Draw trade lanes across a single seamless universe drawn in symbols and lines, and let your ships mine, haul and sell on their own. Chase the materials you lack and the regions you want, push your network outward, and hold the lanes against pirates.
The small white players have tasks around the map. Once they complete all of their tasks, they win. The big orange player has to find tools around the house to help hunt down the small white players. If he manages to hunt down all of them, he wins.