Cards & Components
Every board, card, tile, token and piece of Unconscious Mind, its solo mode, the Nightmares and Free Association expansions and the promo cards — with a picture and what it does.
Pictures are from the publisher’s rulebooks and player aid; the Free Association cards come from the
components photo in the BoardGameGeek gallery and the promo
cards from their BoardGameGeek pages.
Boards
| Picture | Board and use |
|---|
 | Meeting Table — Nine action spaces and the Idea spaces between them; the Notebook tile display. You may do all, some or none of an action space’s effects, in any order (FAQ). Meeting Table |
 | City Map — Six Locations in three Districts, the Reputation track and the Victory Point track. City Map |
 | Player board (4) — Inkpot track, 3×3 Notebook grid, locked Ideas and player-color Insights, Coffee and Heart-Shaped Box tracks. Your player board |
 | Insight dial (4) — Three rings (levels) × three sections (qualities) and the reserve. Insight dial |
 | Office board (4) — Primary and Secondary Office Rooms with their Therapy tracks. Office Rooms |
Cards
Clients
Each Client shows its starting Therapy points (green hearts), the in-game VP it gives when Cured and,
under the Grief Layer’s red line, its effect and tags. Effects switch on at
Catharsis.
Routine Clients
Twelve Clients with ongoing effects and Location tags (blue tab, 1900–1903).
means “when this happens, gain that”; 
means “as often as you like”. You may use one Dream on a Client, then spend Heart-Shaped Boxes on it at turn end before drafting. Boxes alone can Cure a Client when its Dreams are gone; discard any unused Dreams without effect, and do not give boxes to a Client on the turn it arrives. The Client’s tags become active when its Grief Layer is gone, but its printed VP are scored only when Cured (FAQ, FAQ, FAQ, FAQ).
| Picture | Client and effect |
|---|
 | Gustav Klimt — You may add 1 to your Inkpot move. FAQ |
 | Gabriele Possanner — Whenever you would Elevate, you may Generate two Minor Insights of any qualities instead — even with nothing to Elevate. FAQ |
 | Emilie Louise Floge — Suppress an Insight to gain 1 Coffee, as often as you like. FAQ FAQ |
 | Franz Kafka — Transfer Minor Insights freely. |
 | Egon Schiele — When you Recall, gain two Bright Ideas. FAQ |
 | Tilla Durieux — When you Recall, claim your bonus at any Location, not only your Professor’s or Freud’s. FAQ |
 | Sophie Zimmermann — When you Recall, you may claim one more Location bonus (at your Professor’s or Freud’s Location). FAQ |
 | Karl Landsteiner — Whenever you gain a Research card, gain 1 Coffee. |
 | Eugenie Schwarzwald — Instead of publishing a Treatise, gain a Research card and play one. |
 | Anna von Mildenburg — Trigger Location effects one more time, and the limit rises to 6. |
 | Ernst Mach — When you trigger the Reputation track, take two actions from below Freud’s marker (or left), same or different. |
 | Gustav Mahler — When a Dream matching the Grief Layer’s icon treats a Client, also Generate a Major Insight. FAQ |
Case-Study Clients
Twelve Clients that score at the end once their Grief Layer is gone, Cured or not (red tab,
1904–1907). The ≤ number is the most the card can score.
| Picture | Client and scoring |
|---|
 | Archduke Franz Ferdinand — 3 VP per Bright Idea (max 12), on top of their usual point. |
 | Otto Wagner — 3 VP per Cured Client (max 12). |
 | Selma Kurz — 3 VP per matching pair of Location tags anywhere in your play area (max 12); tags on different cards can pair (FAQ). |
 | Leopold von Schrotter — 3 VP per player-color Insight on Treatises and District bonuses (max 12). |
 | Bertha von Suttner — 3 VP per space you advanced on the Reputation track (max 12). |
 | Berta Zuckerkandl — 4 VP per completed Notebook column (max 12). |
 | Vasudha Saloi — 3 VP per level I Notebook tile on your board (max 15). |
 | Fujino Nampo — 3 VP per level II Notebook tile on your board (max 15). |
 | Arjun Raval — 3 VP for each of your Research cards, whether in play or used as a Volume in a Treatise (max 15) (FAQ). |
 | Nina Frang — 3 VP per green tag (max 15). |
 | Noah Wilder — 3 VP per purple tag (max 15). |
 | Kawahara Yoka — 3 VP per red tag (max 15). |
| Picture | Card and effect |
|---|
 | Grief Layer (24, clear) — Laid over a Client: adds Therapy points, shows a Dream icon, and gives its reward at Catharsis. FAQ FAQ FAQ |
 | Starting Grief Layer (5) — All identical, with  : at Catharsis, discard your Office Room card and open your Secondary room. |
 | Latent Dream (24) — The lower Dream on a Client; usable once the Manifest Dream is gone. FAQ FAQ FAQ FAQ, FAQ |
 | Manifest Dream (24) — The top Dream; may show a    icon for a match. FAQ FAQ FAQ FAQ, FAQ |
 | Research card (36) — A colored Volume, Location tags and a play effect. Research FAQ FAQ |
 | Office Room card (4) — Blocks your Secondary room; its glyph picks your three starting Notebook tiles. FAQ |
Extra Dream cards; shuffle each into its deck. Descriptions from their BoardGameGeek pages.
