INTRODUCTION Key Components and

The object of the game is to sneak, fight and search

your way through Arkham Asylum, and be the first of the Concepts Overview
Villains to reach the Security Control Room at the top of This section will introduce new players to the key concepts
the Guard Tower. Once there you must subdue Batman and components of Talisman. For players who are familiar
and turn off all security systems. The first player to do with Batman Talisman, or the original Talisman game, we
this will free all of the Villains and become the leader of recommend jumping ahead to ‘Game Set-up’ on page 6.
Gotham City’s underworld, and will win the game.
In order to reach the end, you’ll need to collect various Items,
gain Followers and improve your Strength and Cunning.
Game Board
Most importantly, you will need to locate a Security Key Card The game board depicts the Villains’ hand drawn maps of
to unlock the Security Control Room. Without one of these Arkham Asylum. It is divided into three Regions: First Floor
powerful cards there is no hope of completing your task. (Outer Region), Second Floor (Middle Region), and Tower
(Inner Region).
Number of Players
Up to six players can play Batman Talisman, but the more
players that are participating, the longer the game will last.
For this reason we suggest using the following rules for faster
play. If you have fewer players, or would like to experience the
traditional longer Talisman game there are alternative rules
provided at the end of this rulebook on page 14.

Components
Below is a list of all the components that you will find in this
copy of Talisman:

• 1 Custom Illustrated Game Board

• 1 Rulebook

• 12 Character Cards

• 1 Batman Card Encounter Cards

• 102 Encounter Cards This deck of 102 cards contains the many Enemies, Events,
and Objects that Characters discover on their path through
• 24 Feat Cards Arkham Asylum. The deck is divided into 3 sections, one for
each Region of the game board.
• 28 Purchase Cards

• 4 Security Key Cards

• 4 Alignment Tokens

• 6 Six-sided Dice

• 12 Custom Sculpted Character Figures

• 1 Custom Sculpted Batman Figure

• 6 Stat Boards

• 30 Coins

• 30 Encounter Tokens

• 36 Fate Tokens

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Feat Cards Batman Card and Figure
There are 24 of these Feat Cards detailing the various special Batman is not a playable Character, but rather he plays
Abilities that may be earned and used during the game. on his own against all of the players. All players may have
an opportunity to influence Batman’s movement around
the board, but beware! An encounter with Batman can be
dangerous for the Villains!

Purchase Cards
There are 28 Purchase Cards provided. These detail
Objects that Characters may obtain by means other than
the Encounter Cards.
Alignment
A Character’s Alignment shows their personality. A Righteous
Evil Character believes their doctrine leads to salvation,
an Indifferent Evil Character’s motives are adaptable, and
Chaotic Evil Characters simply wish to sow chaos wherever
they go. Alignment may change during the game as the
result of encounters or by the use of a special Ability.

Characters who change Alignment to a type that is different

from their starting Alignment use an Alignment Token to
show the change. No Character may change Alignment
more than once per turn. If a Character has any cards not
permitted by a new Alignment, those cards must be ditched
in the Space they occupy (see pg.11).

Security Key Cards

There are four Security Key Cards. Characters may discover
these Key Cards in the Encounter deck or by completing
a job for Carmine Falcone using the game space on the
Second Floor.

Coins
The 30 Coins represent the money and valuables Characters
use for bribes and other purposes during their adventure.

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Six-Sided Dice Strength and Cunning
There are six dice provided. These are used for moving, Strength represents a Character’s fighting Ability, while
resolving Combat, and determining results from instructions Cunning represents a Character’s Ability to outwit Opponents.
on cards and the game board. The Bat symbol on the die Strength and Cunning are used in Combat (see “Combat”
represents a “1” result. on page 9) and to overcome certain obstacles that may be
encountered during the game.

When a Character gains or loses Strength, this change is

recorded using the red Strength dial. Changes in Cunning are
recorded using the blue dial. However, Strength and Cunning
gained from Objects, Legendary Objects, or Followers is not
recorded on the dials, instead it is added to the Character’s
Strength or Cunning when required or allowed.

A Character’s Strength or Cunning at any time is the value on

the corresponding dial, plus any Strength or Cunning gained
stat Dials from Followers, Legendary Objects, and Objects that may be
used at that time.
There are 6 sets of Character Stat dials which are used
to keep track of each Character’s Health, Cunning and A Character’s Strength and Cunning dials can never drop
Strength. No Character can exceed the maximum values below the Character’s starting values.
of these dials.

Health
Health represents the Character’s durability. Health is lost
through Combat, and other dangers that are encountered.
Each Character starts the game with the number of Health
listed on their Character Card. A Character’s Health is
recorded on the green Health dial.

Characters may replenish lost Health by healing or gaining

Health. Each Character’s maximum Health value is their
starting value +2. Any Character who loses all of their Health is
immediately killed. (See Character Death on page 12).

