GW's Talisman: anyone played

[Sir Draconion]

characters in the set
wood elf
starts w/ bow , broad swrod and quiver of arrows
bow adds +2 str for one battle then runs out of arrows
the quiver gives you one extra shot
no roll in forest
siren no effect
may evade battle in woods

knight templar
starts with broad sword helmet armor
reroll when you pray
wich buy the way you get exps now or are in slaved at the temple

skaven
starts with braod sword
when you encounter skaver , giant rat , or rat oger you enslave them
plus they get a realy powerful abilty i think when you roll a 6 for move you can choose any space in that region due to the secret tunnels

minotuar
very simple str 5 craft 2
no effect in crags, from maze or siren
can not wear helmet

Ranger
starts w/ braod swrod and bow
no roll in the crags, forest, or chasm
not effected by blizzard or storm
do not lose life in desert
the dessert you lose a life and draw a card

wizard
start with spell
you may keep the spell you just cast by discarding another
and you can buy spells with exp 7/spell

Dwarf
start w/ battle axe, helmet armor
add one to the dice roll in cave
maze and siren no effect

barbarian
start w/ battle axe helmet
no roll in forest crags or chasm
berzerk add two to dice roll in battle if you lose lose two lives

swashbuckler
start w/ broadsword
if you win battle on your turn you can take a extra move
only one per turn
add one to your roll in tavern

warrior
start w/ broadswrod
roll two dice in battle take highest
may not be used in psyic cambat

and goblin fanatic
may only use ball and chain in battle
roll two dice in battle and add together
if you roll double then you lose
enslave goblin or wolf

some spaces have been changed
spells are more powerful
comes with 11 plastic minis
the plastic coins they use for gold are cool but the numbers are hard to see so we changed them to be one for one insted of what they say
you gain gold pretty fast but not to many places to spend it
i hope they relaes some expansions
some cards mention stuff thats not in this game
yeah 75$ is high but there is alot of plastic and its is talisman
if you never got to get hands on the earler game get it now
you will not regret it
there are tons of sites out there for info, new characters, house rules what ever

 

[Tratyn Runewind]

Hello again,

Thanks, Sir Draconion. Seems like they've made some serious changes to some of the characters as well.

Swashbuckler, Warrior, and (ugh, how'd HE make it into the set) Minotaur seem about the same as before.

Knight Templar seems very little like the old Knight, who could match the Strength of player opponents in combat. I notice that both he and the Dwarf get multiple bits of armor. Is there any benefit to this, beyond having a backup in case one breaks? (There wasn't in Second Edition, you just used the best one you had.)

Ranger is slightly improved, starting with objects and getting cards in the Desert.

Barbarian has changed, but seems about the same in overall power, trading his extra attack for pluses on a single attack at the risk of an extra life.

Wood Elf seems fairly close to the old Elf, though the Bow-as-object thing is new. Before it was just a character ability some characters had (Centaur, Samurai, perhaps others).

Dwarf looks worse off than before, trading his huge advantages along the Craft route for a couple of starting objects.

Goblin Fanatic seems much better than the old Goblin.

Skaven is wholly new, and seems like some sort of Were-Rat.

The Wizard is the biggest piece of news here to me. He's the only one of the old "always-has-a-spell" characters in the new set, and the "always-has-a-spell" ability looks to have been HUGELY Nerfed into the ability to buy spells with Experience. He also has the Conjurer's old ability to cast one spell while discarding another, while seemingly losing his old ability to initiate Psychic Combat. I'm a bit bummed to see him with the main power of the Conjurer, who was my favorite of the old characters. Hopefully the Wizard isn't still Evil in the new version...

And while I know they can only put so many characters in the main set, I'm surprised they picked the Minotaur, Goblin Fanatic, and Skaven while leaving out cool dudes like the Monk, the Necromancer, and the Warrior of Chaos (who is virtually the Iconic Talisman character).

Well, we'll see what sort of expansions get released for this version - there were a few for the old 3rd Edition, perhaps they'll be reprinted. But at any rate, thanks again for the info, Sir Draconion!

 

[Psion]

The original game was a blast.

The second "warhammerized" edition was tedious and dull, and took entirely too long to play.

Judging from what others have said here, it seems that the latest version is a descendant of the warhammerized version.