Talisman Returns This October!

Throw all that silly strategy and roleplaying right out the window! Kill monsters and get loot the way the gaming gods intended—by betrayal and dumb luck!

After years of being both one of the hardest to find and most popular fantasy board games around, Talisman is coming back! This October, the folks from Black Industries, a wing of Games Workshop, are releasing the fourth edition of the chaotic 1984 classic.

Talisman is a cult fantasy board game for 2–6 people. Players control a myriad of characters from a heroic warrior to a powerful sorcerer. In this perilous adventure, play centres around the journey of these gallant heroes to find and claim the Crown of Command, a magical artefact with the power to destroy all rivals and make the bearer the true ruler of the kingdom. Only with strength, courage, and wisdom will players be able to survive the ultimate test and beat their opponents to victory.

Just the main game for right now (none of the crazy Timescape or Dragons expansions yet), the new edition promises new art and fast play rules—in case, for some reason, you don’t want to spend three or more hours around the gaming table. I use to love playing this with a big group growing up. It took forever, but with classes like the satyr, leprechaun, and chainsaw warrior it was always funny as hell. There were also no real tricks the game owner could use to get an edge up on everyone else. Good good stuff.

You can take a look at some of the awesome past versions still floating around out there. As for me, though, now I have to go threaten my piggy bank into getting fatter before October (‘cause you can bet this baby ain’t gonna be cheep).