Fate
Villain Character Fate is a measure of a Character’s luck, and is tracked using
Cards and Figures Fate Tokens. Once per die roll, a player may pay one Fate
Token (returning it to the stockpile) to reroll one die they have
There are 12 Villain Character Cards, each detailing a different just rolled:
playable Character and their starting Strength, Cunning, Fate,
and Health values, as well as a number of special Abilities. 1. for Character movement.
Each Character Card corresponds to a custom sculpted figure
that is used to represent that Character on the board. 2. to determine their Character’s attack roll or

3. due to the instructions on a card or board Space.

• If a player pays a Fate Token to reroll a die, they must

accept the new result; they may not pay another Fate
Token to reroll the same die again.

• If an action or Space requires a player to roll multiple dice

they may only pay one Fate to reroll one of them.

• A player may not pay Fate Tokens to reroll a die used

to determine an Enemy’s attack roll or to reroll another
player’s die roll.

• Actions that replenish Fate allow a player to gain Fate up

to a maximum of their Character’s starting Fate value +2.

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 Character SetUp

Health Cunning Strength

Tracker Tracker Tracker

Fate
Tokens

Coin

Object Cards Follower Cards

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2 4

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Game Setup wish to play. The Characters not chosen are returned
to the box and may be available if a Character is killed.
1. The board is unfolded and placed in the center of the (Alternate: If all players agree, players may choose their
playing area. Characters from all of the available Characters, starting
with the youngest player and proceeding in age order).
2. The Encounter Cards are separated into 3 decks by
Region, and then each Region deck is shuffled and 6. Each player places their Villain Character Card with the
placed facedown beside the board. regular, non-deranged side face up in front of them. A
player’s Character Card, Objects, Followers, and other
3. The Feat Cards are shuffled and placed facedown game components form their personal play area, which
beside the board. should be laid out as shown in the diagram on page 5.

4. The Security Key Cards and Purchase Cards are sorted 7. Each player takes the plastic Character figure
by type and placed face up beside the board. corresponding to their Character Card and places it on
the board on the start Space indicated on the Villain
5. One player takes the Villain Character Cards, shuffles Character Card.
them, and deals two, facedown, to each player, who
must then choose which one of those Characters they

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8. Each player takes a set of Stat Dials and sets the green 11. Any player whose Character starts the game with Feats,
dial to the Health value listed on their Character Card, as detailed in the Character’s special Abilities, draws the
the red dial is set to the starting Strength value, and the designated number of Feat Cards from the Feat deck.
blue dial is set to the starting Cunning value. These should not be revealed to other players.
a. After setting the initial values each player may
choose to increase either their Strength or Cunning 12. Any player whose Character starts the game with any
by one. Objects, as detailed in the Character’s special Abilities,
now takes the designated Object Cards from the
9. Each player takes a number of Fate Tokens equal to the Purchase deck.
Fate value listed on their Character Card.
13. The Alignment Tokens should be kept handy, to be used
10. Each player receives one Coin, except for Mr. Freeze when required.
who begins the game with 5 Coins.
a. The remaining tokens, and Coins are placed 14. The player who most recently read a Batman comic
to one side as stockpiles for use during the game. book, or watched a Batman movie or TV show goes
first. Play then proceeds clockwise around the board.

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The Game Turn • If the player wins the Combat they have escaped Batman,
they roll one die and consult the chart on the Batman
Each player’s turn consists of two parts, in this order: Card to determine what happens to their Character.

1. Movement – The player rolls a die and moves his • Batman remains on the Space where Combat occurred.
Character that number of Spaces around the board.
a. Characters may move clockwise or counterclock • If they lose, the Character loses 1 Health.
wise in their current Region, but may not double-
back in a single movement.
b. If the movement roll is a 1, also resolve movement
Encounters
for Batman (see below). After a Character has finished their movement, they must
either encounter the Space they land in or a Character in that
2. Encounters – Once a Character has finished their move, Space. Characters can encounter a wide variety of enemies
they must encounter either the Space or a Character in and personalities. Sometimes the encounters are friendly
the Space where they land. At the end of a Character’s and aid the Character with gifts. Other times the encounters
turn, play passes clockwise to the player to the left. are hostile and attack the Character, or even cause them to
become Deranged!
Direction may not be reversed during a move except when
passing between the First Floor [Outer] and Second Floor Encountering Another Character
[Middle] Regions (see “The Guard Post” on page 13). A
Character must always move at the start of their turn. A Character may encounter another Character by either an
attack (see “Combat Between Two Characters” on page 10)
or by using one of their special Abilities. If a player chooses to
Movement in the Tower Region encounter a Character instead of encountering a Space, they
The die is rolled for movement in the Tower Region, however may not visit any Stranger or Place on the Space, nor may any
a Character may only move half of the number of Spaces Objects, Followers, or Coins be taken from the Space.
rolled rounded up.
Encountering a Space
Turning Back Characters must always follow the instructions on the Space
where they land if their player chooses to encounter the
A Character in the Inner Tower Region may decide at Space instead of encountering another Character.
any time to turn back and move back towards the Tower
Entrance. If encountering a Space with the Draw Cards icon:
A Character who has turned back still only moves half 1. Draw Encounter Cards from the deck matching
of the movement value rolled each turn, but ignores the the Characters current Region. Draw up to the number
instructions on all of the Spaces on their return to the Tower instructed on the Space, include any cards already on
Entrance. Once a Character has declared their intention to the Space, regardless of their type.
turn back, they cannot change their mind and must go all
the way back to the Tower Entrance. 2. Resolve cards in order starting with the lowest encounter
number. This will typically follow the order below
Batman Movement • Combat with Enemies (see Combat)
Any time a player rolls a 1 for their own movement, they • Resolve any additional instructions on the Space
move one Space and then roll an additional movement
die. They then move Batman the number of Spaces rolled • Visit Strangers and Places
either clockwise or counterclockwise. Additionally, as his
first movement the active player may move Batman into the • Collect any Followers, Coins, and Objects
adjacent Space of another Region before completing any (optional)
remaining Spaces of movement in that Region.
• Ditch any Followers, Coins and Objects (optional)
Whenever Batman lands on a Space containing one or more
Characters at the end of his movement, the player who Cards with the same encounter number are resolved
moved Batman must choose a Character on that Space to in the order drawn.
engage in Combat with Batman.
On the First Floor, Encounter Cards are placed next to the
• The attacked Character chooses the type of Combat board, adjacent to the Space where they are encountered.
(Strength or Cunning). Then complete Combat as For the Second Floor and the Guard Tower, Encounter Cards
directed on the Batman Card.

