A game of Sjoelen consists of each player taking one turn and the player with the highest score wins the game. A turn consists of 3 chances to slide all the available disks down the board aiming for the numbered compartments. Each chance is referred to as a sub-turn. Due to the fact that slipping a disk into each of the four compartments doubles their scoring value, players normally attempt to slide an equal number of disks into each compartment. This is a significant contributing factor to the interest of the game.