Who goes first in Meister Makatsu?
AMIGO English rules, Version 1.0
The player who most recently meditated takes the Meister Makatsu figure and starts the first round.
Rule details
These English rules cover 2–6 players. Each player begins with a shuffled 24-card dojo deck and four hand cards.
The figure holder starts each round. Everyone plays one card in order to the left, then a second card in the same order.
After the round, the player with the highest purple card takes the figure and starts the next round. Among tied highest purple cards, the last one played receives the figure. If no one played purple, the current holder keeps it.
The meditation criterion is used at initial setup. Later rounds and phases use the current figure holder.
Source & edition
- Meister Makatsu: AMIGO English rules, Version 1.0AMIGO Spiel + Freizeit GmbH · PDF page 1: Setup and How to Play. PDF page 2: Distribute tokens and The next phase, and copyright/version footer; no visible printed page numbers. · Checked 2026-09-26
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If there’s a tie
The rulebook doesn’t say.
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