Who goes first in Key to the City: London?
Quined Games English rulebook, 2016
Choose a starting player; the rules suggest the player who most recently visited London. That player places their sailing barge on the first space of the era 1 river tile.
Rule details
The other players place their barges in the remaining berths in any order.
In each era, the player whose boat is on the rightmost space of the current river tile plays first, then play continues clockwise.
Source & edition
- Key to the City: London: English rulebookQuined Games · Set up, step 3; Game play · Checked 2026-09-24Printed page references: 3–4
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If there’s a tie
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