Nomad Games have just released the fantastic news about how Talisman: Digital Edition is coming to consoles for the first time!
The game, along with a boat load of content, will be released in the Spring for PlayStation 4 and PS Vita and will feature cross play and cross save between the two platforms.
Playing Talisman on a big screen from your favourite armchair? Yes, please!
You can find out a little more if you watch the video above, or visit the link below!
Nomad Games have posted the news to their Facebook page today that the next expansion for Talisman: Digital Edition is going to be The Firelands!
The expansion brings with it an invasion from the depths by the fiery Ifrit and their deadly Burn mechanic that can see your favourite cards removed from the game.
If you visit the Nomad’s website, you can sign up for more information through their newsletter, or just keep checking back for more news.
As (hopefully) most of you will know, a year ago those generous people at Nomad Games made a special Charity Character Pack available for Talisman: Digital Edition available, where all proceeds go to SpecialEffect, a fantastic charity that helps make video game accessible to disabled gamers.
Well, news came in this week that the Shaman character has netted an astonishing £10,000 for the charity and in the words of Barry Floyd, Operations Coordinator at SpecialEffect, it will help “keep our team of Occupational Therapists and technology specialists on the road and helping more people with disabilities to enjoy the fun and inclusivity that video games bring”.
So, if you haven’t already bought the charity character, now would be a good time to do so, and if you already have you could always buy it again and gift it (gifting only on Steam) or just throw a donation the way of SpecialEffect using the link below!
There is also a great initiative being run by SpecialEffect called One Special Day, which is on July the 15th. They’ve asked game developers to get on board and donate proceeds from sales of their games, DLC or other activities for that day.
In addition to this, they are running an auction via eBay with rare and collectible game-related goodies which will all go to the charity, and give you a chance to grab some great gaming memorabilia!
It’s finally here!
Talisman: The Horus Heresy from Nomad Games has now been unlocked on Steam, along with some additional downloads to expand your play experience.
There are currently two character packs available, named Heroes and Villains, each adding a Loyalist and Traitor Warlord to your game, along with their own Legions and additional Stratagems and Dataslates.
You can also snag yourself a copy of the great soundtrack for the game, created by Mattias Westlund who also worked on Talisman: Digital Edition and Talisman: Prologue.
If you want to save yourself a few bob, there is a discount on the game over on the Steam store page for the first week, though you can save a bit more if you purchase directly from the Nomad Games website!
Well, that makes for an exciting start to the New Year…
Nomad Games have just made an announcement as to what the recent teaser images are all about, and it’s something big!
Talisman: The Horus Heresy is a digital board game based on the Talisman rule system and set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, in the cataclysmic events of the Horus Heresy.
They have put a selection of screenshots up for your perusal, as well as a rather atmospheric teaser trailer which makes me want January to be done with already!
So, choose your side and prepare for battle!
Those of you that don’t use social media, or have been a bit busy in the last week for some reason, may not have seen a couple of comments that were sneaked onto the Nomad Games and Talisman Digital Facebook and Twitter feeds in the last day or so.
A few people have come up with some theories as to what it all means, perhaps a conversion of Relic to a digital platform, or even The Timescape expansion?
Along with a date of February 2016, the latest teaser adds –
“Mighty heroes will battle for the right to rule the galaxy. Which hero will you be? #spacemarine“.
So, what’s it all about?
Following on from a series of videos featuring Bob Harris, the inventor of Talisman, Nomad Games has now posted the first of a few clips featuring yours truly!
Hopefully these will give a bit of an insight into what I like about the game, and why I am still passionate about it so many years later.
In other news, the advent calendar promotion over on the Nomad’s blog is still sneaking out some good discounts and even freebies for Talisman: Digital Edition and their other games. Today you can get a nice 40% discount on a Gold Pack when purchased through their site, so why not treat yourself?
Oh yes, and I have a couple of gift copies of Talisman: Digital Edition to give away on Steam if you fancy one. Just add me as a friend on Steam, making sure you have the game in your wishlist and I’ll select a couple of people at random who will get the games!
So, everyone is getting hyped for the latest Star Wars film (and games related shenanigans), Christmas is around the corner, and then Fantasy Flight Games only go and announce a new expansion for the Revised 4th Edition of Talisman!
The Cataclysm expansion is due out in the first quarter of next year, and features a new landscape in the world of Talisman which is the result of a long forgotten apocalypse.
The new board and cards will challenge the hardiest of adventurers, facing new foes as well as the familiar faces.
As usual, I will have some sneaky peeks at some artwork from the expansion for your delectation over the next few weeks, so keep checking back for those!
Nomad Games have made some posts on social media in the last couple of days about the next lot of character packs for Talisman: Digital Edition!
The Jester and Goblin Shaman will be available for purchase during the next week, so that will complete the set of characters first seen in Mephisto Magazine.
I suspect there will be a couple of updates coming for the City expansion too, so keep an eye on your game client and get playing with the new characters.
Also in the last week, the Nomads have published a new game on Steam that is not Talisman-related at all, but worthy your attention nonetheless.
Developed by VooFoo Studios, Backgammon Blitz, is a faithful recreation of yet another classic board game, but one slightly older than Talisman!
The game looks (and plays) great, with a selection of designer boards to play on plus solo and online play to boot.
Nomad Games have made a series of rather interesting video interviews available on their blog with none other than Bob Harris, the creator of Talisman!
I’ve embedded the first of these below, but more are being posted to the blog page as time goes on (five to date), so keep visiting as you never know what you might find!
*City Update for iOS*
Following the recent six player engine update on iOS, the City expansion has now been “switched on”, so if that is your preferred platform you should update your client and grab it now for more epic adventuring in the lands of Talisman.
