Tapestry
If you cannot explore, can you still advance on the Explore track?
The designer answered this on BGG in 2019, and it matches the rulebook's note that benefits are mandatory when possible.
- jameystegmaier · Designer · 2019-09-13
Yes. Benefits are mandatory only in that you cannot decline them. You can advance on the Explore track even when you cannot place an explore tile; the benefit then simply does nothing.