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Talisman – Fifth Edition – A Casual Conversation
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First published by Games Workshop in 1983, Talisman: The Magical Quest Game is fondly remembered by kids who grew up with board games in the 1980s and early 1990s. But the last version of the dungeon crawling board game, its fourth, was published way back in 2008, long before the modern board game renaissance really began. Now Hasbro is bringing it back for a fifth edition. Pre-orders, priced at $59.99, are live now. The game returns to mass market retail on July 1st.
In Talisman, players take on the role of ordinary fantasy heroes in pursuit of a MacGuffin called the Command Crown. The highly linear board game takes players around and around a citadel, where they encounter traps and monsters, and even battle the other players at the table. It's an unusual hybrid of an action-oriented tabletop RPG and something like Candyland, but a new format that has resonated with generations of casual board game fans.
