Expeditions
Are the benefits of a card or location optional?
The designer ruled on this directly on BGG in 2023.
- Expeditions rulebook · Rulebook · Gather
- jameystegmaier · Designer · 2023-07-05
- jameystegmaier · Designer · 2023-08-09
Generally no. Exposed benefits must be taken, and the only optional ones are where the rules say you may. Whether to place a worker on a played card is your choice; the benefit itself is not.