Who goes first in In the Footsteps of Darwin?
English Sorry We Are French rules, twelve-page publisher booklet
Whoever traveled by ship most recently takes the Darwin token and starts. If nobody has traveled by ship, the rulebook lets the group use its preferred way of choosing a first player.
If there’s a tie
The cited starting-player instruction does not specify a tie-break. We don’t infer one.
Source & edition
- In the Footsteps of Darwin — Sorry We Are French rulesSorry We Are French · Setup, step 2; PDF pages 4 · Checked 2026-09-23
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