B. Setup & Phase Overview

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B1. Setup

1. Give each player a player aid and 100 rupiah.
2. Sort the city building cards into three piles (a, b and c). Deal each player one card of each pile.
3. Hand each player a set of wooden player markers of one color. Each player places a marker on the first slot of each of the R&D tracks.
4. Randomly select the player order and indicate this on the order of play track.
5. Sort the company deeds into three sets (a, b and c) and place the first set (the a’s) on their respective provinces (you can use the coordinate system to find locations easily).
6. Agree if money will be open or closed. We prefer to play with players not revealing the amount of money they have but tastes differ. If you forget to agree, the amount of money players have will be secret.
7. The game is now ready to start.

B2. Phase Overview

The game is played during three game eras, named a, b and c. The game will end (during phase 1) as soon as era c comes to an end. In each era, a number of years will be played. Each year consists of seven phases, as shown on the player aid. Some phases consist of multiple rounds. Each phase is described in detail below.