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If I use the Meeting Place, do I have to take the starting player token?

A publisher account explained the revised-edition reading and the designer's older reply covers the original.

  • Ponton · Publisher · 2021-03-16
  • Ponton · Publisher · 2021-03-16
  • pijll · Designer · 2009-11-12
  • Agricola rulebook · Rulebook · Starting Player

In the revised edition, yes: using the space makes you the starting player and you may additionally play a minor improvement. The 'and/or' look of the original board meant you could take only the minor improvement and skip the token; an older designer reply gave that choice.

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