Start Player (2008)

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Designer	Ted Alspach
Artist	Ted Alspach Sebastian Wagner
Publisher	BeWitched Spiele dV Giochi Z-Man Games
Year Published	2008
# of Players	2 − 999
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 players (15 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	1 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
User Suggested Ages	4 and up (6 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Extensive use of text - massive conversion needed to be playable (9 voters) [poll]
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Alternate Names	Startspieler
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From the back of the box:
By our detailed calculations, more than 2.5 million additional games could be played each year if you took less time picking a start player.
Start Player solves this problem: Just turn over a card and you’ll know who the start player is. Maybe it’s as simple as the tallest player, or the player with the most unbuttoned buttons. It’s the most comprehensive system ever devised for choosing who starts a game. Includes: 54 cards, 1 Start Player token and rules.

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Start Player: A Kinda Collectible Card Game

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Publisher: BeWitched Spiele

Artist: Ted Alspach, Sebastian Wagner

Year: 2009

Size: 4.76 x 3.58 x 0.79 inches

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Publisher: dV Giochi, Z-Man Games

Artist: Ted Alspach

Year: 2008

Product Code: ZMG9012

Size: 4.76 x 3.58 x 0.79 inches

0.24 pounds

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1	Rules Ice Cream	2011-12-28	bjlillo	5
1	News TieBreaker: The Sequel to Start Player!	2011-08-29	toulouse	0
0	Variants Pick mutliple Start Player cards	2011-04-30	dimitroff	1
0	General What do the meeples in the bottom left hand corner mean?	2011-04-04	rxp4me	1
0	General Artscow Homemade Version?	2011-03-27	Kevin in...	4
5	News Start Player wins the 2007 Game of the Year award!!	2011-03-17	toulouse	0
1	Strategy Any tips?	2011-01-26	PauloSantoro	5
2	General Any word about this being reprinted?	2011-01-25	rxp4me	7
1	Variants I can no longer resist asking this question.	2010-12-23	JanSiwano...	4
2	General Homemade version	2010-11-18	JeffyJeff	1

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Board Game Rank:	1299
Party Game Rank:	53
Num Ratings:	445
Average Rating:	6.65
Standard Deviation:	1.89
Num Views:	27261
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Avg. Game Weight:	1.0
Fans:	13

Personal Comments:	187
Users Owning:	799
Users Wanting:	40
Users Trading:	15 [find trade matches]
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German review - Ludoversum	http://www.ludoversum.de/cgi-bin/ludo.pl?action=sh...	2011-12-03
German review - Hall9000	http://www.hall9000.de/html/spiel/startspieler	2011-12-03
German review - Spielphase	http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/keirat/tx...	2011-12-03
German review - FAIRspielt	http://www.fairspielt.de/Spiele/startplayer.php	2011-11-19
German review at spieletest.at	http://spieletest.at/spiel.php?Startspieler&ID=255...	2010-08-16
Review in Italian at Giochidatavolo.net	http://www.giochidatavolo.net/gdt/modules.php?name...	2010-01-11
Overview by Great Game Gate	http://greatgamegate.livejournal.com/2668.html	2009-09-18