The game will end at the end of the Rail Period. Each period consists of the following phases: The game is divided into two periods, the Canal Period and the Rail Period. You are now ready to start playing the game. Each silver counter is worth £5, while each copper counter is worth £1. The plastic money counters should be placed in a bank by the side of the board. Mark the order of play on the Player Order display, using a wooden disc from each player. The order of play should go clockwise from that player in the very first turn. Randomly determine the first player in a manner of your own choosing. Shuffle the Distant Market tiles and place face down in the space marked 'Distant Market Tiles'. Place the black marker on the top space of the Cotton Demand track. Place the remaining cubes by the side of the board to form a stock. Place one orange iron cube in each space on the Iron Demand track. Place one black coal cube in each space on the Coal Demand track. In each pile the counters should be ordered by Tech Level, with the lowest Tech Level on top and the highest Tech Level at the bottom.ĮXAMPLE: When arranging your cotton mills you must make sure all of the Tech Level 4 mills go at the bottom, with the level 3 mills on top of them, then the level 2 mills, with the level 1 mill on top of the stack. You must arrange your Industry counters into piles of the same type. You should keep your Victory Point (VP) counters to one side as they will not be needed until the end of the first period. Each player should place one of their wooden discs on the £0 space of the Income/VP track.
Each player should select a set of counters and wooden discs.
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