Operation Manual

Game Setup
To set up a 2-player game follow these steps (For
information on setting up a 4-player game, see the
4-player rules section on page 20):
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. One player
will be the Founders and the other the Vox
Populi. The Founder player collects all of the
blue units and light blue common units and
places some of them on the board as indicated
below. Set the remaining units to the side of
the board, making up the Founder pool of
units. The other player will be the Vox Populi
and will do the same with the red units and
dark red commons.
• Founders will place a stronghold,
Comstock, Songbird, and three common
units on location #9 Garden of New Eden.
• Founders will also place a turret,
Handyman, and four common units on
location #11 Hall of Heroes.
• Vox will place a stronghold, Daisy,
Airship, and three common units on
location #14 Fink MFG.
• Vox will also place a turret, Handyman, and
four common units on location #5 Bank of
the Prophet.
6. The Founder player takes all of the blue
action cards and forms his action deck. The
Vox Populi player does the same with the
red action cards. Each player draws 5 cards.
7. The Founder player shuffles up the Founder
leader cards and randomly draws 1 of them.
The Vox Populi player does the same with the
Vox Populi leader cards.
8. The Founder player places the Founder player
reference sheet in front of him. The Vox Populi
player does the same with the Vox Populi
player reference sheet.
9. Each player collects his 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. Reveal the first victory point card.
15. Randomly choose a person to start the game
with the first player token.
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