<p>Yes, you increase income and reputation when passing backwards over it, and decrease them when passing forwards.</p>

<p>The rules are pretty simple:</p>

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  <p>When a player's Population crosses a Red Line, then that player's Income and Reputation are both reduced by 1 (moved to the left one space) for every Red Line the player moves past. If a player's Population dips below a Red Line (this can happen if he has a negative reputation) he moves both his Income Cylinder and his Reputation Cube forward (moved to the right one space).</p>
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Cascabel
<p>Quite often in games, you'll go into negative reputation, and move backwards on the reputation track.</p>

<p>What should you do here re: adjusting reputation and income? Should re-decrease your income and reputation when you pass forwards over the line again?</p>

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What happens if you pass backwards over a red line?
dwjohnston
# What happens if you pass backwards over a red line?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-04-18)

Quite often in games, you'll go into negative reputation, and move backwards on the reputation track.

What should you do here re: adjusting reputation and income? Should re-decrease your income and reputation when you pass forwards over the line again?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2015-04-18. Score: 9 | Accepted answer

Yes, you increase income and reputation when passing backwards over it, and decrease them when passing forwards.

The rules are pretty simple:

> When a player's Population crosses a Red Line, then that player's Income and Reputation are both reduced by 1 (moved to the left one space) for every Red Line the player moves past. If a player's Population dips below a Red Line (this can happen if he has a negative reputation) he moves both his Income Cylinder and his Reputation Cube forward (moved to the right one space).


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