- Tactical Test: Resolve the Tactical Test, the successful Player is Active for the Starting and End Phases this turn and chooses who will be Active Player first in the Main Phase.
- Non-Active Player rolls for Variable Turns. See Scenario Rules.
- Ki Generation: All models gain a number of Ki Tokens equal to the first number of their Ki Statistic.
- All models gain 2 Activation Counters each.
- Resolve any effects which happen “In the Starting Phase”. The Active Player resolves their Starting Phase effects first in the order they choose. Then the non-Active player resolves their Starting Phase Effects in the order the non-Active Player chooses.
- Players calculate the number of Pass Tokens for the Turn. Each player totals the number of models in their Warband. The player with the least gains the difference in Pass Tokens.