Lords of Waterdeep Setup Guide

Setup Steps

1. Place Board: Place the game board in the center of the table.
2. Adventurer Supply: Sort the adventurer cubes by color (orange Fighters, black Rogues, purple Wizards, white Clerics) and place them in the supply near the board.
3. Gold & VP Supply: Create separate supplies for gold tokens and VP tokens near the board.
4. Quest Deck Setup: Shuffle the Quest cards and place them face-down as a draw deck. Draw 4 Quest cards and place them face-up at Cliffwatch Inn.
5. Intrigue Deck Setup: Shuffle the Intrigue cards and place them face-down as a draw deck near Waterdeep Harbor.
6. Building Stack Setup: Shuffle the Building tiles (basic game: use only tiles with no expansion symbol) and draw 3. Place them face-up in Builder's Hall.
7. Round Marker: Place the round marker on space 1 of the round track.
8. Player Components: Each player chooses a color and takes: the corresponding tavern card, all agents of that color, the score marker, and building control markers.
9. Score Markers: Place each player's score marker on space 0 of the VP track.
10. Deal Lord Cards: Shuffle the Lord cards and deal 1 face-down to each player. Look at your Lord secretly and keep it hidden until end of game scoring.
11. Starting Gold: Give each player 4 gold from the supply.
12. Starting Quests: Deal 2 Quest cards face-down to each player. These go in your active quest area (tavern card).

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