Setup · John Company: Second Edition

The board

Put the board and component trays in the middle of the table.
Shuffle the India event tiles into a face-down stack beside the board.
Put the local alliance tiles in the Army boxes that list them.
Put a marker on the 5 space of the Company Balance track along the bottom edge.
Put the four power tokens on their marked spaces of the Power track.
Each player takes a family's pieces and family board, and puts its victory point marker on 0 of the Victory Point track.
Put the tower levels, domes and flags near the right side of the board.
Put the law, office, prestige, blackmail and setup cards nearby.
Put each loot token in its region, £ side up.

The Crown (1–2 players)

Before the setup cards: give the Crown its family board and the family members of two families (36 pieces). It uses up one colour before the other.
Split the 12 red promise cubes: 6 for you, 6 for the Crown.
The Crown sits last in order after the starting Chairman (if it is Chairman, just before the next office).
Choose a difficulty: Easy (promise cards can be traded for cubes), Normal, Hard (+4 cubes for the Crown) or Expert (Hard, plus 3 extra setup cards for the Crown).
Shuffle the AI cards face down, turn the top one face up and set the climate marker on the Crown's board to its icon.

Scenario and setup cards

Choose a scenario: 1710 (first game), 1758, 1813 (most advanced, best with 5–6) or Long 1710 (up to 8 turns). Follow its scenario card: take what it lists, mark its track positions with pawns and set up India as shown. Put a black pawn on its date on the Turn track and point the Prime Minister dial at that date.
Take the 12 setup cards of the scenario's date, and shuffle them.
Draw 3 setup cards, keep 1 and give 2 to the Crown; do this 4 times (you end with 4, the Crown with 8). Variant: deal 4 to you and 8 to the Crown at random.

Finish setup

Put the office cards nobody took near the board.
Build the London Season Display: shuffle the prestige and blackmail cards together and deal 3 — prestige face up, blackmail face down.
Shuffle the remaining law cards into a deck near the board.

The board

Put the board and component trays in the middle of the table.
Shuffle the India event tiles into a face-down stack beside the board.
Put the local alliance tiles in the Army boxes that list them.
Put a marker on the 5 space of the Company Balance track along the bottom edge.
Put the four power tokens on their marked spaces of the Power track.
Each player takes a family's pieces and family board, and puts its victory point marker on 0 of the Victory Point track.
Put the tower levels, domes and flags near the right side of the board.
Put the law, office, prestige, blackmail and setup cards nearby.
Put each loot token in its region, £ side up.

The Crown (1–2 players)

Before the setup cards: give the Crown its family board and the family members of two families (36 pieces). It uses up one colour before the other.
Split the 12 red promise cubes: 6 for you, 6 for the Crown.
The Crown sits last in order after the starting Chairman (if it is Chairman, just before the next office).
Choose a difficulty: Easy (promise cards can be traded for cubes), Normal, Hard (+4 cubes for the Crown) or Expert (Hard, plus 3 extra setup cards for the Crown).
Shuffle the AI cards face down, turn the top one face up and set the climate marker on the Crown's board to its icon.

Scenario and setup cards

Choose the 1710 scenario for a first game. Follow its scenario card: take what it lists, mark its track positions with pawns and set up India as shown. Put a black pawn on its date on the Turn track and point the Prime Minister dial at that date.
Take the 12 setup cards of the scenario's date, and shuffle them.
Draw 3 setup cards, keep 1 and give 2 to the Crown; do this 4 times (you end with 4, the Crown with 8). Variant: deal 4 to you and 8 to the Crown at random.

Finish setup

Put the office cards nobody took near the board.
Build the London Season Display: shuffle the prestige and blackmail cards together and deal 3 — prestige face up, blackmail face down.
Shuffle the remaining law cards into a deck near the board.

The board

Put the board and component trays in the middle of the table.
Shuffle the India event tiles into a face-down stack beside the board.
Put the local alliance tiles in the Army boxes that list them.
Put a marker on the 5 space of the Company Balance track along the bottom edge.
Put the four power tokens on their marked spaces of the Power track.
Each player takes a family's pieces and family board, and puts its victory point marker on 0 of the Victory Point track.
Put the tower levels, domes and flags near the right side of the board.
Put the law, office, prestige, blackmail and setup cards nearby.
Put each loot token in its region, £ side up.

