Trickerion Solo Companion

Welcome to Trickerion Solo

Choose your setup experience:

📋 Full Setup

Step-by-step guided setup with complete instructions for board, player, and Heir setup

Recommended for new players

⚡ Quick Setup

Just the essential choices on one page — magicians, difficulty, and starting trick

For experienced players

⚡ Quick Setup

Expansion

Your Magician

Select your school:

Mechanical

Spiritual

Escape

Optical

Heir's Magician

Select Heir's school:

Mechanical

Spiritual

Escape

Optical

Difficulty

Easy

3 characters

Normal

4 characters

Hard

4 characters

📋 Setup Summary

⚙ BOARD: Build the Heir's Plan deck (7 cards total):

Randomly select 1 Perform card → place face-down on bottom
Shuffle 1 Set Up + 2 Perform → place 2 face-down on top, remove 1 unseen
Shuffle 2 Set Up + 1 Perform → place all 3 face-down on top
Place 1 remaining Set Up card face-down on top, remove the other unseen

ℹ️ PROPHECY SETUP: Remove these 3 tokens, shuffle remaining 24, draw 3 to Pending slots. No Active Prophecy on Turn 1.

Shared Yield

Lowest AP

Hidden Assign

1 Select Expansion

📋 Board Setup

⚙ BOARD: Place the Main Game Board in the center of the table (Dark Alley side facing up)

⚙ BOARD: Separate Trick cards into four decks by category (Mechanical, Spiritual, Escape, Optical) and place them face-up at Dahlgaard's Residence in Downtown

ℹ️ NOTE: Leave the Dawn of Technology tricks in the box (3 per category)

⚙ BOARD: Fill the Market Row Buy area with one of each starting component: Wood, Metal, Glass, and Fabric

⚙ BOARD: Create the Performance deck using solo Performance cards — stack face-down from top to bottom: 2× Riverside Theater, 2× Grand Magorian, 2× Magnus Pantheon. Place next to the Theater

⚙ BOARD: Place 1 random Riverside Theater card face-up in the leftmost Theater slot

⚙ BOARD: Place Components, Trickerion Shards, and Coins in supply piles near the board

⚙ BOARD: Shuffle the 4 Special Assignment decks (Theater, Downtown, Market, Workshop) and place face-down on the Dark Alley slots

⚙ BOARD: Place the Trickerion Stone token on space I of the Turn Counter track

📋 Academy Board Setup

⚙ BOARD: Place the Academy board to the left of the Main Game Board (use the 2-player side with 8 room slots)

⚙ BOARD: Cover the 4 slots marked "A" and "B" with Closed Room tiles (4 slots remain open)

⚙ BOARD: Place Open Room tokens on the Turn Counter at Turn IV and Turn VI

⚙ BOARD: Separate Practice Room and Classroom tiles by type, then by Fame Threshold (1, 16, 36) — create 6 face-down stacks near the Academy board

⚙ BOARD: Shuffle all Secret tiles face-down, draw 2 and place on the indicated Academy board slots

📋 Arcane Arts Board Setup

⚙ BOARD: Place the Arcanist board near the Main Game Board (use the side without Academy icon)

⚙ BOARD: Shuffle all 12 Enchantments into the cloth bag. Draw 2 and place on the left and right offer slots (middle slot stays empty for solo)

⚙ BOARD: Place 4 Arcane Shards in supply (return remaining to box)

⚙ BOARD: Place the 4 Arcane Workers (Golem, Specter, Trickster, Shapeshifter) and their Unique Assignment cards next to the Arcanist board

⚙ BOARD: Place the 2 Arcane dice (Enchantment die + Reward die) next to the Arcanist board

Wagon Starting Location:

Randomly determine using your permanent Assignment cards (shuffle Downtown, Market Row, Dark Alley, and Academy if enabled):

Enchantment Tiles on Offer:

⚙ BOARD: Draw 2 Enchantment tiles from the bag

Select the types you drew:

Left (3 Coins):

Right (4 Coins):

📋 Player Setup

⚙ BOARD: Choose your Magician — take your Player Board and Magician Poster

⚙ BOARD: Choose one Specialist (Engineer, Manager, or Assistant) — take the Specialist disk and Board Extension

ℹ️ NOTE: Specialist Bonuses:

Manager: Additional Component(s) worth up to 2 Coins, placed on the Manager's Board Extension
Engineer: A Level 1 Trick of your choice (after all starting Tricks are selected), placed on the Engineer's Board Extension
Assistant: An additional Apprentice, placed on the Assistant's Board Extension

ℹ️ NOTE: Keep the remaining Specialist Board Extensions nearby — you may hire them during the game

