It has been a generation since the earth cracked open and the sky fell. The seas rose up to swallow the land, and the land crumbled down to cover the seas. It was the end of the world, yet the world did not end.

That's Right! The end is hear. The Harbinger prophesied the scorching of the land and as such, it came to be. T:DE now sees a new base board that has been ravished by Armageddon.

Please familiar yourself with the rules governing the The Cataclysm Rules.[images-cdn.fantasyflightgames.com]

As with previous betas, achievements, tutorials and translations are still incomplete but will arrive before too long.

Changes

There is only one notable change and that is to the Lands of Wonder[www.talismanwiki.com] ending.
Where it previously read:

After a character encounters a space with instructions to draw one or more Adventure Cards and has drawn the required number of cards, he draws one additional card and adds it to his space.
Once per turn, after a character encounters an Enemy, Object or Place, he may roll 2 dice. If he rolls equal to or less than his Strength, he takes that card and place it facedown in his play area instead of keeping it, discarding it or leaving it in its space as normal.
Once per turn, after a character encounters an Event, Stranger or Follower, he may roll 2 dice. If he rolls equal to or less than his Craft, he takes that card and place it facedown in his play area instead of keeping it, discarding it or leaving it in its space as normal.
The first character to reach the Crown of Command with 12 or more facedown cards in his play area wins the game!

Lands of Wonder now reads:

After a character encounters a space with instructions to draw one or more Adventure Cards and has drawn the required number of cards, they may draw one additional card and add it to their space.
If a character has encountered an Enemy, Object or Place during their turn, before play passes to the next player, they may roll 2 dice. If they roll equal to or less than their Strength, they place a Wonder token in their play area.
If a character has encountered an Event, Follower or Stranger during their turn, before play passes to the next player, they may roll 2 dice. If they roll equal to or less than their Craft, they place a Wonder token in their play area.
The first character to reach the Crown of Command with 12 or more Wonder tokens in their play area wins the game.

Oh, there is another change outside of card logic - we're now running on a brand new engine!

Our former engine, Marmalade, was retired by its owner and subsequently that meant that as app stores and steam and new devices move on from outdated code, Marmalade would not be in a position to stay up to date and we would've been left in a position where we could no longer publish to iOS, Android or Steam. As a result we have put a lot of work in creating our own custom engine so that we can stay up to date with the latest tech and keep work on Talisman (yay!). With the engine being our own we can now customise it in ways that we were unable to previously (3D cards, particle effects) but the drawback is that it will require some pretty intensive testing to make sure all of the basic functionality is fully stable.

Our plan is to test Cataclysm on the new engine and once the engine is considered stable by you lot we will release that to the general public and then after that, when Cataclysm has had dedicated testing outside of engine stability, we will release Cataclysm. We are currently on track to have that completed before the end of the year - if anything changes here we will let you know.

As always, thank you for your time and your commitment to ensuring Talisman remains a quality product. Have fun with the end of the world as we know it.