Operation Manual

Four Player Setup
During setup for a 4-player game each player
collects one color of unit. Therefore 1 of the
Founder players will collect all of the blue units and
the other all of the light blue units. The Vox Populi
players will do the same with the red and dark red
units. All players place their units on the board as
indicated in the 4-player setup diagram below.
When forming an action card deck in the 4 player
game, 1 Founder player will shuffle all of the
blue action cards to form his action deck; and the
other Founder player will shuffle all of the light
blue action cards to form his action deck. The
Vox Populi players do the same with the red and
dark red action cards.
Both players belonging to the same faction share a
player reference sheet. Any upgrades that a player
makes to his action cards also affect his teammate’s
action cards.
1. Place the game board in the center of the
play area.
2. Randomly choose an Elizabeth timeline card
and place it next to the board. Place the
Elizabeth marker on the first location of the
track on that timeline card.
3. Shuffle the world event cards to form a
world event deck.
4. Shuffle the victory point cards to create a
victory point deck.
5. There are 2 factions in the game, the Founders
and the Vox Populi. In the 4 player game, 2 of
the players will be the Founders and the other
2 the Vox Populi. One Founder player collects
all of the blue units and places some of them
on the board as indicated on the 4-player setup
diagram below. Set the remaining units to the
side of the board, making up the blue Founder
pool of units. The other Founder Player does
the same with the light blue units. The Vox
Populi players will do the same with the red
units and dark red units.
• The blue Founder player will place a
stronghold, Comstock, Songbird, and
three common units on location #9
Garden of New Eden.
• The light blue Founder player will place a
stronghold, Saltonstall, Handyman, and three
common units on location #11 Hall of Heroes.
• The red Vox player will place a stronghold,
Daisy, Airship, and three common units on
location #14 Fink MFG.
• The dark red Vox player will also place
a stronghold, Herzog, Handyman, and
three common units on location #5 Bank
of the Prophet.
6. The blue Founder player takes all of the blue
action cards and forms his action deck. The
light blue Founder player does the same with
the light blue action cards. The Vox Populi
players do the same with the red and dark
red action cards. Each player draws 5 cards.
7. The Founder players shuffle up the Founder
leader cards and randomly draws 1 of them for
each Founder player. The Vox Populi players
do the same with the Vox Populi leader cards.
8. The Founder players place the Founder player
reference sheet between them. They will share
this sheet. The Vox Populi players do the same
with the Vox Populi player reference sheet.
9. Each faction collects their victory tokens
and makes a pile.
10. Form a pile of Silver Eagles and a pile of
combat dice within reach of all players.
11. Place a random territory token on each
location of the board that isn’t already
occupied by player units.
12. Each player creates a pool of their remaining
units and structures in front of them.
13. Place Destruction Markers near board.
14. Place 4-Player Turn Order card.
15. Reveal the first victory point card.
16. Randomly choose a person to start the game
with the first player token.
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5B
5C
5D
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