Citadels
Does the first player choose which character card is set aside face down at the start of the selection phase?
The designer answered this directly, and the rulebook's selection phase describes the discard as random.
- faidutti · Designer · 2022-11-17
- MercifulBiscuit · Community · 2025-06-12
- Citadels rulebook · Rulebook · Selection Phase
No. The face-down discard is random. The crowned player shuffles the character deck and sets one card aside face down without choosing it, so nobody can hide the King on purpose.