Talisman: Prologue

Single player version which largely functions as a tutorial to the full digital edition of the game which has effectively replaced this (Hence being removed from the store). If you have both in your library, just archive this and go straight for the full game.

Good and intersting way to play talisman solo. Each little scenario is a kind of enigm you have to solve the fastest way possible.

So, apparently, developers were creating a digital version of a board game. Apparently, it was crowdfunded. And apparently, they decide to release an early version of a game where you can play only solo, with no opponents, whether AI or humans, to show that the work is going.

Now, take a look at this. Take a dice-based board game that is designed mostly as party game for few players. Then drop all those players off the chairs and play it by yourself for yourself. Personally, I know a much better way to play by myself with myself. You, on another hand, shall have fun hoping to land onto certain spot with that dice.

No, really, you just travel the board doing quests. Which means simplistic "bring here" or "kill that" or such. It's incredibly easy. You will not feel like it tests your skills. Anything that gives you turns or takes them are useless outside of score.

I mean, it may be enjoyable on the first few play, simply because of level-progressing of power increasing that people enjoy in RPGs. But once this feeling is over then you are left with an empty game.

It would have been fine as tutorial in a full game or demo version. It does explain the mechanics and let you get used to the game. But why are you selling this, you butts?

An interesting experiment. By that, I mean this is a single-player version of the full Talisman game, where your foe is... luck. As in, to get three stars on some quests, you have to get the right die rolls and cards at the right time.

The game is beautiful though, and the trading cards are not bad either.

Although it helps you get used to the mechanics of the digital game, many of the quests boil down to waiting for a card to appear from the deck or hoping you get the right roll of the dice. It's not terrible, but it probably should be included with the digital game.

As I own the Talisman digital boardgame and expansions, I would describe this as a single player primer. Being a more casual gamer, I really enjoy the single player quests when I don't feel like delving into a more competitive game. That being stated, if you are looking for more, this would not be a good choice. There is no AI to play against, simply quests which one completes. If interested, I recommend purchasing it on sale. It is a simplified, more leisurely version that I believe would appeal to casual gamers.

"Okay, we need something for mouse wheel to do ingame"
"How about cofirming an action player is now at with the item he has mouse cursor over?"
"You mean, like in a shop window to buy item, or at alchemist to destroy item, right?"
"Yeah! On a side note, what should we do if player has too many options presented?"
"Lets add arrows to the sides of those screens, so player could navigate through them!"
"Great idea! We care about our players, and want to make this game as easy to use as possible!"
-The floppin devs

Excellent tutorial for Talsiman Digital, although should have just been included with that game instead of being presented as a solo version. Ridiculous at the asking price of $7 but worthwhile at the frequent .99 sale price as long as you already have the main game and need a refresher.

First let me say i wasnt aware of talisman till a few days ago and i have to be completely honest.
This is a must buy. im loving ever minute, and yes i too read all the mixed reviews and in part i agree.

but heres my way to decide if talismans for you.

1. buy the multi player version first (at writing this review it was on sale £1.67).full price around £5.

2. ( watch a few youtube vids on the game, & get a feel for the rules etc)

3. if you feel that this is your sort of game, then purchase the prologue.

This is in main a tutorial , dont worry to much about counting moves, just enjoy the ride that is talismam.
There are more than 50 quests, and the pros of this are you will get to really understand about how to build your chosen characters , get a taste of what possible rewards and pitfalls await you within the adventure card deck,which must be turned after every move and finally which squares of the board not to go to.

This is why its a must buy for anyone thats new to talisman.

(at time of review it was not on sale ) .

so at this point weve spent less than the price of a costa coffee & muffin (£7)

im old skool and this feels like your playing a adventure story novel, the dice will make or break you.
but im enjoying every minute playing and as i select every adventure card or spell card you will be like a kid opening a present.

for the price you get a lot of fun for your bucks.
you dont have to dig deep and buy all the expansions right away.

theres plenty here to keep you going, for now.

i give prologue a beast slaying, spell casting 8/10

The best way to find your gaming legs , which will only add to you enjoying the multiplayer game even more.

This game is basically a trainer for learning how to play Talisman in a single character, single player, zone of singleness. It's not bad, but look at it! You are not only playing a boardgame by yourself- it's a boardgame on your computer!

Unless it is on sale for two bucks or less, don't waste your time, and just get the real deal. Thankfully I got a dollar per hour since it was on holiday sale.

An excellent way to learn Talisman. Get used to the game, learn about the different characters you can choose and how they differ, and generally get your skills and enthusiasim up to the point where you are ready to get the full game (Talisman Digital Edition). That is what worked for me - learning the game via the Prologue edition, totally getting into the full game along with the expansions, and then also adding the Talisman Board game along with the Reaper and Frostmarch expansins to my board game library. For me Prologue was well worth the modest price.

Note: This is/was one of the Steam products with the Data Execution Prevention BS - a real major bummer . This issue, although eventually resolved, resulted in reconsideration of whether this amount of stress was worth sticking with STEAM. I am still here and I enjoy most of my STEAM games, but that was overall my worst expereince with STEAM and a game bought from them.

Pros:

Quicker game play than the full Digital Edition
Useful for learning the rules and character nuances in Talisman: Digital Edition



Cons:

Can't save the game. They definitely need to fix this. (Seriously, Nomad, what are you thinking here?)
Game play can get extremely redundant with only one character on the board.




