Alan and Tim are playing a starter game of People Wars. Alan has a task deck and Tim has an attack deck.
They begin by shuffing their decks (if you are following along with the starter decks, do NOT shuffle your deck). They then each draw 7 cards.
Alan's hand looks like this:
Tim's hand looks like this:
Neither player chooses to redraw their hand.
Players simultaneously choose characters to start the game, playing them face-down. Alan plays Matthew G. Tim plays Tim M. and Gabriel R.
They flip a coin to decide the first player. Alan wins the cointoss and chooses to go first. They both flip over their characters.