The camera spaces are grouped in threes, with two spots close to the loch and one further back - at this stage, you may only put your camera in the two nearer spaces. Then every player in turn gets to place one camera on a space on the various islands surrounding the loch, until everyone has placed all three of their cameras. The first three players (beginning with the starting player) each choose a move card from their hand and place it face down. In the first round, you won't use your reporter tokens or any of the special spaces on the board. The starting player receives the large reporter pawn. (The '5' value cameras are for a variant.) The photo cards are shuffled, and three of them are turned face up next to the board. Each player takes their five move cards and the three cameras valued 3, 4, and 7. The neutral '5' camera is placed on the Pub space of the board, and the Distillery cards are placed next to the board near the Distillery space.
The small Nessie pawn is also placed by the board, and the large Nessie is placed on any of the 15 spaces in the loch.
Setup: Each player puts one of their reporter pawns next to the scoring track, which goes around the perimeter of the game board, and takes the other pawn of their color.
