The Reserve chips (marked with white dots) are placed next to the game board (white side up). A chip is turned face up when a player founds a colony on an adjacent colony intersection. The chips with the color dots on the reverse side are shuffled face down and the individual chips are placed on the planets with the matching colored dot. The chips with the Greek letters on one side are placed number side up on the Catanian colonies with the matching Greek letters, as shown in the set up diagram, above. Players receive resources based upon dice rolls and the resource chips on planets they have colonized.Ĭarefully remove the resource chips from the cardboard counter sheet. This "blocks" those starting positions.Įach player takes one of his transporters (his choice) from his reserves and places it on one of his colony modules as shown below.Įach player then places his colony ship on an intersection next to his spaceport (a spaceport intersection), as shown on the starting setup diagram.įrom this point onward, the players begin their quest to colonize other planets.īuilding spaceships costs resources. Important: When playing a three player game, set up the pieces for a "fourth player". The players' starting pieces are placed in these systems.Įach player chooses a color and takes his game pieces, which includes all of the following:Įach player places his two colonies and 1 spaceport on the circles (colony intersections) between the planets that are Catanian colonies as shown on the starting set up diagram to the right.Ī spaceport is created by placing a spaceport ring on a colony. The 4 planetary systems on the bottom edge of the board are the "Catanian colonies" (these planets are marked with Greek letters). There are 4 alien bases and 11 planetary systems with 3 planets each. The information in the Almanac is organized alphabetically by topic. More information is included in the Starfarers' Almanac, which the players may refer to if any questions arise during play. The rules and guidelines on how to play the game follow these set up instructions, and include everything the players need to know to play their first game. These directions explain how the game should be set up, and introduces the players to the pieces and components.
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