Unsettled
What happens if I must gain distress but can't?
The rulebook's "Distress" section answers this, and players in the threads agree.
- Unsettled rulebook · Rulebook · Distress
- 4McTavish · Community · 2021-12-28
- Kevin_games · Community · 2022-03-15disagrees
Each explorer loses 1 endurance. That applies when you'd gain a sixth distress with no free action space, and when the distress stack is empty.