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Roll and move through a perilous fantasy board, build a character, and race rivals to claim the Crown of Command.
Released 25 Feb 2014
Race for the Crown
Explore by Die Roll
Draw Adventure Cards
The complete 4th Edition experience of the classic fantasy adventure board game, Talisman. On your travels, you will need strength, courage and some good dice rolls to survive the dangers you face and beat your opponents to the centre of the board!
Developed by Nomad Games · Published by Nomad Games
Choose a fantasy adventurer with unique abilities and travel across a board of perilous spaces. Your aim is to grow powerful enough to reach the center and claim the Crown of Command before your rivals.
On each turn, roll a die to move, explore spaces, and draw Adventure Cards that can bring enemies, events, followers, objects, or other encounters. Fight monsters and rivals, collect useful gear, and build up resources and attributes such as Strength, Craft, Lives, Fate, and Gold.
Character abilities and alignment affect how you interact with the board, while dice rolls and card draws add uncertainty to your plans. Play alone against AI opponents or compete with others online, locally, or in hot-seat play; expansions add further game content.
Players who enjoy the game often praise it as a faithful digital version of the tabletop experience, especially for sessions with friends where unpredictable rolls create comic reversals and rivalries. Reviews also appreciate the character choices and additional content. Other players find the randomness frustrating, and complaints about the interface, AI opponents, and lengthy games recur.
Originally released in 1983 by Games Workshop, Talisman is an iconic fantasy board game where players roll dice to explore a land filled with perilous quests, enemies and challenges, battling to be the first to the center of the board.
In 2008, the Revised 4th Edition of Talisman was released and went on to become a beloved version of the game within the Talisman community. Talisman: Digital Classic Edition is the officially licensed digital adaptation of that Revised 4th Edition version, featuring the full ruleset and access to all the expansions and content released for the Revised 4th Edition.
In Talisman, you choose from a roster of characters who have unique strengths, weaknesses and special abilities. Select your adventurer carefully as their skills could be the key to you getting your hands on the mighty Crown of Command. A magical artifact that holds the power to destroy all rivals, the Crown of Command has the power to make the bearer the true ruler of the kingdom.
Your adventure to the Crown of Command won’t be an easy one. You’ll need courage, patience and some good dice rolls to survive the dangers you will face. Deadly monsters, tricky traps and magical disasters will try and stop you at every turn!
Grab up to 5 friends online or locally and delve into a Talisman adventure! Online games can be saved and continued at a later date if needed, so no need to worry about time limits! Or if you fancy looking your opponents in the eyes as you face them in deadly combat, Talisman: Digital Classic Edition can also be played in hot-seat mode.
Do you see yourself as Good, Neutral or Evil? Depending on which character you decide to play they’ll have a pre-set alignment which can change how you will interact with spaces. However, alignment can be changed throughout the game if you encounter certain cards or spaces.
As you adventure through Talisman anything could happen… Most spaces on the board will require you to draw one or more Adventure Cards. These cards could reveal an Event, Follower, Enemy, Places, Stranger or Objects which could include powerful weapons or magical artifacts.
Adventure Cards are critical to building your character’s inventory and becoming more powerful.
Before you head to claim the Crown of Command, you need to make sure you’re powerful enough! The challenge ahead isn’t an easy one, the Inner Region is fraught with danger and creatures with high Strength and Craft.
Levelling up your characters Strength, Craft, Lives, Fate, and Gold isn’t too difficult, but you can lose it just as quickly…. You can pick up resources by earning Trophies, visiting certain Place Cards or spaces on the board or through the Objects you find.
When you’re strong enough it’s time to climb the steep steps up to the Crown of Command, where you can conquer all and rule your kingdom.
Talisman is a game like no other… Are you ready to do what it takes to rule the land?
| Platforms | Windows, macOS |
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| Achievements | 255 |
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| Players | 1–6 |
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| Multiplayer | The game supports single-player, online PvP, and local multiplayer. The store text states you can play with up to 5 friends online or locally, implying up to 6 total players. Local play includes hot-seat, and Steam lists shared/split screen PvP, Remote Play Together, and cross-platform multiplayer. Reviews also indicate AI opponents can fill empty slots and that online games can be saved and resumed. |
| Multiplayer & mods | No mod support is mentioned. DLC and expansions affect multiplayer: the host can enable owned expansions for the group, while expansion characters may still require individual ownership. Cross-platform entitlement sharing is mentioned in reviews, but not modding. |
| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 49 listed on Steam |
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