Who goes first in Stars of Akarios?
CrowD Games · English summary of the Russian base manual · combat and world exploration · 1–4 players
No fixed starting player is required: during pilot actions in combat or world exploration, players may act simultaneously or take actions in any order.
Rule details
Players can interleave their actions; one player does not have to finish all their available actions before another begins. Resolve interactions with the same hex or enemy in combat, or the same object in world exploration, one at a time.
In combat, the pilot phase has three steps: roll dice, place dice and perform actions, then update combat effects. Everyone finishes the current step before the next begins. Rolling and updating effects can be simultaneous.
World exploration has its own round phases: reduce vigor, perform pilot actions, then end the round. Everyone finishes the current phase before moving on; the first and third phases can be simultaneous.
Campaign setup lets each player choose a starting pilot and ship. It does not specify a priority for those choices or appoint a starting leader. Read the scenario's setup and special rules before beginning; the separate scenario book was not reviewed for this answer.
Players first choose a space-event option together. If they cannot agree, page 35 has each player roll four action dice: most stress faces decides, with tied players rerolling. This settles that event choice; it does not choose the first player or create a general initiative tie-break.
This summarizes the preserved Russian main manual. Expansion rules and the separately listed FAQ and errata were not reviewed; follow your scenario and any applicable corrections.
The source link opens the publisher-linked shared folder. Select “Звёзды Акариоса. Правила игры v2.pdf”; the combat and world-exploration action-order instructions are on PDF and printed pages 13 and 37.
Source & edition
- Stars of Akarios — Russian rules: Звёзды Акариоса. Правила игры v2.pdfCrowD Games — Russian edition and official shared-folder distribution · Folder file Звёзды Акариоса. Правила игры v2.pdf; Russian imprint (2); cooperative participant range (4); campaign pilot/ship choices and scenario-book start (6–8); scenario-specific setup (11); combat pilot action order (13); separate enemy order (26); space-event decision only (35); world setup and action order (36–37). Printed numbers match PDF indices. · Checked 2026-09-26Cited PDF pages: 13, 37, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 26, 35, 36, 2
More starting rules
Browse available game rulesFound a different instruction in your edition? Send a correction with the game, edition, and source.