Start Player Express
BGG rank
BGG #14,498
BGG rating
6.5

Start Player Express

2014

Rules assistance for Start Player Express

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2–99 players
  • 1 min
  • 8+
  • Complexity 1.1/5

For 2 players

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Start Player Express is a board game released in 2014 for 2–99 players, 1 minute per game, and ages 8 and up. It was designed by Ted Alspach and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling.

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About the game

Game description from the publisher: We've done the research, and we've determined that more than 36 million additional games could be played each year if it took less time to choose a start player. That's almost 2.5 million extra games every day. Back in 2006, Ted Alspach provided a solution to this problem with a simple card game called Start Player. Just turn over a card, and you'll know who the start player is. That was a wonderful solution...for 2006. But we're clearly living in the future now, and there's no time for getting out the box, shuffling cards, and finally turning a card over. It's time for something better, faster, and a whole lot more technologically advanced. It's time for Start Player Express. Start Player Express consists of four custom dice. There's no shuffling, there's a whole lot less reading, and there's no messing with a box. (You're not a Neanderthal, are you?) Just roll the dice and BOOM! You know who goes first.

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Publishers

  • Bézier Games

Questions and answers

Start Player Express supports 2–99 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.