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| Talisman 4th Edition (Black Industries 2007) (Games Workshop) |
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| Players : 2-6 | | Manufacturer : Black Industries | | Time To Play : 60 Minutes | | Recommended Ages : 9 and Up | | Designer : Robert Harris | | | Product Review Rating :  (1 reviews) |
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List Price $50.00 - you can save up to $9.00 (18%) |
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Shipping weight: 3.75 pounds
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Talisman is a classic board game with a fantasy theme. There are 15 characters a player can control, from the heroic Warrior to the powerful Sorcerer. In this perilous adventure, play centers around the journey of these gallant heroes to find and claim the Crown of Command, a magical artifact with the power to destroy all rivals and make the bearer the true ruler of the kingdom. Only with strength, courage, wisdom and a few good dice rolls will players be able to survive the ultimate test and beat their opponents to victory.
From the publisher's website:
Talisman’s enduring appeal is that of a traditional fantasy boardgame and more. Players soon find themselves taking part in an epic quest of brave deeds, daring encounters and death defying battles, which deepens as the game unfolds.
First released in 1983, the game continues to excite and maintains a strong following with a thriving Internet community. The new edition of Talisman will appeal to fans of the timeless original and will also create a new following of would be adventurers.
Marc Gascoigne, Head of Black Industries, said, “This is the best edition of Talisman we have ever produced. It’s the return of a genuine classic fantasy game and I’m proud to be announcing its comeback. The gameplay is based on the very best aspects of the previous editions, but with added extras such as the all new speedy play rules written by the legendary Rick Priestley. The game looks fantastic, with fabulous new artwork.
I know fans old and new will love this edition.”
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| [Customer Reviews] Write your own review |
This board game follows more in the tradition of the 2nd edition board-game than 3rd, and is all the better for it.
The game is easy to play, and quick to learn.
The art is fantastic throughout, and generally the quality of the product is very high. The board is huge and great looking, the cards are all high quality, and the playing character cut-outs are ok. The counters (used for lives, strength and craft) you get are terrible though - tiny with hard to read numbers - I ended up going over them with a sharpie to make them stand-out, but ideally I'd replace them with something else, for example dice.
The gold is an exception to this though, each is a 'genuine' gold coin from the Talisman world.
The game is fun and reasonably fast (game times improve with repitition), with a decent variety of events, monsters and characters (although you will likely find yourself encountering them all and recycling them in any game bigger than 4 players).
Player interaction is unfortunately minimal; usually reserved for spell-casting as opposed to in-game fighting, although depending on how evil the players are this could vary.
This game does have a slight bias to luck here - a few lucky adventure cards or (usually the more decisive) randomly picking one of the few overpowered characters at the start can make a real difference (one early house rule might be to remove one or two potential characters), but generally this doesn't detract from the fun, especially when it moves into the end-game.
Overall a very good buy. The whole package screams 'quality' apart from the aforementioned counters (easily enough replaced), and is fun and relaxing to play.
-- By Barry from Colombia SA on January 08, 2008 |
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