Velhart said:

Now that the Highlands has been released, let's update it again.

Spell cards update

Feeble Mind, Mini Vortex, Spell Turning, Temporary Change, Curse, Way of the Lotus,

(+ Warp Gate for timescape only...)

There were two 2nd ed card sets that appeared in White Dwarf. One supplemented the Master Level characters in the city. As we don't have 4th ed city and hence ML characters, I think we can reserve judgement on Noble, Mark of Chaos and Recruiter. The other was in WD 60-something. I don't recall the card list off-hand, but I seem to recall a whole bunch of new spells - Enrich, Bladesharp and Bolster, as well as Closed Shop (gets rid of all strangers) and Curfew (can't visit places for three turns)

I wouldn't expect to see GW trademarks like Skaven or Rat Ogre any time soon. It's probably not worth the legal hassle.

Talisman Island once had a bunch of concept cards that never made it beyond the concept like Bull (Animal, Str 3). It'd be nice for those cards to finally see the light of day.

talismanisland said:

TI, Any chance you could publish a link to those 3rd Ed corner boards on Talisman Island. I tried to save and magnify them, but I can't read the writing. Thanks.

Jake yet again said:

Three posts in a row. I wish they'd provide an Edit facility in these forums!

Back at home and able to check out my sets a little more closely. It looks like Bull has been made into a card. The cards from White Dwarf come from White Dwarf #72. They've all been turned into cards, although Resurrection as provided by FFG is functionally different to the original Resurrection. the original text is:

Cast this spell as required. When cast, it permits you to take a defeated enemy card held by another player towards gaining strength. The resurrected Enemy will add its strength to yours for one combat after which you must discard it.

The new version is far less useful. It reads:

Cast after a character kills an Enemy during an attack. the attack is considered a stand-off and the enemy remains on the space.

Handy if you wanted to kill that Dragon I guess, but I'd far rather gain a temporary boost and steal someone's experience stack whilst I'm at it. Maybe they'll give us a Raise Dead spell in the next expansion.

A lot of googling eventually told me roughly what Karak Doom does (See http://www.livingcardgame.org/edge_foros_discusion.asp?efid=49&efcid=1&efidt=283365&efpag=5) post 78. I'm sure we'll see some custom cards for a 4th ed Morak's Hammer to be put on the Lost City. (I guess a Rune Blade could be added to the Monster Pit in the Dungeon too...) Still not sure what the Abyss does and whether it has been functionally replaced. I'd like to know what the special squares (Swampland and Mystic Glade are mentioned) in the forest are too.

Handy Links. I searched so you don't have too :)

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/games/talisman/edition3/ - 3rd edition contents list.

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/images/thing/3735/talisman-3rd-edition-dungeon-of-doom - 3rd edition images (Dungeon / Mountain card images)

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/images/thing/3733/talisman-3rd-edition-city-of-adventure (City / Forest card images)

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/images/thing/3732/talisman-3rd-edition-dragons-tower (Dragon's Tower images)

http://files.boardgamegeek.com/file/download/3sla53e04q/Talisman2ndEd_AdventureCardsV1.1.pdf? (List of all avdenture cards - including Dragons)

Croonos said:

Maybe I didn't  outguess real name of the latest The Sacred Poll expansion but some of the ideas hits the bull's eye! Regading the concept of The Sacred Poll it is almost sure that the next expansion would be a City... I can not wait for the future!

Velhart said:

Now that the Sacred Pool contains some retro spells, let's update it again.

Spell cards update

Spell Turning, Curse, Way of the lotus

( + Warp Gate for timescape only

3/4 spell cards left!

We almost got them all

The retro cards i  miss in the new dragon expansion are:

shaman bones, blue dragon, sea dragon, morning star, arcane scroll, dragon skull, dragon venom, grimnir axe, horn of horror, magic arrow, Magic Harness, magic ring, phoenix potion, ring of command, dragon slayer, goblin fanatic, storm giant, black temple, wizard tower.

dragon prince=dragon lord

lance=holy lance?
 

I am just updating it a bit.

The cards that we still don't have for the mainboard.
 

Taxation, , Berserker, Giant Lizard, Highwayman, Orc, Shade, Band of Zombies, Sphinx, Halloween, Judge, secret door, Ghast, Vampire, man- at- arms,Ferry Man, Archer, Bodyguard, Squire,  Market day for trading lost file, Carrions lost file

PS:This is not including the Dragon expansion..
 
From Dungeon:
 
Skaven, Rat ogre.
 
From Mountains.
 
Cliff, Chaos Dwarf, Orc, Woolly  Mammoth, Dwarf Runemaster, Dwarf Mercenary, Guide(for mountains) Merchant, scroll

Special card: Moraks Hammer…



From forest: 3 cards ( comes with the frostmarch)based on official names) and the shadow dragon is included in the dragon expansion(4th)

From Dragon tower:

Skeleton warriors, Cursed Ring, Puzzle Lock, Raven, Undead Champion, Rotating Room, Madman, Wizard's study,

 Pandora's Box, Magical Trap, Portculllis, Magic Fountain, Falling Block, Pit Trap, Potion of Wisdom

Vampire lord is almost similar to Vampire Prince but less dangerous i think.   

