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By xodarap, in Mansions of Madness

Hello! My first question is what happens when you have to resolve and effect forcing you to A. Either move two spaces towards a monster or resolve effect "B". and you are already in that monster's space? There is a similar effect that happens with Eldritch Horror with the Under the Pyramids expansion as well, so just for the game I ruled it the way I saw that effect ruled. (Effect B does not occur as you cannot move closer to a space you occupy.) Thematically it makes sense too I think. You aren't running away so the monster doesn't deserve a free attack and you aren't resisting it's mental pull on you, you're going toe to toe (or whatever) with the abomination! (which alone is insane enough!)

My next question is what happens if you are told to turn all of your horror and damage face up and one of those horror cards instructs you to take another face down horror, does the new one flip as well (It was ruled it did, which I disagreed with) and then that card instructs you to take 2 face down damage, do those get flipped face up as well? (I disagreed and was overruled again, "luckily" the chain ended but I was nearly insane at that point. Not in the game, I mean ME.) I disagreed that anything beyond the horror and damage you originally had wouldn't flip face up because the original effect had resolved and it could lead to chain reactions that were just silly. (See above.) How does it actually work please?

Thanks very much for your help! : ) By the way, I find the rules of this game to be very clear it's just that weird, weird stuff happens when I play an Arkham game. We won this scenario by the way, so long as "winning" is leaving the entire area in flames (we ran out and had to use the lantern tokens to represent fire) my friend was wounded and I was wounded AND out of my mind. (but not traitorous, thank god....)

It's a great game! (Really!)

Edited by xodarap

what happens if you are told to turn all of your horror and damage face up and one of those horror cards instructs you to take another face down horror, does the new one flip as well (...) anything beyond the horror and damage you originally had wouldn't flip face up because the original effect had resolved

Your interpretation is correct. The effect has resolved flipping all the Horror you had at that moment. The new Horror card was gained after the effect was done and gone.

As for the first question, I can't help without an exact wording, but maybe someone else will.

For question one I would play it the same way. You can't move towards the closest monster because you are already there. Eliminating the choice, therefore have to resolve the other effect.

what happens if you are told to turn all of your horror and damage face up and one of those horror cards instructs you to take another face down horror, does the new one flip as well (...) anything beyond the horror and damage you originally had wouldn't flip face up because the original effect had resolved

Your interpretation is correct. The effect has resolved flipping all the Horror you had at that moment. The new Horror card was gained after the effect was done and gone.

As for the first question, I can't help without an exact wording, but maybe someone else will.

Thanks, I appreciate the help! I just wish I could put it more plainly but it's kind of a complex thing that can happen in the game. : )

For question one I would play it the same way. You can't move towards the closest monster because you are already there. Eliminating the choice, therefore have to resolve the other effect.

Thanks for the help! That makes me feel better about our "win", somewhens I'm just not sure if we rule stuff right so it really helps to see if I can get the same answer from a differing perspective. : )

I hear ya, a simple addition of "if the Investigator is already in a space containing a monster, ignore this step and proceed to the next" would help with the confusion, imho.