Verdict:

Worth buying when it goes on sale, if:

* You already know you really want it
* The Digital Edition confuses you and you want to practice the nuances of the game
* You're a compulsive collector like me
* You're not going to bother with the Digital Edition anyway

If none of those apply, then I'd say don't bother.

Definitely a 'Prologue' (introduction) to the Talisman Digital Edition. Consider this to be a tutorial to the extreme, enough to be able to sell it seperately.

I consider it more of an occasional distraction, probably not one of those games that you feel like playing for hours on end...but one of those that you 'pull off of the shelf' here and there.

After playing Talisman Digital Edition, I will say that I did miss the quests. Ultimately, it could be cool to blend the two and introduce individual quests into the Digital Edition.

It seems that, at the least, Prologue will either be a quick distraction, or it will be one of those that you will enjoy here and there. (Obviously there is the possibility that it may just 'click' and it is played to completion).

In other words, for the price ... not too bad. I enjoyed it so far, but for me it is here and there. It would seem hard to go wrong if you can get it in a bundle or, as currently under a couple bucks. (I'm buying a couple extra as gifts ... can't go too wrong for that price and maybe they will go for the Digital Edition and we can do multiplayer...)

Okay I never played the board game version of Talisman(Read: Non digital), but I was interested in it, I just did not see the point of spending 75 bucks for a game I might only play like maybe once a year. Then this came out, along with Talisman: Digital Edition, and I must say I reccomend them both, for different reasons. You see in Talisman: Digital Edition you get to play online or off and are up against up to 3 other human/AI players, it is fun and is a true original edition of Talisman(Or at least from what I read), but this one is different, you see in this one you play all by yourself, and you are on some kind of a adventure ranging from getting the crown of control in the magical quest, to something as simple as finding a cave for the Troll(Harder then it sounds actually especially with the turn limit of 20) This has way more of a D&D feel to it then the normal version because of these quests, since your not just playing as a random character through one quest anymore,you can take a character through something of a small campaign of 6 total quests, and while you do not get to keep your items, or stats from game to game, it adds a certain level of interest and intrigue to these characters that the original lacks. Of course this is also a problem with this game too, you see apparently they decided to add some new characters in there, but then wasted some of their potential by not giving them their own campaigns and more or less just gave them the magical quest. (The one for the crown of control) These include the Vampire Hunter, Amazon, Minotaur, Leprechaun, Sprite, Sage etc. if you buy this you will know them, put this with the unfortunate circumstance that it does not appear that they will update, or give this a expansion to give these characters their own campaigns and it leads to a lot of wasted potential, in addition it would be great if they not only did this but came out with exapnsions for other characters as well, and put a nice campaign with them as well, (The Knight for instance). and while I will admit this is not Talisman proper, both this version and the Digital Edition has their places. This is for the fams that like the idea of different stories, and quests to do with the characters and don't mind going solo, where the other is for the fans of the game that really don't care about that. Overall a excellent game and well worth the purchase.

Graphics: The board looks great, the artwork is nice, it is a step down on somethings from the digital edition, but the graphics are still good enough to please any fan, or anyone curious. 8/10

Controls: Simple to control and fast and responsive. 10/10

Value: I set my price for games at about 2 bucks per hour of play time I get out of them. I have already got the full 6.99 plus out of this and I am not even close to completing (much less mastering) all the quests. So yeah well worth it. 10/10

Achievements: What are those? LOL, no seriously though, other then cards I have not noticed any. Not that there is any scroe for this, but if your a achievement hog, this might not be the game for you.

Fun Factor: This of course will vary by person, or sometimes how long a particular quest takes(It can be brutal) but overall I give it a 8/10 It's not perfect, but it is fun and interesting.

In the end: If you are just a fan of Talisman the game and don't care so much for additional quests, maybe you would consider them mini campaigns/side quests, then this might not be the game for you. If you love Talisman and are not afraid to try something different with the game, you may want to check this out, if your a fan of adventure boardgames and don't mind going solo, go for both this and the digital edition. You won't be sorry.

Although, I bought two versions of Talisman (Prologue and Digital Edition), I started with this. Yes, I got a good experience, playing and learning different characters, their advantages. This helps me to know the game, its rules. But after some games, this solo adventure starts to bother me. Quests quite frankly aren't interesting. Often you need to get to some place or monster, and you roll dice one by one until you get exactly you need (Sometimes I spent more than 20-25 turns just only to be on the same space as my quest's task). I don't persuade to buy Talisman, but don't waste money, buy original Talisman: Digital Edition, where you get better experience, fun and enjoyment playing with friends or bots. There you will not only roll dices, but also think about your next steps.

The flavour of a great gameboard classic, but only for one player, is usefull to training. Very easy and quick to play. Roll dice!

There is so little to really DO in this game. Player decisions are very limited. The game almost plays by itself.

Faithful recreation of a board-game look and feel is nice. But there is too little 'game' in this game.

Like the board game except without other players. That's on the DE version. This needs a save function! Otherwise, good price especially for the $1.74 sale currently on Steam.

A great job at showing how to finally bring this fun fantasy board game to the PC. While there's plenty of life in this version, there's a lot that would be added by getting the multiplayer version once it's out of early access. Many characters have a ton of quests tied to them to try to beat as well as the randomness of the core game. Hopefully once the multiplayer is out we will see the other board game expansions translated to the PC version.

This IS the classic board game I used to play. What a GREAT game this was. The Prologue edition can be played solo. The deluxe can be played with others.
This game used to have a few expansion packs that are being added to this version.

If you ever played Talisman back in the day, get this! You will remember why you loved it!