Talisman: Digital Classic Edition News

Hi Talisman fans! ːBlueTalismanː

Our good friends over at Monster Couch have released their digital edition of Wingspan today, and we've teamed up with them to offer a special 10% discount for all Talisman: Digital Edition owners on top of their launch offer.

If you've not heard of it before, Wingspan is a relaxing strategy card game about birds for 1 to 5 players. Each beautiful bird that you add to your preserve makes you better at laying eggs, drawing cards, or gathering food. Many of the 170 unique birds have powers that echo real life: your hawks will hunt, your pelicans will fish, and your geese will form a flock.

Check out their trailer here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNmg0sJRn_I

And you can find it on Steam here!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1054490/Wingspan/

Hi Talisman fans! ːBlueTalismanː

We’ve just released the latest update for Talisman: Digital Edition!

UPDATE: We've noticed that the Leaderboards feature seems to be having some issues - we're working on a quick fix for this as we speak!

This update features a massive overhaul of how profiles work in Talisman, along with the introduction of Nomad Accounts - which replace and improves upon the Asmodee login system. It also adds avatars, new ranks and a whole heap of leaderboards and stats for you to enjoy. You can read more about what is included in this update over on our original announcement blog. Or head into the game to see the new features for yourself, and then let us know what you think!

As we’re releasing this update on all platforms at the same time, we’re also maintaining cross-platform play between all platforms. Last time we rolled out an update for Talisman: Digital Edition, we know that it made Nintendo Switch players unable to play with their friends on different platforms for a while - we’ve made sure that doesn’t happen again!

And of course, in this update we've included a massive heap of new bug fixes and other improvements including quality of life/functional improvements:

• We've added a new house rule - you can adjust the default trophy trade-in values
  
• There is now a new trophy trading helper/prompt (when trading) in the info box
  
• New card backs for several decks
  
• Astrologer & Street Sage now show correct card backs for their linked cards
  
• Sky Screecher now uses your starting craft value instead of your current craft
  
• Shiver Nymph and Ekor have been changed to 'when revealed' - no more chasing them around the board!
  
• The One Talisman now discards instead of being ditched
  
• We've changed how the Phoenix Potion works - it now prompts you much better
  
• Ghosts no longer draw Path cards
  
• Ghosts are no longer affected by Bog (terrain)
  
• Ghosts can now move backwards in the city
  
• Ghosts are unaffected by drunken revelry (you can't enjoy drinks if you're dead)
  
• Several new tooltips have been added
  
• Store navigation improved
  
• Several endings changed to 'fully kill' players (they now skip turning you into a ghost)
  
• We've added more details to existing tooltips to make them more useful
  

We've also fixed a whole heap of things we've spotted and that have been reported by the community:

• Cataclysm Quests can now be completed properly
  
• Cataclysm Places now behave as they should
  
• Stables now use the correct prices for legendary cards
  
• 'Discard 2 followers' quest fixed (for humans and AI)
  
• Cataclysm Treasure Chest wasn't giving correct rewards - they now do!
  
• A crash caused by the Shopkeeper (denizen) has been fixed
  
• Miner (follower) wasn't checking gold correctly - we've improved his gold checking skills
  
• Thief wasn't able to steal when there was a denizen on the village
  
• Ancient Artefact bonus will now go to battle roll correctly
  
• Drawing Wyrd Path via Faerie Trod wasn't putting a destiny on it
  
• Stone of Lia Fal and Wyrd Path destiny issues fixed
  
• Auspice can now be used properly
  
• Reordered player initialisation
  
• Kallind doesn't go to the inner region anymore
  
• Deep Realm no longer turns itself off each launch
  
• Several places were checking if players could 'gain' and not 'replenish' fate
  
• Several abilities reworked with Crown of Command (CoC) restrictions
  
• Teleports triggered whilst on CoC no longer work (e.g. You encountered a card last turn that teleports you this turn but you're now on the CoC)
  
• Fixed issue with board appearing behind game setup
  
• Fixed issue mimicking alignment when drawing tokens (The was causing issues with the Witch Hunter)
  
• Fixed issue with several abilities not working when 'shape-shifted in to'
  
• Fixed issue playing Battle music
  
• Fixed board sounds playing after quitting
  
• Several AI lockups fixed
  

If you notice anything that hasn't been fixed, we're probably still working on it! And if you notice something you think hasn't been reported yet, feel free to post it in the 'Bug Report' forum here on Steam. ːheartː

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Hello Talisman fans! ːBlueTalismanː

As many of you will already know, here at Nomad Games we specialise in bringing iconic and much-loved board games to life digitally. Our next title that will be landing on Steam is Fury of Dracula: Digital Edition, another classic Games Workshop board game that defined the social-deduction genre and has enthralled players for nearly 40 years with it's unique gothic horror atmosphere.

We've got a bit more to go before the game is ready, but we'll be ramping up all our efforts massively in the next few months.

If you're interested, please take a look at the Steam page for Fury of Dracula:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/958530/Fury_of_Dracula_Digital_Edition/

If you're extra interested, then why not add the game to your Steam wishlist?

[h2]Why should you wishlist Fury of Dracula on Steam?[/h2]

Steam has a lot of games on it. We mean a LOT of games. More than 8,000 games were added to Steam in 2019 alone. And it isn't showing any signs of slowing down soon.

