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Setup

A four-player game ready to start
A four-player game ready to start

In the centre of the table

  1. Dragon Guild. Pick 1 of the 4 Dragon Guild tiles at random and put it in the centre of the board, side for your player count face up.
  2. Card display. Shuffle the dragons and put 3 face up on the display; do the same with the cave cards. Keep both decks face down nearby.
  3. Round tracker. Round marker on Round 1. Shuffle the objective tiles and put 4 at random on the tracker, each with a random side up.
  4. Supply. Coins, eggs and all tokens in a general supply.

Each player gains

  1. Player mat. And the pieces of one colour: 1 adventurer, 8 player markers, 1 guild token.
  2. 6 coins and 1 egg. Put the egg on one of the two nests on your mat. Coins go to the left of your mat.
  3. Cards. Draw 3 dragons and 3 cave cards. Keep 4 in any mix; discard the other 2.
  4. 3 resources. Any mix of gold, crystal, meat and milk. Tip: look at your starting dragons first and pick what they need.
  5. Pieces. Adventurer in Base Camp on your mat; guild token on START on the Dragon Guild.
  6. Start player. Give a random player the start player marker.