The Crown (1–2 players)

Before the setup cards: give the Crown its family board and the family members of two families (36 pieces). It uses up one colour before the other.
Split the 12 red promise cubes: 4 for each player, 4 for the Crown.
The Crown sits last in order after the starting Chairman (if it is Chairman, just before the next office).
Set up as a 3-player game, with the Crown as the third family.
Give a spare piece, the Player Button, to the player the finger on the face-up AI card points at.
Choose a difficulty: Easy (promise cards can be traded for cubes), Normal, Hard (+4 cubes for the Crown) or Expert (Hard, plus 3 extra setup cards for the Crown).
Shuffle the AI cards face down, turn the top one face up and set the climate marker on the Crown's board to its icon.

Scenario and setup cards

Choose a scenario: 1710 (first game), 1758, 1813 (most advanced, best with 5–6) or Long 1710 (up to 8 turns). Follow its scenario card: take what it lists, mark its track positions with pawns and set up India as shown. Put a black pawn on its date on the Turn track and point the Prime Minister dial at that date.
Take the 12 setup cards of the scenario's date, and shuffle them.
Each player draws 3 setup cards, keeps 2 and gives 1 to the Crown; do this twice. Everyone, the Crown included, ends with 4.

Finish setup

Put the office cards nobody took near the board.
Build the London Season Display: shuffle the prestige and blackmail cards together and deal 3 — prestige face up, blackmail face down.
Shuffle the remaining law cards into a deck near the board.

The board

Put the board and component trays in the middle of the table.
Shuffle the India event tiles into a face-down stack beside the board.
Put the local alliance tiles in the Army boxes that list them.
Put a marker on the 5 space of the Company Balance track along the bottom edge.
Put the four power tokens on their marked spaces of the Power track.
Each player takes a family's pieces and family board, and puts its victory point marker on 0 of the Victory Point track.
Put the tower levels, domes and flags near the right side of the board.
Put the law, office, prestige, blackmail and setup cards nearby.
Put each loot token in its region, £ side up.

The Crown (1–2 players)

Before the setup cards: give the Crown its family board and the family members of two families (36 pieces). It uses up one colour before the other.
Split the 12 red promise cubes: 4 for each player, 4 for the Crown.
The Crown sits last in order after the starting Chairman (if it is Chairman, just before the next office).
Set up as a 3-player game, with the Crown as the third family.
Give a spare piece, the Player Button, to the player the finger on the face-up AI card points at.
Choose a difficulty: Easy (promise cards can be traded for cubes), Normal, Hard (+4 cubes for the Crown) or Expert (Hard, plus 3 extra setup cards for the Crown).
Shuffle the AI cards face down, turn the top one face up and set the climate marker on the Crown's board to its icon.

Scenario and setup cards

Choose the 1710 scenario for a first game. Follow its scenario card: take what it lists, mark its track positions with pawns and set up India as shown. Put a black pawn on its date on the Turn track and point the Prime Minister dial at that date.
Take the 12 setup cards of the scenario's date, and shuffle them.
Each player draws 3 setup cards, keeps 2 and gives 1 to the Crown; do this twice. Everyone, the Crown included, ends with 4.

Finish setup

Put the office cards nobody took near the board.
Build the London Season Display: shuffle the prestige and blackmail cards together and deal 3 — prestige face up, blackmail face down.
Shuffle the remaining law cards into a deck near the board.

The board

Put the board and component trays in the middle of the table.
Shuffle the India event tiles into a face-down stack beside the board.
Put the local alliance tiles in the Army boxes that list them.
Put a marker on the 5 space of the Company Balance track along the bottom edge.
Put the four power tokens on their marked spaces of the Power track.
Each player takes a family's pieces and family board, and puts its victory point marker on 0 of the Victory Point track.
Put the tower levels, domes and flags near the right side of the board.
Put the law, office, prestige, blackmail and setup cards nearby.
Put each loot token in its region, £ side up.

Scenario and setup cards

Choose a scenario: 1710 (first game), 1758, 1813 (most advanced, best with 5–6) or Long 1710 (up to 8 turns). Follow its scenario card: take what it lists, mark its track positions with pawns and set up India as shown. Put a black pawn on its date on the Turn track and point the Prime Minister dial at that date.
Take the 12 setup cards of the scenario's date, and shuffle them.
Deal the setup cards out evenly. Each player takes everything listed: for each office, a family member on that office space and the office card; the cash from the bank.
Draft variant: instead of keeping a random hand, each player picks one dealt card and passes the rest left, until none are left.

Finish setup

Put the office cards nobody took near the board.
Build the London Season Display: shuffle the prestige and blackmail cards together and deal 3 — prestige face up, blackmail face down.
Shuffle the remaining law cards into a deck near the board.

