Setup for 4 Player a Game of Argent: The Consortium

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Player Setup

Seat 1	Seat 2	Seat 3	Seat 4
Player 4	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
Mysticism - Side B Jesca Renetton	Department of Students - Side A Trias Blackwind	Natural Magick - Side A Exhufern Le Marigras	Sorcery - Side A Larimore Burman
Starting Items 5x IP 1x Mark 2x Intelligence 2x Wisdom 6x Gold 2x Mana 2x Mysticism Mages No drafted mages (Summer Break)	Starting Items 5x IP 1x Mark 2x Intelligence 2x Wisdom 6x Gold 2x Mana 2x Neutral Mages No drafted mages (Summer Break) 1x Merit Badge	Starting Items 5x IP 1x Mark 2x Intelligence 2x Wisdom 6x Gold 2x Mana 2x Natural Magick Mages No drafted mages (Summer Break)	Starting Items 5x IP 1x Mark 2x Intelligence 2x Wisdom 6x Gold 2x Mana 2x Sorcery Mages No drafted mages (Summer Break)

University Setup

Room Activation Sequence

Remove these Components

Remove these Consortium (voter) Cards from the game BEFORE dealing the face-down voters.	Most Technomancy Owner of Archmage's Staff
Remove the Archmage's Staff Spell card.	Archmage's Staff - Side A
Remove components relating to the Technomancy Department.	All Technomancy Mages All Technomancy Spell cards Technomancy Legendary Spell card All Technomancy Support cards The Technomancy Mage Power card Most Technomancy Consortium Voter card

Mage Powers

Divinity - Side B

Natural Magick - Side B

Sorcery - Side B

Mysticism - Side B

Planar Studies - Side A

Other Setup

Layout the Starting Player Bell Tower card and 3 random Bell Tower cards face up.	Starting Player Bell Tower Card Face-up Bell Tower Card Face-up Bell Tower Card Face-up Bell Tower Card
Layout 3 random Spell cards face-up.	Face-up Spell Card Face-up Spell Card Face-up Spell Card
Layout 3 random Vault cards face-up.	Face-up Vault Card Card Face-up Vault Card Card Face-up Vault Card Card
Layout 5 random Supporter cards face-up.	Face-up Supporter Card Face-up Supporter Card Face-up Supporter Card Face-up Supporter Card Face-up Supporter Card
Use Summer Break Scenario: Layout description card and stack Round Cards 1-6 in order. Players begin the game with only their two starting mages (no drafting).
Setup Consortium Voters 1. Include and/or exclude certian voters first (see above). 2. Layout the indicated face-up voter(s). 3. Shuffle the remaining voters and layout 10 more face-down.	Face-up Most Influence Face-down Consortium Voter Card Face-down Consortium Voter Card Face-down Consortium Voter Card Face-down Consortium Voter Card Face-down Consortium Voter Card Face-up Most Supporters Face-down Consortium Voter Card Face-down Consortium Voter Card Face-down Consortium Voter Card Face-down Consortium Voter Card Face-down Consortium Voter Card

Board Stats

Serial Number = 4;1,1,22.A;1,2,10.B;1,3,21.A;1,4,3.B;2,1,13.B;2,2,16.A;2,3,14.B;2,4,5.A;3,1,17.B;3,2,1.A;3,3,2.B;3,4,22.A
Is Balanced? = No
Balance Score (the greater the score, the less it is balanced; 0 being ideally balanced) = 3
Total Action spots = 29
Action spots per Mage (at beginning of game) = 3
Shadow spots = 29
Immediate Action spots = 6