Honestly, so far I have only played Frostmarch once, though I have played Talisman 4ed, Reaper and Dungeon many times. So this review is to share with all Talisman enthusiasts a little bit more about Frostmarch as the third expansion from Talisman.

Leprechaun is a powerful and interesting character IMHO.

His teleportation ability whenever he rolls a 6 in his movement is a huge advantage compare to other characters. As every player who has played Talisman would know by now that moving to a preferred spot in any Talisman game can be a nightmarish effort...

This character has the best gold collecting ability yet. So use this ability wisely, collect wisely and spend them wisely, and please know when to stop.

Ogre Chieftain is very powerful and has a distinct advantage in strength and battle. This character may accumulate monsters that he defeated as followers to boost his strength up to insane figure

Warlock is the most overpowered character I’ve seen so far. Starting from the Middle region, replenish to full complement of spells according to current craft EVERY ROUND!

And not to mention he may complete Warlock’s quests to claim access to the purchase deck, any one item free for every quest completion.

My god, where else would you find a more complete and perfect character than this?!

His “spirits enthrall” ability is interesting but very much depends on situations, in my opinion.

Ice Queen is a nice theme and honestly, I haven’t try it out yet, Not much can be said about it except that it won’t be a short ending I’m sure, mainly because players need to deal with her “4 life” and her ability to send the player out of CoC should the player lose a life. Other players get more opportunities to chase the leader and things may drag a little. Nice ending but not significantly outstanding because somehow it gives me the feel of another Lord of Darkness, but with 4 life instead of 1..

Warlock Quests is a great addition in my opinion. Definitely one of my favorite ending so far..

Do you pick your expansions for each game or something? I mixed FM cards in when I got it and haven't looked back since.

SO disagree ! At least on the powerful part. Leprechaun is currently the worst character created for Talisman, this includes the Priest (based purely on stats). He is 0-6 in 6 games, with 5 mid-game deaths (3 of those deaths by Reaper, more deaths by Reaper than any other char, even though Leprechaun has had fewer games).

I was just thinking about this this morning actually. Yes, on the surface, teleporting seems nice, but deeper down, there aren't that many spaces in Talisman that are really worth landing on more than another, especially on the Outer Region. Middle Region offers Temple-spamming of course. Teleporting (via Magic Carpet) is far more feared when it's in the possession of a char whose special ability works with PvP, like Thief, Assassin, Sorceress, etc.

This has pretty much been the Leprechaun's sole contribution to games, he boosts the amount of Gold in a game by 10-20+. Sadly, Gold is the most worthless commodity in Talisman currently.

Dungeon offers a quick win opportunity for the OC. 3 Followers of Str 5 gives him Str 20 vs the LoD's Str 12. I've seen him reach the Crown of Command this way in 25 minutes. Same applies for the Necromancer, except he doesn't even need to defeat those Enemies to get them as Follower, and does his thing in psychic combat. OC and Necromancer's abilities to use any and all of the their Followers in one combat makes the insanely more powerful than the base game Ghoul and Minstrel, who can only use 1 Follower at a time.

Agreed. He's a nut-job for sure. Still, he has been beaten. Once by the Basilisk (Basilisk rolls 2 dice in combat, if it rolls doubles, it kills the char, regardless of combat result) and once by the Gypsy. Gypsy in particular is a nasty piece of work from the Warlock's POV as her ability is pretty much a low blow to his spell-cycling.

If only he could attack in Psychic Combat as well...

My sole complaint about her is that she adds a forced boosting aspect to the game. Normally, main stat 9 + Talisman, hit the Inner Region. Now, you're "forced" to boost up until you're around 15 in combat (since she is immune to Spells), which adds playing time, making the IQ games around 90 minutes (compared to normal 60 minutes or less). Then again, sometimes you get the right draws, like the Troll in the last game, when he molested the LoD with Str 26 (Str 12 + Energize to double Str value, essentially +6, Elixir of Rage +3, Tunnel Fighter +3 and Gauntlets of Might for +2). Since Energize and Elixir last until the end of the turn, he exited at the Crown and attacked the Ice Queen with Str 24, insta-winning the game. Yes, we're talking spell-casting Troll (had Craft 5) .