The board

Put the board and component trays in the middle of the table.
Shuffle the India event tiles into a face-down stack beside the board.
Put the local alliance tiles in the Army boxes that list them.
Put a marker on the 5 space of the Company Balance track along the bottom edge.
Put the four power tokens on their marked spaces of the Power track.
Each player takes a family's pieces and family board, and puts its victory point marker on 0 of the Victory Point track.
Put the tower levels, domes and flags near the right side of the board.
Put the law, office, prestige, blackmail and setup cards nearby.
Put each loot token in its region, £ side up.

Scenario and setup cards

Choose the 1710 scenario for a first game. Follow its scenario card: take what it lists, mark its track positions with pawns and set up India as shown. Put a black pawn on its date on the Turn track and point the Prime Minister dial at that date.
Take the 12 setup cards of the scenario's date, and shuffle them.
Deal the setup cards out evenly. Each player takes everything listed: for each office, a family member on that office space and the office card; the cash from the bank.

Finish setup

Put the office cards nobody took near the board.
Build the London Season Display: shuffle the prestige and blackmail cards together and deal 3 — prestige face up, blackmail face down.
Shuffle the remaining law cards into a deck near the board.

The board

Put the board and component trays in the middle of the table.
Shuffle the India event tiles into a face-down stack beside the board.
Put the local alliance tiles in the Army boxes that list them.
Put a marker on the 5 space of the Company Balance track along the bottom edge.
Put the four power tokens on their marked spaces of the Power track.
Each player takes a family's pieces and family board, and puts its victory point marker on 0 of the Victory Point track.
Put the tower levels, domes and flags near the right side of the board.
Put the law, office, prestige, blackmail and setup cards nearby.
Put each loot token in its region, £ side up.

Scenario and setup cards

Choose a scenario: 1710 (first game), 1758, 1813 (most advanced, best with 5–6) or Long 1710 (up to 8 turns). Follow its scenario card: take what it lists, mark its track positions with pawns and set up India as shown. Put a black pawn on its date on the Turn track and point the Prime Minister dial at that date.
Take the 12 setup cards of the scenario's date, and shuffle them.
Deal the setup cards out evenly. Each player takes everything listed: for each office, a family member on that office space and the office card; the cash from the bank.
Draft variant: instead of keeping a random hand, each player picks one dealt card and passes the rest left, until none are left.

Finish setup

Put the office cards nobody took near the board.
Build the London Season Display: shuffle the prestige and blackmail cards together and deal 3 — prestige face up, blackmail face down.
Shuffle the remaining law cards into a deck near the board.

The board

Put the board and component trays in the middle of the table.
Shuffle the India event tiles into a face-down stack beside the board.
Put the local alliance tiles in the Army boxes that list them.
Put a marker on the 5 space of the Company Balance track along the bottom edge.
Put the four power tokens on their marked spaces of the Power track.
Each player takes a family's pieces and family board, and puts its victory point marker on 0 of the Victory Point track.
Put the tower levels, domes and flags near the right side of the board.
Put the law, office, prestige, blackmail and setup cards nearby.
Put each loot token in its region, £ side up.

Scenario and setup cards

Choose the 1710 scenario for a first game. Follow its scenario card: take what it lists, mark its track positions with pawns and set up India as shown. Put a black pawn on its date on the Turn track and point the Prime Minister dial at that date.
Take the 12 setup cards of the scenario's date, and shuffle them.
Deal the setup cards out evenly. Each player takes everything listed: for each office, a family member on that office space and the office card; the cash from the bank.

Finish setup

Put the office cards nobody took near the board.
Build the London Season Display: shuffle the prestige and blackmail cards together and deal 3 — prestige face up, blackmail face down.
Shuffle the remaining law cards into a deck near the board.

The board

Put the board and component trays in the middle of the table.
Shuffle the India event tiles into a face-down stack beside the board.
Put the local alliance tiles in the Army boxes that list them.
Put a marker on the 5 space of the Company Balance track along the bottom edge.
Put the four power tokens on their marked spaces of the Power track.
Each player takes a family's pieces and family board, and puts its victory point marker on 0 of the Victory Point track.
Put the tower levels, domes and flags near the right side of the board.
Put the law, office, prestige, blackmail and setup cards nearby.
Put each loot token in its region, £ side up.

