<p>Yes: per the Setup section of the rulebook:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Find and shuffle the five start worlds. Deal one world face up to each
  player. These form  each player’s initial card tableau.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Shuffle the unused start worlds together with the game cards.</strong> Deal six face down cards to each  player. Each player then examines these
  cards and discards two cards face down to the discard  pile. The
  remaining game cards form the initial card supply.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>[Bolded by me for emphasis.]</p>

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2012-04-03T21:40:05.560Z
Note that as you add expansions, fishing the start worlds back out of the deck after you play becomes a bigger pain in the rear, so sometimes my group just skips this part and leaves the extras out for expedience.
jjb
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2012-08-24T00:51:35.653Z
My group eventually put card sleeves on the cards, and used different-colored card sleeves for the starting cards.  We *really* didn't like hunting through the deck for the starting cards.
PotatoEngineer
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2012-03-30T15:30:53.643Z
2012-03-30T15:30:53.643Z
thesunneversets
<p>When you begin play and randomly hand out the start worlds, do you shuffle the remaining start worlds into the deck?</p>

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Are unused Start Worlds shuffled into the card supply?
user2692
# Are unused Start Worlds shuffled into the card supply?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-03-30)

When you begin play and randomly hand out the start worlds, do you shuffle the remaining start worlds into the deck?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2012-03-30. Score: 14 | Accepted answer

Yes: per the Setup section of the rulebook:

> Find and shuffle the five start worlds. Deal one world face up to each
> player. These form each player’s initial card tableau.
>
> **Shuffle the unused start worlds together with the game cards.** Deal six face down cards to each player. Each player then examines these
> cards and discards two cards face down to the discard pile. The
> remaining game cards form the initial card supply.

[Bolded by me for emphasis.]

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Note that as you add expansions, fishing the start worlds back out of the deck after you play becomes a bigger pain in the rear, so sometimes my group just skips this part and leaves the extras out for expedience.  
> **username_3**: My group eventually put card sleeves on the cards, and used different-colored card sleeves for the starting cards.  We *really* didn't like hunting through the deck for the starting cards.  

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