Who goes first?
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Who goes first in Anachrony?

Mindclash English Essential Edition rules, copyright 2021

With standard setup, whoever most recently experienced déjà vu goes first.

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Rule details

Place that player’s banner beside the World Council spaces. Action turns proceed clockwise.

The optional Starting Asset Draft replaces this criterion: add the numbers on your four selected cards, and the lowest total starts the first Era.

The same player starts the next Era unless somebody has taken the relevant World Council action.

This entry covers the multiplayer Essential Edition. Its separate solo and expansion rules are outside this answer.

Official tie-break or fallback

The standard déjà vu criterion has no stated tie-break. In the Starting Asset Draft variant only, a tied total is broken in favor of the player holding the lowest-numbered card.

Source & edition

  • Anachrony — Mindclash Games rulesMindclash Games · Cover; player setup step 16; Action Rounds; Next Era; Starting Asset Draft; credits and edition scope; PDF pages 1, 6, 10, 11, 20, 26, 27 · Checked 2026-09-23

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