I love Talisman.

But for now, there's no reason to play 5th Edition over 4th. There's very little that's new in this edition, outside of few rule changes, but for now the 4th edition just is way more fun to play.

Might change the review in future, if more content is added to this game.

This is an exceptionally good game! I love that it is getting remastered versions of the classic expansions as well.

Nomad Games have done a sterling job of translating Avalon Hill’s new edition of Talisman to a digital format.

The new rule set has been faithfully recreated and the brand new artwork has been enhanced with a number of cool effects giving the game a premium feel.

The fact that Nomad Games has set up the remastered expansion content so that players who owned them previously can obtain them for free is amazing and more than generous.

I can’t wait to see what they do with the newly announced City and Dungeon remasters along with the Nemesis expansion when it is released!

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As a player of 4e, I was reluctant to pick 5e, as it felt that the devs were going in a wrong direction, avoiding the more important expansions: City, Dungeon, Highland and Woodland. These make the world more interesting and adventurous, and Talisman looks very barebones without them. Now that they finally decided to prioritize the map expansions, I decided to buy the game to see if there was an any improvement.

Graphically, the game looks much better and more clean, despite Talisman not being so much about graphics...

About the mechanics, now I have to say it was a huge improvement. A lot of players complained about 4e being too punishing, killing characters very easily and removing all of their progress. That made games boring, as players wouldn't try to explore more difficult areas and focused on getting strong in the same safe spots. Also, as every death could effectively erase hours of progress for that player, games could take forever to end and many just gave up mid game. I played with 10 friends and only 1 time the hardest 6 of us managed to withstand a regular game ending. We never wanted to play like that again, always going for turn limit (point victory), and we gave up eventually, feeling that the game was a wasted potential.

5e fixed all that. Keeping progress when you die really made the game faster and more rewarding. Things now feel less random and more like an epic RPG journey, as everyone will surely get stronger and more competitive as time passes. Games now can be finished regularly and you want to explore everywhere to try your luck. Also, as of right now, characters feel more balanced and viable (in 4e, some were overly powerful, while others were just useless).

The devs are really understanding people and hear the community, making changes regularly. We know that working under GW's license is hard and they deserve all praise. When the map is complete and with the addition of few simple house rules to make the game more customizable for the most demanding tastes, Talisman 5e could easily become the best digital boardgame out there. I totally recomment it for boardgames and RPG lovers.

Has the same feel as the 4th edition, still trying to kill you, and with new mechanics makes you feel like you have a chance. May you always have fate!