Who goes first in Hardback?
English Fowers Games rules, 20-page Skellig-hosted PDF
Whoever last used a pen takes the first turn.
Rule details
Give that player the First Player Token and continue clockwise.
In the Cooperative Anthology variant, each human player takes a normal turn, followed by Penny Dreadful's turn.
If there’s a tie
The cited starting-player instruction does not specify a tie-break. We don’t infer one.
Source & edition
- Hardback — Fowers Games (English manual hosted by Skellig Games) rulesFowers Games (English manual hosted by Skellig Games) · Setup step 4; Cooperative Anthology; credits · Checked 2026-09-23
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