Who goes first?
From the publisher’s rulebook

Who goes first in Villagers?

Sinister Fish English revised rules, ©2019

Villagers publisher rulebook cover

Whoever has lived in the same place the longest drafts first.

Rule details

Give that person the First Player Card. Players draft one villager at a time in clockwise order.

Drafting comes before building. In the Build Phase, each player finishes their building actions before the next player acts.

At the end of the Build Phase, pass the First Player Card to the player on the left.

Solo mode uses the Countess: after drafting a card for yourself, assign a face-up Road villager to her Village before replenishing the Road.

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