on the expedition must "advance" the expedition (be a higher number than the previous one). after playing a card, the player draws a new card and his turn is over. this continues until the draw deck is empty, at which time the players add up the points for each of their expeditions. the players repeat this for a certain number of rounds, and then the total score (from each round) is added up to determine the winner.
the biggest pro for lost cities is that it is a relatively quick and portable game that could be played easily. since the number of rounds played each game is decided beforehand, this makes 