EvilEdwin said: It would be ridiculous to list all of the spells on the Counterspell card that it affects. That be be the tinniest writing in existence! Totally agree. But adding a remark like "only against a Spell cast by other player" on the Counterspell card would clear out the picture. Lack of this remark leaves rooms for interpretation and I am just wondering if it has been done intentionally by the game makers.

Dam said: Those might be "spells", but they aren't Spells as the game sees it. Counterspell only works against cards with the keyword Spell on them (and Command Spell). That was may understanding as well, until my kid opened my eyes for other possibilities. Basically, it is not written on the card which spells or Spells can be counteracted however I admit, it is capitalized (also in Polish translation version which we play), so it may be interpreted as Spell cards only but I still need some solid proof to, to … counterspell it

Hi, I have been playing recently Talisman main game with my 8 y.o daughter. She played Prophetess and was unlucky enough to get 1 twice (using fate) at City Enchantress. She had a Counterspell spell and without hesitation she said she used that spell to counteract changing to a toad by the Enchantress. Well, I got stuck - I have been playing Talisman for ages (15+ years), but never came to this point that someone is using that spell against 3rd party character. Initially, I said "no way" but she convinced me that Enchantress must be using a sort of magic (a spell?) to turn one into a toad. So, if you think that that way actually the Counterspell can be a powerful spell in duel games against strength-based characters’ hardly able to use craft (e.g. Troll) as it usually turns to be useless . Later on she used another Counterspell against Imp to avoid teleportation to the place she did not want to. Can someone make a comment on that, please? It makes some sense to me , but is it in line with all the rules? (a side note: we play only base game, no expansions)/ Brgds. Felix