Starting rules about the youngest player

34 sourced board game rules that mention the youngest player when choosing who goes first.

• Big TopThe youngest player reveals the first yellow card. Everyone then races to identify the missing animal and color.
• Camel UpThe youngest player takes the Leg Starting Player marker and begins the first leg.
• Camel Up (Second Edition)The youngest player takes the starting-player marker and goes first.
• CarcassonneThe youngest player takes the first turn. Play then continues clockwise.
• Carcassonne: AmazonasStart with whoever most recently took a boat ride. The rulebook also permits the youngest player to start instead. Play proceeds clockwise.
• Carcassonne: Hunters and GatherersThe youngest player takes the first turn. Continue clockwise.
• ChrominoThe youngest player begins, or the group may choose the first player randomly.
• Cleopatra and the Society of ArchitectsThe rules give the first turn to the player with the best Egyptian credentials; otherwise, start with the youngest player. Play continues clockwise.
• Cosmic EncounterIn the players' first game, the youngest player is the first player. Otherwise, reveal cards from the destiny deck until one matches a player's color; that player is the first player. Then shuffle the destiny deck.
• Dice ForgeThe youngest player takes the First Player token and is the first active player.
• Divinity DerbyThe player who most recently saw a flying creature takes the first-player token. The rules also allow the group to use the youngest player instead.
• Flash Point: Fire RescueThe players decide together who goes first. If they cannot decide, the youngest player starts.
• Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to KingThe youngest player takes the starting-player marker and goes first.
• Lama DiceThe youngest player starts the first round.
• MagalonThe youngest player begins the first round's faceup magic-card selection, which continues clockwise. Everyone must select a different card value. Once all cards are chosen, the player with the highest value takes the first action turn, followed by the others in descending value order.
• Minecraft: Builders & BiomesThe player who most recently found a diamond in Minecraft starts; when in doubt, the youngest player starts.
• Modern ArtThe youngest player holds the first auction, choosing a painting from their hand to offer for sale.
• MonasteriumThe player who most recently visited a monastery starts; if no one has or no one remembers, the youngest player starts.
• OrléansThe youngest player receives the Start Player Token and starts.
• PhotosynthesisThe youngest player takes the first-player token and starts.
• PickominoThe youngest player gets the dice and starts.
• Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed IslandThe youngest player becomes the First Player and takes the First Player token.
• SaboteurThe youngest player goes first. Play continues clockwise.
• Samurai (Reiner Knizia)The youngest player takes the first turn. Play then proceeds clockwise.
• SantoriniThe youngest player is the Start Player. They place their two Workers first, and play begins with the Start Player.
• Say AnythingThe youngest player is the first judge.
• SeasonsThe youngest player starts the first Tournament round by rolling the Season dice and choosing a die first.
• Shadows over CamelotThe player playing King Arthur starts. If King Arthur is not in play, the youngest player starts.
• SpicyThe youngest player takes the first turn. Play proceeds clockwise until a card is challenged.
• SplendorGive the First Player marker to the youngest player. They take the first turn, and play continues clockwise.
• Stone AgeThe youngest player takes the First player token and starts.
• Super-VampireWhoever most recently met a vampire takes the first turn as the Super-Vampire. If nobody has met a real vampire, the youngest player starts.
• Tales & Games: The Pied PiperChoose the player who last saw rats in a bathtub, or choose the youngest player.
• Tempel des SchreckensWhoever most recently found a gold treasure takes the key card and starts. If nobody has, the rules jokingly say everyone loses immediately, then offer the youngest player as an alternative starter.

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