| Layout the Starting Player Bell Tower card and 1 random Bell Tower cards face up. | 
| Starting Player Bell Tower Card
 | Face-up Bell Tower Card
 | Face-up Bell Tower Card
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| Layout 3 random Spell cards face-up. | 
| Face-up Spell Card | Face-up Spell Card | Face-up Spell Card |  
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| Layout 3 random Vault cards face-up. | 
| Face-up Vault Card Card | Face-up Vault Card Card | Face-up Vault Card Card |  
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| 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 |  
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| Stack Rounds Cards 1-5 in order. |   | 
| Layout the Archmage's Staff Spell card (Side A). Also, add the Archmage's Staff Consortium Voter card before dealing out face-down voters.
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| Archmage's Staff - Side A | Owner of Archmage's Staff |  
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| 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.
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| 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
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| 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
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