Talisman Video Review

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What’s Cool:

Easy to learn and get into
The board design is sweet!
Fast-paced game
Characters have alignments (Good, Evil, Neutral).
You can have many followers.
Your kills are trophies that can be traded in for stats (extra points).
Detailed 3D character pieces

What’s Not:

Very random (dice roles, card drawing), but still great fun
The Craft (Magic) Characters are at a disadvantage at the end of the game.

Neutral Information:

Expansions do exist for this game.
We apologize for using the word “dices”

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8 reviews on “Talisman Video Review”

exsalazar

April 8th, 2010 at 00:32

game looks sweet, how long is average play time?

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Ted Cook

April 3rd, 2010 at 15:05

This is one of those games where everyone has to be in the mood for it. When that does happen, usually facilitated by alcohol and familiarity, it is an awesome game for casual play with liberal amounts of trashtalking. In this situation it is easily a 9/10. However, the inclusion of one or more spoilsports can lower this to a tedious, drawn out experience, reducing it to a 4/10….

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BillStivers

March 8th, 2010 at 23:50

Truly a game of chance, risk vs reward, and kicking some monster or spirit hide! If your looking for a tatical game Talisman is not for you. If your looking to roll dice beat baddies, go up in level, and watch your oppoents scream, this is the game. I have only played 4th ed, but this game has a long history and a strong following of gamers all over the world. Grab your wizard, gladiator, minstreal, merchant,
leprechaun, or others and get to crown to claim your thrown.

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ranoobu

March 3rd, 2010 at 21:18

I think out of all the versions available, This is the best one to have. Especially since if you want to get expansions or the new stuff, it might fit better with the new version.

I also don’t like the randomness of the game.. I’m at a point where I’m afraid I’ll get sick of dice because there is so much rolling going on.

As for battling with only strength in the final room, I really like BoardtoDeath’s house rule of deciding what skill to use to fight. That makes more sense to me..

Maybe they were trying to balance out the craft user’s power throughout the game? I don’t know.

I give this game a 7/10

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LoMa

March 2nd, 2010 at 14:19

Talisman 4th looks very cool and has high production qualities. I like both editions – the Black Industries version and of course the fantasy Flight. The minis in the FF edition are nice but not necessary.

I like the theme, the bits, the artwork, etc., but still I don;t like the game. It’s just not that much fun because of it’s extreme randomness, which kills any sense of game progression. The roll of a die can send you back to the beginning, and soon you feel like this game will NEVER end!!! If there was better game progression, slightly less randomness, and a more deterministic way to end the game, I might play it again. As it is, I never need to play it again! There are so many better games out there with this theme.

I’d give this dated feeling game a pass.

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Hem

February 18th, 2010 at 05:17

I don’t get the german ad under, and the harsh comment above it, but anyway…
Randomness ? sure it is. Imagine an old-school and tacky version of the old european game of the goose, or remember gamebooks from the eighties, or imagine you could introduce nicely and with good feedback stuff like orcs, dungeons and all, to some casual gamers not in the like or the know of Tolkien-like realms…
That’s what Talisman is. You can play with your 8 years old boy, with your old parents if they’re fun enough, it’s not complicated at all, it’s repetitive, fast paced, fresh and old-school… I give it a 6 in normal times, and a 7 with the good players ;)

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November 23rd, 2009 at 13:00

this game is terrible.
Its complete randomness. There is no skill involved.
roll random, items random, skill radom, effects random. You can actually play this game against yourself and roll both players and it wont affect the gameplay.

I give it a 2/10

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