Airships

Airships

The idea of Airships came to me while i was researching graphics for The Catacombs expansion. Frnakly it was one of those things that practiaclly created istself. I'm quite proud of this one.

Talisman Airships

The skies have become crowded with more than just flying creatures. Now there are ships they say float on the clouds like the fishing boats sail on the oceans. No one knows where they come from but they are great and powerful!

To use this expansion each player will need paper & pencil to keep track of Hit Points if they should discover an Airship.

There are five classes of Airship.

Class	Strength	Hit Points	Movement	Compliment
Dragon	D8	12	3	3-8
Wyvern	D6	8	2	2-6
Condor	D4	6	2	2-5
Eagle	D4	4	1	1-3
Falcon	1	2	1	1-2

Strength is described as how many points of damage any given Airship may inflict in any round of Combat.

Hit Points are how many points of damage an Airship may take before completely destroyed.

Movement is how many spaces per turn an Airship may move.

Complement is how many people maximum (Character plus Followers and/or Henchmen) may board the vessel. Horse and Carts may not board any Airship.

AIRSHIP COMBAT

Combat with Enemies

When in Combat with any Enemy roll the appropriate die Airship Die along with 1D6. Add the results together then add your Strength. Then compare your result with your opponents'. The higher result wins. For example: Suppose you are flying in a Wyvern Class Airship and you encounter a Dragon Strength 7. You would roll 2D6. One for the ship and one for the Combat. Then add your Strength.

Combat with Another Airship

If you Encounter another Airship and wish to engage in Combat simply roll the Appropriate Airship die. Do not roll a Combat die. The result is how much damage you give to the other Airship. In the case of a Falcon Class, do not roll at all. You do 1 point of damage to the other Airship.

Combat with another Character

If you Encounter another Character and you choose to engage them in Combat or Psychic Combat you may add the Airship’s Strength to yours. To do so roll the appropriate die along with your Combat or Psychic Combat die. For example: Suppose your are flying in a Condor Class Airship. Your Strength is 3 and your Followers add another 2 to your Strength. You would, in Combat, roll 1D6 and 1D4 adding the results to your party Strength of 5.

When an Airship has taken its maximum amount of damage it is destroyed. If you and your party are aboard you have no place to go but down! Animal Objects are killed, discard. The only exception to this rule is for Flying Followers. Roll 1D8 for each Follower and consult the Fall Chart:

1-3	Killed (discard)
4-6	Injured, Follower leaves you, leave on this space.
7	Stunned, Follower remains with you but you may not gain any benefits from this Follower for 3 Turns.
8	Safe.

Embarking & Disembarking

Embarking

If you Encounter an unguarded Airship you may claim it immediately if your party fulfills the Compliment amount needed to fly the darn thing. For example: If you Encounter a Dragon Class Airship you must have a party size of 3-8 people (Character + Followers + Henchmen) no more and no less. If you have less you may not claim the Airship. If you have more you must leave behind any Followers that would put your total over the Compliment total. Followers that do not have hands (The Unicorn and other Animals) do not count toward fulfiling the Sirship's Compliment. You may not take a Horse and Cart aboard an Airship. You may take a Horse, War Horse & etc but they will not aid you in Airship Combat. They are simply cargo.

Disembarking

You may choose to disembark any Airship at any time during your turn. Simply state you and your party are disembarking. Once stated you may not reclaim the same Airship unless you Encounter it on another Turn. It is not necessary to disembark to claim any face-up Adventure card. It is assumed you or one of your party scampers off momentarily and jumps back aboard.

Movement

Movement is the maximum number of spaces your Airship may move each turn. You do not need to roll a die for movement as long as you are aboard. Airships by design are not restricted to the standard movement. They fly over the Storm River and most everything else. Therefore you may move freely from the Outer Region to the Middle Region and the Far Outer Region. However, the air over the Inner Region and the Crown of Command Space is too thin. Airships simply will not go that high.

Printing Instructions:

Be certain to print the Actual Airships with the "Airships" card back & the Object cards with Adventure Card Backs.

I highly recommend using a Color Printer. Black and White does not do these justice. Yes, I know the 1^st ed. Game only had black & white pictures, but lets drag ourselves into the new millennium, shall we?

Click below for individual pages. These are GIFs so they do not look so great and they're difficult to read. I do not suggest you print from these. I use Power Point and they print beautifully. It also makes it easier to print the reverse. At least with my printer, it does.

Be certain to print the Strangers with Adventure Card Backs and add them to the Adventure Deck. These card backs are included with the zip file.

Airships Playing Pieces 1, Airships Page 2, Airships Page 3, Airships Page 4, Airship Card Backs

Note, there are actually 10 different playing pieces but for show I only have one page. The zip file includes all 10.

Click here to download a zip file with all the above approximately 2Mg.