Hello Everyone,
I'm new to board games and Talisman. I have Battlelore and X-Wing and recently for Christmas my family and I started getting into some other games we received, Talisman being one of them. Descent was another.
My family and I encountered a few things initially that came out during our first play. I am sure there will be other questions as we go along but these are the first ones:
1. Is it normal to go around the outer region for a couple hours before moving to the middle region? This is what happened to us. Couldn't beat the Sentinel at the bridge.
2. On one turn can you go clockwise then the next time go counterclockwise?
3. How do you accumulate gold? I can't find a way that you actually accumulate gold.
4. On the adventure cards what does the Encounter Number in the bottom right corner mean and how does it work?
5. If someone is turned into a Toad and has to place their cards and gold on the space they were turned does the next person who lands on this space get the gold and cards? If there are multiple cards there from the player being turned does the next person who lands there get all the cards plus draw a new one or do the cards already there count as the ones you take?
6. When you go into a battle I have a couple questions:
A. When battling a creature from an adventure card you drew...you have to do regular combat if the card says strength, correct? Meaning you can't use your Craft values?
B. When battling another player when you land on a space occupied by one or more than one other players can you CHOOSE to battle using the Craft values or do you have to use Strength?
C. If there are multiple players on a space you land on do you battle them all or choose only one?
7. What happens when you land on a space and based on the adventure card you draw or the instructions on the space it says to pay x number of gold and you don't have any? What do you do then?
8. If you are down to the last green counter (life) and lose a battle to a creature from a card or another player the player that loses last green counter is out of the game as that character but can restart as a new character, correct.
9. How many colored counters can you amass for each category (strength, craft and life)? Is there a max?
10. A player in the game was told they turned evil...does that mean they get one of the cards with the good on one side and evil on the other side and that they have to flip it over to the evil side? I can't find a use for these?
11. On the purchase cards...how do these work? We played for hours without ever using these. I think it was because of not understanding how to collect gold. Nobody ever seemed to have more than 2 or 3 gold.
12. How many spells can a player cast on their turn? I understand they have to cast before they move though.
Sorry for so many questions. I feel sometimes like the rules to these games are over my head and I'm not sure why. I read the instructions but then start playing and find myself constantly looking in the book for answers. Sometimes I find the answers other times I don't and get more confused. I want to understand the games because my family and I do enjoy them.
Thank you to anyone who takes their time to answer any of these questions. Very much appreciated.