OF SET-UP FRAMEWORK

5. Place provinces and stronghold. In player order, each

player secretly selects one of their provinces, places it

facedown above their dynasty deck, and places their

stronghold card on top of it. If a player is using a role card,

it is placed next to his or her stronghold during this step.

Each player then places their other four provinces facedown

between their dynasty and conflict decks, in any order.

[QUESTION ?] - A

At which point during setup is the Stronghold[Clan] revealed to the opposing player?

[QUESTION ?] - B

Does the second player have an advantage here as he/she knows

the Stronghold[Clan] his/her opponent[first player] is playing before he/she

reveals his/her Stronghold[Clan] to his/her opponent[first player]

and chooses the province card for his/her stronghold?

This is a great question. Did you submit it to the Rules Questions page? If you get a response, please post it here as I would like to know the answer as well!

Feedback from Nate French (one of the developers) on this on August 14 was:

Until the official L5R Organized Play ruleset is finalized, use the following sequence to begin games:

1. Determine first player randomly.

2. Reveal strongholds, then roles.

3. Place provinces.

4. Mulligans.

3 minutes ago, Gaffa said:

Feedback from Nate French (one of the developers) on this on August 14 was:

Until the official L5R Organized Play ruleset is finalized, use the following sequence to begin games:

1. Determine first player randomly.

2. Reveal strongholds, then roles.

3. Place provinces.

4. Mulligans.

It'll probably end up like that anyway.