Grand Austria Hotel Setup Guide

Setup Steps

1. Place Components: Place the components (dustbin, dishes, VP markers, rooms by color) next to the game and action boards.
2. Place Initial Guest Cards: Shuffle the Guest cards and place them face-down on their designated space. Draw 5 and place each one face-up in a Guest space.
3. Prepare Staff Cards: Shuffle the Staff cards and place them face-down near the game board.
4. Place Politics Cards: Draw one Politics card from each category (A, B, and C) and place them on their designated spaces on the game board.
5. Place Emperor Tiles: Draw one Emperor tile from each category (A, B, and C) and place them on their designated spaces on the game board.
6. Prepare Turn Order Tiles: Take the Turn Order tiles for the correct number of players.
7. Distribute Player Components: Each player takes an Overview card, Hotel board, and the 6 wooden disks in their color.
8. Initial Disk Placement: Place one wooden disk on the 0 space of the Emperor track, the 0 space of the VP track, and one on the 10 space of your Money track. Set the other three disks aside – you may use them later to engage in politics.
9. Initial Resources: Each player takes one of each colored cube – coffee, wine, cake, and strudel and places them in their Kitchen.
10. Initial Staff Hand: Draw 6 Staff cards and keep them hidden. Optionally, use the lettered sets (Intro) or Draft (Experience) as written in the rulebook.
11. Set Round Marker: Place the round marker on space 1 of the Round track.
12. Choose Hotel Board Side: Decide which side of the Hotel board to use.

Player-count adjustments and additional steps available in the interactive app.