In order to cope with this flood of games onto the platform, those cool kids at Valve have been pushing the use of algorithms that decide what players want to see, and what is worth showing to you. One of the key ways that Valve decides what is worth showing is based on the number of players who wishlist that title.

As a tiny studio who make niche titles, it’s massively important to us that our audience sees our games amongst the flood of competing titles. By adding Fury of Dracula: Digital Edition to your wishlist, not only are you helping us reach you directly, you’re also helping other people find out about our game too.

Wishlist figures also help us get an idea of how we can expect a title to perform, and allow us to make much better decisions about our future. It’s a win-win!

Also, if you add Fury of Dracula: Digital Edition to your wishlist, we’ll think you’re really cool. And can you really put a price on that?

Hi Talisman fans! ːBlueTalismanː

As we’re sure you all noticed, we recently updated the main menu for Talisman: Digital Edition to make it look a lot nicer and easier to use. Well, we’ve not finished updating Talisman yet! We’re ready to give you all a look at what we’ve got planned next for Talisman, in our upcoming profile update.

[h2]So what have we got planned for this update?[/h2]

Notice something different about the main menu? What’s that in the bottom right corner?



Currently the only thing that your profile does in Talisman: Digital Edition is level up to unlock runestones, and keep track of some in-game achievements. We’ve been working hard to overhaul the profile system in order to give you loads more customisation options and stats.

[h2]Nomad Games Account[/h2]

Last year we mutually agreed with Asmodee that they would no longer publish our titles, and we would return to self-publishing. You can read more about that on our website if you missed it! They were kind enough to allow us to continue to use the Asmodee login system while we worked on a replacement for the system, and now that system is here!



Not only does the Nomad Games Account system do everything that the Asmodee login did (sync your purchases across Steam and mobile, keep track of your stats) it also allows you to access this new profile system!

Having a Nomad Games Account makes it much easier for our support team to identify issues you might be having, so it’s a win-win!

Please note that we still won’t be able to offer purchase syncing across the Nintendo Switch or PS4 versions of Talisman, due to restrictions on those platforms.

[h2]Avatars[/h2]

Want to show off who your favourite Talisman character is? Or just want to look cool in front of all your friends? In this new update, you’ll be able to choose an avatar for your profile.



While some avatars will be unlocked from the start, we’re hoping to add even more as time goes on. We’ll share more about them as we get closer to release!

[h2]Latest News[/h2]

Worried you might miss out on the latest Talisman news? With our new ‘News’ section we’ll be able to share the latest Talisman updates, tips and announcements with you directly.

[h2]Stats[/h2]

Do you want to know more about your Talisman playing habits then you could have ever asked for? Well have we got good news for you!



We’ve added a whole heap of new things that the game will track, so you’ll finally be able to know just how many times you’ve played as the Leprechaun, or how many times you’ve rolled a 1.



[h2]New Leaderboards[/h2]

And along with all these exciting new stats comes exciting new leaderboards! A lot of the stats you saw above also have leaderboards associated with them.



Want to be the No.1 Talisman player in the world when it comes to being turned into a toad? Think you can beat the mighty 'NomadTest3'? Now is the time to prove it!

[h2]Friend Stats[/h2]

Want to compare yourself against your friends? We won’t judge if you want to start bragging, honest.



Right now this function is only to show you their stats, however we’re hoping to eventually add the ability to invite people to games directly from your friends list. That’ll take a bit more development though!



[h2]Will I need to pay for any of this?[/h2]

Nope! All you need is to sign up for a Nomad Games Account and you’ll have full access to all the features listed above. You also won’t be able to purchase avatars - we’ll share more about how exactly you’ll be able to get them at a later date.

Please note that if you don’t want to sign up for an account, you’ll still be able to play Talisman as before - you just won’t have access to these extra profile features or cross-platform purchase syncing.

[h2]When will this be released?[/h2]

As you can see from these screenshots, we're pretty close to releasing it! Right now we’re in the process of running final tests on these new features, and then we’ll need to make sure that everything works correctly on multiple devices. We're not 100% sure how long this process will take, so stay tuned for more updates.

As soon as the update is ready to release, we’ll be shouting about it on our Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and official Discord - if you want to make sure you don’t miss out, follow us on your preferred social media content engagement platform! (Unless your preferred platform is Myspace, sorry but we haven't got one of those)

Hello Talisman fans! ːBlueTalismanː

As always, we've been working on more fixes, updates and improvements to Talisman: Digital Edition. Check out the full list of changes below to see what you can expect in this new version!

• We've fixed even more issues that were causing crashes - it's a never ending battle!
  
• The Vampire character now has improved AI for when to use his transformation power
  
• Crack the Earth now fully finishes its effect if another player dies
  
• If you have multiple copies of Personal Journal, they will now stack (Now you can get extra personal)
  
• After being given a sword by abilities, there'll be a check for inventory overflow - previously this wasn't checked
  

And straight after pushing this out, we're back to work on even more fixes and updates. (including a change to the 'One Talisman' ending suggested here on the Steam forums).

If you have any bugs you'd like us to take a look at, please post them on the Steam forums (we actively keep an eye out for new stuff on there) or let us know on the Nomad Games discord which is full of especially lovely people.

And finally, we hope you're all still staying safe inside during these crazy times! ːheartː