Who goes first in Schmidt Spiele games?

14 starting-player rules checked against Schmidt Spiele rulebooks.

All publishers

• Auf AchseWhoever has driven the farthest distance this month goes first.
• Clever CubedThe unluckiest player takes the six dice and starts.
• DOG KidsWhoever can bark the loudest goes first.
• Quacks & Co.: Quedlinburg DashWhoever most recently saw a donkey goes first.
• Roll 'em Fold 'emThe person who most recently folded something starts and receives the two dice.
• RondoThe 'roundest' player begins.
• Tempel des SchreckensWhoever most recently found a gold treasure takes the key card and starts. If nobody has, the rules jokingly say everyone loses immediately, then offer the youngest player as an alternative starter.
• That's Pretty Clever (aka Ganz schön clever)Choose a starting player at random; that player takes the six dice.
• The FuzziesChoose a starting player. The rulebook suggests the fuzziest person among you.
• The Magic LabyrinthThe player who most recently got lost begins.
• The Quacks of QuedlinburgSchmidt Spiele German base-game rules, English summaryWhoever most recently cooked something is the first round's starting player.
• The Quacks of QuedlinburgSchmidt English base gameWhoever most recently cooked something is the first starting player. They hold the Fortune Teller deck and read its opening card; everyone brews potions at the same time.
• The Taverns of TiefenthalThe player who was last in a tavern starts.
• ViennaThe last person to have visited Vienna takes the start card (clock) and begins the game.

Each answer is our reviewed summary of that edition’s publisher rulebook. Open a game for its source, tie-break and edition details. Or pick a starting player at random.