Game Setup

To set up a game of Ashes, each player should do the following:

Choose a deck to play with (see pp. 18-19 for suggested decks). Or build a deck to play with (see p. 18 for deck building rules). Or draft a deck to play with (see pp. 20-21 for drafting rules).
Place your Phoenixborn in your play area with the information side face up.
Place your conjuration pile face down in your play area.
Place the dice power reference cards that correspond to the dice you are using in your play area and take a phases of play reference card, if needed.
Place all ten of your dice to the right of your dice power reference cards. This is your exhausted dice pool.
Choose your First Five by taking five different cards of your choice from your deck. This is your starting hand. You cannot include more than one copy of a card in your First Five. Shuffle the rest of your deck and form a face down draw pile in
your play area.
Make sure you have easy access to wound, exhaustion and status tokens.

Note: Your play area does not need to be organized like the example, but the different sections must be easily recognizable by your opponent.