Talisman: Digital 5th Edition News

[p]Hello again everyone![/p][p]What a summer it’s been! July and August of 2025 were two of the most monumental and game-changing months in our studio's recent history, so we’ve decided once again to roll two months of incredible updates into a single, bumper Round-Up for you.[/p][p]If you missed it, we launched our very first cooperative expansion for Talisman: Digital 5th Edition, the cooperative Alliances: Fate Beckons, which has completely transformed how you can experience the game. And as if that wasn't enough, we also pulled back the curtain on our ambitious future plans in a massive "State of the Game" update, charting the course for Talisman: Digital 5th Edition for the rest of the year and beyond.[/p][p]With new ways to play and console ports on the horizon, it was great to finally be able to share all our exciting future plans - and the feedback and excitement you all showed was great to see too![/p][p]But enough preamble, let’s dive into the full bumper Round-Up![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]On July 10th, we officially launched Talisman: Digital 5th Edition - Alliances: Fate Beckons on Steam! This expansion is a landmark release for us and for the world of Talisman, because it’s not only the first expansion created exclusively for the 5th Edition of the board game, but it also introduces a revolutionary new way to play: for the first time ever, Talisman is a fully cooperative experience.[/p][p]Check out the launch trailer below:[/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink]In Alliances: Fate Beckons, the traditional race to the Crown of Command is set aside. Instead, 2 to 6 players must unite as a team of heroes to overcome a series of five unique and challenging Trials. Each Trial presents its own formidable adversaries and specific objectives that you must complete together. As you conquer each challenge, you'll unlock new characters, powerful cards, and even more difficult objectives to complete, creating a true sense of progression and shared victory.[/p][p]This new cooperative mode is built on a foundation of innovative mechanics designed to test your teamwork:[/p]

• [p]Villains on the Hunt: The board is now stalked by powerful Villains. These aren't just static enemies waiting on a card; they are active threats that move across the regions, hunting down your heroes and forcing you to strategize your every move.[/p]
• [p]The Doom Tracker: To keep the pressure on, each Trial features a "Doom Tracker." This ever-present clock advances when certain events occur, such as drawing a Villain card or a hero being defeated. If the tracker reaches its final stage, the stakes become dire, with heroes facing permanent defeat. It's a race against time that ensures every game is a tense and thrilling adventure.[/p]
• [p]Tools of Teamwork: To face these new threats, you're equipped with new ways to work together. Players on the same space can now freely trade Objects and Followers, combine their Strength or Craft to take on a single mighty foe, and utilize a shared fate pool and new cooperative spells designed to support your allies from across the board. Exclusive to the digital version, Alliances: Fate Beckons also integrates with the Deck Editor. This powerful tool allows you to customize the Adventure and Spell decks for each Trial, letting you fine-tune the difficulty to your liking. Whether you want to ease into the challenge or create a truly punishing gauntlet for your seasoned party.[/p]

