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Setup

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First game

Shares per company: 3

Shares per company: 3

Shares per company: 4

Shares per company: 5

The main board

Place the main board in the center, with the 1/2-player side face up.
Mix the workers in the bag and place three at random in each active worker deposit.
Place three workers at random in the central deposit.
Place three workers at random in each reserve deposit. Leave the bag beside the board.
Put the dividend marker on space 0 of the dividend track.
Place a random offer tile, either side up, on each matching space and fill it with the tea boxes shown.
Place a random Deal tile in every city space marked for one. Remove unused Deal tiles from the game.
For each company color, place one factory at random in every marked starting space.
Sort the remaining factories into face-up reserve stacks by color.
Group the share tiles by company in their colored spaces. Use 3 shares per company.
Place a random shareholder bonus tile on each matching space.
Use the 1/2-player side of the board. Remove every East Co. gray component, one shareholder bonus tile and one headquarters bonus tile. Use three shares per company. Put one neutral pawn on Invest and another on Serve Tea to the Crown. Set the quote markers with one on the leftmost white space and two on each of the other two spaces.
Shuffle the office upgrades and place the deck beside the board. Reveal upgrades from the top of the deck to fill the spaces, starting at the £2 space and continuing in order of cost.
Place a random headquarters bonus tile on each matching space.
Shuffle the initial contracts and place one face down on each contract display space.
Keep the shuffled remaining contracts as the face-down contract deck beside the board.
Shuffle the Royal Mandates and place one face down on each matching space.
Leave the remaining Royal Mandates in a face-down deck beside the board.
Place one Royal Order tile, either side up, on each matching space.
Leave the Royal Supplier markers beside the board.
Make a general supply of concessions, tea boxes, coins and loans. These components are unlimited; use a suitable substitute if any run out.

Solo

Prepare Carrington with a player board, its pieces, £7 and one concession. Give Carrington two starting contracts and line them below its board; put a supervisor agent of an unused color at a random headquarters, set two differently colored workers on its first two spaces and give it one share matching the first worker. Choose its solo Deal tile by difficulty and shuffle its six action cards into a face-down deck.
You take the first-player marker; Carrington takes the second turn.

Each player

Deal one starting contract to each player and remove the other initial contracts from the game. Shuffle the remaining contracts and make a face-down draw deck beside the board.
Each player takes a personal board to represent their office.
Choose a color and place one agent on each agent space of your board.
Place a market post on each market-post space of your board.
Put your pawn beside your player board.
Take £7 and one concession.

The main board

Place the main board in the center, with the 1/2-player side face up.
Mix the workers in the bag and place three at random in each active worker deposit.
Place three workers at random in the central deposit.
Place three workers at random in each reserve deposit. Leave the bag beside the board.
Put the dividend marker on space 0 of the dividend track.
Place a random offer tile, either side up, on each matching space and fill it with the tea boxes shown.
Place a random Deal tile in every city space marked for one. Remove unused Deal tiles from the game.
For each company color, place one factory at random in every marked starting space.
Sort the remaining factories into face-up reserve stacks by color.
Group the share tiles by company in their colored spaces. Use 3 shares per company.
Place a random shareholder bonus tile on each matching space.
Use the 1/2-player side of the board. Remove every East Co. gray component, one shareholder bonus tile and one headquarters bonus tile. Use three shares per company. Put one neutral pawn on Invest and another on Serve Tea to the Crown. Set the quote markers with one on the leftmost white space and two on each of the other two spaces.
Shuffle the office upgrades and place the deck beside the board. Reveal upgrades from the top of the deck to fill the spaces, starting at the £2 space and continuing in order of cost.
Place a random headquarters bonus tile on each matching space.
Shuffle the initial contracts and place one face down on each contract display space.
Keep the shuffled remaining contracts as the face-down contract deck beside the board.
Shuffle the Royal Mandates and place one face down on each matching space.
Leave the remaining Royal Mandates in a face-down deck beside the board.
Place one Royal Order tile, either side up, on each matching space.
Leave the Royal Supplier markers beside the board.
Make a general supply of concessions, tea boxes, coins and loans. These components are unlimited; use a suitable substitute if any run out.

