I know this question was asked before, I searched and can no longer find the thread, so I do apologize for asking this again: which moment is considered the beginning of the game? When do you make decisions for Shuma or themey team bases (immediately after initiative roll I'm guessing)? What about placing special terrain markers and object tokens that are not part of your up to three objects normally in a force? When does Ziran's power trigger (after force setup or sooner)? Are there several different "beginnings" of the game?

I always begin the game with an insult, but that never works out.

As for your question, the beginning of the game is when you roll for map....

But how do powers that only happen after map is determined work if you have to do them before a player 1 is even determined? Also, "when" you roll (so, while dice are in air", before you roll, or after your roll? Your confident it is after revealing forces, but before map is even picked?

for me, the begin of the game is before the 1st action is say, and after you set your team.
So...you set your team and say the opponent what happend

Here is a thread whee normalview goes into this: basically, when you've completed step 3 you're at the beginning of the game.

Thank you. I was struggling to find that thread!