Who goes first?
From the publisher’s rulebook

Who goes first in The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine?

English base game · copyright 2019, standard 3–5 player rules

Whoever holds the four-rocket card becomes the commander. The commander chooses the first task and leads the first trick.

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Rule details

The commander also leads the opening trick when the mission has no task cards. After that, the winner of each trick leads the next.

This entry covers the original Planet Nine game’s standard rules, not Mission Deep Sea or the two-player variant.

Official tie-break or fallback

Not applicable: only one player holds the four-rocket card.

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