Who goes first in Ist da wer?!?
English section · sixteen-page multilingual publisher PDF
The person who most recently petted an animal shakes the thicket first.
Rule details
After the thicket is set down facing everyone, all players grab animals at the same time. The selection assigns the opening shake, not a first grabbing turn.
If there’s a tie
The cited starting-player instruction does not specify a tie-break. We don’t infer one.
Source & edition
- Ist da wer?! — Zoch rulesZoch · Course of the Game: Shake the thicket; Grab the animals; PDF pages 7 · Checked 2026-09-23
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