11th March 2010 Talisman: The Highland Sneak Peek #1!
Welcome to Talisman Island. A humble fan site dedicated to what I think is the best Fantasy genre game ever produced: Talisman - The Magical Quest Game. Designed by Bob Harris and originally released by Games Workshop in 1983, Talisman is now having a well-deserved revival in the capable hands of Fantasy Flight Games.
Talisman: The Highland Sneak Peek #1! 11th March 2010
As mentioned yesterday, I can now start to show some images from FFG's latest expansion for the Revised 4th Edition of Talisman.
FFG have once again kindly given me exclusive access to some of the artwork from Talisman: The Highland and I am very grateful to them for allowing me to share these images with you.
I will be posting images over the next few weeks, some of which I requested specially as I thought the artwork was particularly stunning!
Simulacrum by Felicia Cano
Tumbling Boulder by Christopher Burdett
Keep an eye on Talisman Island for more sneak peeks of artwork, and make sure you stop by the FFG website for the latest news about Talisman: The Highland!
Talisman: The Highland News! 10th March 2010
FFG's latest feature about Talisman: The Highland expansion was put online today with a feature about the abilities of the Alchemist character, who is described as "an inventive, dedicated master of the arcane sciences who relentlessly pursues esoteric knowledge".
The sneaky look at his character card also reveals the expansion icon used for the Highland, being the head of an eagle.
All That Glitters... Check out a character from The Highland, an upcoming Talisman expansion
More previews are promised in the future from FFG and here at Talisman Island you should soon see previews of some of the art from the Highland expansion!
FFG Event Centre News! 6th March 2010
Well, it seems that Friday night is Talisman night! I've just been checking out the schedule for the new FFG Event Centre and Talisman is listed for play every Friday at 6pm!
If you check out the schedule you will see that they have two listing each Friday titled "Talisman - Come & Play" and "Talisman - Learn to Play ongoing sessions". I wish I lived nearer to FFG as I know where I would be on a Friday night!!
I am hoping that they will make a big event for Talisman, like they have done for the LCGs and Terrinoth games! That might just tip me over the edge of making the journey to Minnesota! (Though a free plane ticket might be nice!)
Talisman: Le Donjon News! 26th February 2010
Another package came to rest at my house this morning from those very kind people at Edge Entertainment.
Le Donjon is the French version of the Dungeon expansion and is the latest of the four versions from international partners of Fantasy Flight Games to be released.
Next on the agenda from Edge Entertainment will be the translated version of the Frostmarch, La Marche du Froid!
Talisman: Magia i Miecz - Podziemia News! 19th February 2010
The postman came knocking today and handed me package sent to me from Poland by my good friend, Nemomon!
In this package was a copy of the latest Polish language expansion for Talisman: Magia i Miecz from Galakta. For those that do not know, and the picture below still does not give you a rather large hint, Podziemia is the translated version of the Dungeon expansion.
Let's hope it not too long before it can be joined by the Polish language version of Talisman: The Frostmarch Expansion which will be known in Poland as Królowa Lodu.
Talisman: The Highland News! 12th February 2010
Well, the speculation is now at an end! Fantasy Flight Games have announced the next expansion for the Revised 4th Edition of Talisman and it is.... The Highland!
As you can see from the box art below, there are 6 new characters to play, and what looks like a rather large bird problem for you to overcome!
More news should be forthcoming in the lead up to the release of Talisman: The Highland in the Spring, so stay tuned!
Totally Trivial Talisman! 10th February 2010
Visitors to the website of Talisman creator, Bob Harris, will have seen his article on the history behind your favourite fantasy game.
At the end of Bob's description of the happenings at Games Day in 1983, he remarks -
"On this same day Games Workshop launched another game, one based on insurance whose major (perhaps only) selling point was that it was designed by millionaire composer Andrew Lloyd Webber. I can't remember what it was called, and I don't suppose you can either."
Well, to be honest it wouldn't take a lot of looking up, given the ease which Google sucks knowledge from within our heads, but I thought you might be interested to know that the game in question was called - Calamity!
I was only reminded of this today when I popped into a charity shop and found it sitting on the shelf for the princely sum of £1! I thought I would pick it up as it forms an interesting part of Talisman's history, however tenuous it might be!
Retro-mancer News! 28th January 2010
Bob Harris sent along an image that had been sent to him by none other than a certain Ian Livingstone (OBE!) from a time when colour photography was in its infancy! Well, perhaps a little after that...
It features a playtest of Necromancer, the original title given to Talisman, during his first visit with Games Workshop back in the mists of time.
Clockwise from the top we have Bob Harris (sans beard), Albie Fiore, Ian Livingstone (OBE!) and Bob McWilliams. History is about to be made...
Nexus Games News! 25th January 2010
I was given a nice little snippet of information by Nexus Games today about the next expansion for the Revised 4th Edition of Talisman that will be coming from them.
L’Avanzata dei Ghiacci is the Italian translation of FFG's The Frostmarch expansion, and will join Galakta's Królowa Lodu, Edge Entertainment's La Marche du Froid and Pegasus/Heidelberger's Die Frostmark.
My shelves are starting to look very small indeed...
Strange Eons News! 24th January 2010
Well, at long last I have finally released the latest update for the Strange Eons extension for the Revised 4th Edition of Talisman. It includes a number of additional card types, including a new style Token, Information & Rules cards and ENDINGS!!
The extension is available from my SE extension page here, and you can get a copy of the latest versions of Strange Eons at its home website.
You will notice that there are also translated versions of the extension on the pages, so thanks to all of the translators, but don't forget you will need a copy of the English version installed or you will not have all of the necessary images or fonts!!
I've been working on clearing the decks of things I need to upload and articles I need to sort and I am getting there, but very slowly.
Keep on visiting and there should be some new content when you come back!
Remember, Talisman Island is what YOU make it. If you have anything that you would like to be presented in any of the sections, just fire off an email to me and we'll try to get your creations to the masses!
Have a look around the place, let me know what you like, what you don't like and what else you'd like to see!
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