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Do all players interact with the Mansions of Madness app, or does one player act as GM?
The app introduced with the second edition of Mansions of Madness is designed to replace the role of "Keeper", and as such it's best to think of the app as an automated GM.
This means the app is ...
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Order of players actions in Mansion of Madness 2nd edition
Player 1 has to take 2 actions before the other players can do something.
From the rules reference page 24:
During the investigator phase, the investigators each take one turn in the order of their ...
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Do you announce when you have lost due to Insanity?
Your insanity condition is secret, and you are forced to keep it secret. The rules state it cannot be revealed to the other players for any reason, unless some other event tells you to.
So even if ...
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Our copy of Mansion of Madness, second edition doesn't contain the original 8 investigators cards, is this correct?
It seems to be correct. From the second-edition rulebook, page 4, "First Game" sidebar:
Before choosing a scenario, if you own the first edition Mansions of Madness base game and/or any of its ...
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Does Forbidden Words affect the character or player or both?
My take was that the physical player is not allowed to speak anymore, as else I think there would be specific instructions like you cannot use spells anymore. I think the goal is to create a more ...
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Do all players interact with the Mansions of Madness app, or does one player act as GM?
When we play, we usually have a designated 'driver' that interacts with the app.
However, when an onscreen puzzle appears, we pass control to the player that is meant to be solving the puzzle. This ...
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Mansion of Madness scenario game time
Once your party gets more used to the game, the time you take should get closer to the time the app states. It still varies strongly, but we usually fall within the designated timeframe by now, often ...
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Our copy of Mansion of Madness, second edition doesn't contain the original 8 investigators cards, is this correct?
I own both editions of the game and you are not missing any cards. The core set comes with 16 cards but only 8 miniatures.
The additional 8 cards are part of the conversion kit that allows you to ...
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Mansion Of Madness- Discarded combat cards specific type of combat(sharp,melee)
If a deck of cards runs out, the players shuffle the discard pile to create a new deck.
Source: Mansions of Madness Core Rulebook, page 25 - "Component Limitations"
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Adjacency of non-corner connecting spaces in Escape from Innsmouth
From the Rules Reference, regarding "Adjacent".
Two spaces are adjacent if they share a border, a door, an impassable border, or a wall.
And from "Movement"
When an investigator or monster ...
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Can I use expansions with the second edition without owning the first edition?
Even if you don't have the first edition core game, you will still be able to use "Call of the Wild" and "Forbidden Alchemy" to expand your second edition.
(However, the "Suppressed Memories" ...
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