Anyone having issue with Isolation?

[Rasguy]

Hello - I’ve now played the witch’s card Isolation a couple of times. After I play it, I would expect the hunter would have to put their tokens next to each other. However, I haven’t seen that happen. Am I not understanding how the card works, or is it a bug I need to report?

[Dan Jenkinson]

Isolation only affects which villagers the hunter can visit, it doesn't restrict other actions such as Raid or Eliminate. Which is how it has been working in my games.

[Herian]

I find isolation quite weak. There are lots of ways the Hunter can work around it.

• If you visit a villager where the immediate neighbours are occupied or eliminated, your next visit can be anywhere.
• It only applies to Visits, so you can Raid any villager, which can leave hunter tokens separated despite the Isolation power.
• Hunter has many actions on their player board that are not affected by Isolation, like exonerate villager, lift enchantment, ready villager.
• Hunter can play locations, which give new powerful actions that are not affected by Isolation.

Ordering is important for the hunter. If they choose the right order for their visits according to the first two points, they can still visit where they want.