Samurai
Are starting tiles chosen before the caste pieces go on the board?
The rulebook's numbered setup steps put the starting hand first, and two forum replies agree.
- Samurai rulebook · Rulebook · Setup
- MLBath · Community · 2025-02-07
- ShakinBlake84 · Community · 2025-02-07
Yes. Each player first picks five tiles as his face-up starting hand behind his screen, and only then are the Edo, city and village spaces filled. The rulebook's setup steps run in that order.