diff --git a/packages/chess/src/ui/Lobby.tsx b/packages/chess/src/ui/Lobby.tsx
index 87c7ef4..af68411 100644
--- a/packages/chess/src/ui/Lobby.tsx
+++ b/packages/chess/src/ui/Lobby.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { LayoutPicker } from './LayoutPicker';
 import { LayoutEditor } from './LayoutEditor';
 import { ModifierProfileEditor } from './ModifierProfileEditor';
 import { parseModifierProfile } from '../modifiers/schema';
+import { applyProfilesToSession } from '../modifiers/apply';
 import type { ModifierProfile } from '../modifiers/types';
 import {
   loadLibrary,
@@ -78,6 +79,19 @@ export function Lobby({ chessState }: LobbyProps = {}) {
   const [profilePickerValue, setProfilePickerValue] =
     useState<string>(PROFILE_NONE);
   const [profileEditorOpen, setProfileEditorOpen] = useState(false);
+  /**
+   * T27: optional ADDITIONAL profiles stacked on top of `selectedProfile`
+   * for the local solo engine. The first entry in the resulting stack is
+   * `selectedProfile`; subsequent entries override per the priority-wins
+   * stacking rule (last wins). Empty when no extras are added.
+   *
+   * Multiplayer create/join still sends ONLY `selectedProfile` on the
+   * wire — the server protocol carries one ModifierProfile per room
+   * (T2). Multi-stack on the wire is a future T27+ extension.
+   */
+  const [additionalProfiles, setAdditionalProfiles] = useState<
+    ModifierProfile[]
+  >([]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     const layoutId = searchParams.get('layoutId');
@@ -223,18 +237,44 @@ export function Lobby({ chessState }: LobbyProps = {}) {
     // the selected layout so the board shows the chosen starting
     // position the instant the user lands on /game.
     clearAllAutoSaves();
-    // Pass the selected profile (if any) so the local engine seeds
-    // modifier facts and tracks `activeProfile`. Without this, the
-    // server reconciles the facts via game.state snapshots but the
-    // client's `engine.activeProfile` stays null, breaking source-chain
-    // attribution and any other UI that needs to know the active profile.
-    chessState?.loadEngine(
-      new ChessEngine(
-        selectedProfile !== null
-          ? { layout: selectedLayout, profile: selectedProfile }
-          : { layout: selectedLayout },
-      ),
+
+    // Construct the engine. The simple path (zero or one profile) goes
+    // through the EngineOptions.profile field. The multi-profile path
+    // (T27) builds the engine without a profile, then runs
+    // applyProfilesToSession across the full stack so additive
+    // contributions compose correctly across profiles.
+    const stack: ModifierProfile[] =
+      selectedProfile !== null
+        ? [selectedProfile, ...additionalProfiles]
+        : additionalProfiles;
+
+    if (stack.length <= 1) {
+      const single = stack[0];
+      chessState?.loadEngine(
+        new ChessEngine(
+          single !== undefined
+            ? { layout: selectedLayout, profile: single }
+            : { layout: selectedLayout },
+        ),
+      );
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Multi-profile stack: build a profile-less engine, then layer
+    // every profile in order via applyProfilesToSession (T23).
+    const engine = new ChessEngine({ layout: selectedLayout });
+    applyProfilesToSession(
+      engine.session,
+      stack,
+      selectedLayout,
+      engine,
+      engine.customModifiers,
     );
+    // Track the LAST profile as the canonical activeProfile so the
+    // header badge has something to show; the editor-side display
+    // would need a multi-aware refactor to surface every entry.
+    engine.activeProfile = stack[stack.length - 1] ?? null;
+    chessState?.loadEngine(engine);
   };
 
   const handleCreate = async () => {
@@ -425,6 +465,109 @@ export function Lobby({ chessState }: LobbyProps = {}) {
                   ) : null}
                   <option value={PROFILE_CUSTOM}>Custom…</option>
                 </select>
+
+                {/* T27: stacked profiles below the primary picker.