[p]To celebrate the launch, we kicked things off with a special week-long sale too, offering 40% off the base game of Talisman: Digital 5th Edition. It was the perfect opportunity for new adventurers to join the quest and for veterans to rally their friends for a new kind of challenge.[/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]While launching and refining Alliances: Fate Beckons, we were also hard at work planning the next chapter for Talisman: Digital 5th Edition. In August, we were thrilled to publish a comprehensive "State of the Game" update, which laid out our ambitious roadmap for the rest of 2025 and beyond. If you thought the summer was exciting, just wait until you see what's coming next.[/p][p]You can watch the full update on our Youtube channel, where Tom outlines all the exciting news:[/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]If you’d rather read than listen to Tom talk (okay, rude), then check out the details below![/p][p]Coming to a Couch Near You: Console Ports![/p][p]This is the big one we know so many of you have been waiting for. We officially confirmed that we are actively working on bringing Talisman: Digital 5th Edition to consoles! [/p][p]Development is underway for Nintendo Switch, Xbox, and PlayStation ports of the game. This is a massive undertaking for our studio, signifying our belief in this game as the definitive, long-term digital home for the Talisman franchise. We've already made great progress, with a basic version of the game running on the Switch and work beginning on the Xbox and PlayStation ports. We're incredibly pleased with how the game is performing on console hardware so far and can't wait to share more details, including a firm release date![/p][p]Classics Reborn: The City and The Dungeon are Next![/p][p]Our journey to bring the beloved content from Talisman: Digital Classic Edition into the new 5th Edition engine continues! We're excited to announce that the next two remastered Classic expansions we'll be bringing over are two of the most iconic and fan-favorite expansions of all time: The City and The Dungeon.[/p][p]These expansions add entire new regions to the board and fundamentally change the flow of the game. To bring these and future classics to you faster, we're also adopting a new approach. Going forward, remastered expansions will feature the original, iconic artwork from the 4th Edition releases. This not only allows us to accelerate our development pipeline but also helps maintain a visual style that many feel aligns more closely with the 5th Edition's aesthetic as we progress through the classic release order. Stay tuned for more information about these two remastered expansions in the near future.[/p][p]More Characters and More Languages[/p][p]The roster of characters in Talisman: Digital 5th Edition will also continue to grow! After we release The City Classic and The Dungeon Classic, we’re planning to bring another batch of remastered 4th Edition characters over into Digital 5th Edition.[/p][p]We're also expanding the game's global reach! As part of our recent updates, we added beta support for two new languages: Russian and Simplified Chinese. We're testing a brand-new method for implementing translations, and the feedback from native speakers has been instrumental in refining this process. Our hope is that this new, more efficient system will allow us to support even more languages in the near future, bringing the world of Talisman to more players than ever before.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]The launch of a game-changing expansion like Alliances: Fate Beckons is always a huge moment, and seeing the community dive in has been an incredible experience for our studio.[/p][p]First up, to celebrate the launch, we hosted a special launch-day stream on our official Twitch channel, where members of the Nomad team were joined by the awesome folks from The Talisman Tavern, Glen One N and LordZodz, to take on the first Trial together. It was a fantastic showcase of the teamwork and strategic thinking the expansion demands![/p][p]If you missed it, you can watch the whole thing over on our Youtube channel:[/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink]Since then, we've been thrilled to see so many of you sharing your own adventures. Content creators and players alike have been streaming their attempts to conquer the Trials, and it's been a blast watching you work together.[/p][p]We've also heard you loud and clear: this expansion is a true test of teamwork! The feedback from reviews and community hubs has consistently highlighted the expansion's "brutal but rewarding challenge".[/p][p]At the same time, we’ve seen that this high level of difficulty has sparked vibrant discussions across our Discord server and the Steam forums. Players have been sharing intricate strategies, debating the best character combinations for each Trial, and offering tips to help fellow adventurers overcome the toughest hurdles. This kind of community-driven problem-solving is exactly what we hoped a cooperative mode would inspire. However, we also recognize that for some, the challenge felt "overtuned" and unforgiving, particularly when first starting out. The initial learning curve is steep, and the feeling of being overwhelmed by Villains is a common theme in early playthroughs.[/p][p]This feedback is incredibly important, as it highlights a balancing challenge for us moving forward. Ensuring that the game is demanding for veterans while remaining accessible to newer players is a key priority, and your experiences are directly shaping how we approach future updates and content. We’re also directly feeding this kind of feedback to the people behind the physical Talisman board game, to help inform their future design decisions too![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Our team here at Nomad Games have been closely monitoring all your feedback since the launch of Alliances, and your insights have been invaluable. In August, our team dedicated itself to rolling out updates that directly address your comments and improve the Talisman: Digital 5th Edition experience for everyone. It's one thing to release a new expansion; it's another to continue refining a game based on the real-world experiences of our players. We're proud to say that's exactly what we did![/p][p]First, on August 6th, we released a major patch focused on gameplay improvements and critical bug fixes stemming from the expansion's launch. This update included one of the most-requested features: the ability to use characters from the remastered Frostmarch Classic and Reaper Classic expansions in Alliances games![/p][p]We also squashed some pesky bugs, including a crash related to the Swordsman's Parry ability and an issue where the Pickpocket villain wasn't correctly dropping stolen objects when defeated. For those of you seeking an even greater challenge, we also added a "No Respawn" house rule to the game, matching the community-favourite house rule from Talisman: Digital Classic Edition.[/p][p]Later in the month, we went beyond bug fixes with a significant Quality of Life update on August 27th. This patch was all about enhancing the game's accessibility and overall playability, with changes driven entirely by community feedback.[/p]

• [p]Card Description Text Size Toggle: Many players, especially those on the Steam Deck or smaller monitors, reported that some in-game text was difficult to read. We added an option in the settings to increase the text size on card descriptions, making the game much more comfortable to play on any device.[/p]
• [p]Improved Board Visibility: We also heard feedback that the game board could sometimes look 'blurry' or lack clarity on certain screens. Our team went to work, applying a carefully balanced de-noising and de-hazing process to the board artwork. The result is a sharper, clearer, and more vibrant representation of the awesome looking physical game board![/p]
• [p]'Traditional Dice' Option: In the 4th Edition of Talisman, the iconic Talisman logo on the die represented a '1'. In the 5th Edition, this was changed to represent a '6'. This small change caused a surprising amount of confusion for long-time players who had years of muscle memory telling them the logo meant a low roll. To honor that legacy and make the game more intuitive for our veteran fans, we've added a "Traditional Dice" option that swaps the custom die for a classic one with standard pips. It’s a small change that we’re hoping makes a big difference for people who’ve been playing Talisman for a long time.[/p]

