YOU purchase the ROULETTE BLOCK, the /PAGE/2393, KANAYA MARYAM, and BLUTO. Wait, no. He says his name's Brulo? You say that's not what it says on his card, and he just stares at you with that long-suffering look on his face. Whatever, he strikes you as a shrewd enough businessman. You shouldn't have much trouble, anyway. Not with KANAYA in your corner. You spend 11 coins, and save 1 for later.

At their respective PROLOGUE SHOPS, THE LATE NAGITO KOMAEDA spends all 12 of his coins, FUNKO POP VRISKA SERKET spends 11 of hers, and THE HAT GUY spends 10.

As GOD of Chapter 1, you ring in the S.S. Koizumi ENVIRONMENT. (OLD BUILDING is placed on the ENVIRONMENT DECK'S top, and FALLEN KINGDOM on its bottom.) It's a massive yacht. It's almost enough to impress you, and you're not even a boat girl. You're just not sure what the deal is with the BOAT GIRL. Which is to say, this giant statue of a young woman's head sitting over the helm? You don't exactly recognize her. You catch a glint in the eye of the guy in the picture frame.

ℹ️Komaeda will remember this. You guess. You don't really get it. ( https://youtu.be/33QnUzrZslQ )

> CHAPTER 1.

Everyone earns their ALLOWANCE. You receive 5 coins, bringing you to 8 total.

JUNE's turn! She is overtaken with the urge to IMMEDIATELY CONSUME THAT BLOCK SHE JUST GRABBED. It turns out that those things, despite being game abstractions, actually DO kind of feel like BITING INTO FRUIT GUSHERS. By mouthfeel, if nothing else.

Using the ROULETTE BLOCK, four CARDS are SEARCHED from the EXPLORE DECK. A choice flashes before your eyes. You must PICK ONE TO DRAW; the rest will be shuffled back into the EXPLORE DECK.

You're so focused on doing that first that you didn't even notice, but the SHOP is now open! Not the PROLOGUE SHOP, that was something different. This shop's sitting in the center of the board, flush with characters waiting to be snagged for an affordable price by whoever picks them first.BASIC CARDS (2c):

- PANPOUR - 3[Monkey]1. Battlecry: Shuffle a card from the ENVIRONMENT DISCARD into the ENVIRONMENT DECK./As an ACTION, this card may trigger its BATTLECRY./SHOWSTOPPER: Shuffle any number of cards in the ENVIRONMENT DISCARD into any DECK.

- LUDWIG VON KOOPA - 3[Taunt]2. After this card takes DMG, draw an EXPLORE card.

- NERGAL JR. - 1[Power]3. Whenever an opposing card triggers its SHOWSTOPPER, deal this card's DMG to that card indirectly.

SKILLED CARDS (5c):

- MIDBUS - 8[Taunt/Power]5. This card considers opposing cards that have POWER to be RESOLUTE, and takes +2DMG from POWER cards. If an opponent has a card with POWER, all cards on that PLAYER'S field may ignore this card's TAUNT.

- TOFFEE - 4[]4. No PLAYERS can trigger KEYWORDS on any card.

- SPADES SLICK - 6[]4. The game cannot be restarted by any effect. The CHAPTER count cannot be decreased, and can only be increased when a CHAPTER begins as normal. All +DMG this card receives is doubled.

You've got a big empty playing field sitting in front of you. You guess you better start filling these SLOTS with some CHARACTERS.

You note that with KANAYA'S SPEED, she'd get over the initial exhaustion and be able to perform an action as soon as she's SUMMONED. Better have something in mind for her to do right away if you call her in...

> What else do you do?