From the publisher’s rulebook

Who goes first in Lotus?

Renegade English rules with solo mode, ©2024

In multiplayer, whoever has the greenest thumb goes first.

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Rule details

Turns continue clockwise. Each player takes two actions, then draws back to four cards.

The four-player family variant uses teams, but players still take individual turns under the normal rules.

The Winter Lotus solo mode is a separate one-player challenge.

If there’s a tie

The cited starting-player instruction does not specify a tie-break. We don’t infer one.

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