Who goes first in Mansions of Madness: Second Edition?
Fantasy Flight Games English Rules Reference, 2016
There is no set first player. In each investigator phase, the investigators each take one turn in the order of their choice.
Rule details
Each round has an investigator phase followed by a mythos phase run by the app.
On their turn, an investigator performs up to two actions; after all investigators have taken a turn, one of them presses the app's end phase button.
Source & edition
- Mansions of Madness Second Edition: Rules ReferenceFantasy Flight Games · Page 11, Investigator Phase; page 18, Turn · Checked 2026-09-25Printed page references: 11, 18
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If there’s a tie
The rulebook doesn’t say. If you need a tie-break, pick a player at random.
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