Who goes first in CuBirds?

Rule details

The dealer sets up the shared rows, deals each player eight cards, and deals each player one face-up card to start their collection.

At the end of a turn, a player with no cards left in hand ends the round. If the game continues, that player becomes the new dealer and takes the first turn of the next round.

Source & edition

• CuBirds — Pandasaurus English first-printing rulebookPandasaurus Games · Setup and random dealer on printed/PDF page 2; dealer's opening turn and clockwise play on printed/PDF page 3; subsequent-round dealer and ©2023 imprint on unnumbered PDF page 8; 2–5-player scope on cover PDF page 1 · Checked 2026-09-26Cited PDF pages: 2, 3, 8, 1

More starting rules

Games with a similar starting rule

• Dawn of PeacemakersWhoever most recently avoided a conflict starts. The campaign rules also allow choosing the starter randomly.
• Demon WorkerThe player who has been evil most recently goes first, or choose a player randomly.
• Dice HospitalWhoever most recently visited a hospital starts. The rules also allow choosing randomly.
• Dinosaur Island: Rawr 'n WriteThe first player to come up with a punny dinosaur joke takes the first-player marker. If that proves difficult, choose a first player randomly.
• Dinosaur WorldThe player who most recently trained a raptor to respond to hand signals goes first. If no one has done that, choose the first player randomly.