Can somebody tell me how 'Escape from Arkam Asylum' works when the monster limit is reached. Do you put the three maniacs in the outskirts like normal? That what is making me confused is that the card tells me to collect Maniacs from the outskirts if there aren't any in the cup.

LJSLarsson said:

Officially, I believe you put them in the Outskirts as normal, which makes the headline almost impossible to pass unless there were three free spaces on the board (not completely impossible, because CotDP also includes a Woods encounter that makes you fight monsters in the Outskirts, but close).

Unofficially, I allow them to remain on the board, neither counting towards nor affected by the monster limit, until the start of the next Mythos phase. At that point any that are left move to the Outskirts immediately - perhaps raising the terror level - if there's still no space on the board for them.

(That headline has been replaced with a less confusing one with a similar effect in CotDP revised edition, suggesting that FFG couldn't find a satisfying solution to the card as it was)

cim said:

>doing the happy Snoopy dance< REVISED DP ROCKS!

The monsters from Escape and Museum Haunted are normal monsters and count against the limit. Like cim said, often this makes it impossible to get the Exhibit item from "Escape."

The revised Dark Pharaoh includes re-makes of these two cards that are both mechanically superior without sacrificing theme.