Reply: Mice and Mystics:: Rules:: Re: Party item use in current

by magnus_eisengrim

well the rules say:

Once placed, any mouse can use their normal movement to move between the spaces on either end of the Fishhook & Thread token as if they were normal adjacent spaces.

So the question is, which "normal movement" is referred to? Normal movement on a room space, or normal water movement?

If the latter, then the mice would still only be allowed one movement space and would require the star. The only benefit to deploying the fishhook is it requires only one movement instead of two.

If the former, then you would move by rolling the die and counting it as one space (which would also work for climbing up tables too).

Jerry says above

nobeerblues wrote:

If you start your move in water, you may only move one space, even if you use the fishhook and thread.

which suggests that using the fishhook is a normal water movement and not a room space movement, ie. the water movement rules apply:

When a mouse attempts to move onto a non-water space from a water space, it must use its entire move to do so. That mouse’s player must roll an action die for that mouse and every mouse on the destination space. If at least 1 symbol is rolled, the mouse has successfully climbed out of the water.

That said, the consequences of not making it out and getting washed downstream away from the end of the hook and thread, unable to swim back upstream, mean that you would almost certainly get carried off the board, so we didn't play it that way!