prestovenger said:

If this was directed at me, Boardgamegeek.com.

i read all of the nine pages !!

you think the board will be near the cargs so in the corner of the chapell !

it's the opposite side of the dungeon, the table must be giant !

i think, it can't be a icy thing in the board, refer the the ice queen because

the hignland must be indepandant of the icequeen expansion !

for the entrance of the highland,i think it will be good

that we could enter like the sentinel, when we are in a special case (the crags)

and not depanding of a adventure cards (which can not be pick)

also, if there are to new adventure cards in all the expansion, this will dillute the entrance of the dungeon and the highland

it will be good that the they put some new entrance of the dungeon in the highland

ravachol said:

The Highlands refers to the Mountains, so it will be placed near the Crags

ravachol said:

If i look to the board, then i see Icicles on the last row towards the Eagle King..

So i think we get some ice there, but not on the whole board.

The first row looks like a Wasteland..

ravachol said:

I hope that there are Harpies included for the mainboard with the special ability

They can capture you and bring you to the Lost City.

wait and see !

i ll look talismanisland, jon will have info, i think

Velhart said:

The spaces with ice and snow might have some ice or snow effects, but since there/s no ice on most of the board, I wouldn't expect many cards in this theme. Maybe an avalanche event, or something like that.

I got the impression from Frostmarch that the ice theme is of an unatural magical nature, kind of like in Narnia. I doubt this would relate to the natural occuring coldness of the mountain peeks. Plus I agree with ravachol that they will keep the expansions independent.

Incidentally, where do you see this image? The only board picI've seen is the add on BGG, but I can't make out a thing.

I wonder if this epansion will feature endings or dark fate? I kind of doubt it - I expect they'lll be saving those for a smaller card based expansion.

redsimon said:

Aha! That was my question... Good of him to answer.

So it looks like Rogue instead of Pirate and Alchemist instead of Dark Elf

I don't remember an Alchemist character in 2nd edition.

It seems (never played it for real) that there was one in 3rd edition but all he could do was miss a turn to brew a spell at the cost of one gold and re-roll for alchemist in the City expansion.

As there is no CIty expansion (yet) this sounds incredibly weak so I would imagine it would bear no relation to that character.

Glad it is Rogue rather than Pirate - never liked the Pirate character and the Rogue has the interesting ability to steal spells. (Although how/why she would do that is beyond me. Please suspend your disbelief and leave at the tavern)

It will be interesting to see if the keep the Rogue as Evil. That never really sat well with me. She does not look evil to me either. Although, if Neutral (to remain balanced across female characters) you would think the Alchemist would have to be Evil to balance the chracters overall. The 3rd edition Alchemist was neutral however, an Evil Alchemist ?? How would that work ?

Perhaps you can turn other peoples objects into Gold. Now THAT would be a cool ability to have.

Rogue is Sylar from Heroes, opens the head and takes what he wants . Old Rogue definately fit the bill for evil: ugly + angry.

I can see the align split as:

Good: Valkyrie, Sprite

Neutral: Highlander, Alchemist

Evil: Vampire (duh ), Rogue

Hope to get some more news on The Highland from FFG soon

crimhead said:

True, as the story said: It is the Frostmarch brought here by the Ice Queen.

So.. it's not natural..

crimhead said:

You can see almost the whole board..

You can press the picture forwards and backwards, just like a video..

Never have I seen Alchemist among the elfs! I hope that it is just a gossip and the character is dark elf or some elf playing with magic.

Freeasy said:

I think it's indeed a bit weird that the Alchemist has elven ears..

Freeasy said:

And now you have!

Velhart said:

It's a bit human centric to assume their can't be any elven alchemists. Though this has always been the trend with Talisman - characters are either human with a class, or demihuman with a race but no class. I don't have a problem with it, though. It's only an artwork issue, and it still looks nice enough.

What do people think, will Sprite be the first R4th character that starts with less than 4 Lives? I could see her getting only 3, although even lilly-livered Leprechaun has 4.

Dam said:

If she starts with only 3 lives, she should have some very good abilities. I think it can be a interesting character. Anyone knows what 2th. sprite abilities was ?

Leprechaun is a dwarf like character, so he is a bit more tough as I see it.

Mr. Brogger said:

Str 1, Craft 5

Start with 2 Spells

Always have 2 Spells

No roll in Forest

May Evade in Woods

Page 4 of this thread has 2nd ed stats for then thought of characters.

And leprechauns aren't tough !

Dam said:

Ohh, very nice...

... About the leprecauns, have you seen this one. He is tough

Dam said:

I think that she has the same basic statistics as other characters..

Maybe:

strength 2, craft 5(or 4)

fate 5..

4 lives

I hope she get the psychic attack ability

Or maybe something else that is interesting..

I do think (and sorta hope) that Sprite will have Str 1. She is tiny as hell, maybe even throw a no-Weapons in battle text on her since she can't wield any of the weapons in the game IMO.

Great news about the next big box. Just started to play this game again. Last time I played it was somewhere in the 80's (yes, I am that old already)... Wanted to get the 4rd edition for a while and got it in the post about a week ago. Played 2 games so far (main board only), and will start to use all expansion soon. Now I already have a new one to look forewards too...

Dam said:

That's a good idea and logical.

Weapons are to big and heavy for her.

Strength 1 would be really low while other magic characters have strength 2..

How about adding a flying ability. ( if you roll a 6, you may cross the river.. or something like that..)

I think she must do more than 2th edition, otherwise she is not so interesting to play with..

Velhart said:

With a minimum of two spells on ahnd at all times, she'll be the best spell cycler yet in 4th edition.

crimhead said:

The Warlock is at this moment the best spell cycler for my taste, but he is boring to play with.

He can do nothing more actually ( except changing a talisman at warlock cave for a purchase card..)

The Wizard is more interesting because of his psychic attack ability, and the prophetess too, with her crystal ball + wand

So i hope that the sprite can do a little more...

If she has only 2 spells max (wand idea) with nothing else, then she is boring..

she needs a extra ability to make her interesting

Velhart said:

But the other magic characters are still mostly human. Sprite is like 1/5 the size (if that).

Dam said:

True

I only hope that she has somehow a good balance..

Because she is very tiny, maybe she need a ability that gives her advantage in battle ( it must be difficult to hit a tiny character)

And if she can fly, then she don't have to use a raft ( anyway she is too tiny to build one)

+ she can also not carry and use weapons(as we discussed)