I'm already wandering if the new inner region will stay in the middle of the board or as soon as you touch it it will move.
Luckily I have rubber cement which can be paste on every corner for better adhesion.

Velhart said:

I was thinking the same thing, it looks as if the Minotaur is reaching or his hand in order to save her or something, which got me thinking that somehow the players must work together and help each other in order to save the land from this Dragon invasion. Yet at the same time come out as the sole victor in the end, somehow. I'm definitely intrigued by this expansion, I can't wait to play it!

Talismaniac said:

I think that players will never help each other, except the Chivalric Knight

But it looks cool on this piece of artwork

I can't wait to read the rules, and see the contents

Velhart said:

3: Whenever you engage a enemy in battle, you may make a.........

Roll TWO DIE and add them together..... your attack roll.

If you make ............... AND ROLL DOUBLES you are automatically DEFEATED regardless of your attack score

Alchemist said:

I guess you are right. The minotaur is trying to save the flying /falling character. So maybe a new coop mode is born?

Just trying to speculate on the upcoming game mechanics,

I noticed there is green, gold and red borders around the adventure cards plus corresponding tokens for each color. I think you will place tokens on spaces under certain circumstances and when you land on that space instead of drawing a regular adventure card, you have to draw from the deck that matches that color of the dragon on the token.

I also noticed that some of the tokens have a picture of a sleeping dragon, obviously this will be the way to track the dragon sleep event, much easier than turning them face down and forgetting what they are.

I believe the falling wizard might be the Illusionist. It is pretty obvious we have the fire wizard but I wonder if they will change his name to Pyromancer. I think it sounds better. Always drawing a fire spell was kind of a clunky mechanic, it would be nice if they just included a form of fire attack into his abilities.

I wonder what the online value for the 2nd edition dragons will become after this release. It usually sold for more than $300.

Dragon Hunter

1: You begin the game with an axe from the purchase deck.

2: instead of rolling a die .......... you may move to the .(nearest??) dragon?? ..... .... in your region..

If you ..... dragon?...... you are engaged?............... you......................your...... .

3: Whenever you engage a enemy in battle, you may make a.........

Roll TWO DIE and add them together TO DETERMINE your attack roll.

If you make A ............... AND ROLL DOUBLES you are automatically DEFEATED regardless of your attack score

alignment: neutral

burst said:

Haha,

Nah, i think it's just a piece of the art, nothing more

He could be the hardest hitting strength based character in the game if this is true. 2 dice in combat and the ability to teleport to a fight with a dragon? very impressive.

Shadow345 said:

seems a bit unbalanced if true.

Is it fall yet?

Good thing E3 is this week to help pass the time.

Nuck's in the playoffs will kill another week. Now for the next 10+ weeks......what to do to pass the time.

Judging by previous first announcements and subsequent release dates, it looks like there's almost exactly 3 months between announcement and release. That would indicate it'll be available early September.

I'm champing at the bit...!

I was hoping to snag a copy at GenCon.

Shadow345 said:

I think the same, but the question is: ....... how do we activate those tokens on the board..?

Shadow345 said:

Very good point!

I have not think about this one yet.

But it looks indeed like a sleeping dragon with that moon shining above him.

so maybe every token is double sided with a sleeping dragon (deactivated) and one who is awaken (activated)...

I also noticed that there is two different shapes of tokens, both with the same sleeping dragon artwork on them. Not sure about what it means yet.

Have anybody noticed, that the new inner region board has only 6 spaces (excluding the ending space) instead of the 8 spaces on the normal board...

so everybody cheers and is happy and has eyes like christmas. everybody gives his mind away unable to use it. agian.

this expansion means : there will be no 3d Tower in the middle !

it means city and forrest are moved to next year and overnext year if at all.

this expansion is cheap and makes talisman cheaper .i t reduces its huge potential and ex- expansion down to a minimum. and thats all for this year .

but all you do is cheer cheer cheer. cheer, you americans are fools and you love to be fools, unable to be anything else..

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Magicrealm. Obnoxious and rude as always. If you have something to say, can you do it without insulting people? I am English and I am very excited about the expansion. I am no fool for sure. Not sure you would be so rude if you were in a boxing ring with one of my fellow American friends on the forum!

magicrealm said:

@Magic Realm

Why are you always saying negative comments about talisman?

There is indeed a chance that we get no tower, but let's see first what this expansion has to offer!

Anyway, FFG can always make a big tower if they want. But we must be happy what we get!

It does not matter if the city of the forest is released next year. We get a awesome expansion now

I agree with talismansilat that you are very rude towards the people here on the forum.

People are coming here to use their free time to talk a bit about talisman, but nobody is interested in your negative comments!

greetings,

Velhart

magicrealm,

• Enough of the Keyboard Gangsterism. It's unnecessary and I for one don't particularly want to see it.
• By all means make your point, but make sure it's relevant and desist with bigoted attitude. In fact, I'm not even too worried about the "relevant" bit, just be polite.
• Not everyone who corresponds in English is American (or even English!).

I for one am very happy about the new expansion as I was starting to feel that the inner region was just getting too easy. Maybe I don't attempt it early enough, but hey, I like adventuring...!

Cheers,

Doug (a Scot)

magicrealm said:

Of course, why wouldn't we be happy? It's another expansion for Talisman, if you don't find that exciting then I honestly don't understand why you're part ofthis conversation.

So?! Who cares about a 3D Tower? Are you going to start complaining that the City is not in 3D, or the Village? Or the Temple, or whatever. I'm really glad FFG are doing something different instead of being copycats, at least they try new concepts and new ideas. You want your 3D Tower? Go play the 3rd edition. This is a BOARD game, it doesn't have to be in 3D.

So City and Forest are bumped into next year? Well waaaaaaah waaaaah waaaaah!! You big crybaby.. the better they will be when they finally arrive. Patience is a virtue, something you apparently don't have, and I'm pretty confident there will be a few awesome small expansions in between, so I don't really see what the fuzz about waiting a little for these goodies is all about?

I don't see how this expansion could possibly be cheap because your precious 3D Tower isn't part of it. FFG are apparently trying a new concept with this expansion, doing something different and inserting some new game mechanics into the series. They are trying hard to please the fans with quality stuff, staying true to the old school Talisman while giving it a much needed boost, both stylewise and gameplaywise. Not one single expansion thus far for the 4th edition has disappointed me, and I doubt this one will. But yet again.. the 3D Tower is not there.. give me a break. Yet again, why are you even here?

Of course we cheer, it's something new that will add hours upon hours of enjoyment to a game that we truly love. I honestly don't see anything wrong with it. And you, with your pitty remarks and mockery.. just goes to show who the bigger fool is.

And no.. I'm not American. Not that there'd be anything wrong with that to begin with..

Velhart said:

Only about 4 out of the 8 spaces were any challenge anyway. The Wiki entry reads that the inner board is a duel sided with one being the original with "new tactics" . The inner region needed some jazzing up.

This is going to be great.

I personally can't wait for the new tactics. I'm the sort of guy who, despite having godlike strength or craft, can still be ejected to the outer realm by the Mines or the Crypt. Dice just hate me for some reason. This expansion looks like it really adds some time-sensitive elements to playing, too....probably a good thing, if I want my girlfriend to keep playing. I'm glad it's not just an "add more cards" type of expansion, but something that appears to really affect the central mechanics of gameplay. Cool!