Many thanks to Marc Willson for alerting me to the fact that the Revised 4th Edition of Talisman got some screen time in the new series There She Goes on BBC Four, starring David Tennant & Jessica Hynes, this week.
It was nice to see the game featured but, blimey, what a seriously cracking show! Dark humour and a few tears along the way. Fantastic!
At least they are playing it semi-properly, unlike when it featured on The Big Bang Theory!
*UPDATE*
It’s finished… and it’s incredible!
Leavon of Spare Oom Studio is certainly not letting the grass grow under his feet when it comes to creating exciting board furniture for the Revised 4th Edition of Talisman!
He has tweaked and upscaled his 3D sculpt of the Crown of Command to a massive 25cm, featuring a removable Crown and a spot to store one of his printed Talismans. The plastic minis from the game will even fit onto the ledges!
Check out the Spare Oom Studio Facebook page for a video of the print in progress and more news…
https://www.facebook.com/spareoomstudio/videos/502492013566119/
Well, he’s only gone and done it again! The talented Leavon Archer from Spare Oom Studio has released another two sets of board scenery models for the Revised 4th Edition of Talisman!
The Hidden Valley, complete with a trio of dinosaur residents, and FOUR pieces to represent the various Woods spaces on the main Talisman board.
He’s also put up a special deal on 3D printed Talismans, should you wish to replace your card versions with something a bit more substantial.
There’s not much of the board left to model now it seems, so I wonder what is going to be coming next?
The Hidden Valley at Spare Oom Studio
Just a quick bit of news today about the arrival of I Reami Perduti for the Revised 4th Edition of Talisman from Giochi Uniti along with an embedded link to Facebook page for Talisman Island.
Last time I tried this the link wouldn’t work properly if you clicked it, so try the one below!
https://www.facebook.com/talismanisland/posts/1681634461926585
Italian-speaking fans of Talisman can be happy today as I Reami Perduti, the expansion that combines The Nether Realm and The Deep Realms expansions is finally on sale via the Giochi Uniti web store.
There is no news yet as to whether another publisher might print other language versions of the collection (English?), but Games Workshop has been a bit quiet of late on the Talisman front.
Hopefully we will see some other news pertaining to Talisman and Relic at the UK Games Expo, as Games Workshop, Pegasus Spiele and Wizkids all have stands there.
Keep an eye on the Facebook page for Talisman Island as I’ll be uploading anything I see during my visit there on Friday the 1st of June.
There was some great news from Giochi Uniti this morning, as they have announced an officially licensed expansion for the Revised 4th Edition of Talisman which combines The Nether Realm and The Deep Realms expansions for Italian players!
Previously only available as Print on Demand expansions which were printed in-house by Fantasy Flight Games, this new printing will be the first time that these expansions have been printed on standard cardstock and the boards from The Deep Realms will be mounted on thicker boards! It will all be packaged in a box featuring new cover artwork by Fabio Porfidia the same size as the standard small expansions, like The Blood Moon and The Reaper.
There’s no news currently from Giochi Uniti or Games Workshop as to whether these will be available in other languages, including English, but I’ll let you know as soon as I hear anything.
You can now take a look at an overview of the final four expansions in the current reprinting of the Revised 4th Edition of Talisman from Games Workshop on the site!
There’s a little (possibly rambling) commentary from me about what has changed since the Fantasy Flight Games printing of The Reaper, The Dragon, The City and The Woodland expansions that I hope is useful.
Many thanks to Fan Boy Three for sourcing these expansions for me, and thanks again to Coiledspring Games for supplying the first batch that I covered last week.
Free codes for Talisman: Digital Edition by Nomad Games? Fancy base rings and retooled playing pieces? What’s not to like?!
Thanks to CoiledSpring Games, I’ve been able to make a start on an overview of the recently released reprint of the Revised 4th Edition of Talisman from Games Workshop.
Follow the link below for a look at the contents of the base game, plus The Blood Moon and The Harbinger expansions along with a comparison of the versions that were released by Fantasy Flight Games.
You’ll even get a nice bonus of a free download code for Talisman: Digital Edition to play on Steam from Nomad Games in each box.
There’s even something new in the base game that you should find to be a very handy addition to your game!
The second part of the overview which will see The Reaper, The Dragon, The City and The Woodland expansions covered, will be coming towards the end of the week thanks to the friendly folk at Fan Boy Three, so check back soon!
The time is nearly upon us, for tomorrow we can play Talisman!
Thanks very much to Dave from legendary Mancunian home of gaming, Fan Boy Three for posting the above image with their new stock of Games Workshop‘s reprint of Talisman earlier today (along with lyrics to a song that you will know… check it out!)
As you can see, they have the Revised 4th Edition of Talisman along with The Reaper, The City, The Blood Moon, The Dragon, The Woodland and The Harbinger expansions.
As I’ve suggested on the Talisman Island Facebook page, if your local shop doesn’t have stock of Talisman and the newly reprinted expansions, then you should encourage them to get in touch with their regional distributors to start carrying the line. Coiledspring Games in the UK, Lion Rampant in Canada and Alliance Games Distributors in the US. I’ve no idea about European or other areas, but I’m sure someone will point them out to me!
With a bit of luck I should be able to bring you a review of the reprint along with a comparison to the Fantasy Flight Games printing, but as yet my copies are still “elsewhere”.
Hopefully there will also be some news in the near future about the other expansions for the game that need a reprint!
It’s been a little while coming, but the “landing page” for the Revised 4th Edition of Talisman is now live on the Games Workshop website!
You will find details about the game and the upcoming expansions along with marketing shots of the contents that we’ve already seen, but at least things are finally moving!
It does mention that the game will be “available in independent book and games stores from November 2017”, so it seems definite that it won’t be appearing in your local GW store.
Hopefully we’ll see a little more soon about the next wave of reprints.
