Who goes first in Cryptid?
Osprey Games original English base game
Choose a starting player; the rulebook suggests the person who set up the map. That player places the first information cube and takes the first turn, with play continuing clockwise.
Source & edition
- Cryptid — original English rulebookOsprey Games · Setup; Playing the Game, initial sharing and first turn · Checked 2026-09-28
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Rule details
The map setter is a suggestion, not a required starting-player criterion.
During initial sharing, each player places a cube in turn order, starting with the chosen player and continuing clockwise until everyone has placed two cubes.
The starting player then takes the first normal turn.
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