Solo

Prepare Carrington with a player board, its pieces, £7 and one concession. Give Carrington two starting contracts and line them below its board; put a supervisor agent of an unused color at a random headquarters, set two differently colored workers on its first two spaces and give it one share matching the first worker. Choose its solo Deal tile by difficulty and shuffle its six action cards into a face-down deck.
You take the first-player marker; Carrington takes the second turn.

Each player

Deal one starting contract to each player and remove the other initial contracts from the game. Shuffle the remaining contracts and make a face-down draw deck beside the board.
Each player takes a personal board to represent their office.
Choose a color and place one agent on each agent space of your board.
Place a market post on each market-post space of your board.
Put your pawn beside your player board.
Take £7 and one concession.

The main board

Place the main board in the center, with the 1/2-player side face up.
Mix the workers in the bag and place three at random in each active worker deposit.
Place three workers at random in the central deposit.
Place three workers at random in each reserve deposit. Leave the bag beside the board.
Put the dividend marker on space 0 of the dividend track.
Place a random offer tile, either side up, on each matching space and fill it with the tea boxes shown.
Place a random Deal tile in every city space marked for one. Remove unused Deal tiles from the game.
For each company color, place one factory at random in every marked starting space.
Sort the remaining factories into face-up reserve stacks by color.
Group the share tiles by company in their colored spaces. Use 3 shares per company.
Place a random shareholder bonus tile on each matching space.
Use the 1/2-player side of the board. Remove every East Co. gray component, one shareholder bonus tile and one headquarters bonus tile. Use three shares per company. Put one neutral pawn on Invest and another on Serve Tea to the Crown. Set the quote markers with one on the leftmost white space and two on each of the other two spaces.
Shuffle the office upgrades and place the deck beside the board. Reveal upgrades from the top of the deck to fill the spaces, starting at the £2 space and continuing in order of cost.
Place a random headquarters bonus tile on each matching space.
Shuffle the initial contracts and place one face down on each contract display space.
Keep the shuffled remaining contracts as the face-down contract deck beside the board.
Shuffle the Royal Mandates and place one face down on each matching space.
Leave the remaining Royal Mandates in a face-down deck beside the board.
Place one Royal Order tile, either side up, on each matching space.
Leave the Royal Supplier markers beside the board.
Make a general supply of concessions, tea boxes, coins and loans. These components are unlimited; use a suitable substitute if any run out.

Each player

Deal one starting contract to each player and remove the other initial contracts from the game. Shuffle the remaining contracts and make a face-down draw deck beside the board.
Each player takes a personal board to represent their office.
Choose a color and place one agent on each agent space of your board.
Place a market post on each market-post space of your board.
Put your pawn beside your player board.
Take £7 and one concession.
The player who most recently drank tea takes the first-player marker.

The main board

Place the main board in the center, with the 1/2-player side face up.
Mix the workers in the bag and place three at random in each active worker deposit.
Place three workers at random in the central deposit.
Place three workers at random in each reserve deposit. Leave the bag beside the board.
Put the dividend marker on space 0 of the dividend track.
Place a random offer tile, either side up, on each matching space and fill it with the tea boxes shown.
Place a random Deal tile in every city space marked for one. Remove unused Deal tiles from the game.
For each company color, place one factory at random in every marked starting space.
Sort the remaining factories into face-up reserve stacks by color.
Group the share tiles by company in their colored spaces. Use 3 shares per company.
Place a random shareholder bonus tile on each matching space.
Use the 1/2-player side of the board. Remove every East Co. gray component, one shareholder bonus tile and one headquarters bonus tile. Use three shares per company. Put one neutral pawn on Invest and another on Serve Tea to the Crown. Set the quote markers with one on the leftmost white space and two on each of the other two spaces.
Shuffle the office upgrades and place the deck beside the board. Reveal upgrades from the top of the deck to fill the spaces, starting at the £2 space and continuing in order of cost.
Place a random headquarters bonus tile on each matching space.
Shuffle the initial contracts and place one face down on each contract display space.
Keep the shuffled remaining contracts as the face-down contract deck beside the board.
Shuffle the Royal Mandates and place one face down on each matching space.
Leave the remaining Royal Mandates in a face-down deck beside the board.
Place one Royal Order tile, either side up, on each matching space.
Leave the Royal Supplier markers beside the board.
Make a general supply of concessions, tea boxes, coins and loans. These components are unlimited; use a suitable substitute if any run out.

