[p]Hello, adventurers! ːTalProToadː ːBlueTalismanː[/p][p]The nights are drawing in, the air has a distinct chill, and there’s a definite feeling of magic (and maybe a little mischief) all around. Here at Nomad, October has been another month of focusing on
Talisman, both
5th Edition and
Classic. There exciting new developments, and, as always, incredible moments shared with you, our community.[/p][p]So, grab a pumpkin-spiced potion from the tavern, get comfortable, and let’s take a look back at a truly memorable October![/p][p][/p][p]
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[/p][p]We are ecstatic to announce that in October, we officially launched the closed beta for the first corner expansion for
Talisman: Digital 5th Edition: a remaster of the fan-favourite 4th Edition expansion,
The City![/p][p]For those who never had the chance to visit, The City is a bustling, high-risk, high-reward region that adds a supplementary game board to your quest for the Crown of Command. It’s a place of immense opportunity and equally great peril. Within its walls, you can visit a host of unique shops to spend your hard-earned gold, including: [/p]
- [p]The Armoury, for powerful new weapons and armour.[/p]
- [p]The Magic Emporium, for potent spells and enchanted objects.[/p]
- [p]The Pet Shop, where you can acquire exotic followers to aid you on your quest.[/p]
- [p]The Potion Shop, offering a range of magical concoctions with powerful, and sometimes unexpected, effects.[/p]
[p]But commerce isn't the only thing driving this metropolis. At the City Gate, you can pick up
Wanted Posters, taking on bounties to hunt down specific creatures across the land for a handsome gold reward. Navigating the City itself is a strategic challenge, with one-way streets forcing you to plan your path carefully to reach your destination.[/p][p]Launching
The City first into a
closed beta was a deliberate choice on our part - with this being such a fan-favourite expansion, we wanted to make sure that some of the first people to try it were among the most dedicated
Talisman fans. They are also the group who know the rules for both 4th and 5th Edition better than everyone, so they’re quick to notice things not working quite as they should be when it happens! Their feedback so far has been invaluable, and this collaborative process ensures the final product is as polished and faithful to the original expansion as possible.[/p][p]Choosing to remaster a beloved classic like
The City for our next 5th Edition expansion is something we hope the wider
Talisman community are excited for too. We want to keep showing our deep respect for the game's legacy and our commitment to bringing the best of
Talisman's history into its future, with your help![/p][p][/p][p]
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[/p][p]While our focus is firmly on the future with
Talisman: Digital 5th Edition, we know that the classic 4th Edition experience holds a special place in the hearts of many adventurers. We want to reassure our long-time players that we remain deeply committed to
Talisman: Digital Classic Edition, and October was a busy month for our team in supporting this beloved classic.[/p][p]In October, we rolled out a couple of important patches based directly on player reports and our own monitoring. First up, was a patch that introduced a range of performance improvements and bug fixes, both improving how
Talisman: Digital Classic Edition[/p][p] performs and handles things like saving games, but also ironing out some community-reported bugs too. You can read the full patch notes here on Steam: [dynamiclink][/dynamiclink]Then on October 13th, we released a small but crucial patch that made some behind-the-scenes adjustments to the Nomad Account system. Some of our recent updates had knocked things out of alignment, and this fix ensures that player statistics were once again being tracked correctly, so your hard-earned victories and character progression are properly recorded. [/p][p]We also addressed a more disruptive issue that some players were experiencing later in October. Thanks to reports from the community both directly and on the Steam forums, we were able to identify and fix a crash that was occurring for some players during character selection at the start of a game. Getting you into your adventure smoothly is our top priority, and we’re grateful to everyone who helped us pinpoint these problems![/p][p][/p][p]
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[/p][p]As ever, the most exciting things happening with our games are the things you, the players, are doing with them. October was another incredible month for community-led events and content.[/p][p]We’ve seen so many of you embarking on your own quests for the Crown of Command in both
Talisman: Digital Classic Edition and
Talisman: Digital 5th Edition, and exciting things have been happening with the physical game too, as the first players started showing off the new
Nemesis: Call of the Hunt expansion in October too.[/p][p]Check out some of our favourite highlights from October:[/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink]If you’ve ever thought about streaming your own Talisman adventures, we wholeheartedly encourage you to do it! Share your adventures with us on social media, and you might just see yourself featured in a future round-up.[/p][p][/p][p]
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[/p][p]Last time we sent out a studio round-up, we specifically put out a call for community questions, and you all didn’t disappoint! We’ve featured all of the questions we got in October below, so thank you to everyone who sent questions our way.[/p][p]
From Kevin via Email[/p]
- [p]“I play on the Nintendo Switch. I used to play with people on Steam. Is cross play still working?[/p]
[p]Right now, the Nintendo Switch version of
