Change from clear to blocked?

[jhawkinsatgood]

Hi,
Suppose a player is moving to a tile that was previously marked Clear, but now fails to roll the required number, does the tile change from Clear to Blocked?
Cheers, Jim

[edent]

Hi Jim,
Not quite sure what you mean. Once a tile is "Clear" it can be moved to without needing a successful roll.
Unless it is covered with slime.
Does that answer your question?

[jhawkinsatgood]

In the readme, under Movement, it says this:

3. The player attempts to move to an adjacent tile - which can be a clear path or a numbered tile.
   i. The player rolls the dice. Regardless of whether the tile they want to move to is clear or not.

[edent]

If a tile is clear, the player cannot "fail" on their roll. Think of it as the tile now being marked "zero" - any roll is strong enough to beat it.

I'll look at improving the wording.

[jhawkinsatgood]

If you're improving wording anyway, maybe add a note that the Slime Score resets to zero after the Slime expands.

[jhawkinsatgood]

Ah. Also, the player still has to roll the dice to move, even to a Clear tile?
That means the Slime Score gets increased.