Each player

Deal one starting contract to each player and remove the other initial contracts from the game. Shuffle the remaining contracts and make a face-down draw deck beside the board.
Each player takes a personal board to represent their office.
Choose a color and place one agent on each agent space of your board.
Place a market post on each market-post space of your board.
Put your pawn beside your player board.
Take £7 and one concession.
The player who most recently drank tea takes the first-player marker.

The main board

Place the main board in the center, with the 3/4-player side face up.
Mix the workers in the bag and place three at random in each active worker deposit.
Place three workers at random in the central deposit.
Place three workers at random in each reserve deposit. Leave the bag beside the board.
Put the dividend marker on space 1 of the dividend track.
Place a random offer tile, either side up, on each matching space and fill it with the tea boxes shown.
Place a random Deal tile in every city space marked for one. Remove unused Deal tiles from the game.
For each company color, place one factory at random in every marked starting space.
Sort the remaining factories into face-up reserve stacks by color.
Group the share tiles by company in their colored spaces. Use 4 shares per company.
Place a random shareholder bonus tile on each matching space.
Use the 3/4-player side of the board. Use four shares per company and place one neutral pawn on Invest. Put two quote markers on each of the three white quote spaces.
Shuffle the office upgrades and place the deck beside the board. Reveal upgrades from the top of the deck to fill the spaces, starting at the £2 space and continuing in order of cost.
Place a random headquarters bonus tile on each matching space.
Shuffle the initial contracts and place one face down on each contract display space.
Keep the shuffled remaining contracts as the face-down contract deck beside the board.
Shuffle the Royal Mandates and place one face down on each matching space.
Leave the remaining Royal Mandates in a face-down deck beside the board.
Place one Royal Order tile, either side up, on each matching space.
Leave the Royal Supplier markers beside the board.
Make a general supply of concessions, tea boxes, coins and loans. These components are unlimited; use a suitable substitute if any run out.

Each player

Deal one starting contract to each player and remove the other initial contracts from the game. Shuffle the remaining contracts and make a face-down draw deck beside the board.
Each player takes a personal board to represent their office.
Choose a color and place one agent on each agent space of your board.
Place a market post on each market-post space of your board.
Put your pawn beside your player board.
Take £7 and one concession.
The player who most recently drank tea takes the first-player marker.

The main board

Place the main board in the center, with the 3/4-player side face up.
Mix the workers in the bag and place three at random in each active worker deposit.
Place three workers at random in the central deposit.
Place three workers at random in each reserve deposit. Leave the bag beside the board.
Put the dividend marker on space 1 of the dividend track.
Place a random offer tile, either side up, on each matching space and fill it with the tea boxes shown.
Place a random Deal tile in every city space marked for one. Remove unused Deal tiles from the game.
For each company color, place one factory at random in every marked starting space.
Sort the remaining factories into face-up reserve stacks by color.
Group the share tiles by company in their colored spaces. Use 4 shares per company.
Place a random shareholder bonus tile on each matching space.
Use the 3/4-player side of the board. Use four shares per company and place one neutral pawn on Invest. Put two quote markers on each of the three white quote spaces.
Shuffle the office upgrades and place the deck beside the board. Reveal upgrades from the top of the deck to fill the spaces, starting at the £2 space and continuing in order of cost.
Place a random headquarters bonus tile on each matching space.
Shuffle the initial contracts and place one face down on each contract display space.
Keep the shuffled remaining contracts as the face-down contract deck beside the board.
Shuffle the Royal Mandates and place one face down on each matching space.
Leave the remaining Royal Mandates in a face-down deck beside the board.
Place one Royal Order tile, either side up, on each matching space.
Leave the Royal Supplier markers beside the board.
Make a general supply of concessions, tea boxes, coins and loans. These components are unlimited; use a suitable substitute if any run out.