Talisman: Digital Classic Edition is running on a slightly older version of the game, before the latest patches we released on Steam this October. Because it’s on an older version, they can’t play online with each other - because of the difference in how the newer version handles interactions and saves, things would quickly fall apart once the two different versions sent conflicting information to each other.[/p][p]For extra context, we’ve been releasing patches at quite a quick rate last month, and the approval/submission processes for Nintendo takes quite a bit of time to get through. For example, if we’d have submitted a new version of
Talisman: Digital Classic Edition to Nintendo at the same time as we launched the first of our October updates, by the time it was released to users, the 2nd patch we released in October would already be out on Steam.[/p][p]So, instead of going through the process of submitting a new update to Nintendo, our plan is to roll all of the smaller updates we’ve done so far to
Talisman: Digital Classic Edition lately into one bigger Nintendo Switch update, to bring it back in-line with the other platforms and re-enable crossplay.[/p][p]Sadly this does mean that there is a time window where cross-play between the Switch and other platforms doesn’t work, but it’s only temporary - and we know what we need to do to get it back and running again.[/p][p]We appreciate all the patience people have shown in the meantime![/p][p]
From Philip Burton via Email[/p]
- [p]“Will you be creating the 5th edition for iPad?[/p]
[p]That’s the plan! Once we’ve released the Xbox and PlayStation versions of
Talisman: Digital 5th Edition onto the world, we’re going to be taking another step back to look at what we want to do next with 5th Edition.[/p][p]On our list of
‘official big things to do that are exciting with Talisman: Digital 5th Edition’ is a mobile port, but we’ve not put in a solid date for that yet. Once we have, we’ll let everyone know![/p][p]
From Anthony Cogan via Email[/p]
- [p]Couple of questions with regards to the Fate Beckons expansion. I have reached trial 4 now and enjoy seeing the card unlocks. Sadly I don't seem to have them available to use in the normal verses version of Talisman. In the physical board game certain revealed cards and spells can get added to the normal Talisman deck. Does this option happen when we complete the last trial on Fate Beckons? Can we have a facility to turn off the extra non-default characters for Talisman if we want to stick to a solid version of the board game. I.e Druid, Jester and Minstrel.[/p]
[p]Thanks for the questions Anthony![/p][p]First up, adding cards from Alliances back into the base game is something we looked at late during the development of the expansion digitally, however we realised that for the amount of development time it would take to implement the ability to do that would have delayed the launch of the expansion more than we’d be happy with.[/p][p]So, we ended up launching the expansion without this feature, but that doesn’t mean we can’t add it in the future! We’re constantly looking for ways to improve what already exists in
Talisman: Digital 5th Edition, whether in the base game or in any DLC. So, we’ll add this request to our community request database that we’re constantly pulling from when we’re looking at what to work on next.[/p][p]For your second question, one of the community requests we’ve had and already noted has been for the ability to ‘veto’ or remove certain characters from the pool of available characters in a game, whether that be during character selection or when using random character assignment - so we’ll bump that request a bit higher up the priority list for you![/p][p]
From GG's Sun via the Nomad Games Discord[/p]
- [p]Hey, thanks for all the work so far on the digital 5e! I personally prefer and enjoy the new visuals, huds and menus. I wanted to ask how progress is on some form of ranking up and unlocks system. These have always been my favourite part of games since I was a kid, and it tends to keep me playing longer than I otherwise would and when trying new things! Aside from the obvious unlocking of player titles and icons, would it be possible to unlock different ‘skins’, or colour palettes for the characters in-game - perhaps even a rare shiny ‘metal’ miniature to use?[/p]
[p]Thanks for the question![/p][p]To answer this, it’d be best to give a bit of context as to how things have happened behind the scenes here at Nomad since the launch of
Talisman: Digital 5th Edition.[/p][p]You see, before the launch of the game, we put out a roadmap for the game that explained what our future plans were, and one of the features of that roadmap was something called the
Character Mastery Update. Our original plan was to bring this update out shortly after the base game was released, however due to a mixture of circumstances (such as needing to adjust our focus to bring up the review scores for the base game, the community demand for expansions to be added sooner and more) we had to put that specific update on the back-burner and adjust our original schedule.[/p][p]That doesn’t mean the update has been scrapped though - and from the kind of features you’re describing, we’re confident that the
Character Mastery Update would fulfill all the desires you’re expressing you’d like to see added to
Digital 5th Edition.[/p][p]So, for now, we appreciate your patience while we continue to make more
Talisman: Digital 5th Edition updates, and hope you keep watching this space for the
Character Mastery Update![/p][hr][/hr][p]And that’s the end of this month's studio update! Don’t forget, if you’ve got questions you want to ask the Nomad team, you can always send your questions to
[email protected], or send us a message in
one of the many places we're on the internet.[/p]