History TabletopGame / Talisman

** They might be [[BossInMookClothing draw as enemies from the Harbinger Deck]], each one with 9 strenght and craft and with an effect that punishes players with no Talisman if the player engaging them is defeated.
** They are also part of the "Armageddon" prophecy's lore which doesn't mentions them by name but describes 4 entities riding on horseback in 4 of the Omens that will be activated as [[TimedMission the previous ones are discarded]]
** Finally, the "End of Days" alternative ending has them being taken from the harbinger deck (alongise their Heralds and The Beast) and placed in the main game's board's landmarks as bosses.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: ''Talisman'' has a large number of playable characters for a board game. With all of the expansions released so far, the current edition includes: [[AlchemyIsMagic Alchemist]], Amazon, Ancient Oak, Ascendant Divine, Assassin, Bounty Hunter, Cat Burglar, Celestial, [[KnightInShiningArmor Chivalric Knight]], Cleric, Conjurer, Dark Cultist, Doomsayer, Dragon Hunter, Dragon Priestess, Dragon Rider, Dread Knight, Druid, Dwarf, Elementalist, Elf, Fire Wizard, Ghoul, Gladiator, Grave Robber, Gypsy, Highlander, Knight, Leprechaun, Leywalker, Magus, Merchant, Minotaur, Minstrel, Monk, {{Necromancer}}, Ogre Chieftan, Philosopher, Possessed, Priest, Prophetess, Rogue, Sage, Scout, Sorceress, Spider Queen, Sprite, Spy, Swashbuckler, Tavern Maid, Thief, Tinkerer, Totem Warrior, Troll, Valkyrie, Vampire Hunter, [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampiress]], Warlock, Warrior, and Wizard.
** While the Digital Edition doesn't yet contain ALL of these characters, it has a good amount of DLC characters of its own. There are the twelve Mephisto characters (modified versions of characters from a German magazine): Apprentice Mage, Black Witch, Courtesan, Devil's Minion, Exorcist, Gambler, Genie, Goblin Shaman, Illusionist, Jester, Martyr and Shapeshifter. Then there are two old 2nd edition characters upgraded for 4th edition (Ninja and Pirate) and Shaman, a charity character that won a contest.

* OurElvesAreBetter: Subverted, in that the Elf character's special abilities are fairly underwhelming, especially when two of them can only be used in the Outer Region of the board.
** It should be noted that those two abilities are extremely useful, however, and can allow the Elf to both avoid almost anything that can hurt him, as well as enabling him to abuse anything beneficial that turns up in the Woods. Most tier lists place the Elf somewhere in the second or third tier from the top.

* RaceAgainstTheClock: The aforementioned "Lightbearers" Alternate Ending uses the newly introduced Day/Night mechanic to incorporate this trope. The players have a number of days (varying according to the number of players) to cooperate in order to ensure that a player reaches the Crown of Command. If they manage to do so before time runs out, every player wins. However if no one has reached the Crown before night falls on the final day, everyone loses.
** Also in general, once one character gains the Crown of Command, that character's turn consists solely of rolling to see if everyone else loses 1 Life that turn. Now it's a race for everyone else to catch up and fight to take the Crown away.

** They are also part of the "Armageddon" prophecy's lore which describes them as the [[TimedMission Omen's keep advancing]]
** Finally, the "End of Days" ending has them being taken from the harbinger deck (alongise their Heralds and The Beast) and placed in the main game's board's landmarks as bosses.

** They are also part of the "Armageddon" Prophecy's lore which describes them as the [[TimedMission Omen's keep advancing]]

* BagOfHolding: Having a Mule doubles the normal number of items you may have (4 > 8). Later expansion packs added a literal Bag of Holding.

* ImpassableDesert: A character will lose a life (leading to death if they are on their last life) whenever landing in a desert square, unless they have the water bottle, Holy Grail, or Profane Relic objects.

** Likewise, you only fight the Demon Lord from Sacred Pool if the battle against him is the ending to the game you draw from 3 potential endings (and that's if you are not playing with any other expansion)...of course, the Demon Lord isn't exactly talked that much about through the game or the lore in the first place...

* TheUnfought: Thanks to the multiple endings that expansions bring, it's bound to end up happening more than once when playing with an expansion whose plot revolves around the appearance of a [FinalBoss new] [BigBad enemy] attempting to conquer or terrorize the land:

** Likewise, you only fight the Demon Lord from Sacred Pool if the battle against him is the ending to the game you draw from 3 potential endings (and that's if you are not playing with any other expansion)...of course, the Demon Lord isn't exactly talked that much about through the game or the lore...

** Stars Align: The Cerberus Star aligns with the constellation of the Crown and the Sceptre, causing magic to surge in the land. However, this takes a turn for the worse when the Cerberus Star devours the constellation of the Crown and the Sceptre, causing [[{{The Magic Goes Away}}magic to fade from the land.]] Without magic, the world withers and dies.

* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: The ''Timescape'' expansion tended in this direction, introducing CaptainErsatz versions of Franchise/IndianaJones and ComicBook/JudgeDredd, as well as the ''Chainsaw Warrior'' (who was from the game of the same name also produced by Games Workshop).

