Pax Renaissance: Second Edition: setup guide

Setup 01

Build the standard 1460 position

Lay out the ten empires in two rows. Eight begin medieval; the Papal States is Catholic and Mamluk is Islamic. Put all ten kings on their thrones and all four victory squares inactive. This orientation gives the later regime changes their context.

Setup 02

Distinguish bankers from religions

Give each banker their own pawn supply and tableau area. In the two-player route Fugger starts with three florins and Medici with four; each has ten pawns, including a starting concession. The three-player route has its own additional seat and starting resources.

Setup 03

Prepare the count-specific decks

Each two-player draw deck contains twenty-two cards. Eight non-comets sit above the shuffled lower group of twelve cards and two comets. Use the corresponding three-player setup when switching routes instead of reusing the smaller deck configuration.

Setup 04

Open the two markets

Deal six cards to each market. The leftmost card is face down and cannot be bought; the face-up columns cost one through five florins. Keep money on market cards visible because it affects later purchases and the circulation of cash.

Setup 05

Locate the trade routes

Trace the white West route and black East route, including the starting concessions. The tutorial’s recorded card order is one legal authored deal. Use its first trade and purchase decisions to learn the flow of money before judging a card only by its printed operations.

Before your first move

A banker takes one or two actions and then refreshes the markets. Buying, playing and selling cards connect to regional operations and trade fairs. Chess pieces on the map represent religions and forces; banker pawns represent concessions. Their ownership and functions are different.

This is a setup companion for the scenarios below, not a replacement for the publisher’s complete setup diagrams. Open the guided table to inspect the exact locations and the recorded deal.