How does Isolate interact with The Great River scenario?
How does Isolate interact with The Great River scenario?
Isolate does still (optionally) block Towns' ability to move into those lands or off the island. The Towns divide themselves evenly among the destinations they have access to. If Isolate blocks them from reaching any of their desired destinations, the players choose for each Town whether to pay 1 Energy to stop the Town from moving at all or let the Town ignore Isolate when moving.
For a concrete example, if Board A is the "northernmost" board, the lands adjacent to A1 are A2, A4, A5, and A6, with A2 being equally Inland and the other three being more Inland. If there are 5 Towns in A1, then:
- If Isolate blocks the boundary between A1 and A5, the Towns can still move Inland to A4 and A6. They divide themselves evenly between those to lands, with the 5th Town ending up in A6 because A6 is further "north" than A4.
- If Isolate blocks the boundaries between A1 and all of A4, A5, & A6 and the Spirits pay 3 Energy, then 3 Towns stay in A1 and the remaining 2 Towns ignore the Isolate effects to divide themselves evenly among the three destination lands, moving to A6 and A5. (The Towns left in A1 don't move to A2, despite not being able to move Inland, since there were further-Inland lands they could have moved to if Isolate effect hadn't blocked them.)
