What happens to the Curse Doll after it has been used and discarded? Is it returned to the shop?

Thanks for any help. :-)

Unless it says "Remove from the game" then it goes back into its appropriate deck typically.

Thanks Remy. That's the second time you've helped me. Much appreciated. :-)

No problems, I get bored at work easy.

Well, the rules on page 13 say that if a hero drops an item (other than a relic), he must discard it, and the table of movement actions on page 16 says that if an item is dropped it is "lost forever," and I can't find any other rules that talk about what happens when items are discarded, so I kind of got the impression that discarded items were removed from the game (whereas I assumed that sold shop items returned to the shop). I readily admit that this isn't particularly clear, though, and it doesn't usually matter.

Unless there's a rule somewhere about reshuffling discarded item cards that I've somehow missed, this may be appropriate fodder for the unanswered questions thread.

Very true, so I might have been playing it wrong.

Its got almost the exact same wording as the Crystal as well for timing and discard. I typically have always returned the Crystal to the Cooper treasure deck once i used it, so I always ended up doing the same for the Curse Doll.

I think certainly for RtL anything discarded is returned to the deck. Even items that are destroyed with Crushing Blow are returned to the deck.

I think for non RtL it probably doesnt matter.

Paul Grogan said:

Actually, the curse doll is the one case where it very plausibly does matter, because it's a consumable shop item with a relatively low starting stock, so if you want to use them frequently it is entirely plausible that you will run out.