<p>As long as you are playing with the Antarctica side board, those cards are usable.</p>

<p>From the expansion rules, page 2:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>When playing with the <em>Mountains of Madness</em> expansion, add
  all expansion components to their respective decks or pools
  of <em>Eldritch Horror</em> components except for the components
  described below.</p>
  
  <p>[unrelated items skipped]</p>
  
  <p>Shuffle all Unique Assets to create the Unique Asset deck.
  Place this deck faceup near the Asset deck.</p>
</blockquote>

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boflynn
<blockquote>
  <p>Should these components be returned to the box in that case?</p>
</blockquote>

<p>By the rules: No.</p>

<p>By convenience: Yes.</p>

<p>There are absolutely no effects that would allow you to gain either of these cards without the Antarctica board. Whether you leave these in or take them out, it changes absolutely nothing.</p>

<p>(This is not necessarily the case for some other Antarctica-related cards.)</p>

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2016-04-10T04:30:42.897Z
The rules only strictly state to return the side board when not playing Rise of the Elder Things or the Doomsayer from Antarctica prelude. This is probably why the question was posed as, literally followed, there would never be a side board but for these cases (and campaigns against Ithaqua would often render those assets useless). This answer seems more on point.
Joey
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tsuma534
<p>The <strong>unique asset deck</strong> in Mountains of Madness expansion features two cards which only have an effect if you are on the Antarctica Side Board. What if I am playing against an Ancient One from the base game? Should these components be returned to the box in that case?</p>

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What to do with "Antarctic Guide" and "Dog Sled" while playing against an Ancient One from the base game?
Alderath
# What to do with "Antarctic Guide" and "Dog Sled" while playing against an Ancient One from the base game?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-07-03)

The **unique asset deck** in Mountains of Madness expansion features two cards which only have an effect if you are on the Antarctica Side Board. What if I am playing against an Ancient One from the base game? Should these components be returned to the box in that case?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-07-05. Score: 3

As long as you are playing with the Antarctica side board, those cards are usable.

From the expansion rules, page 2:

> When playing with the *Mountains of Madness* expansion, add
> all expansion components to their respective decks or pools
> of *Eldritch Horror* components except for the components
> described below.
>
> [unrelated items skipped]
>
> Shuffle all Unique Assets to create the Unique Asset deck.
> Place this deck faceup near the Asset deck.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2015-11-27. Score: 1

> Should these components be returned to the box in that case?

By the rules: No.

By convenience: Yes.

There are absolutely no effects that would allow you to gain either of these cards without the Antarctica board. Whether you leave these in or take them out, it changes absolutely nothing.

(This is not necessarily the case for some other Antarctica-related cards.)

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: The rules only strictly state to return the side board when not playing Rise of the Elder Things or the Doomsayer from Antarctica prelude. This is probably why the question was posed as, literally followed, there would never be a side board but for these cases (and campaigns against Ithaqua would often render those assets useless). This answer seems more on point.  

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