Scenario and setup cards

Choose a scenario: 1710 (first game), 1758, 1813 (most advanced, best with 5–6) or Long 1710 (up to 8 turns). Follow its scenario card: take what it lists, mark its track positions with pawns and set up India as shown. Put a black pawn on its date on the Turn track and point the Prime Minister dial at that date.
Take the 12 setup cards of the scenario's date, add 3 of its extra cards, and shuffle them.
Deal the setup cards out evenly. Each player takes everything listed: for each office, a family member on that office space and the office card; the cash from the bank.
Draft variant: instead of keeping a random hand, each player picks one dealt card and passes the rest left, until none are left.

Finish setup

Put the office cards nobody took near the board.
Build the London Season Display: shuffle the prestige and blackmail cards together and deal 3 — prestige face up, blackmail face down.
Shuffle the remaining law cards into a deck near the board.

The board

Put the board and component trays in the middle of the table.
Shuffle the India event tiles into a face-down stack beside the board.
Put the local alliance tiles in the Army boxes that list them.
Put a marker on the 5 space of the Company Balance track along the bottom edge.
Put the four power tokens on their marked spaces of the Power track.
Each player takes a family's pieces and family board, and puts its victory point marker on 0 of the Victory Point track.
Put the tower levels, domes and flags near the right side of the board.
Put the law, office, prestige, blackmail and setup cards nearby.
Put each loot token in its region, £ side up.

Scenario and setup cards

Choose the 1710 scenario for a first game. Follow its scenario card: take what it lists, mark its track positions with pawns and set up India as shown. Put a black pawn on its date on the Turn track and point the Prime Minister dial at that date.
Take the 12 setup cards of the scenario's date, add 3 of its extra cards, and shuffle them.
Deal the setup cards out evenly. Each player takes everything listed: for each office, a family member on that office space and the office card; the cash from the bank.

Finish setup

Put the office cards nobody took near the board.
Build the London Season Display: shuffle the prestige and blackmail cards together and deal 3 — prestige face up, blackmail face down.
Shuffle the remaining law cards into a deck near the board.

The board

Put the board and component trays in the middle of the table.
Shuffle the India event tiles into a face-down stack beside the board.
Put the local alliance tiles in the Army boxes that list them.
Put a marker on the 5 space of the Company Balance track along the bottom edge.
Put the four power tokens on their marked spaces of the Power track.
Each player takes a family's pieces and family board, and puts its victory point marker on 0 of the Victory Point track.
Put the tower levels, domes and flags near the right side of the board.
Put the law, office, prestige, blackmail and setup cards nearby.
Put each loot token in its region, £ side up.

Scenario and setup cards

Choose a scenario: 1710 (first game), 1758, 1813 (most advanced, best with 5–6) or Long 1710 (up to 8 turns). Follow its scenario card: take what it lists, mark its track positions with pawns and set up India as shown. Put a black pawn on its date on the Turn track and point the Prime Minister dial at that date.
Take the 12 setup cards of the scenario's date, add 6 of its extra cards, and shuffle them.
Deal the setup cards out evenly. Each player takes everything listed: for each office, a family member on that office space and the office card; the cash from the bank.
Draft variant: instead of keeping a random hand, each player picks one dealt card and passes the rest left, until none are left.

Finish setup

Put the office cards nobody took near the board.
Build the London Season Display: shuffle the prestige and blackmail cards together and deal 3 — prestige face up, blackmail face down.
Shuffle the remaining law cards into a deck near the board.

The board

Put the board and component trays in the middle of the table.
Shuffle the India event tiles into a face-down stack beside the board.
Put the local alliance tiles in the Army boxes that list them.
Put a marker on the 5 space of the Company Balance track along the bottom edge.
Put the four power tokens on their marked spaces of the Power track.
Each player takes a family's pieces and family board, and puts its victory point marker on 0 of the Victory Point track.
Put the tower levels, domes and flags near the right side of the board.
Put the law, office, prestige, blackmail and setup cards nearby.
Put each loot token in its region, £ side up.

Scenario and setup cards

Choose the 1710 scenario for a first game. Follow its scenario card: take what it lists, mark its track positions with pawns and set up India as shown. Put a black pawn on its date on the Turn track and point the Prime Minister dial at that date.
Take the 12 setup cards of the scenario's date, add 6 of its extra cards, and shuffle them.
Deal the setup cards out evenly. Each player takes everything listed: for each office, a family member on that office space and the office card; the cash from the bank.

Finish setup

Put the office cards nobody took near the board.
Build the London Season Display: shuffle the prestige and blackmail cards together and deal 3 — prestige face up, blackmail face down.
Shuffle the remaining law cards into a deck near the board.