Each player

Deal one starting contract to each player and remove the other initial contracts from the game. Shuffle the remaining contracts and make a face-down draw deck beside the board.
Each player takes a personal board to represent their office.
Choose a color and place one agent on each agent space of your board.
Place a market post on each market-post space of your board.
Put your pawn beside your player board.
Take £7 and one concession.
The player who most recently drank tea takes the first-player marker.

The main board

Place the main board in the center, with the 3/4-player side face up.
Mix the workers in the bag and place three at random in each active worker deposit.
Place three workers at random in the central deposit.
Place three workers at random in each reserve deposit. Leave the bag beside the board.
Put the dividend marker on space 0 of the dividend track.
Place a random offer tile, either side up, on each matching space and fill it with the tea boxes shown.
Place a random Deal tile in every city space marked for one. Remove unused Deal tiles from the game.
For each company color, place one factory at random in every marked starting space.
Sort the remaining factories into face-up reserve stacks by color.
Group the share tiles by company in their colored spaces. Use 5 shares per company.
Place a random shareholder bonus tile on each matching space.
Use the 3/4-player side of the board. Use five shares per company and no neutral pawns. Put two quote markers on each of the three white quote spaces.
Shuffle the office upgrades and place the deck beside the board. Reveal upgrades from the top of the deck to fill the spaces, starting at the £2 space and continuing in order of cost.
Place a random headquarters bonus tile on each matching space.
Shuffle the initial contracts and place one face down on each contract display space.
Keep the shuffled remaining contracts as the face-down contract deck beside the board.
Shuffle the Royal Mandates and place one face down on each matching space.
Leave the remaining Royal Mandates in a face-down deck beside the board.
Place one Royal Order tile, either side up, on each matching space.
Leave the Royal Supplier markers beside the board.
Make a general supply of concessions, tea boxes, coins and loans. These components are unlimited; use a suitable substitute if any run out.

Each player

Deal one starting contract to each player and remove the other initial contracts from the game. Shuffle the remaining contracts and make a face-down draw deck beside the board.
Each player takes a personal board to represent their office.
Choose a color and place one agent on each agent space of your board.
Place a market post on each market-post space of your board.
Put your pawn beside your player board.
Take £7 and one concession.
The player who most recently drank tea takes the first-player marker.

The main board

Place the main board in the center, with the 3/4-player side face up.
Mix the workers in the bag and place three at random in each active worker deposit.
Place three workers at random in the central deposit.
Place three workers at random in each reserve deposit. Leave the bag beside the board.
Put the dividend marker on space 0 of the dividend track.
Place a random offer tile, either side up, on each matching space and fill it with the tea boxes shown.
Place a random Deal tile in every city space marked for one. Remove unused Deal tiles from the game.
For each company color, place one factory at random in every marked starting space.
Sort the remaining factories into face-up reserve stacks by color.
Group the share tiles by company in their colored spaces. Use 5 shares per company.
Place a random shareholder bonus tile on each matching space.
Use the 3/4-player side of the board. Use five shares per company and no neutral pawns. Put two quote markers on each of the three white quote spaces.
Shuffle the office upgrades and place the deck beside the board. Reveal upgrades from the top of the deck to fill the spaces, starting at the £2 space and continuing in order of cost.
Place a random headquarters bonus tile on each matching space.
Shuffle the initial contracts and place one face down on each contract display space.
Keep the shuffled remaining contracts as the face-down contract deck beside the board.
Shuffle the Royal Mandates and place one face down on each matching space.
Leave the remaining Royal Mandates in a face-down deck beside the board.
Place one Royal Order tile, either side up, on each matching space.
Leave the Royal Supplier markers beside the board.
Make a general supply of concessions, tea boxes, coins and loans. These components are unlimited; use a suitable substitute if any run out.

Each player

Deal one starting contract to each player and remove the other initial contracts from the game. Shuffle the remaining contracts and make a face-down draw deck beside the board.
Each player takes a personal board to represent their office.
Choose a color and place one agent on each agent space of your board.
Place a market post on each market-post space of your board.
Put your pawn beside your player board.
Take £7 and one concession.
The player who most recently drank tea takes the first-player marker.

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The main board
Each player

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