On your first turn, you will declare whether you’re going to begin heading around the board in a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction. Once you’ve declared a direction, you maintain that direction unless it’s changed by a game effect (any of the squares that say “Reverse Direction” for instance) or until a game effect transports you to another point on the board (being moved to Jail by a “Go To Jail” square, for instance). If you were transported into a square by a game effect, instead of by rolling and moving, you may leave that square in either direction. When this is the case, you must declare out loud which direction you are going to move in before you roll the dice for Movement. If you fail to do so, the other players may demand that you declare your direction and then re-roll your Movement roll. Once you have begun to move in a particular direction, you’re back to maintaining that direction until it’s changed or disrupted by another game effect.

Certain squares on the game board are considerably larger than others—these are the Major Squares. The Major Squares are places where you’ll frequently want to conduct business or perform tasks. In the core Inevitable game, the six Major Squares are: The Institute, The Mailbox, The Network, County Hospital, HappyDale Sanitarium, and Jail. Using these Major Squares effectively is one of the keys to success in this game. Each Major Square is explained in depth in Glorious Progress, and you’ll note that there’s a Quick Reference to the Major Squares on the back of it.

 

If you wish to use a Major Square that you are approaching, you may declare, before you roll the die for Movement, that you plan to stop there. If you do, and the result of your Movement roll is equal to or greater than what you need to roll to reach the square in question, you only move your piece as far as the square. Then you stop, and may perform your task or conduct your business. Stops may only be declared if you have “legitimate business” to perform; you must use the square if you declare a stop there.