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are placed near the game board and a pair of matching 2. Feats, Weapons and Abilities: Any Feats, Objects,
Encounter Tokens is placed with one token on the card and Legendary Objects or Abilities that a player wishes to
one on the associated Space on the game board. use to affect a Character’s Strength or Cunning must be
implemented before the Attack Roll is made.

3. Attack Roll: The active player rolls one die and adds
the result to their Character’s Strength or Cunning,
depending on the type of Combat that is occurring.
Be sure to add the appropriate modifiers in the total.
Remember that only one Weapon may be used at a time
(see ‘Weapons and Armor’ on page 11).

4. Enemy Attack Roll: Another player now rolls a die for

the Enemy’s Attack Roll and adds this to the Enemy’s
Strength or Cunning. This total is the Enemy’s Attack
Score.
If the instructions on an Encounter Card cause it to be
placed elsewhere, it does not affect the Character who 5. Compare Attack Scores:
drew it at that time. a. If the Character’s Attack Score is higher, the
Enemy is defeated, and the player collects
the Enemy Card (see Infamy for more details).
b. If the Enemy’s Attack Score is higher, the

Card Anatomy
Character is defeated and loses one Health (use of
an Object, Feat, or special Ability may prevent this
but for Strength Combat only).
c. If the Attack Scores are equal, the result is a stand-
1 Title off and there is no effect. If the Character is defeated
or the Combat ends in a stand-off, the Character’s
2 Card Type turn ends immediately.

3 Enemy Stats 6. When comparing Attack Scores, the Active Player may
pay one Fate to reroll their Attack Roll if they wish, in
1
3 2 4 Card Text which case they must accept the new result and use it
to recalculate their Attack Score. Players may not use
5 Encounter Fate to reroll the Enemy Attack.
4
Number
5 More Than One Enemy
If there is more than one Enemy that attacks a Character
by Strength or more than one that attacks by Cunning and
they have the same encounter number, they fight as one
during the battle, adding their Strength or Cunning together
with just one Attack Roll to make a single, combined Attack
Score. An Enemy with Strength will never join in an attack

Combat
with an Enemy with Cunning.

Combat occurs when a Character: Infamy

1. encounters an Enemy, or When a Character defeats an Enemy, they keep the Enemy
Card to track their Infamy. A Character may exchange these
2. decides to attack another Character Infamy Cards at the end of their turn to gain either Strength
or Cunning, which is recorded on the appropriate dial.
Resolving Combat vs. Enemies A Character gains one Strength for every five points of
Strength, or one Cunning for every five points of Cunning
The type of Combat is determined based on the statistic
marked on the Infamy Cards they turn in. Enemy Cards
(Strength or Cunning) indicated on the Enemy Card. Combat
exchanged are then placed on the Encounter Card discard
against Enemies is resolved in the following steps:
pile. Excess Strength or Cunning points of the Infamy Cards
1. Evade: The Character first declares if they are using a above a multiple of five are lost.
Feat or Special Ability to evade (see “Evading” on page
11). If not, then Combat takes place.

