Talisman and it’s extensions are a game from the time before boardgames were today’s sophisticated art form, and it shows. Some would say in a good way and I would tend to agree. A boardgame from the dawn of fantasy gaming, Talisman by todays boardgame standards is nigh absurdly simplistic, unoptimized and random-driven to a silly extent. A prime example of wonderfully mindless old-school Fantasy fun. Trivial to pick up and get going it offers hours and hours of random fantasy quest competition with little to no opportunities for cooperation.
Talismans simplicity though offers lots of room for quick and easy houserule adjustments and the countless mini and board extensions offer huge amounts of variety and enable light-hearted easy fantasy gameplay for fantasy nerds and regular non- gamers alike. Think of Talisman as the Risk or Monopoly of quasi-somewhat dungeon-crawlers of yesteryear … yestercentury.
If you can live with serious retro vibes this game can be awesome fun.
Here are some links to various Talisman related content and wares:
Talisman Community Websites
German Edition / Deutsche Ausgabe
Hier eine Liste von E-Commerce Links (teilweise affiliate Links) für die deutsche Ausgabe und die deutsche Erweiterungen. Vergriffene Erweiterungen sind durch die englische Version ersetzt.
Kleine Erweiterungen
- Talisman – Der Schnitter
- Talisman – Die heilige Quelle
- Talisman – Der Blutmond
- Talisman – Der Vorbote
- Talisman – Die verlorenen Reiche
- Talisman – The Frostmarch (englisch)
- Talisman – Die Feuerlande
Große Erweiterungen
- Talisman – Die Katakomben
- Talisman – Die Stadt
- Talisman – Das Waldland
- Talisman – Das Hochland
- Talisman – The Highland (englisch) … deutsche Version ist gerade vergriffen
- Talisman – Die Drachen
- Talisman – Kataklysmus