Dice of Death dragon tower card has become a board space in the inner region) 
 

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I have delete the holy lance from the list. That was a mistake. It should be the holy crusade. But i find out that it was not a official card?..

We have also already a red dragon from the vartrax deck.

The new blood Moon expansion has the Doomsword object from talisman third edition.
 

 Well it seems possible that most of these cards may see print in the 4th edition through a remaining expansion set.

There are two corner board expansions, which most people think will be the City and the Forest.

Who thinks the next official expansion will be one of these corners? Or do you think it will be a different corner or a big variation on a previous edition's corner.

For example, maybe rather than "Forest", its Deep Forest and has spaces such as swamp land, ancient cemetery, Elf Kingdom, etc.

But there will probably be a smaller set in between either of these two corners. What kind of set might we get?

 Sacred Realm opened up some ideas about alignment and other aspects. But some small sets highlight non player characters or provide alternate endings and new end-bosses.

 I would like other expansion sets to continue to explore new ideas or aspects of building character. Maybe a space or place for learning or gaining skills and also have other types of encounters; a Monastery for the good/clerical type characters; a magickal school for those type characters; guilds for learning good or naughty skills (theft, as a concept? Craftmanship as a concept?).

   I would love the idea of Secret Passages that connect some of the boards or spaces thereof. New cards, like a getting lost in the Dungeon, missing a turn and winding up in the Lost City of the Highlands. Key's that are found in various decks and can only be used for specific "doors" (with or without missing a turn if the distance is way-long). A key that will open a passage from the Castle to the Dungeon's Library.  A special object that can take you from the Graveyard to the Treasure Chamber in the Dungeon. (still have to fight that guy there!).

  I don't know what kind of spaces will show up in the new boards. Wasn't there another castle in the City, or place where some kingly presence was felt (2nd edition).  So a key that opens a passage from a City Castle or Court, to the Middle region's castle. Maybe there are encounter cards in the city, like "The Sewer", that will "sweep" you away to a space in the Dungeon ("any tunnel space").

  Will there be Guilds? There was a space for some Guild in the 2nd edition. Maybe certain Guildships give you keys or objects or qualities/abilities that can enhance or build on the prior. A Dragon fighting guild, with the reward being things like an evade dragon breath spell or shield, or a trinket or charm that can enhance a dragon scale (give an extra point or handicap an enemy?)

-Oberon

I hope that the next corner will be a necropolis branching out from the graveyard!, although the deep forest seems neat as well. I've read lots of talk about the city and personally I hope that it's an ocean or something other then the city. I didn't have much use for the city back in 2nd edition. Although the way FFG has revamped and added things, I can see a city expansion being interesting. Either way I will be happy when my board has 4 corners

Froman said:

I too will be so happy with more boards.  I am this *feeling* that maybe the final boards WILL INDEED wrap the entire board - so…

extra space and spaces.  I like the idea of some other type of cemetery.  "Ancient cemetery" (Necropolis) would be cool. Since this would be on a new board, which tends to have its' own cards (Dark Forest indeed!), I think the space could have an either or situation: Either roll a die with same/enhanced results as the regular Graveyard space, *or* you have to draw cards from the Dark Forest Deck.

or both! ?

I hope that due to quite well selling of Talisman FFG will expand the whole series. I think the whole set could be:

00 TALISMAN
01 REPAER – small exp with NPC and Quests
02 DUNGEON – big box with a mid to late-game Region
03 FROSTMARCH – small exp with new Quests and first Alt Endings
04 HIGHLAND – big box with an early and mid-game Region
05 SACRED POOL – small exp with Quest Rewards play up on alignment
06 DRAGON – big box with a new Inner Region
07 BLOOD MOON – small exp with NPC play up on Day/Night changes
08 CITY - big box with an early and mid-game Region
09 SMALL BOX – play up on gold and fate changes from dark to light side
10 ISLAND/SEA – big  box with a mid to late-game Region started from Storm River near Village with new mechanics (like Timescape)

11 SMALL BOX – play up on characters includes master level characters

12 BIG BOX – includes new cards to all Talisman expansions and interact them

The next big box set will be The Forest. After that who knows!

Is it a official information?
I believe the next big box is on the concept stage at this time and only game designers can know it… Maybe some playtesters know something about the next small box but I think we have to wait till summer GenCon at the latest.

Croonos said:

It's an educated assumption.

For the 3rd edition the four corner boards were the Dungeon, Highlands, City and Forest. The Forest is the only one of those left, so I think it's a good bet that it will be the next big box expansion.