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Combat Between 1. Evade: The Character being attacked may evade if they
have a Feat or Special Ability that allows them to do so.
Two Characters 2. Feats, Objects and Abilities: Both Characters have
Combat between two Characters is always completed using the opportunity to use Feats before the dice can be
Strength, unless the attacking Character has an Ability that rolled. Any effects or Abilities that affect a Character’s
allows them to fight with Cunning. Strength or Cunning must be implemented before the
Attack Roll is made.
Battles between two Characters are resolved in the same
manner as Combat with Enemies, with the following 3. Determine Attack Rolls: Both Characters then roll
changes: a die to determine their Attack Roll. Once both Attack
Rolls have been made, the attacking Character must
choose first whether to pay Fate to reroll. Once they have

Example of Combat

The Joker has a Baseball Bat in addition to the Stealth to add one more to his Strength, making a total of
and Rage Feat cards. Earlier in the game The Joker 9 (3+5+1). Spoiler rolls a 6 for her attack and The
increased his Strength to 3 and his Cunning to 5 as Joker rolls a 3.
shown on the red and blue dials. On his turn The
Joker moves to an Open Cell Space and draws 1 After adding their Strength values to their Attack
Encounter Card. It is Spoiler who has a Strength of 6. rolls both The Joker and Spoiler have an attack
value of 12, which would result in a stand-off. The
The Joker could choose to evade Spoiler by using the Joker decides to spend one of his 3 Fate tokens
Stealth Feat, but decides to attack Spoiler instead. to reroll his attack roll. The new result is a 5, which
Since Spoiler has a Strength value, The Joker must makes his attack score a 14. Since The Joker’s
also fight with Strength. attack score is now higher than Spoiler’s, he defeats
Spoiler and collects her card for Infamy points.
The Joker chooses to use the Rage Feat, allowing If The Joker’s attack score had been lower than
him to add his Strength of 3 to his Cunning of 5 for Spoiler’s he would have lost the battle and lost 1
the Combat. Additionally, he uses the Baseball Bat Health, ending his turn. In this case Spoiler would
have remained on the Open Cell Space.

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 chosen, the defending Character has the same option.
No matter what the defender chooses, an attacking Followers
player who decided not to spend Fate may not change During the game, Characters may acquire Followers as
their mind after the defender has made their choice. the result of encounters. All Followers accompanying a
Character are kept below the Character Card and must
4. Compare Attack Scores: Next, each Character’s be kept face up. A Character may have any number of
attack score is determined as in battles against Followers. Any Followers that are killed or that must be
Enemies. The Character with the higher attack score discarded are placed on the Encounter Card discard pile.
wins the battle. If the scores are equal, the result is a
stand-off.

5. Claim Reward: The winner may either force the loser

Ditching Followers
to lose one Health (which may be saved by use of an and Objects
Object or Feat only if the Combat was completed with
Strength), or may take one Object or one Coin from the A Character may ditch any of their Followers or Objects at
loser. The turn then ends. the end of their turn by leaving them face up in the Space
they occupy. If a Character ditches any Followers or Objects,
they cannot take them back during the same turn.
Evading
Characters sometimes have the option to evade Enemies
and other Characters by using Feats or Character Abilities. Feats
The evading Character cannot affect or be affected by the All Characters may acquire and use Feats from the Feat
attacking Character or Enemy. deck, if their Cunning is sufficient to permit this, as indicated
in the table below.
Encounters that may be evaded are:

1. Anything that attacks a Character (1st and 2nd Floor only) Total Cunning 1 2 3 4 5 6+

2. Enemies that appear as a result of an Event, Place, or Max. Feats 0 0 1 2 2 3

Stranger Card (1st and 2nd Floor only)
If at any time a Character has more Feats than their Cunning
3. Any Character attempting to attack or use a special Ability. allows the player chooses which Feats to discard. Feats
cannot be discarded unless the Character has more Feats
Batman may never be evaded, and only other Characters than their Cunning permits. The only other way to get rid
may be evaded in the Tower. of a Feat Card is to use it!

Objects
If the Feat deck is exhausted, all of the discarded Feat Cards
are shuffled and placed facedown to form a new deck. Feats
are kept secret from other players. The effect of each Feat,
Both Objects and Legendary Objects are considered to and when it can be completed, is detailed on the individual
be Objects. Any Object Cards Characters have are placed Feat Cards.
below their Character Card and must be kept face up.
Using Feats
Object Carrying Limits A player may use any number of Feat Cards from their hand
No Character may have more than four Objects unless they on their turn, but may only use one Feat during another
have a Loot Bag. Any Character acquiring more than four Character’s turn. Feats are always resolved immediately
Objects must decide which to keep. The remainder are when played or when encountered on the board.
immediately placed face up on the Character’s Space. Coins
and Fate Tokens do not count as Objects.

Weapons and Armor

Objects with the Weapon keyword increase a Character’s
fighting Ability. A Character may only use one Weapon
during Combat, unless their special Abilities state otherwise.

Objects with the Armor keyword prevent the loss of Health

when a Character is defeated in Strength Combat. A
Character may only use one Armor Card during Combat.

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 1-4. Ignored 5. Gain 1 Health. 6. Gain 1 Feat. the Guard when crossing back to the 1st Floor. Health. 6. Gain 1 Feat.
free, or Search the Morgue by rolling one die: must first defeat a Guard with Strength 9. Do not fight arch the Chapel by rolling one die;
Chaotic Evil: Either replenish up to your Fate value for and ignore any card already on this Space. Instead, you r heal up to your starting Health
cost of one Coin each. If you are crossing to the 2nd Floor, do not draw a card
Indifferent: Replenish Fate up to your Fate value at the
Righteous Evil: Lose 1 Health.

