Rules: Setup


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Each player receives $10 (money is not hidden on SBW) and 1 extra blue canal

- Place the blue spring on an intersection of ditches. Canals must flow from the spring.

- Determine starting player randomly. Shuffle the 45 plantation tiles.

3 and 4 player games use 11 blue canals, create 4 piles of 11 plantation tiles, there will be 11 rounds of play.
- 1 random plantation tile is discarded.

A 5 player game uses 9 blue canals, create 5 piles of 9 plantation tiles, there will be 9 rounds of play.



Variants:

3 Palm Tree Variant: Place 3 Palm trees not adjacent to each other nor the spring on the board.
- Palm tree counts as an extra yield marker if tile is not neutral

Advanced Spring Location:The spring will be placed on the edge of the board not the center.