Rio Grande Games Arkadia 6 - Manual (Page 2)

PREPARATION
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If you are playing for the first time, punch out
the elements carefully.
Stick one of the 28 square seal tiles in each
castle piece as shown in the illustration.
For the first game we recommend the set-up shown on page
7 of these rules. This will make it easier to learn the game.
Set the game board up as described and then continue
reading here.
Now proceed as follows for the preparation of the game:
• Place the game board in the centre of the table.
• The building lot for the castle is placed in the grid so that
no square with a tent camp (see illustration
on the left) is covered.
• Each player gets a screen (construction
tent) as well as the 4 architect banners and
3 workers of their colour. The four banners are suspended
on the top of the screen facing outwards. Place the 3
workers behind your screen.
• The remaining workers (including the neutral beige ones)
form the general pool that is placed next to the game
board.
• The castle pieces are distributed on the three pool areas
at the border of the game board as follows: Place 12 pie-
ces (3 red ones, 3 olive ones, 3 silver ones and 3 black
ones) on the pool areas for the first and second floor of
the castle respectively. Since there are only 8 squares, you
stack up 2 pieces of the same colour on the squares at
the border of the game board. The remaining 4 castle pie-
ces are placed on the 4 coloured pool squares for the
third floor. The 4 neutral pool squares for the third floor
remain empty at the moment. They will be used in the
course of the game.
• Sort the buildings by their forms and place them next to
the game board.
• The seals and the gold are placed next to the game
board, too.
• Shuffle the building cards thoroughly. Each player gets 4
cards, face down. Place 3 additional cards face-up next to
the game board. Form a stack with the remaining cards
and place it on the table, face down.
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