* ApocalypseHow: ''The Harbinger'' brings the Omen decks, which detail way the world can end. The players choose one of the four before the game starts, and the players try to accomplish whatever ending was chosen before the deck is emptied and everyone loses. The four ways the world can end are:

* GoodVersusEvil: The "Lightbearers" alternate ending in the ''Blood Moon'' expansion changes the nature of the normally free-for-all game into a cooperative one, where every player must choose a character of good alignment. The players cannot fight each other, and instead can assist each other in combat against the forces of evil, freely exchange items, and work together to win the game as a group [[RaceAgainstTheClock before time runs out]].

* {{Expy}}: The Timescape expansion's [[AdventurerArchaeologist Archaeologist]] is a dead ringer for IndianaJones.

''Talisman'' is a fantasy adventure themed board game originally released in 1983 by Creator/GamesWorkshop. The game is played by moving one of a variety of archetypal fantasy characters around the board, amassing power and treasure that is used to challenge the increasingly more deadly inner regions until one character claims the "Crown of Command"... killing all other player characters in the process. In the years following its initial run, the game has received numerous revisions and edition changes, some of which have added alternate play-styles, characters, and victory conditions. The fourth and most current edition was released in 2008 by Fantasy Flight Games.

* DisablityImmunity: A variation: in the computer version, the ninja's inability to have followers prevents him from having several negative followers, such as the deathstalker or the gremlin.

A PC version of the game based on the revised 4th edition rules and titled ''Talisman: Digital Edition'' was developed by a game making company named Nomad Games, and was released on {{Steam}} Early Access on October 14, 2013. The game's various expansions will come out as [[DownloadableContent DLC]] sometime after it comes out of beta. Additionally, a single player version of the game called ''Talisman: Prologue'' and made by the same people can be purchased on various digital distributors.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: ''Talisman'' has a large number of playable characters for a board game. With all of the expansions released so far, the current edition includes: [[AlchemyIsMagic Alchemist]], Amazon, Ancient Oak, Assassin, Bounty Hunter, Cat Burglar, [[KnightInShiningArmor Chivalric Knight]], Cleric, Conjurer, Dark Cultist, Doomsayer, Dragon Hunter, Dragon Priestess, Dragon Rider, Dread Knight, Druid, Dwarf, Elementalist, Elf, Fire Wizard, Ghoul, Gladiator, Grave Robber, Gypsy, Highlander, Knight, Leprechaun, Leywalker, Magus, Merchant, Minotaur, Minstrel, Monk, {{Necromancer}}, Ogre Chieftan, Philosopher, Priest, Prophetess, Rogue, Sage, Scout, Sorceress, Spider Queen, Sprite, Spy, Swashbuckler, Tavern Maid, Thief, Tinkerer, Totem Warrior, Troll, Valkyrie, Vampire Hunter, [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampiress]], Warlock, Warrior, and Wizard.

* GoodVersusGood: Characters of the "Good" alignment are supposed to fight each other just like everyone else, and in the endgame they HAVE to fight each other.

''Talisman'' is a fantasy adventure themed board game originally released in 1983 by Games Workshop. The game is played by moving one of a variety of archetypal fantasy characters around the board, amassing power and treasure that is used to challenge the increasingly more deadly inner regions until one character claims the "Crown of Command"... killing all other player characters in the process. In the years following its initial run, the game has received numerous revisions and edition changes, some of which have added alternate play-styles, characters, and victory conditions. The fourth and most current edition was released in 2008 by Fantasy Flight Games.

A {{Warhammer40000}} themed version named ''Relic'' was released in 2013.

* AlchemyIsMagic: The standard use of alchemy in ''{{Talisman}}'' is to turn objects into gold by casting an alchemy spell, using the alchemist follower, or visiting the alchemist in the City board space. The Alchemist player character expands on this with the ability to turn gold into potions, which can then be used to heal, gain fate tokens, or draw spell cards. (While nothing prevents the Alchemist PC from casting the alchemy spell and using the alchemist follower all while visiting the alchemist in the City, there is no added benefit for doing so outside of player amusement.)

** The Swashbuckler player character has an ability that grants him an extra turn whenever he wins a battle.

* BagOfHolding: The Mule can be used to store an unlimited number of items. Later expansion packs added a literal Bag of Holding.
* BalefulPolymorph: Certain encounters may force you into the form of a frog. You'll get better.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: ''Talisman'' has a large number of playable characters for a board game. With all of the expansions released so far, the current edition includes: [[AlchemyIsMagic Alchemist]], Amazon, Assassin, Bounty Hunter, Cat Burglar, [[KnightInShiningArmor Chivalric Knight]], Cleric, Conjurer, Dark Cultist, Doomsayer, Dragon Hunter, Dragon Priestess, Dragon Rider, Dread Knight, Druid, Dwarf, Elementalist, Elf, Fire Wizard, Ghoul, Gladiator, Grave Robber, Gypsy, Highlander, Knight, Leprechaun, Magus, Merchant, Minotaur, Minstrel, Monk, {{Necromancer}}, Ogre Chieftan, Philosopher, Priest, Prophetess, Rogue, Sage, Sorceress, Sprite, Spy, Swashbuckler, Tavern Maid, Thief, Tinkerer, Troll, Valkyrie, Vampire Hunter, [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampiress]], Warlock, Warrior, and Wizard.