Hive
Are Grasshoppers restricted by gates or the Freedom to Move rule?
The designer ruled on this in 2013 and later posts agree; one 2019 post argued otherwise with no official reply.
- Gen Four Two · Designer · 2013-08-08
- Gen Four Two · Designer · 2013-08-08
- SeanColombo · Community · 2013-08-07
- rmingersoll · Community · 2019-04-28
- Loizz_66 · Community · 2019-04-07disagrees
No. The Grasshopper jumps rather than crawls, so gates, including gates formed on top of the Hive, never restrict it. The designer's reason is that the Grasshopper is the one creature that does not crawl, which is why it also cannot change direction mid-jump.
“Grasshoppers are not restricted by gates on top of the Hive :)”
— Gen Four Two, designer