Action: Explore

The explore action is the normal way that the mice will move from the room tile they are on to a different room tile. An explore action can only be performed when there are no minions on the same room tile as the mice.

There are 2 types of spaces on which a mouse can use an explore action: a space adjacent to an exit area, and a flip space.

Exploring an Exit Area

When a mouse is on a space adjacent to an exit area, it can use an explore action to attempt to move to a new tile.

In order to move to a new tile, that new tile must have an exit area of the same color aligned with the exit area to which the searching mouse is adjacent.

There are 2 sides to every tile: a blue side and an orange side. If the tile the mouse is moving to has a different color of side facing up than the tile the mouse is on, flip over the tile that the mouse is moving to, keeping its orientation arrow facing in the correct direction. If there is no exit aligned on the appropriate side, the mouse cannot explore over to the new tile.

When a mouse successfully performs an explore action to move to a new tile, that mouse and all of the other mice on the same tile are immediately placed on a space adjacent to the exit area on the new tile.

A flip location marked with this symbol can only be explored by a tinkerer or scamp.

Exploring a Flip Space

When a mouse performs an explore action on a flip location, remove the mice from the room tile and flip it over, keeping the arrow on the flip side in the correct orientation. Then place all of the mice on the flip location located on the newly revealed side of the room tile (or an adjacent space if there are more than 4 mice in the party).

There are also two special types of flip locations:

This flip location can only be explored when the party has the Fishhook and Thread token available.

A flip location marked with this symbol can only be explored by a tinkerer or scamp.