A post over on designer and developer Ian Lemke‘s social media tonight confirmed that the Playtest Guide for Talisman Adventures: Fantasy Roleplaying Game from Pegasus Spiele has just gone off to the printers before its release at Gen Con in a few short weeks time!
There have been no further details since the cover art was spoiled earlier this year in the Pegasus Spiele US Catalogue, though it was not known whether or not it was placeholder art at the time.
Excitement is building!!!
Great news for fans of Talisman AND of the Batman Universe as Talisman: Batman Super-Villains Edition from USAopoly (The OP) is now available to purchase!
I don’t have my copy as yet, but can’t wait to get hold of it and have the fantastic miniatures painted up and play through the corridors of Arkham Asylum!
Although I don’t have much news to tell about the game as yet, you can check out the game entry on BoardGameGeek where Papa_Tom has uploaded a host of images for you to see.
Another piece of news is that USAopoly will have the game for sale early next month at Gen Con, so lucky visitors will be able to score a copy there!
It’s been frustratingly quiet over the start of the summer with a distinct lack of updates about the various titles coming from Pegasus Spiele this year from the Talisman stable, with any “news” being gleaned from the various distributor sites which may or may not include accurate information.
So, here goes with a fair amount of guesswork based on what is already known, and what might be happening…
The ACD Distribution website seems to have been updated with some new dates for when the reprinted Revised 4th Edition of Talisman and its expansions, plus the new card game, Talisman: Clash of Heroes will be available, which is the 19th of October this year. Of course, this misses the original date that was being touted in August around Gen Con, but it does put it within touching distance of Spiel in Essen!
Then, we have some interesting developments with the upcoming Talisman Adventures: Fantasy Role Playing Game with entries on the Lion Rampant Imports website and on the Pegasus Spiele webstore.
Lion Rampant list FOUR titles for the series – 47500E: Core Rulebook (Hard Cover) and 47501E: Core Rulebook – Alternate Cover (listed elsewhere as Limited Edition) (Hard Cover) (both expected August), plus 47502E: Starter Box (listed elsewhere as Intro Box) and 47503E: GM Screen (both expected November).
However…
On the Pegasus Spiele site a new entry has popped up for 47504E: Talisman Adventures RPG Playtest Guide listed at €8.99, but with no expected date. The dimensions listed would suggest that it is in book format however.
Clearly a “playtest guide” would suggest that the RPG is not quite ready for release and, although it might be disappointing that the game appears to be delayed, it is heartening that they are taking the trouble to move to a playtest “phase” so that the game is good as it can be when it eventually does get a release.
Here’s hoping that we get some official news before too long, and perhaps some updated cover art so we know what to expect over the coming months!
Check out marcowargamer’s video on YouTube featuring Peter Berneiser from Pegasus Spiele giving an overview of Talisman: Legendary Tales at Gen Con.
It shows us some more aspects of the game, including some new information about the travel die (teleporting!) and shows some new counters and rewards!
I hope it’s not too long before I can play the game!
The entry on BoardGameGeek for Talisman: Legendary Tales continues to produce more new information about the new game from Pegasus Spiele!
It seems that the game will include double-sided or doubled-up character cards, as there are six characters shown so far with both male and female counterparts for the Wizard, Dwarf, Warrior, Troll, Elf & Prophet(ess).
Will the other characters be included, or will they perhaps come as expansions or promotional items? We shall have to wait and see.
In other news, I noticed that some images of board spaces (or maybe cards, as we have no idea whether there is an actual board or not yet!) had been posted to the artist’s portfolio page. There is a concept piece in black and white, along with a woods scene which is brightly coloured and in keeping with the character art.
So many questions… Is there a board or is it made up of cards/hexes? Will we get character minis, busts or good old standees? When can I get my grubby mitts on a copy?
Well, at least we know the answer to one of those questions as the game has now been added to the BoardGameGeek preview for Gen Con 2018 as FOR SALE at the show!
Talisman: Legendary Tales on BoardGameGeek
Talisman: Legendary Tales from Pegasus Spiele has just been added to the Gen Con 2018 Preview over on BoardGameGeek.
Not only will the game be on show there, but you’ll also be able to buy it! Get yourself over to Stand #2013 and snag yourself a copy.
You’ll also be able to playtest the new Talisman RPG with none other than the designer, Ian Lemke!
Now who do I know that’s going?
As they do every year, Fantasy Flight Games have put up a video to show some of the goings on over the first day of Gen Con.
You can see (if you are sneaky – check out around 01:55 after Anton starts to talk about the new Star Wars RPG Force & Destiny Beta) that The Woodland expansion for the Revised 4th Edition of Talisman is on display in the infamous “glass cabinets of wonder” at the FFG stand, but as yet I have no information as to whether it is actually for sale there or not.
If anyone would like to send over some close-up shots of the display, I would be much obliged and can put them up on the site for people to see.
I’d also be interested in finding out if there is any mention of Talisman or Relic in the annual FFG In-Flight Report that details the company’s plans for the coming year.