Additional Rules However, The Joker may not have the Police Radio,
because that card states that no Chaotic Evil Character
may have it. If a Character encounters an Object they may
Deranged not have, they must leave it face up in their current Space
morgue office guard post bathroom chapel

on the game board. Characters are not permitted to steal

When a Character becomes cards that they may not have.
Suffer one penalty. Either pay one Coin (discard) or lose one Health. not count on this Space, nor may you use Legendary Objects or Feats.
Strength and Cunning derived from Objects and Legendary Objects do

open cell
deranged Deranged the effect lasts for three YOU SUFFER FROM

Security Key Cards and

DELIRIUM FOR 3 TURNS.

3 turns. The player turns their Player

Leave all your Objects, Followers, and Coins
on the Space where you became Deranged.

Card over to the Deranged side and

Fate

1
While you are Deranged, you have:

Purchase Cards
Strength: 1 Cunning: 1
Move: One Space per turn (no die roll).
Strength
1
must follow the rules listed there.
Life: Retain your Character’s Health.
Fate: Retain your Character’s Fate.
Coin
You cannot add the additional Strength and

1
At the end of the third turn flip the
Cunning points of your Character. You cannot

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perform or gain Feats, though you may keep
Cunning
corrupt guard the ones you had.
orderly's station bathroom Narrow Passage

Unlike the Encounter Cards and Feat Cards, Security Key Cards
When you return to normal, your Character will Health

Character Card back over to the

be as before, minus Objects, Followers, bribe
money, Fate, and Health lost while Deranged.

Alignment: cHaotic Start: Morgue

non-Deranged side as the Character and Purchase Cards are not placed into a discard pile when not
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Suffer one penalty. Either pay one Coin (dis

reverts back to their original form. needed, they are instead returned to their appropriate piles and

boiler room
are available to all Characters once more.

common room

Any enemies that you fight here

add 2 to their attack rolls.
Deranged Characters have a Strength and Cunning of 1 and
cannot gain or lose either value. When a Character becomes
Deranged, players should leave their Strength and Cunning Limited Resources
dials at the original values, as Strength and Cunning will All Coins, Fate, Purchase Cards and Security Key Cards
tower entrance stairs down stairs up landing

revert to normal when the effect wears off. move forward. Otherwise, turn back.
next turn, you must have a Security Key Card to
are limited to the number of components provided with the
game.
You must stop when you enter this Space. On your

1 is rolled for a Follower, it is killed.

security control room

rolled for yourself, lose 1 Health. If a

Roll one die for yourself, and one for
each of your Followers. If a 1 or 2 is
If a Character is already Deranged and becomes Deranged

A Riot breaks out among the inmates:

corridor
stairs down
this Space and Combat occurs.
Space Batman also moves to
When a player enters this
equipment storage

prison yard
again, the Character remains Deranged for three more turns
starting from the second instance of becoming Deranged. Followers
During the game, Characters usually acquire Followers as
Losing A Turn control room entrance
the result of encounters. All Followers accompanying a
Character are kept below the Character Card and must be
Any instructions that result in the
electrical room
loss of a turn cause the player
locker room kept faceup.
hallway stairs up

Any enemies that you fight here

to lose their next turn. The current turn is resolved as normal.

common room

office
add 2 to their attack rolls.
A Character may have any number of Followers.
Character Death and
Inherited Items Carmine Falcone's Cell
A Character who lands on
When a Character is killed, remove the Character Card and Carmine Falcone’s Cell

4. Deliver (discard) 1 Legendary Object.

playing piece from
patrolled the game. Place any Objectsblind
corridor (including
spot
may choose to accept
patrolled corridor don carmine falcone
Legendary Objects), Coins, and Followers to one side.

open cell
a job. If a Character

6. Deliver (discard) 2 Coins.

5. Deliver (discard) 3 Coins.
Return any Feats, Infamy, and Fate to the appropriate chooses to accept a job,
discard or stockpiles. they must roll a die to
On the player’s next turn, they start with a new Character drawn determine what the job will You may roll 1 die to accept a Job.

be, as instructed on the

1. Take 1 Health from another Character.

at random from the unused Character Cards. Follow steps 6-12

2. Defeat 1 Enemy.
Lose 1 Health Lose 1 Health 3. Deliver (discard) 1 Follower.

in game set-up (pages 6-7) to start the new Character. Space.

ridor office corridor bathroom open cell exam room

The Objects, Coins, and Followers that were put to one side A Character may not accept more than one job at a time.
are inherited by the player’s new Character and may be used A Character must attempt to complete the assigned job
as normal. Unwanted cards, or cards that may not be kept immediately if they are able to do so. In addition, Carmine
based on the new Character’s Alignment, should be left on Falcone will prevent any Character who has accepted a job from
the Character’s starting Space. opening the Security Door until the job is complete. Visit the Doctor, Pharmacist or Ps
Doctor: Heal up to two Health at t

