(Reposted from Talisman Island)

People who have me added on Facebook will know that I have been sorting a nice wooden box out for my Talisman set, along with perspex card holders and some other bits.

Recently, I finally got around to sleeving my small cards (again!) and thought it might be a good idea to have another little competition on the site to win a pair of the English language bonus cards - Instructor and Doppelganger!

The sleeving took rather a long time the other night, and just as I was finishing up I happened to look at the final card to be put into a sleeve, and there was the theme for the competition...

All you need to do is send me an email with your guess (only one!) as to which card was the last one to be sleeved and the first one to guess correctly wins the cards. Simple, eh?

Well, maybe not so simple given the sheer amount of cards that there are in the base set and all expansions to date... Adventure, Dungeon, Highland, Dragon, Purchase, Stables, Treasure, Relics, Alignment, Spells, Warlock Quests, Quest Rewards and Talismans, including the two bonus cards! Oh yes, and I also have my Character, Ending and Draconic Lord cards sleeved!

If nobody guesses correctly in the next couple of days I will narrow it down a bit, by telling you which box the card came from, which might help reduce the number of possibilities... Good luck!!!

(actually I will be narrowing down the card type, then card deck, /then/ expansion)

Okay - sounds good.

I'm going to start with a guess of "2 Bags of Gold".

Is it good enough for me to list my guess here, or is there a particular e-mail address you want it sent to?

Also, is it just one guess per person, or one guess per person per day, or will you announce when a second guess is allowed?

And thanks for running the contest!

Yes, It would not show an email address for me to send it to you (maybe people have to be friends for that one).

Anyways, after 2 hours of looking over all the cards, my guess is "Treasure Hoard" from the Dragon Expansion. AM I THE WINNER??

The best way is to email me directly via jon AT talismanisland DOT com. Though if you have me added here you could use the messaging system. Others have geekmailed me via BGG too. All will count asd they come to me via email anyway.

It is better as it gives people an advantage if they see guesses here. For this time only I shall say that both of you have not guessed correctly and should try again in the next day or so when I post another "clue" to narrow it down!

As for the number of guesses etc, it will be one guess per "clue" per person. If two or more people guess correctly, it will be the first email I get that will clinch it.

Oh, and I shall post a list of cards that have been guessed to help people along...

Talisman Competition Update!

Well, I have had a nice number of entries for the competition and have to report that nobody has guessed correctly as yet, which is hardly surprising given that there are over a thousand small cards for Talisman at the moment!!

The list of incorrect guesses is as follows - Snow Goblin, Tinker Forge, Alignment card, Bag of Gold, Holy Grail, Rod of Ruin, Sphinx, Kill a Dragon Quest, Two Bags of Gold, Treasure Hoard, Holy Lance and a Talisman.

It's been nice seeing the reasons people have given for choosing these cards too, though there is no reason for the choice other than the fact it was indeed the last card sleeved.

So, to narrow it down a little more (but not too much), I will say that the card comes from the Adventure Deck and that there is only one that appears in the deck. Does that help any?

It might help to have a look at the document typed up by Elliott over at BGG which lists all of the cards for the game to date. You never know it might help you work it out! Maybe...

Get your thinking heads on and send me your guess and let's see if we can't get these promo cards off to someone soon!

did the card happen to be a doppleganger

Nope, sorry but you'll have to try again tomorrow after the next clue is given. It's still better to use email though as it gives people a heads up if you post here.

Talisman Competition Update!

The additional clues from the other night have given people a boost and I have had quite a few more entries in the last two days! We are still awaiting that answer though...

New guesses have been - Orb of Knowledge, Runesword, Bag of Holding, Genie, Fate Stealer, Princess, Poltergeist, Mule, Fountain of Wisdom, Raiders, Sword of Truth, Ymir's Glow, Doppelganger, Werewolf, Hippogriff, Angel of Mercy, Book of Spells, Ancient Artifact, Magic Belt, Hermit, Carnival, Lion, Cursed by Hag, Magic Stream, Burrow Worm, Demigod, Equinox and Ebony Sentinel.

It seems that a little nudge might be in order, so as well as having just one instance of this card in the Adventure Deck, I will add that it is from The Reaper expansion!

If nobody gets it this time I shall be giving another clue on Friday night at some point, and don't forget that in the event of more than one person guessing correctly, it will go to the one that hits my inbox first!

concealed pouch

Succubus... Because sleaving all your cards succubuses

I try... Miser Dragon

Sorry chaps!

Talisman Competition Update!

Well, there has been an interesting turn of events with the competition, being that someone has actually guessed the correct answer - but the competition is still continuing!

Julian Pook, who was one of the winners of the Strange Eons competition actually sent in the correct answer, but has kindly said for the contest to carry on as he already has a set of promotional cards from his previous winning entry. Three cheers for Julian!!

The latest batch of guesses (except for Julian's entry) have been - Closed Shop, Concealed Pouch, Succubus, Miser Dragon, Lesser Demon, Black Unicorn, Lawbringer, Crone, Cerberus, Prophesy, St. Josephine, Wheel of Fate, Nightmare, Whirlwind, Curfew, The Boatman, Academy, Jester and Fool's Gold. A few of which have been repeated by people, though that was only to be expected.

So, the race is on. I am sure someone will get there soon enough and we can ponder more ways of getting some of these cards out to people!

i guess homonuculus

Sorry, but that is not right.

However, some lucky soul HAS guessed correctly. More news later...

Talisman Competition Winner!

We have a winner! Drew (clip611 from BGG) correctly guessed that the last card I sleeved last week was indeed the Leper and takes away the promotional cards, Doppelganger and Instructor!

A few entries were doubled up again, but the list of incorect answers is - Arena, Ekor, Homunculus, Bane Sword, The Gathering (a popular choice!), Trapper, Lord of the Pit, Dryad, Raging Bull, Flying Carpet, Tomb, Patrol, Druid Staff, Warhorse and Astral Conjunction.

Thanks very much to all of you that have entered into the spirit of the competition, especially to Julian who was extremely sporting! I hope to have another contest soon with another interesting twist, and if you have any suggestions for a competition please feel free to drop me a line!

Thanks for having the competition. It was fun.