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When does the first-player marker pass, and in which direction?

The rulebook states the counterclockwise pass after each season and the designer confirmed both the timing and the printing change.

  • Obsession rulebook · Rulebook · Seasons
  • The Reeve · Designer · 2019-08-17
  • The Reeve · Designer · 2020-09-02
  • The Reeve · Designer · 2020-11-21
  • The Reeve · Designer · 2022-10-04
  • Obsession: Upstairs, Downstairs Rulebook · Official document · 1st Player Marker

It passes once per season, after each courtship (so three times in a game), not every round. In the second edition it moves counterclockwise; the first printing moved it clockwise. Turn order within a round stays clockwise.

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