Having and Using Cards

Coin each. Pharmacist: Discard any

Crossing Between
Objects you have and gain one Coin

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Using cards is always optional.

the First and
Characters may hold cards that they are not permitted to use,
unless a given card specifically states otherwise. For example, Second Floor
Poison Ivy may not use Weapons in battle but she may have Characters can only cross from the
Weapon Cards in her possession to sell to Killer Croc, deliver First Floor to the Second Floor by
as a job for Carmine Falcone, or simply to prevent another fighting their way past the Guard
Character from picking them up. Post or by using the Lock Pick or
Guard Keys.

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 You must stop when you enter this Space. On your

your chosen Ability, move to the Tower

If the total is equal to or less than
next turn, you must have a Security Key Card to
move forward. Otherwise, turn back.

bathroom orderly's station corrupt guard security door

stairs up stairs down tower entrance

have the Medic or EMT, heal up

2-3. Disoriented; lose your next turn.

starting Health value at the
infirmary

cost of one Coin each. If you

1. Attacked by Guard with Strength 4.

dark room

6. You find a flashlight and make

your way out; gain 1 Cunning.
Doctor. Heal up to your

to two Health for free.

The Guard Post The Security Door
© Games Workshop Limited 2019. BATMA

If you are crossing to the Third Floor do not draw a

card. Instead, you must first use Cunning to pick the

4-5. Safe.
Objects you have and gain one Coin for
Coin each. Pharmacist: Discard any num lock or Strength to force it. Choose which ability you
Doctor: Heal up to two Health at the co Suffer one penalty. Either pay one Coin (discard) or lose one Health. are using and roll two dice.
Visit the Doctor, Pharmacist or Psychia

The Guard Post Space The Guard Tower can only

cost of one Coin each.
Suffer one penalty. Either pay one Coin (discard) or lose one Health.
starting Health value at th gain 1 Strength.

Entrance. If it is higher, remain here

your chosen Ability, move to the Tower
provides an opportunity be entered by passing
Indifferent: Heal up to your

If the total is equal to or less than

6. A fellow inmate leads you out;
throom guard post office morgue
open cell
Chaotic Evil: Lose one Healt 4-5. Safe; no effect.

orderly's station corrupt guard security door

for Characters to pass through the Security Door.
lose your next turn.

and lose one from the ability.

2-3. Hide from passing guards;

open cell
1. Attacked by an inmate with Cunning 4.

between the First and the A Character can try to

Second Floor. open the Security Door if
they end their movement
If a Character’s movement
exam room open cell bathroom corridor office
on it, or if their movement
on the First Floor is is sufficient to carry them
Righteous Evil: Lose 1 Health.
If you are crossing to the Third Floor do not draw a
Indifferent: Replenish Fate up to your Fate value at the
card. Instead, you must first use Cunning to pick the
If you are crossing to the 2nd Floor, do not draw a card cost of one Coin each. A corrupt

sufficient to carry them to

lock or Strength to force it. Choose which ability you

beyond it. A Character

and ignore any card already on this Space. Instead, you Chaotic Evil: Either replenish up to your Fate value for you with m
3. Deliver (discard) 1 Follower. Lose 1 Health Lose 1 Health
Suffer one penalty. Either pay one Coin (discard) or lose one Health. are using and roll two dice.
must first defeat a Guard with Strength 9. Do not fight 2. Defeat 1 Enemy. free, or Search the Morgue by rolling one die: Lock Pick
the Guard when crossing back to the 1st Floor. 1-4. Ignored 5. Gain 1 Health. 6. Gain 1 Feat. Med Kit: He

or past the Guard Post

1. Take 1 Health from another Character.
6. Deliver (discard) 2 Coins.
5. Deliver (discard) 3 Coins.
4. Deliver (discard) 1 Legendary Object.

must attempt to open

You may roll 1 die to accept a Job.

office Space, they may choose

morgue
the Security Door each time they supply
open cell
wishcloset
pass into the Guard

Medication (Roll 1 die): 1. Become Chaotic,

open cell boiler room corridor office pen cell
to attempt to pass through it to the Second Floor. In order Tower, but may pass freely through it when leaving the Tower.
open cell

2-3. Ignored, 4. Become Righteous,

5. Gain 1 Cunning, 6. Gain 1 Feat.
to do so they must fight a Guard with a Strength of 9. This
Guard does not roll a die in Combat to modify this value. A Character attempting to open the Security Door follows
chapel

don carmine falcone corridor add 2 to their attackpatrolled

rolls. spot it is killed.
for a Follower,
1 is rolledblind to their attack rolls. add 2
corridor d) 2 Coins. patrolled
the instructions on the Security Door Space. If successful,
rolled for yourself, lose 1 Health. If a d) 3 Coins.
not count on this Space, nor may you use Legendary Objects or Feats.
Strength and Cunning derived from Objects and Legendary Objects do

Any enemies that you fight here Any enemies that you fight here
each of your Followers. If a 1 or 2 is d) 1 Legendary Object.

