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Do you apply a card's text in order, and can you play it if part is impossible?

The publisher answered this directly on BoardGameGeek.

  • The Loop rulebook · Rulebook · Applying the ability of a card in your Hand
  • The Loop rulebook · Rulebook · General terms
  • Mattintheweb · Publisher · 2022-01-09
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  • vbrett · Community · 2024-02-01
  • McQueen · Community · 2021-06-04

Yes to both. Exhaust the card, then apply its text in the written order, doing as much as you can. A part you can't do doesn't stop the rest, so a mandatory 'then move' still happens even if an earlier push had no target. Even a card you can only partly resolve counts as used and stays exhausted. Only 'you can' or 'may' parts are optional.

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