Who goes first in Schrödinger's Cats?
9th Level Games English base rules, official Dized reference
The player who most recently watched a documentary goes first.
Rule details
That player is the First Scientist: they shuffle and deal, announce the experiment's total number of boxes, and begin as the Active Scientist.
The Active Scientist proposes a hypothesis about how many Alive Cats, Dead Cats or Empty Boxes are in play. The starting criterion does not restrict the documentary to a particular subject.
Source & edition
- Schrödinger's Cats: First Player9th Level Games, official Dized rules · First Player section of the official English online reference · Checked 2026-09-23
- Schrödinger's Cats: Before the First Round Begins9th Level Games, official Dized rules · Before the First Round Begins section of the official English online reference · Checked 2026-09-23
- Schrödinger's Cats: How to Propose a Hypothesis9th Level Games, official Dized rules · How to Propose a Hypothesis section of the official English online reference · Checked 2026-09-23
Image: © 9th Level Games / Schrödinger's Cats artists · 9th Level Games, via publisher-verified Dized rules
If there’s a tie
The rulebook doesn’t say.
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