A Character that defeats or evades the Guard at The Guard the Character’s turn ends on the Tower Entrance. If
Roll one die for yourself, and one for
A Riot breaks out among the inmates:

Post must continue their movement by entering the Second unsuccessful, the Character’s turn ends immediately and
Righteous Evil: Lose 1 Health.
Indifferent: Replenish Fate up to your Fate value at the
cost of one Coin each. A corrupt guard will sell you equipment, a med kit OR will provide

Floor and continuing to move in either direction to the full they remain on the Security Door Space.
Chaotic Evil: Either replenish up to your Fate value for you with medication. Equipment: Helmet (2 Coins); Baseball Bat (2 Coins);
free, or Search the Morgue by rolling one die: Lock Pick (3 Coins); Riot Shield (3 Coins); Bulletproof Vest (4 Coins).
add 2 to their attack rolls.
Any enemies that you fight here

1-4. Ignored 5. Gain 1 Health. 6. Gain 1 Feat.

value of their movement roll. If their movement ended in the

Med Kit: Heal up to your Health value at the cost of one Coin each.

Control Room Entrance

Guard Post Space, they will continue their movement to the
common room

Second Floor on their next turn.

office

A Character must stop when they reach this Space. If they

common room prison yard common room

don carmine falcone

A Character defeated by the Guard at the Guard Post loses
stairs up hallway locker room room
have a Security Key
one Health (which may be saved by use of an Object or
Narrow Passage

Card, they must discard

Feat), and their turn ends immediately. A Character in a control room entrance
it to enter the Security
1 is rolled for a Follower, it is killed.
rolled for yourself, lose 1 Health. If a
each of your Followers. If a 1 or 2 is
Roll one die for yourself, and one for
A Riot breaks out among the inmates:

security control room

stand-off with the Guard does not lose a Health, but their

equipment storage
Control Room. If they

this Space and Combat occurs.

Space Batman also moves to
turn still ends immediately.

When a player enters this

do not have a Security
prison yard

stairs down

The Guard does not attack Characters passing over the Key Card they must turn
corridor

back (see Turning Back

bathroom

Guard Post Space if they choose to remain on the First Floor,

nor does he attack Characters who move from the Second on page 8).
Floor back to the First Floor. Additionally, a Character who
You must stop when you enter this Space. On your
next turn, you must have a Security Key Card to

Security
move forward. Otherwise, turn back.

lands on the Guard Post Space, may choose tolandingencounter stairs up stairs down tower entr

patrolled corridor
add 2 to their attack rolls.
Any enemies that you fight here

the Space by drawing 1 card from the Encounter deck. If they

choose this option they may not pass to the Second Floor. Control Room
common room

stairs up
boiler room

landing

Once a Character enters the Security Control Room Batman

Lock Picks and Guard Keys is immediately moved to this location and the Character
must engage in their choice of Strength or Cunning Combat
Any Character wishing to cross from the First Floor to the
Second Floor without passing the Guard Post must have the with Batman. Batman has a Strength and Cunning of 12 in
stairs down Suffer one penalt

the Security Control Room.

Guard’s Key Card. A Security Key Card cannot be used for bathroom
Narrow Passage If the Character defeats
orderly's station cor
this purpose.
security control room Batman they shut down the
Any Character in an Office or Dark Room Space who has a security system for Arkham
hallway

Lock Pick may declare that they are searching a locked desk Asylum and win the game.
bathroom
open cell

guard post

for Guard’s Keys. The Character takes the Guard’s Keys If the Character loses in
Card from the Purchase deck (if available).
Strength and Cunning derived from Objects and Legendary Objects do
Combat they must return
to the Security Door at the
not count on this Space, nor may you use Legendary Objects or Feats. Suffer one penalty. Either pay one Coin (discard) or l

Any Character with Guards’ Keys may cross from the First base of the Tower. If the
Floorchapel
to the Second Floor by returning the Guard’s Keys
bathroom guard post Combat
office ends in a stand-off morgue

Card to the appropriate supply or discard pile. The Character the Character remains in the
crosses to the Space directly opposite the one they are in. This Security Control Room and
is their move for that turn; they do not roll the die to determine must fight Batman again on
stairs up

blind spot

additional movement. The Character must encounter the their next turn.
Space they moved into or a Character in that Space. Righteous Evil: Lose 1 Health.
Indifferent: Replenish Fate up to your Fate value at the
If you are crossing to the 2nd Floor, do not draw a card cost of one Coin each.
l: Either heal up to your starting Health and ignore any card already on this Space. Instead, you Chaotic Evil: Either replenish up to your Fate value for
e, or Search the Chapel by rolling one die; must first defeat a Guard with Strength 9. Do not fight free, or Search the Morgue by rolling one die:
Gain 1 Health. 6. Gain 1 Feat. the Guard when crossing back to the 1st Floor. 1-4. Ignored 5. Gain 1 Health. 6. Gain 1 Feat.