+                    Solo-only — multiplayer create/join sends only the
+                    primary `selectedProfile`. Each entry can be reordered
+                    or removed; ordering decides priority-wins precedence
+                    (last in list wins). */}
+                <div data-testid="profile-stack" className="space-y-1">
+                  {additionalProfiles.length > 0 && (
+                    <p className="text-[10px] font-bold text-neutral-400 uppercase tracking-widest pt-2">
+                      Stacked (solo only)
+                    </p>
+                  )}
+                  {additionalProfiles.map((p, idx) => (
+                    <div
+                      key={`${p.id}-${idx}`}
+                      data-testid={`profile-stack-${idx}`}
+                      className="flex items-center gap-1.5 px-2 py-1 text-xs bg-neutral-50 border border-neutral-200 rounded"
+                    >
+                      <span className="flex-1 truncate text-neutral-700 font-medium">
+                        {p.name}
+                      </span>
+                      <button
+                        type="button"
+                        data-testid={`profile-stack-${idx}-up`}
+                        disabled={idx === 0}
+                        onClick={() => {
+                          setAdditionalProfiles((prev) => {
+                            const next = prev.slice();
+                            const [moved] = next.splice(idx, 1);
+                            if (moved !== undefined) next.splice(idx - 1, 0, moved);
+                            return next;
+                          });
+                        }}
+                        className="px-1 text-neutral-500 hover:bg-neutral-200 disabled:opacity-30 disabled:hover:bg-transparent rounded"
+                        aria-label="Move up"
+                      >
+                        ↑
+                      </button>
+                      <button
+                        type="button"
+                        data-testid={`profile-stack-${idx}-down`}
+                        disabled={idx === additionalProfiles.length - 1}
+                        onClick={() => {
+                          setAdditionalProfiles((prev) => {
+                            const next = prev.slice();
+                            const [moved] = next.splice(idx, 1);
+                            if (moved !== undefined) next.splice(idx + 1, 0, moved);
+                            return next;
+                          });
+                        }}
+                        className="px-1 text-neutral-500 hover:bg-neutral-200 disabled:opacity-30 disabled:hover:bg-transparent rounded"
+                        aria-label="Move down"
+                      >
+                        ↓
+                      </button>
+                      <button
+                        type="button"
+                        data-testid={`profile-stack-${idx}-remove`}
+                        onClick={() => {
+                          setAdditionalProfiles((prev) =>
+                            prev.filter((_, i) => i !== idx),
+                          );
+                        }}
+                        className="px-1 text-neutral-500 hover:bg-red-100 hover:text-red-600 rounded"
+                        aria-label="Remove from stack"
+                      >
+                        ×
+                      </button>
+                    </div>
+                  ))}
+                  {selectedProfile !== null && savedProfiles.length > 1 && (
+                    <select
+                      data-testid="profile-stack-add"
+                      value=""
+                      onChange={(e) => {
+                        const id = e.target.value;
+                        if (id === '') return;
+                        const entry = savedProfiles.find((p) => p.id === id);
+                        if (entry === undefined) return;
+                        // Prevent duplicate of the primary or any existing stack entry.
+                        if (entry.profile.id === selectedProfile.id) return;
+                        if (additionalProfiles.some((p) => p.id === entry.profile.id)) return;
+                        setAdditionalProfiles((prev) => [...prev, entry.profile]);
+                      }}
+                      className="w-full px-2 py-1 text-xs bg-white border border-neutral-200 rounded focus:outline-none focus:ring-1 focus:ring-blue-500"
+                    >
+                      <option value="">+ Stack another profile…</option>
+                      {savedProfiles
+                        .filter(
+                          (p) =>
+                            p.profile.id !== selectedProfile.id &&
+                            !additionalProfiles.some(
+                              (a) => a.id === p.profile.id,
+                            ),
+                        )
+                        .map((p) => (
+                          <option key={p.id} value={p.id}>
+                            {p.name}
+                          </option>
+                        ))}
+                    </select>
+                  )}
+                </div>
               </div>
 
               <button