A. Place the gameboard in the centre of play.

B. Place the following in separate piles next to the board, in reach of all players: Talisman cards, toad card, toad tokens, fate tokens, alignment tokens, strength counters, life counters, craft counters, gold.

C. Place the three dice within reach of all players.

D. Shuffle the red Adventure deck and place it facedown next to the board.

E. Shuffle the purple Spell deck and place it facedown next to the Adventure deck.

F. Place the gold Purchase deck facedown next to the Spell deck.

1. Gameboard

2. Adventure deck

3. Spell deck

4. Purchase deck

5. Talisman cards

6. Toad card

7. Toad tokens

8. Dice

9. Fate tokens

10. Alignment tokens

11. Evil

12. Neutral

13. Good

14. Strength counters

15. Life counters

16. Craft counters

17. Gold