Unconscious Mind: Nightmares

Check at the end of a turn when Freud reaches or passes the Madness Check token, when a player first reaches 13 Madness, and once more before final scoring. Everyone returns Madness equal to the lowest player’s level; then each player loses Victory Points equal to their remaining Madness (page 5).

You immediately gain the Madness shown for that crack: 0 for small, 1 for medium, or 2 for large. Mad Insights cannot be elevated, suppressed, or transferred; when you use one, remove it from the crack and return it to your center reserve (page 6).

They are cumulative: at Madness 6, for example, you can trigger both the 3+ and 5+ effects. The listed effects are optional (“may”), unlike effects that make you gain Madness, which are mandatory (page 5).

Yes. A Nightmare Dream requires one Mad Insight in addition to its other specified costs; if the Client’s Therapy marker is not at or to the right of the marked space, use its Catharsis Therapy point as one standard Therapy point instead (page 8).

No. Cards with two Location tags make you gain 1 Madness, and cards with a wild Location tag make you gain 2 Madness and a Minor Insight. Cards with no Location tags let you spend the shown Minor Insight to generate a Mad Insight; all Wild Research cards show a gray Volume that can substitute for any color when publishing Treatises (page 7).

No: you may divert one or two movement spaces to advance your Pet, but your Inkpot must move at least once. Any time before or after other actions or effects on your turn, you may use the effect at your Pet’s current level or a lower level; then return the Pet to the bottom of its track (page 9).