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.
Lucky 13 Competition Winners! 11th May 2012
At long last! The judges (me) have deliberated, congitated and played Eeny Meeny Miny Mo, and the winners of the competition have been chosen!
Please make your way over to the Lucky 13 Competition page, where you can see all of the entrants, and perhaps you will see why it has taken me so long to decide on a winner!
Heartfelt thanks to all those who entered and I am sure there will be a random reason for a competition at some point in the near future!
Talisman: The Blood Moon News! 1st May 2012
A bit of a delay with this, but FFG has posted a couple of times about the The Blood Moon expansion in the last two weeks. Firstly to show off a couple of the characters from the expansion, and then with a copy of the rules for you to have a look over!
Nocturnal A preview of two characters from The Blood Moon expansion for Talisman
The expansion is still listed as "On the boat", but posting of the rules generally means it shouldn't be far off. In the mean time, a few canny types over at the FFG forums have been searching through the hi-res copy of the rules and finding out a few interesting tidbits! Horrible Black Void anyone?
An announcement will hopefully be made this weekend about the winners of the Lucky 13 competition, and I thank everyone for their patience whilst I have been musing over the entries in my spare time. There have been 32 entries and there are a lot of new ideas to consider, but I will be posting all of the expansions on the site for you to make your own minds up!
Talisman: The Blood Moon News! Friday 13th April 2012
Just a week after the last news about The Blood Moon expansion, another news piece gets posted, and on Friday the 13th of all nights!
This one concentrates on the Time card mechanic, which can make creatures stronger and certain Adventure cards behave differently, and Lunar Events which are a little bit more than standard ones!
I thought I might be able to make a final decision for the Lucky 13 Competition by tonight, which would have been cool timing, but sadly I feel I need to have another good look at all of the entries to find which will make a worthy winner!
Also, I cobbled together a board space overlay for the Temple today just for a bit of fun. If you have a look over at the FFG forums, you will see what mad thoughts go through my head as I am driving about the place!
Talisman: The Blood Moon News! 6th April 2012
The Blood Moon expansion for the Revised 4th Edition of Talisman gets another mention on the FFG website! This time around it covers the prowling Werewolf and the dangers of encountering this deadly NPC.
One of the Alternative Ending cards from the expansion is also shown, which might also mean a bloody end to your adventuring in the lands of Talisman!
Stalking His Prey The Blood Moon's Werewolf prowls the realm of Talisman
Next up will be a feature on the new Day and Night mechanic, which might make for an even deadlier game. You had better wish for a nice sunny day as you attempt to reach the Crown of Command!
Lucky 13 Competition Reminder! 29th March 2012
If you were thinking of entering a mini-expansion for the Lucky 13 Competition, to help celebrate 13 years of Talisman Island, then you'd better be quick!
The "Lucky 13" competition ends on Saturday at some point (probably when I go to bed!), so you still have a little time left to send in an expansion, using only 13 components as described somewhere down the page.
There have been a good number of entries, but we could always use more, so get those creative juices flowing and send something in! As it says, you might just land yourself a card signed by John Goodenough, even if you don't end up winning!
** UPDATE!! **
As I was rather remiss and forgot to update the news about the competition over on BGG and via Twitter etc, I am extending the deadline to the 9th of April, which gives you just over a week to get something together! Time to get busy!!
Relic News! 15th March 2012
Many thanks go to Sean Power who alerted me to a post over on the Dakka Dakka forums which tells us that some time yesterday, Fantasy Flight Games made an announcement about a new game at GAMA 2012!
Relic is "A Game of Heroic Struggle in the Warhammer 40,000 Universe for 2 to 4 Players" that uses the Talisman Game System.
Other quotes mentioned are "Out this Summer" and "Unpainted Busts", which probably means it should be a favourite for a Gen Con release and will use miniatures like those in Chaos in the Old World.
More news on this as it happens. In the mean time you can get some entries in for the Lucky 13 Competition!!!
Talisman: The Blood Moon News! 6th March 2012
Sorry for the lateness of this news, but whilst I have been back in the Dark Ages of technology (with no real internet access for a week!), FFG has announced the latest small expansion for Revised 4th Edition of Talisman in the "shape" of The Blood Moon expansion!!
It's chock full of deadliness, and with over 100 Adventure cards and the chance of being turned into a Lycanthrope, the game might just have got that little bit harder!
In other news, the competition entries are still coming in slowly, so if you haven't read the news post below perhaps now is the time to do so and make a mini-expansion!
Talisman Island is 13! 24th February 2012
They said it couldn't happen! They said it shouldn't happen! But it did happen! Talisman Island is now a teenager!!! Run away before the pouting begins!!!
As previously mentioned, I had a competition in mind for this momentous event and people have already been beavering away and sending entries in!
The "Lucky 13" competition is a chance for you to let your imagination run riot and come up with a micro-expansion for the Revised 4th Edition of Talisman, using only 13 components.
I have some prizes lined up, which will be your choice of either a copy of the Dragon expansion or a set of the two bonus cards - Doppelganger and Instructor! There are also some character cards and a game board signed by John Goodenough for cool spot prizes of some sort. That means that you might actually get something even if you don't win!
The guidelines for entries are pretty simple and are mainly about what qualifies as a component. Firstly, a rules sheet or card will count as ONE component even it is spans a few pages as you can always print it booklet-style on a larger sheet. Any character you decide to include MUST have a playing token with it, so that will count as TWO components. If multiple copies of cards are required they DO count towards the total, even if you only include one card in the package for printing. Artwork is not necessary, as entries will be taken on merit and not artistic ability - if a card is called Goblin with his head on fire, I am sure we can all imagine the scene.
The closing date will be some time during the 31st of March, so you have plenty of time to get something together, or even tweak an existing entry. I've set it quite far in advance as I have rather a busy time of it coming up and figured it would be better to give me (and you) a bit more time to get things sorted!
You need to get the entries to me either by email, file hosting service or some other way. Contact details are down the page somewhere, but email is probably the best way as I tend not to be too active on messengers these days.
Good luck and have fun!!
Talisman: The Dragon International News! 1st February 2012
Go, Go Giochi Uniti!! I have just been sent the boxart for the Italian publisher of Talisman's latest offering - Il Drago - which has got to be the coolest sounding translation of The Dragon yet!
I'll be posting some information about the Lucky 13 competition soon, as well as some updates for Strange Eons, but I have one or two things to get sorted out first.
I've had a couple of entries sent in for the competition already, which is encouraging. Hopefully a few more of you are pondering how to fit an expansion into just thirteen components. It will be good to see how people manage it!
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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