Tenpenny Parks Setup Guide

1-4 players75 minby Nate LinhartThunderworks Games
Tenpenny Parks box art
  1. Game board: Place the game board within reach of all players.
  2. Month marker and extra action worker: Place the month marker on the 1 space of the game board, and place the extra action worker on its designated place on the game board.
  3. Attraction tiles and VP: Place all attraction tiles and Visiting People tokens (VP tokens) within reach of all players.
  4. Attraction card stacks: Divide and shuffle each of the six types of attraction cards (as indicated by their banner color and icon), then place each stack face up on each attraction space around the central opening of the game board.
  5. Carousel: Place the carousel and carousel ring inside the round opening of the game board. Align the carousel ring so that +$2 is oriented toward the stack of Souvenir attraction cards.
  6. Supply piles: Form piles of supplies near the outside corners of the game board.
    • All money tokens near the Banker area.
    • All expansion boards, shuffled, in two roughly equal piles near the Realtor area.
    • All concession tiles shuffled and face down near the Contractor area.
    • All tree markers near the Arborist area.
  7. Reveal concessions: Reveal face-up concession tiles equal to two times the number of players. (2+ players)
  8. Reveal concessions: Reveal four face-up concession tiles, as Becky counts as a player for this. (Solo)
  9. Shovel token: Give the shovel token to the player who most recently rode a roller coaster. (2+ players)
  10. Goal cards: Shuffle and deal three goal cards to each player. Each player chooses two and returns the remaining card to the box. Keep the chosen cards secret; they are revealed at the end of the game.
  11. Player setup: Starting with the player who has the shovel token and proceeding clockwise, each player takes their starting components.
    1. Choose and take a property board and place it with either side face up, then place a tree marker from the supply on each of the indicated tree spaces.
    2. Choose a player color and take the matching reference card and three workers.
    3. Place a matching emotion disc of your player color on the far-left space of each of the three emotion tracks, on top of any discs already placed there.
    4. Take $7 worth of money tokens.
  12. Solo setup: Set up as for a two-player game, with the changes below. (Solo)
  13. Becky's components: Give Becky three workers and the emotion discs of the same color. Becky does not start with, gain, or use a property board, any goal cards, or any money tokens. (Solo)
  14. Shovel token: You start with the shovel token. (Solo)
  15. Becky's discs: Place Becky's emotion discs on top of your discs on the emotion tracks. (Solo)
  16. Clear the table: Return all other unused components to the game box.