Hi, all.

First, to forestall any potentially unhelpful suggestions, I am fully aware of house rules and how to basically make the game what I want it to be, but this is a question that maybe goes beyond the what and addresses the why .

So I was going through Miskatonic Horror, and I noticed that the Injury and Madness cards are to ONLY be used with Dunwich Horror. Why is that? I always thought the Injury and Madness cards were a pretty good idea. Why does the game want me to lug out the Dunwich map and play with that, too? From what I see, it's not integral to that expansion as much as, say the Exhibits are to Dark Pharaoh or Blights are to King in Yellow.

I haven't played with Lurker at the Threshold yet, but I like the idea of the Relationship cards. However, the rules say "These cards are only used when playing with" Lurker. Why is that? Again, I may be ignorant of Lurker, but is that all there is in that little box? So if I am playing with Relationships then I am ipso facto playing with that expansion?

It appears you can play with Nodens or Hypnos in play, but that doesn't mean you MUST incorporate Kingsport.

So, if there's a real reason why I can't incorporate these things, I'd like to hear about it.

Thank you!

I don't think there are any limitations to using Injuries or Relationships even when not using the related expansion. I do it and I know almost everyone else does it. I think it even says in the expansion rulebooks that you can choose any number of components from the expansion and add them to the base game.

I guess they intend that Lurker or Dunwich are required expansions in order to use these components, i.e. it's better not to use Relationships from Miskatonic unless you have also those from the Lurker in play. Same for Dunwich: since some new Injuries and Madnesses do interact with those from the Dunwich Horror expansion, you should not use them unless they are shuffled together with those from Dunwich

All expansions are modular, and any component can be used regardless of other parts of the same expansion to be used as well.

I think you're misunderstanding. Miskatonic's rules say it that way to inform you what some of these mystery cards might be in case you don't have, or are unaware of, the relevant expansion. Once you get that expansion, its rules will go on to say that you can use those components in any game.

That's fair enough. I figured I could mix components where I wanted, but I was curious about those statements in Miskatonic Horror.

Thank you for your help.

If you're clever (and your username implies you are) you can use some components without having the relevant expansion .