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A For The Firsts gathering in New York, where every prompt was tested

First Round

$32 No. ___ of 500

Limited first edition. Ships from New York starting July 14, 2026.

Most rooms trade titles, not truth. First Round moves any table past "so what do you do" — a dinner, a team offsite, a first date, a room full of strangers — and into the conversation you actually came for.

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  • 40 prompts across Career, Community, Reframe & Identity
  • Every card human-written by founder Colin Rocker — no AI, no filler
  • Pressure-tested at live For The Firsts events in NYC
  • Individually numbered — when the 500 are gone, the first edition is closed
What's inside
  • 40 conversation cards in a boxed set
  • Four categories of 10: Career, Community, Reframe, Identity
  • Your deck's edition number, stamped on the box
How it works

Pull a card. Whoever pulled answers first — someone has to open the door. Then it moves around the table. No moderator, no scoring, no rules to learn.

Shipping & returns

Orders ship from New York City starting July 14, 2026, in the order they were placed. [Add shipping rates and returns policy here before launch.]

The four categories

Every card does a job.

Ten cards per category. Together they take a table from strangers to a real conversation, fast.

Career

10 cards

Work, without the job-title script. What you're building, what it cost, what nobody sees.

Community

10 cards

The people who got you here — and the ones you're bringing with you.

Reframe

10 cards

Turn the thing you thought was a setback over in your hands. Look again.

Identity

10 cards

Who you are when nobody's asking what you do.

How it works

One deck. Any table.

1

Pull a card

Anyone can pull. No moderator, no rules to learn. The card does the heavy lifting.

2

Answer first

Whoever pulled goes first. Going first is the whole point — someone has to open the door.

3

Pass it on

The card moves around the table. By the time it comes back, the room is different.

From the rooms where it was tested

The conversations, reviewed.

"

I felt calm and safe sharing my goals and interests with strangers. I left with meaningful connections and motivation to tackle my goals.

JensineMember · Technology
"

Very welcoming space and host. I loved the guided discussions.

EricaMember · Technology
"

Great like-minded people and some great conversations that produced some good ideas.

LiamMember · Operations

From post-event surveys at For The Firsts gatherings in New York — the rooms where every First Round prompt was tested before making the cut.

Why we made it

"We built For The Firsts on one idea — connection beats contacts. First Round puts that idea in your hands."
— Colin Rocker, Founder, For The Firsts
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