Setup for 5 Player a Game of Argent: The Consortium

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Player Setup

Seat 1 (Starting player)	Seat 2	Seat 3	Seat 4	Seat 5 (Last player, first to draft)
Player 2	Player 3	Player 1	Player 5	Player 4
Technomancy - Side B Riflam Lenshear	Sorcery - Side A Larimore Burman	Divinity - Side A Rheye Cal	Planar Studies - Side A Xal Ezra	Natural Magick - Side A Exhufern Le Marigras
Starting Items 5x IP 1x Mark 2x Intelligence 2x Wisdom 6x Gold 2x Mana 2x Technomancy Mages 3x Drafted Mages	Starting Items 5x IP 1x Mark 2x Intelligence 2x Wisdom 6x Gold 2x Mana 2x Sorcery Mages 3x Drafted Mages	Starting Items 5x IP 1x Mark 2x Intelligence 2x Wisdom 6x Gold 2x Mana 2x Divinity 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 Natural Magick 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 Influence 2nd Most Influence 2nd Most Supporters

Mage Powers

Divinity - Side B

Natural Magick - Side B

Sorcery - Side A

Mysticism - Side A

Planar Studies - Side B

Technomancy - Side B

Other Setup

Layout the Starting Player Bell Tower card and 4 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 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 Key of the University Scenario: Layout description card and stack Round 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.	Archmage's Staff - Side A Owner of Archmage's Staff
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 11 more face-down.	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-down Consortium Voter Card Face-up Most Diversity 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 = 5;1,1,16.B;1,2,11.B;1,3,3.A;1,4,12.B;2,1,17.B;2,2,19.A;2,3,18.A;2,4,2.B;3,1,21.B;3,2,10.A;3,3,13.B;3,4,1.A
Is Balanced? = No
Balance Score (the greater the score, the less it is balanced; 0 being ideally balanced) = 6