| Picture | Promo and effect |
|---|
 | Dice Tower Promo Cards (BGG) — A Latent Dream: 2 Major Insights → 2 Therapy points and trigger the Reputation track. A Manifest Dream: 3 Median Insights → 2 Therapy points and a Bright Idea. |
 | Tantrum House Season 10 Promo Card (BGG) — A Manifest Dream: 3 Insights → 3 Therapy points and 5 VP. |
 | Nightmares – 2025 Dice Tower Promo Card (BGG) — A Manifest Dream for the Nightmares Pets: a Minor Freedom, Growth and Passion Insight → 2 Therapy points and a Bright Idea, or move your Pet twice. |
Tiles
Tiles and tokens
| Picture | Piece and use |
|---|
 | Notebook tile (24 level I, 24 level II, 12 starting) — Main effect for your board, banner effect when bought. Notebook tiles FAQ FAQ FAQ FAQ FAQ FAQ |
 | Treatise tile (9, three sizes) — Needs a set of Volumes; VP, two tags and citation income. Publishing FAQ FAQ |
 | Location Goal (7) — First to meet the condition gains Reputation and the tile’s tags. Location Goals FAQ |
 | District token (8 per color) — Cover claimed bonus slots; the top one gives Reputation. District tokens FAQ FAQ FAQ |
 | Bright Idea (16 of 1, 4 of 5) — Bright Ideas; 1 VP each at the end. FAQ FAQ FAQ |
 | Starting player token — Freud side up; flipped to the watch at the end-game signal. |
 | Dispenser box — Holds the Grief Layer deck. |
 | Reference aid (4) — Icons and every Client’s effect. |
Tokens & pieces
Player pieces
| Picture | Piece and use |
|---|
 | Professor (1 per color) — Your figure on the City Map. |
 | Freud figure and Freud’s Reputation marker — Shared; counts as a figure at Locations; his marker ends the game. FAQ FAQ FAQ |
 | Idea (6 per color) — Your workers. FAQ FAQ FAQ |
 | Insight (28 common, 6 per color) — Your currency on the dial. FAQ FAQ FAQ FAQ |
 | Inkpot (1 per color) — Moves round your player board. FAQ FAQ FAQ FAQ |
 | Therapy marker (2 per color) — One per Office Room track. |
 | Reputation marker (1 per color) — On the Reputation track. FAQ FAQ FAQ FAQ |
 | Scoring marker (1 per color) — On the Victory Point track; 100+ on the back. |
 | Heart-Shaped Box and Coffee markers — On their tracks of your player board. FAQ FAQ, FAQ |
Modules in the base box
| Picture | Piece and use |
|---|
 | Journalist — A third figure that counts everyone’s Treatise tags. The Journalist FAQ |
 | Location overlay (6) — New bonus slots for the Locations. Location Overlays |
 | Fireworks — A one-tag discount on a District bonus. Fireworks |
Solo components
| Picture | Piece and use |
|---|
 | Meeting Table card (16) — Where the Id places Ideas. Solo FAQ FAQ |
 | Id Notebook tile (9) — The Id’s engine. Tile effects |
 | Routine Client overlay (4) — Tags replacing an Id Routine Client’s effect. FAQ FAQ |
 | Case-Study Client overlay (4) — Scoring replacing an Id Case-Study Client’s condition; two difficulty sides. FAQ |
 | Inkpot space overlay — Makes the Id’s Inkpot move again instead of triggering Reputation. |
 | Compass Arrow — Picks left or right for the Id. |
 | Turn summary and conversion cards — The Id’s turn and Coffee conversions. FAQ |
Nightmares components
| Picture | Piece and use |
|---|
 | Uncanny Routine Client (6) — Gives a Dark Insight at Catharsis. FAQ |
 | Uncanny Case-Study Client (4) — 6 VP per Mad Insight in a section, or per section with one (max 18). FAQ |
