Setup for 4-Player a Game of Argent: The Consortium

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Player Setup

Seat 1 (Starting player)	Seat 2	Seat 3	Seat 4 (Last player, first to draft)
Player 3	Player 2	Player 4	Player 1
Natural Magick - Side B Mannheim Wildern	Planar Studies - Side B Lavanina	Department of Students - Side A Trias Blackwind	Divinity - Side B Monad Riverime
Starting Items 5x IP 1x Mark 2x Intelligence 2x Wisdom 6x Gold 2x Mana 2x Natural Magick Mages 3x Drafted Mages	Starting Items 5x IP 1x Mark 2x Intelligence 2x Wisdom 6x Gold 2x Mana 2x Planar Studies Mages 3x Drafted Mages	Starting Items 5x IP 1x Mark 2x Intelligence 2x Wisdom 6x Gold 2x Mana 2x Neutral Mages 3x Drafted Mages 1x Merit Badge	Starting Items 5x IP 1x Mark 2x Intelligence 2x Wisdom 6x Gold 2x Mana 2x Divinity Mages 3x Drafted Mages

University Setup

Room Activation Sequence

Remove these Components

Remove these Consortium (voter) Cards from the game BEFORE dealing the face-down voters.	Most Mysticism 2nd Most Influence 2nd Most Supporters
Remove components relating to the Mysticism Department.	All Mysticism Mages All Mysticism Spell cards Mysticism Legendary Spell card All Mysticism Support cards The Mysticism Mage Power card Most Mysticism Consortium Voter card

Mage Powers

Divinity - Side A

Natural Magick - Side A

Sorcery - Side A

Planar Studies - Side A

Technomancy - Side B

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 Assassins Scenario: Layout description card and stack Round Cards 1-5 in order. Create draw pile of Consortium (voter) Cards from the remaining cards after removing invalid cards (see below) and filling the Consortium Board.
Layout the Archmage's Staff Spell card (Side A). Also, add the Archmage's Staff Consortium Voter card before dealing out face-down voters.	Archmage's Staff - Side A Owner of Archmage's Staff
Layout 5 random Festival of Masks cards face-up.	Face-up Festival of Masks Card Face-up Festival of Masks Card Face-up Festival of Masks Card Face-up Festival of Masks Card Face-up Festival of Masks Card
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 Research 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 Consumables 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;1,2,11.B;1,3,20.B;1,4,3.A;2,1,1.B;2,2,14.A;2,3,6.B;2,4,12.A;3,1,17.B;3,2,21.B;3,3,2.A;3,4,22.A
Is Balanced? = No
Balance Score (the greater the score, the less it is balanced; 0 being ideally balanced) = 3