diff --git a/packages/engine/src/game.ts b/packages/engine/src/game.ts
index cf42574..1a2b4ee 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/game.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/game.ts
@@ -2347,8 +2347,11 @@ function waveFromEdge(state: GameState, events: GameEvent[], cell: Cell, side: S
         if (p.alive && cellKey(p.position) === cellKey(probe)) washBackN(state, events, p, dir, range);
       }
       for (const c of [...state.creatures]) {
-        if (c.kind === "fire-imp" && cellKey(c.position) === cellKey(probe)) {
+        if (cellKey(c.position) !== cellKey(probe)) continue;
+        if (c.kind === "fire-imp") {
           destroyCreature(state, events, c, reason);
+        } else if ((state.config.deckRev ?? 1) >= 17) {
+          washBackCreature(state, events, c, dir, range);
         }
       }
       if (state.squareContents[cellKey(probe)]?.kind === "slime") {
@@ -2371,8 +2374,11 @@ function waveFromCell(state: GameState, events: GameEvent[], center: Cell, range
         if (p.alive && cellKey(p.position) === cellKey(probe)) washBackN(state, events, p, dir, range);
       }
       for (const c of [...state.creatures]) {
-        if (c.kind === "fire-imp" && cellKey(c.position) === cellKey(probe)) {
+        if (cellKey(c.position) !== cellKey(probe)) continue;
+        if (c.kind === "fire-imp") {
           destroyCreature(state, events, c, "rushing water");
+        } else if ((state.config.deckRev ?? 1) >= 17) {
+          washBackCreature(state, events, c, dir, range);
         }
       }
     }
@@ -2473,6 +2479,25 @@ function washBackN(state: GameState, events: GameEvent[], p: PlayerState, dir: S
   }
 }
 
+/** The wave carries monsters as it carries wizards (rules rev 17): washed
+ * back, and crushed a point per space the maze refuses them. Fire imps
+ * never reach this — water destroys them outright. */
+function washBackCreature(state: GameState, events: GameEvent[], c: CreatureState, dir: Side, range: number): void {
+  const view = boardView(state);
+  let moved = 0;
+  for (let i = 0; i < range; i++) {
+    const step = stepTarget(view, c.position, dir);
+    if (step.kind === "blocked") break;
+    if (state.squareContents[cellKey(step.to)]?.kind === "stone") break;
+    c.position = step.to;
+    moved++;
+  }
+  const blockedSpaces = range - moved;
+  if (blockedSpaces > 0) {
+    damageCreature(state, events, c, blockedSpaces, "waterwall crush");
+  }
+}
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Creatures
 
diff --git a/packages/engine/test/creatures.test.ts b/packages/engine/test/creatures.test.ts
index ab664b8..a5104a6 100644
--- a/packages/engine/test/creatures.test.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/test/creatures.test.ts
@@ -550,3 +550,42 @@ describe("creatures walk open doorways", () => {
     throw new Error("setup: seed 42 grew a maze with no doors");
   });
 });
+
+describe("the wave carries monsters (rules rev 17)", () => {
+  it("a cornered skeleton takes the waterwall crush", () => {
+    let { state } = createGame({ playerIds: ["a", "b"], seed: 42, sets: ["basic", "expansion1"], deckRev: 17 });
+    state = toRound2(state);
+    const caster = activePlayer(state);
+    // A skeleton pinned against solid stone, one square from the wave's edge.
+    const view = boardView(state);
+    for (const [key, edge] of Object.entries(view.edges)) {
+      if (edge !== "wall") continue;
+      const [kind, coords] = key.split(":") as [string, string];
+      if (kind !== "H") continue;
+      const [x, y] = coords.split(",").map(Number) as [number, number];
+      // Wave from this wall southward washes the square below.
+      const below = { x, y: y + 1 };
+      if (!view.cells[cellKey(below)]) continue;
+      state.creatures.push({
+        id: "sk1", kind: "skeleton", controllerId: caster.id,
+        position: { ...below }, damage: 0, maxDamage: 4, movesPerTurn: 3,
+        movementUsed: 0, attackUsed: false, justCreated: false,
+        wallPassesPerTurn: 0, wallPassUsed: 0, scorchedThisTurn: [],
+      });
+      // Pin it: stone directly south of it.
+      state.squareContents[cellKey({ x, y: y + 2 })] = { kind: "stone", damage: 0, createdBy: caster.id };
+      caster.position = { x, y };
+      const stw = giveCard(state, caster.id, "stone-to-water");
+      const r = applyCommand(state, caster.id, {
+        type: "cast", instanceId: stw.instanceId,
+        target: { kind: "edge", cell: { x, y }, side: "S" },
+      });
+      if (!r.ok) throw new Error(r.error);
+      const sk = r.state.creatures.find((c) => c.id === "sk1");
+      // Washed against the stone: it took crush damage (or died of it).
+      if (sk) expect(sk.damage).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      return;
+    }
+    throw new Error("setup: no horizontal wall with a floor below");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/server/src/rooms.ts b/packages/server/src/rooms.ts
index 4bbf0bc..0d51302 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/rooms.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/rooms.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export interface Room {
 const rooms = new Map<string, Room>();
 
 /** Rules revision new games are dealt under (stored games keep their own). */
-const RULES_REV = 16;
+const RULES_REV = 17;
 
 const ROOM_CODE_ALPHABET = "ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZ23456789";
 
diff --git a/packages/web/src/local.svelte.ts b/packages/web/src/local.svelte.ts
index 7c7c309..b76b5f6 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/local.svelte.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/local.svelte.ts
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class LocalGame {
       seed,
       sets: expansion ? ["basic", "expansion1"] : ["basic"],
       ...(colors ? { colors } : {}),
-      deckRev: 16,
+      deckRev: 17,
     };
     const { state, events } = createGame(config);
     for (const e of events) {