Mantis draft

Snake draft factions, speaker positions, and individual tiles. Each player keeps 3 blue and 2 red tiles, then draws tiles at random to build their own slice from the center outward.

4–8 players

Otherwise the initial draft order is shuffled.

Base game content is always included.

Extra tiles are drafted, then discarded before map building.

Redraw a different tile from your remaining hand during map building.