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Setup for 4 Player a Game of Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle

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Rule Set: The Monster Box of Monsters Expansion - Box 1

1. Location Cards
Location Cards
  1. Collect the 3 - Box 1 Location cards.
  2. Stack them in with the "1 of 3" card on top and the "3 of 3" card on bottom.
  3. Place them face up in the Locations space on the board.
2. Dark Art Cards
Dark Art Cards
  1. Collect the Dark Arts cards with this text in the upper right corner:
    • Base: Game 1, Game 2, Game 3, Game 4, Game 5, Game 6, Game 7
    • Monsters: Box 1
  2. Shuffle them and place the stack face down in the Dark Arts space on the board.
3. Encounter Cards
Encounter Cards
  1. Collect the 3 - Box 1 Encounter cards.
  2. Stack in order with the "1 of 3" card on top and the "3 of 3" card on bottom.
  3. Place them face up in the Horcrux space on the board.
4. Villain/Creature Cards
Villain/Creature Cards
  1. Remove these Villain cards from the game and put them back in the box:
    • Remove Game 2 Basilisk (replaced by Box 1 Basilisk)
    • Remove Game 3 Dementor (replaced by Box 1 Dementor)
    • Remove Game 6 Lord Voldemort
    • Remove Game 7 Lord Voldemort
  2. Place the Game 5 Lord Voldemort Villain card face up on the Villain space on the board.
  3. Collect and shuffle together these Villain/Creature cards:
    • All 6 - Box 1 Villain/Creature cards
    • 5 randomly chosen Villain cards from remaining Game 1 - Game 7 cards
  4. Stack them face down on top of the Voldemort card. There should be 12 total Villains/Creatures in this stack.
  5. Reveal the top 3 Villain/Creature cards and place them in the spaces below the Villain stack.
5. Hero Cards
Hero Cards

Hero Cards
  1. Each player takes a Player Board and puts a Heart token on the 10 spot.
  2. Each player takes the assigned Hero:
    • Player 1: Game 7 Harry Potter
    • Player 2: Game 7 Neville Longbottom
    • Player 3: Game 7 Ron Weasley (Starting Player)
    • Player 4: Box 1 Luna Lovegood
  3. Take the appropriate Hero Cards and places them above each player's Player Board.
  4. Each player chooses a Game 6 Proficiency card and places it beside their Hero Card.
  5. Collect the appropriate Hero Decks (10 cards each with the hero's name at the bottom).
  6. Shuffle each deck and place the stack face down to the right of each player's Player Board.
  7. Each player draws 5 cards to form their starting hands.
6. Hogwarts Cards
Hogwarts Cards
  1. Collect the Hogwarts cards with this text in the upper right corner:
    • Base: Game 1, Game 2, Game 3, Game 4, Game 5, Game 6, Game 7
    • Monsters: Box 1
  2. Remove these Ally cards:
    • Remove the Box 1 Luna Lovegood Ally card and put back in the box
    • Remove the Game 7 Harry Potter Ally card and put back in the box
    • Remove the Game 7 Neville Longbottom Ally card and put back in the box
    • Remove the Game 7 Ron Weasley Ally card and put back in the box
  3. Be sure not to include the Hero Starting Decks (the 10 cards with Hero's names on the bottom).
  4. Shuffle them and place the stack face down in the Hogwarts space on the board.
  5. Place the top 6 cards face up in the spaces below the deck.
7. Other Setup
  1. Put the Petrificut Totalus shield tokens near the board.
  2. Put the Hogwarts House dice near the board.
  3. If owned, put the Game 7 Basilisk Fang expansion card near the board.
  4. Stack the Detention! cards next to the board.