave people. The clan must secure its survival in winter by hunting and thereby collect Trophy Chips during the Great Clan Meeting. The first clan to attain the required number of Trophy Chips wins the game.
At the glacier’s edge is played over several years, every year lasting a certain number of turns. All of the clans meet at the end of the year (indicated by the Winter card) for the Great Clan Meeting where all clans tell stories of their adventures and Trophy Chips are distributed. After that every clan must nourish its members using its supplies and make them survive the winter.