So, there I was, doing editor stuff like authorising invoices and approving pages, when a package turns up for me to sign for🐼. Turns out to be a fresh boxed version of Talisman, the classic fantasy board game,ꦰ due to be re-released by Games Workshop's Black Industries division on 29 September this year.
You can watch the official trailer on YouTube, although (it being a boardgame) there's not much to see other than some nice fantasy ar🗹t: .
I was ridicul🔯ously excited by this, and not just because it distracted me from the paperwork. We knew that an updated version was due (they announced it in January and 🐠it was played at June's Games Expo) but I'd managed to lose track of time, and now here it is, a posh new edition of a game that I've spent many happy hours playing during my life.
The game was first launched in 1983, when Bob Harris sold the idea to a fledgling Games Workshop. He designed it to deliver all the excitement of a Dungeons and Dragons session, but in a quicker, more structured format. If you're in the dark about this game, or you do remember it and fancy a nostalgia blast, here 🍒are some links:
If you enjoy this sort of thing, and fondly remember other fantasy classics of the time, then you might 🐷be interested in our Fighting Fantasy feature in issue 160 of SFX, on sale Wednesday 1 August.
Right, I'm off back to doi🌟ng editor stuff. Although I'll be dreaming about fighting dragonඣs and turning my enemies into toads.
