Hello to you all, I recently bought the basic Talisman but played very few games due to lack of time and players. I really love this game, funny and classic above all, I hope to play it more often in the near future, moreover it's christmas time so I'll try to involve some of my family members in it . Just some questions about game dynamics; during the only three games played we encountered difficulties in managing some situations so I'm asking for help to understand what's wrong or not. Here come the questions:

1) I know it could be trivial but what exactly happens when I draw an adventure card and find a character (witch, healer, wizard etc, sorry if the names are wrong but I possess the italian version of the game)? It's written that the card remains there and every character who stops there will benefit the effects of the specific card, but does it works for the character who draws that card the same turn too? Or the fact that he/she drew the card does not allow him/she to benefit the card effect?

A: Yes. A player may immediately encounter any card that he draws, unless stated otherwise.

2) Crown of command: the character who arrives there virtually begins to roll dices during his turn in order to get a 4-5-6 result to kill the other characters, is this the command magic? Can a character who arrives there use spell cards during his turn?

A: Yes. It is the Command Spell and yes, a player may still cast his Spell Cards on the Crown of Command, as long as it is permitted by the individual Spell Card (timing & region restrictions).

3) Warlock's cave: how a character can accomplish some of the quests? When he has to steal/get a vitality from another character how this situation is resolved? He has to go around until he meets a character and fight against him or the condition must be resolved in another way?

A: Yes. A player must attack another character or be attacked by another character in battle or psychic combat (if permitted) and then force the character to lose a life if he wins. This completes the quest and you are immediately teleported to the Warlock's Cave and given a Talisman as your reward. Your turn then immediately ends and you may not have any other encounter in the Cave!

Thanks for patience and happy new year to everyone!