⚙ BOARD: Place your Magician disk, Specialist disk, and 1 Apprentice disk on their respective slots on your Player Board

⚙ BOARD: Take starting Components of your choice worth up to 2 Coins total — place them in your Workshop

⚙ BOARD: Choose a Level 1 Trick from your Magician's Favorite category — place it in your Workshop with a Symbol marker

ℹ️ NOTE: Your Trick starts Prepared if you have the required Components

⚙ BOARD: Take your permanent Assignment cards: 2× Theater, 1× Workshop, 1× Market Row, 1× Downtown, 1× Dark Alley

⚙ BOARD: Take all Trick and Symbol markers in your color

⚙ BOARD: Place your Fame marker on 5 Fame

⚙ BOARD: Take 10 Coins and 1 Shard

ℹ️ NOTE: Take the placement blockers from the box and keep them nearby for use during the game

2 Your Magician's School

Select your school to track your Magician's ability reminder during the game:

Mechanical

The Mechaniker, Elektra

Spiritual

Priestess of Mysticism, Yoruba Spiritmaster

Escape

Master of Chains, Red Lotus

Optical

The Great Optico, The Gentleman

📋 Heir Setup

⚙ BOARD: Place the Heir's board (5-character side) near your play area

4 Heir's Magician

Select the Heir's school (determines Favorite Trick category):

Mechanical

Favorite: Mechanical Tricks

Spiritual

Favorite: Spiritual Tricks

Escape

Favorite: Escape Tricks

Optical

Favorite: Optical Tricks

📋 Heir Setup (continued)

⚙ BOARD: Take the Heir's Magician card (—) and place it next to the Heir's board

⚙ BOARD: Take the Heir's Magician Poster (—) and place it near the Heir's board

5 Select Difficulty

Easy

Magician + 1 Specialist + 1 Apprentice

(3 characters total)

Normal

Magician + 1 Specialist + 2 Apprentices

(4 characters total)

Hard

Magician + 2 Specialists + 1 Apprentice

(4 characters total)

ℹ️ NOTE: The Heir does not differentiate between Specialist types for gameplay purposes

📋 Heir Setup (continued)

⚙ BOARD: Place the Heir's Character disks on the board from left to right:

ℹ️ Heir board order:

6 Heir's Starting Trick

Shuffle the following 3 Level 1 Tricks from the Heir's Favorite category (excluding the one requiring only 2 Basic Components of the same type). Draw one randomly:

📋 Heir Setup (continued)

⚙ BOARD: Place the Heir's Fame marker on 5 Fame

⚙ BOARD: Place your Magician on Initiative 1, the Heir's Magician on Initiative 3

ℹ️ REMINDER: The Heir starts with 0 Coins and 0 Shards

⚙ BOARD: Take the Heir's permanent Assignment cards: 2× Theater, 1× Workshop, 1× Market Row, 1× Downtown, 1× Dark Alley

📋 Heir Setup (continued)

⚙ BOARD: Build the Heir's Plan deck (7 cards total):

Randomly select 1 Perform card → place face-down on bottom
Shuffle 1 Set Up + 2 Perform → place 2 face-down on top, remove 1 unseen
Shuffle 2 Set Up + 1 Perform → place all 3 face-down on top
Place remaining Set Up card face-down on top

ℹ️ INFO: Perform cards have icons at top AND bottom. Set Up cards have icons only at top.

📋 Prophecy Setup

⚙ BOARD: Remove these 3 Prophecy tokens from the game:

Shared Yield
Modifier

Lowest AP
Slot

Hidden
Assignment

⚙ BOARD: Shuffle the remaining 24 Prophecy tokens face-down

⚙ BOARD: Draw 3 random Prophecy tokens and place them in the Pending slots of the crystal ball

ℹ️ REMINDER: There is no Active Prophecy on Turn 1

Welcome to Trickerion Solo

⚡ Quick Setup

Expansion

Your Magician

Heir's Magician

Difficulty

Heir's Starting Trick

📋 Setup Summary

Arcane Arts Setup

1 Select Expansion

📋 Board Setup

📋 Academy Board Setup

📋 Arcane Arts Board Setup

📋 Player Setup

⚙️ Dawn of Technology Setup

2 Your Magician's School

3 Your Magician

📋 Heir Setup

4 Heir's Magician

Heir's Magician

📋 Heir Setup (continued)

5 Select Difficulty

📋 Heir Setup (continued)

6 Heir's Starting Trick

📋 Heir Setup (continued)

📋 Heir Setup (continued)

📋 Prophecy Setup

Fame

Resources

📚 Academy

🔮 Arcane Arts

Stance

🔮 Prophecy

Magician

Characters

Tricks

Shopping List

Special Assignments

Tracked Tricks

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