Since the old magic ring is a regular object, does this make the new magic ring that says trinket a printing error as well?

Obviously FFG decided what will be a trinket and what won't be.

As said (somewhere) previously, there is no need to "retrofit" anything from the original game. Even though similar objects are now surfacing, these are generally different to the original ones as they tend to have a cost associated with them and are not merely freebies from the deck.

Anyway, I am sure there will be arguments either way and there is little to be gained by me saying that both the Crystal Sceptre and Bow are as they were designed to be so I shall go back to watching from the sidelines.

Uvatha said:

Agreed.  I haven't had a chance to buy The City yet and this thread's topic scared me into considering waiting for a second print run that would hopefully correct the oversight.  This is the sort of thing that can impact sales figures.  Impact them enough and they stop printing new expansions…

I would encourage the OP to send a question to FGG asking if this item should be a trinket (along with any other items he's curious about.)  That way FFG can issue official errata if they agree.

Until that time, the OP's post is just his personal opinion - which he's fully welcome to, by the way - but he shouldn't go scaring off potential customers with premature claims of printing errors.

I highly doubt that these are printing errors, nor should anyone wait to purchase this expansion.

 We got ours on Thursday, UPS. My wife finally decided that *she* couldn't wait any longer - - and she found it on her Amazon Prime for around $10 lower than the FFG price.   I certainly would have paid full price, but I had to wait until this payday to order. 

 At any rate we broke it out on Thursday night and looked it over; set it up 11:15 pm or so, and "drew" our characters. She drew Bounty Hunter and I drew Valkryie. Its all set up, but we haven't had a chance to play. She's got must see TV tonight, so perhaps tomorrow.

talismanamsilat said:

The printing error may be on the Ice Sceptre Card from the Highland Expansion!

I think nobody plays without any houserule, so where is the problem?

E.g. in our game any Talisman card is a Trinket!

talismanisland said:

I didn't say there's need to retrofit or dig into previously released material. I said this could be an opportunity for one last expansion, covering all released material and checking if some of the old choices could be improved or corrected. FFG made lots of card replacements in other games (never done that for Talisman) and for Arkham Horror has published a last box where all expansion concepts were expanded and completed by useful add-ons. They have re-released the first expansion (Curse of the Pharaoh) because the material had become obsolete after many years. I'm not saying this is necessary for Talisman, or for any game, but such a commitment to precision and coherency was astounding and I don't see why they shouldn't bother at all in this case.

Remember that freebies from the deck are not something a character can rely on, as they are totally random. In the City, there's a big choice of goodies that are better than any other free item and they are available for purchase. I don't see the balance between free/random and purchased/open items; a 6G Warhorse was pricey in the Livery Stables but I gladly spent that amount if I had Gold and opportunity to land on the card. Shops cannot be destroyed, they're always there,and offer excellent goods all the time, until characters buy them out. Moreover, City has lots of opportunities to gain Gold and free picks from shops.

I'll see how it plays before saying more.

talismanisland said:

Of course the items are exactly as they were designed to be, I only think there might be some opinion exchange about choices made by the design team. You were right in saying that opening topics about printing errors was wrong in principle and your intervention was absolutely appropriate.

I don't think that there are printing errors.

I am sure that FFG knows what they are doing. If they have decided that the Crystal sceptre is not a trinket, then we must accept that..

Velhart said: