by JonBen
I think the OP is right that they are ambiguous since they specifically say that you "must put one or more of your available workers onto gears.".I don't know Chech but I tried to translate that section in the Chech rulebook and it seems that they specifically say "gears OR start player space" although google translator couldn't translate "start player space" in Chech. The words there do match those used in the Starting Player section on page 4.