At Games Expo UK this afternoon, Avalon Hill announced the first expansion for Talisman 5th Edition, that will be making it’s way to stores in October!
Talisman Alliances – Fate Beckons is, as suspected, bringing cooperative play to Talisman, where you will win the game or fail as one!
More news will be forthcoming in time, but this is rather exciting news and I can’t wait to get my hands on it.
In other news, the Asmodee UK shop in Hall 1 at the Expo has been selling limited numbers of the new Talisman 5th Edition ahead of its official release at the end of June (or July if you are further afield) PLUS you can grab a demo of the game on the Avalon Hill stand in Hall 2!
You’ll be able to sample the new expansion for the first time at Gen Con in Indianapolis this Summer in games hosted by Baldman Gaming before its official release date, which is given as October, so maybe a Spiel Essen release?
We now know that the expansion is cooperative, and the blurb from the event pages could hint at something new for the Inner Region as it states that the “Portal of Power opens once more…”
The box art shows six existing characters from the core game of Talisman, so the box does seem a little big just for cards and maybe a few new characters, and could certainly contain a new board section.
From the EAN ‘leaks’ we knew the name of the expansion, but with this “Fate Beckons” subtitle, does it mean that this is a series of expansions, all named Talisman Alliances?
So many questions!!!
What do you hope for from this new expansion?
