page_title: Talisman (board game)
section_title: Fourth Edition
hierarchical_section_title: Talisman (board game) / History / Fourth Edition
caption_attribution_description: Photos from Gen Con Indy 2007. Demo of Talisman board game.
context_page_description: Talisman: The Magical Quest Game is a fantasy-themed adventure board game for two to six players, originally designed and produced by Games Workshop. From 2008 to 2017 Fantasy Flight Games produced Talisman under license from Games Workshop.
  The game was first released in 1983 and has gone through several revisions, the currently available version as of 2019 being the revised fourth edition of 2008.
context_section_description: On January 8, 2007, Black Industries (an imprint of Games Workshop's publishing division, BL Publishing) announced the launch of a new edition of Talisman, which was released on the confirmed release date of October 5, 2007. This new edition is based around the Second Edition, incorporating some rule revisions from the Third, as well as a larger six-piece board. The game board is about 30% larger than the Second Edition board and has an art treatment in-line with contemporary fantasy role-playing games from Games Workshop.
  The game comes with 14 playable characters: Priest, Monk, Prophetess, Minstrel, Elf, Wizard, Sorceress, Assassin, Ghoul, Warrior, Thief, Druid, Dwarf, and Troll.
  At the GAMA Trade Show, it was announced that there would be expansions, but no details were provided at that time.
  A few copies of the fourth edition were sold at the Games Day 2007 on September 23, 2007.  Numerous images of the pre-production version of the game were posted on Board Game Geek before its general release on October 5, 2007.
caption: The fourth edition of Talisman was demoed and sold at Gen Con Indy 2007.
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