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How does the First Player Auction work, and who pays?
The designer described the auction and the rulebook sets out the same procedure.
- Railways of the World rulebook · Rulebook · Phase 1 — First Player Auction
- rholzgrafe · Designer · 2010-07-05
- rholzgrafe · Designer · 2007-03-19
- rholzgrafe · Designer · 2011-05-06
- Lagduf · Community · 2008-01-18
Bidding runs clockwise starting with last turn's first player, minimum $1,000, and a player who passes cannot return. Only the high bidder pays, and only the winning amount, so losing bids cost nothing. If everyone passes, the player to the left of the previous first player goes first. The winner is first in all three action rounds that turn.