 | Nightmare Dream (21) — Needs a Mad Insight; jumps the Client to Catharsis. Nightmare Dreams FAQ FAQ |
 | Metamorphosis Grief Layer (12) — Grief Layers that match Nightmare icons. |
 | Wild Research card (12) — Gray wild Volume; most cost Madness. Wild Research |
 | Cracked Insight dial (4) — Adds cracks for Mad Insights. The dial FAQ FAQ |
 | Treatise of the Dead — Two gray Volumes, 13 VP. FAQ |
 | Haunted Location Goal — First to 13 Madness; wild tag, no Reputation. |
 | Madness Check token — Triggers a check when Freud reaches it. |
 | Madness reference card — Madness effects; variant side doubles the penalty. |
 | Mad starting Notebook tile (6) — A fourth starting choice; +1 Madness each use. |
 | Dark Insight (6) — Goes into a crack with no Madness. |
 | Madness token (24 of 1, 4 of 5) — Your Madness level. |
 | Pet tile (4) and Pet figure (4) — Spare Inkpot steps buy Pet effects. Pets FAQ FAQ |
 | Gramophone and its card — +1 to every limit while you hold it. Gramophone FAQ FAQ FAQ |
Free Association components
| Picture | Piece and use |
|---|
 | Illusion Dream (6) — Replaces a Latent Dream; Cures the Client outright. Illusion Dreams FAQ FAQ |
 | Mirror Client (5, double-sided) — Starting Clients powered by the Reputation track. Mirror Clients FAQ |
 | Bric-à-brac tile (6) — One-time effect on your second column. Bric-à-brac FAQ |
 | Scholarly Research card (12) — Chain plays and publishing; three double-Volume cards. Scholarly Research FAQ |
 | Rendezvous Objective (6) — Meet Freud and a requirement for a one-time reward. Rendezvous FAQ FAQ |
Icons
| Icon | Meaning |
|---|
 | Pay the left side to gain the right |
| When the left happens, gain the right |
| Repeat as often as you like; without this icon, an effect cannot be repeated (FAQ) |
 | Upper limit: one use per gear (FAQ) |
 | In-game Victory Points |
 | End-game Victory Points |
 | Idea |
 | Unlock your leftmost locked Idea |
 | Unlocked Idea |
 | Different Idea spaces you occupy |
 | Recall Ideas |
 | Bright Idea |
 | Coffee |
| Discard your Office Room card |
 | Elevate an Insight |
 | Suppress an Insight |
 | Skip an Insight Suppression |
 | Transfer an Insight |
 | Therapy point |
 | Heart-Shaped Box |
 | Treat a Client once |
 | Cured Client |
 | Cured Routine Client |
 | Cured Case-Study Client |
 | Reputation point |
 | Trigger the Reputation track |
 | Freud’s Reputation marker |
 | End-game signal |
  | Green tags: Theater, Library |
  | Purple tags: Opera, Museum |
  | Red tags: University, Cafe |
 | Any tag (wild); at final scoring it joins the largest tag group (FAQ) |
 | Trigger a tag’s Location by tags |
 | District token |
 | Player-color Insight in a District |
 | Professor or Freud in a Location |
 | Professor 1–2 Locations |
 | Professor to Freud |
 | Freud 1–3 Locations |
 | Freud 1 Location, no effects |
 | Advance your Inkpot |
 | Notebook tile, left column |
 | Notebook tile + banner |
 | Notebook tile + main and banner |
 | Trigger any of your Notebook tiles |
 | Trigger an unlocked column |
 | Gain a Research card |
 | Play a Research card |
 | Publish a Treatise |
 | Compass Arrow choice (solo) |
 | Madness [Nightmares] |
 | Mad Insight of any quality |
   | Mad Growth, Freedom, Passion Insight |
 | Gain a Dark Insight |
 | Catharsis Therapy point |
 | Advance your Pet |
The Insight icons for each quality and level are on Gameplay.