Place the board in the middle of the table.
(1) Each player selects a color and puts the following into his personal supply:
- 3 pawns
- 4 player discs/reeves
- 11 action cards
- 7 influence markers
- 7 food
- 7 shillings
- 1 player pouch
- 1 reference card
(2) Each player places his blank player disc on the scoring track.