From the publisher’s rulebook

Who goes first in Too Many Monkeys?

English Gamewright rules · 5-page publisher PDF

Whoever makes the best monkey sound starts the first round.

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Rule details

Play proceeds clockwise. The editor's footnote explicitly corrects the joking counterclockwise instruction for the Southern Hemisphere.

If there’s a tie

The cited starting-player instruction does not specify a tie-break. We don’t infer one.

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