When a player enters this

orderly's station

Space Batman also moves to

this Space and Combat occurs.
control room

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move forward. O
next turn, you
You must stop

er room
office
Alternative Rules Alternative Play Rules
If players want to use any of the rules discussed here, they Ditching Cards before Encounters
should make sure that everyone understands and agrees to Adding this rule allows a player to ditch Followers or Objects
the rules before the game begins. onto a Space before drawing cards. This allows them to
avoid drawing cards, as the ditched cards count towards
Rules for Traditional Play the number of cards on the Space. These cards may not be
taken back this turn.
Batman Talisman uses the faster play rules from the Talisman
Revised 4th Edition game. It is possible to adjust the rules back Talisman Bloodbath
to the original game length using the changes listed below.
For a more aggressive game, remove three cards from
No Inheritance the available Talisman Security Key Cards instead of using
all four. In addition, any player whose Character is killed
For a more challenging game, remove the inheritance rules immediately loses the game instead of drawing a new
for when a Character dies. Instead, when a Character dies, Character Card. The Talisman Bloodbath alternative rule
all the Character’s Objects, Legendary Objects, Followers, makes for a short, but very, confrontational game.
and Coins are placed on the Space where the Character
was killed. All the Character’s gained Strength and Cunning
is lost and Fate Tokens are returned to their stockpiles. All
other cards (including the Character’s Infamy Cards and
Feats) are placed in the appropriate stock or discard piles.
The Character Card and Character Figure are removed from
the game. The dead Character’s player may start again, on
their next turn, with a new Character drawn at random from
the unused Character Cards, following steps 6–12 from the
“Game Setup” section (see page 6).

Strength and Cunning

If players find themselves with time for a longer game, they can
decrease the rate at which Strength and Cunning is earned.

The normal rule in Batman Talisman is that to gain a point of

Strength or Cunning, a Character has to exchange Infamy
Cards with a combined value of five or more to gain the point
(see “Infamy” on page 14). Players can simply change this
value to seven, as in the original Talisman.

No Starting Bonus
During the set-up phase players do not gain one additional
Strength or Cunning. Instead start the game with only the
values listed on the Villain Card.

Based on Talisman 4th Edition by Games Workshop Special Thanks to: Sam Barlin, Jordan Davenport,
Darren Donahue (3D), Hannah Friedman, Wynona Hendrickson,
Original Talisman Game Design: Robert Harris
Delaney Mamer, Pat Marino (Batman Adaptation), Jayne Prindiville,
Game Board Illustration: Ross Taylor Jessica Hartung (Product Management), Zoё Robinson,
Juan Romero, Jason Rosenberg, Pam Weirich (Graphic Design)

Talisman, GW, Games Workshop, and all game mechanics, associated logos, designs and the distinctive likeness thereof, are either ® or TM, and/or © Games
Workshop Limited, variably registered around the world, and used under licence. BATMAN and all related characters and elements © & ™ DC Comics. (s19)
USAOPOLY is a trademark of USAOPOLY, Inc.© 2019 USAOPOLY, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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 Index
Key Components & Concept Overview: 2-4 Objects: 11

Character Cards & Stats: 4-5 Followers: 11

Set-Up: 6-7 Feats: 11

Game Turn: 8-11 Additional Rules: 12-13

Encounters: 8-9 Rules for Traditional and Alternative Play: 14

Combat: 9-11

Combat Example: 10

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 Talisman Encounter Sequence
If you wish to use any Feats that must be used before moving, do so now.

Move
(see “Movement” on page 8)

Are there any other Characters in the Space?

YES NO

NO Encounter the Space Move to the

Encounter one of them or not?
Is it a Draw Card(s) Space? new Space.

YES YES NO

Are there any faceup NO

Draw cards as specified. If cards on the Space?
there are already any faceup
Encounter Character cards there, draw only enough
Decide which Character you wish Encounter Cards to make
to encounter and engage him in up the specified number.
YES
battle or psychic Combat (if your
special Ability permits you do to
so) or use your special Ability.
Card Encounter Card Encounter
Follow the rules (See Follow the rules (See
“Encounters” on page 8). “Encounters” on page 8).

Does the encounter result Does the encounter result

in you missing a turn? YES in you missing a turn?
Battle or
Special
psychic
Ability NO NO
Combat

If there were any Enemies, did NO NO If there were any Enemies, did
you defeat or evade them all? you defeat or evade them all?

Follow rules
Use special YES Turn ends YES
for battles
Ability as
or psychic
stated
Combat
on your
(see
Character Does the encounter result in you being moved to a different Space?
“Combat”
Card.
on page 9).

NO

NO Follow the instructions

If a Character kills another on the Space.
Character during the
encounter, he may take
any Objects, Followers,
and Coins from the killed
Character to add to his own. Take any Objects, Legendary Objects, Followers, and/or Coins on the Space.

Turn Ends NO Did the encounter result in you being moved to a different Space? YES

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