Arkhamites,

Let me apologize up front if this is one that has been answered before...

I know that you can't take a Spawn Monster as a Trophy . To my knowledge, Spawn Monsters are never returned to the cup/sheet etc. due to a Gate Closing/Sealing (I think that's because they're assosciated with the moon/crescent dimensional symbol). Okay here's the question...when you have one of my favorite Mythos Cards which states that locations and/or streets are cleared of Monsters...does this apply to Spawn Monsters? My gut tells me no, but I need to hear from the community.

Thanks,

The Professor

I vote for no. Spawns are usually work with unique mechanics.

Yeah, Spawn monsters can be removed from the board only by combat or entering vortices

If you dig around you can find it, but the official answer is that "return to the cup" effects don't work on Spawns (including Time Bombs). "Defeat," on the other hand, means "pass a combat check against" so the Flute of the Outer Gods and similar things WILL work.

Tibs said:

The Flute is responsible for the one and only time I defeated the Dunwich Horror. Yay Flute!

Thank you very much MNT, Julia, Tibs, and arkhamresident!