Hi, I want to buy the 4th edition with ''some'' expansions, not ALL... I know Fantasy Flight Games, they make a lot of expansions for their games (Arkham Horror, Lord Of The Rings, X-Wing etc) and maybe too much expansions...

I know Talisman, its a great game but if I have 2 or 3 ''essential'' expansions to buy with the game, which one you could suggest to me?

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thanks for you great help

Hi, I want to buy the 4th edition with ''some'' expansions, not ALL... I know Fantasy Flight Games, they make a lot of expansions for their games (Arkham Horror, Lord Of The Rings, X-Wing etc) and maybe too much expansions...

I know Talisman, its a great game but if I have 2 or 3 ''essential'' expansions to buy with the game, which one you could suggest to me?

This question has been asked a couple of billions of time, I'm sure

thanks for you great help

I would start with the Reaper Expansion to start with, then the Dungeon next. for the 3rd one, i think perhaps the city might be good

1st Expansion City or Reaper.

City if you want an additional board. It is way different than the other expansions, adds a lot of new items and stuff!

Reaper expansion if you want a small expansion and no board. The Reaper adds more basic Adventure cards and a cool NPC character that runs around.

Next for an additional board I recommend the Highlands. Its great for beginning leveling and gets you gold for the city

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If you want a small expansion next, and already have the Reaper but don't have City, I recommend the Sacred Pool. As it gives not only great basic Adventure cards but also items from a stable deck you can purchase without having the city.

If you do have the City I would recommend Frostmarch next as it also has a generic addition to the Adventure deck.
The next board expansion I suggest is the new Woodland expansion. It also is different than the others, though not like the City and I think it's fairly safe for low level characters. But it has a unique game play which seems fun.

The next board expansion I recommend is the Dungeon. It is for higher level leveling.

Next I recommend Deep Realms which connects the City & Dungeon.

If you have the small expansions I listed above, I next recommend the Nether realm. This is a new different kind of expansion and gives you a really cool alternate ending, Pandora's Box.

The rest I would get in this order:

Firelands: has some really cool effects. And can be very dangerous if you have few expanions to water it down.

Bloodmoon: A very Halloweenish type expansion. Very strong in theme. I like the theme but only in the fall. It also has a game changing effect of creating day/night. In the day players get a +1 in battle at night enemies get a +1. You also get a werewolf NPC and Lycanthropy effects. I use only about 1/3 of the expansion (I don't use +1/-1 nor Lycanthropy). Others like it, but there is a strong percentage who think its fiddly.

The Dragon Expansion: Perhaps the most controversial expansion. About half the people do not like it. So lots of people play it with variations or house rules. It comes with a board, but it is an overlay for the center replacing part of the main board. I hated the expansion until I created a new way to play it, and now enjoy it a lot!

My favorite expansion is the latest, The Harbinger. But it is deadly, and you survive better with all board expansions and Dragons. Now in general I don't like Dragons except by variants, but enjoy Dragons with Harbinger as Dragons is a safe way to avoid Talisman's doom by the Harbinger.

If you know that you will eventually get all of them, I would go in this order: Reaper, Dungeon, Frostmarch, Highland, Sacred Pool, Dragon, Blood Moon, City, Firelands, Woodland, Nether Realm, Deep Realms, Harbinger. It's the order of release from 2007-2015. You can see how the mechanics evolved and how they build on each other!

But if you're not going to get all of them, I'd start with Reaper and follow DomaGB's tips for more.

I'll get the Reaper, Sacred Pool and Frostmarch, three lil expansion will be good for a while.

Alright thx for your help !

ciao

May I suggest that you start of by playing just the base game a few times until you get a hang of it. We only had the base game for a long time and we still enjoy it. Then when you feel the need for something more start adding one expansion at the time. And one last thing - when you get more expansions try playing different variations of expansions and you'll get even more from the game.

I agree with you Rigmaster

As for the cornerboards I got all of them. Added Dungeon first and whatnot.
But as for the most interesting board out there I would say Woodland is the most exciting. It's the least tame of the boards, and depending on what the "Path-deck is showing, you wanna go in there.
City is a place you wanna go If you have gold, while nothing seems tempting in highlands and dungeon until the first player stepps in.

As everyone else has said though, add Reaper and then some more after that