Are you using the Replacing Quests Variant from the rules? I am, because an unlucky break (all Good chars, Knight gets "Take 1 Life from another char" Quest, etc.) can mean you can't win, no matter what (okay, Druid Staff and Mephistopheles for the Knight scenario, but still).

My biggest complaint with both these endings (as well as the CaS, which I haven't used) is that they all cut out the end-game. The moment someone hits the Crown of Command, they win, period. For some, this will be a bonus, for me, the standard Crown of Command with its end-game race, as one char is on the Crown, others are rushing desperately there to kill him before they die is exciting. The new endings therefore add in anti-climactic feel to the end.

Yup..thats true, she extends the game to longer playtime. Why she is immune to spells, may i know?

Since we are talking about the Ice Queen, would u mind describing how the encounter progress when a character face the Ice Queen? I'm a bit confused as how the rounds will progress and what the Ice Queen may do to the character during her turn, such as does she choose which stats to attack, etc ...thanks..

"None of the creatures in the Inner Region (nor any of the • Alternative Ending Cards) can be affected by any Spell. They also cannot be evaded." (Frostmarch rules p. 2)

When a char reaches CoC, you combat the Ice Queen. You get to choose which stat to attack her with (just like LoD, Lord of the Pit, Cerberus). If you win, you take a Life from her and immediately attack again. You keep attacking until you get a stand-off, which ends you turn or you lose, in which case you lose a Life and roll on the chart. So if you're powerful enough, you can remove all 4 Lives from her the turn you reach the Crown. Ice Queen has no turn of her own.

Adding to the Gold-discussion and why I feel it is useless. Pretty much every game at least one character ends with 10+ Gold because there is nothing to spend it on. What is there to buy? For us, the Mule. That's it. If you get another carrying Object or Follower via the Adventure deck, don't even need to buy that. Some might say, well what about the Armour? If you're a weak char, buying the Armour seems like a good idea to protect you from life losses, but it's an invitation for a tougher char to attack you just to take the Armour away (why pay 4 Gold when you can have it for free?). And once you get over the initial hump by gaining a few points of Str, you're not going to be losing combats that often anymore, at least not so often it'll pay itself back I don't think. Doesn't protect you from psychic combat losses either, works only in battle. Weapons are plentiful in the Adventure deck and even if they aren't coming up, another invitation for the tougher char to attack you and take it from you.

There are what, 2x Pedlar, Market and Market Day as cards that offer purchases. Additionally, Academy is a place to spend Gold on. So for one, you need to get any of those cards. In a 288 Adventure deck, won't happen every game. Today's game was a bit of an aberration, nobody finished with 10+ Gold. Leprechaun was in the game and finished with 9 Gold, despite spending 12 Gold at Academy and 3 Gold over the game to heal. He never bought anything from the Purhase deck. Even with him training at Academy, he still lost, currently 0-7.

Are you using the Replacing Quests Variant from the rules? I am, because an unlucky break (all Good chars, Knight gets "Take 1 Life from another char" Quest, etc.) can mean you can't win, no matter what (okay, Druid Staff and Mephistopheles for the Knight scenario, but still).

Erm... when it says the Knight is Good it means it. There is nothing that can change this including the Druid Staff so the "take 1 life" quest is impossible unless another character attacks the Knight and loses.

My biggest complaint with both these endings (as well as the CaS, which I haven't used) is that they all cut out the end-game. The moment someone hits the Crown of Command, they win, period. For some, this will be a bonus, for me, the standard Crown of Command with its end-game race, as one char is on the Crown, others are rushing desperately there to kill him before they die is exciting. The new endings therefore add in anti-climactic feel to the end.