Players try to maneuver their flies along the spider web to safety; but from time to time, the spider will descend, plucking some of the flies into his arms. Then it takes a special dice roll to rescue your flies and begin again. Source: Phil Vettel, Chicago Tribune From the box: As you race to get off the web, this spider hangs by a thread, swaying back and forth over you. Then slowly but surely, with one little jiggle, it starts to inch down, then another little jiggle, lower and lower, then another jiggle, closer and closer to the web, until Swoosh. It pounces and snatches up any little flies underfoot. The only way to safety is to get all your flies off the web, before it strikes again.