Who goes first in Cytosis: A Cell Biology Board Game?
Genius Games English second-edition rules (revision 1)
Whoever looked through a microscope most recently goes first.
Rule details
That player receives the First Player Marker and places the first flask. Turns continue clockwise.
Starting ATP increases with turn order: the first player gets 2, the next gets 3, then 4, and so on. Everyone also chooses two additional resources from ATP, mRNA and Lipids.
The marker does not rotate automatically. A player can claim it at Laureates in Biology and keeps it for later rounds until someone else claims it.
Source & edition
- Cytosis: A Cell Biology Board Game: Genius Games rulesGenius Games · Designer foreword; Game Setup steps 8–9 and diagram; Phase 1; Laureates in Biology; two-player rules; game summary · Checked 2026-09-23Printed page references: 1, 3, 4, 5, 9, 14
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If there’s a tie
The rulebook doesn’t say.
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