Plains Indian Wars Setup Guide

Setup Steps

1. Choose Sides: Choose one or both factions on either the U.S. or Plains Indian side.
2. Get Components: Each player obtains their faction cards, colored cubes, and colored dice. Place cubes in the appropriate faction Ready Box on the map.
3. Minor Factions: The Cavalry faction controls the Purple (Enemies) cubes. The Settlers faction controls the White (Wagons) cubes.
4. Draw Hands: Shuffle each faction deck and draw a 3-card starting hand.
5. Indian Starting Cubes: The Indian player places 1 Orange cube in every SPT region and 1 Green cube in every NPT region.
6. Additional Indian Cubes: The NPT player places 3 additional Green cubes in any Green region(s). The SPT player places 3 additional Orange cubes in any Orange region(s).
7. Cavalry Starting Cubes: The Cavalry player places 1 Blue cube in the St. Louis Box and 1 Blue cube in the Sacramento Box.
8. Enemies Starting Cubes: The Cavalry player places 1 Purple cube in each of the 5 Purple Enemies of NPT regions, and 1 Purple cube in each of the 5 Purple Enemies of SPT regions. Place 2 additional Purple cubes in Canada and 2 additional Purple cubes in Mexico.
9. Settler Starting Cubes: The Settlers player places 3 Brown cubes and 2 White Wagon cubes in the St. Louis Box, and 3 Brown cubes in the Sacramento Box.
10. Fill Draw Bag: Place all 7 Draw Discs (Blue, Brown, Purple, Green, Orange, Black, White) in the draw bag.

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