[p]These updates represent our commitment to you, our community, so if there are other changes you’d like to see, please let us know![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]We love hearing from you, and July and August brought in a great batch of questions. Some of these actually got sent in before our State of the Game update went out, but we’ll still answer them anyway because you were all nice enough to send us questions in the first place.[/p][p]Let's open up the mailbag![/p][p]From Sarah via Discord[/p][p]“The new Alliances expansion is a lot of fun, but my group is finding it really challenging! Do you have any tips for conquering the first Trial?”[/p][p]Alliances is definitely a tough challenge. Based on what we’ve seen from successful community playthroughs, the key is synergy and focus. Try to pick characters whose abilities complement each other. For example, having a strong fighter like the Assassin or Troll to deal with Villains, paired with a Craft-focused character like the Wizard to handle magical threats, can be a powerful combination.[/p][p]The most important tip is to stick together! Moving as a group allows you to combine your strength in battles and freely trade items to make sure the right hero has the right tool for the job. Also, try to manage the Doom Tracker carefully—if you don't need to draw an Adventure Card, sometimes it's better to use a space's special ability instead to avoid spawning more Villains![/p][p]From Mike via Email[/p][p]“I'm a long-time Talisman player from the Classic digital version. The new dice in 5th Edition with the logo for a '6' always throws me off. Is there any plan to change this?”[/p][p]Hi Mike, we heard this feedback from you and many other veterans of Talisman: Digital Classic Edition![/p][p]We completely understand how years of seeing that logo as a '1' can be hard to unlearn. That's why, as part of our Quality of Life update on August 27th, we added a "Traditional Dice" option to the settings menu. If you toggle this on, the game will use a standard die with pips instead of the Talisman logo. You can now play with whichever style you prefer! We hope this makes your transition to 5th Edition a much smoother experience.[/p][p]From Frederic via Email[/p][p]“Now that the first 5th Edition exclusive expansion is out, what's next? Are you going back to remastering more of the classic 4th Edition expansions?”[/p][p]While we were excited to create something brand new with Alliances, our commitment to bringing the full classic experience to Digital 5th Edition is stronger than ever. We've already announced our next two remastered expansions: the fan-favorites The City and The Dungeon. We’ll also be using the original 4th Edition art for these to help us bring them to you more quickly. So yes, you can definitely look forward to more classic content making its way to the game very soon![/p][p][/p][hr][/hr][p][/p][p]And that’s a wrap on our latest bumper update! Thank you, as always, to everyone in our community for your incredible passion and your invaluable feedback.[/p][p]Don’t forget, if you’ve got questions you want to ask the Nomad team for our next Round-Up, you can always email them to [email protected]![/p]

[p]Hi Talisman fans! ːTalProToadː[/p][p]Recently, we put out our State of the Game Update for Talisman: Digital 5th Edition, where we outlined where we felt the game is currently at, and what our plans were for the immediate and far future. If you missed it, you can check it out here: [dynamiclink][/dynamiclink]In that update, we talked about our plan to roll out community-requested quality of life improvements for the base game, and today we’ve launched a patch for Talisman: Digital 5th Edition that includes some of those talked-about features![/p][h3]Card Description Text Size Toggle[/h3][p]Something that a number of players reported having issues with is the size of the text in the game on certain devices/screen resolutions. The biggest offender for this that we identified after looking at player feedback was the text that appears for card descriptions.[/p][p]For reference, the default text size for card descriptions currently looks like this:[/p][p][/p][p]Now, if you toggle on the newly added option for a larger card description text in the options menu, it’ll look like this:[/p][p][/p][p]We hope that this helps players on Steam Deck and similar devices, and while this does help with the biggest offender for small text, we’ll be keeping a close eye on future feedback on where else in the game you’d like us to improve readability of text![/p][p][/p][h3]Improving Board Visibility[/h3][p]Another quality of life change that was requested by the community on certain devices and screen sizes was for us to improve the visuals of the board itself.[/p][p]Previously, some players would report that the board looked ‘blurry’ or that it was hard to make out individual details in the artwork. For reference, this is what the board looked like in-game previously:[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]And here is what it looks like in-game now, after some carefully balanced de-noising and de-hazing:[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]If you boot up the game and take a look for yourself, we hope you see an improvement![/p][h3]Adding a ‘Traditional Dice’ Option[/h3][p]Are you someone who played a lot of Talisman: Digital Classic Edition? Based on our statistics about player numbers, it’s a safe assumption that you are![/p][p]Well, one of the biggest sticking points for veteran Talisman players that we noticed after launching Digital 5th Edition was this little icon here, on the die:[/p][p][/p][p]For anyone unaware, in the 4th Edition of Talisman, the Talisman logo was used to mark the ‘1’ result on the die. So players grew accustomed to seeing the Talisman logo and knowing that they’d just rolled a ‘1’.[/p][p]However, in the 5th Edition of Talisman, this was changed, so that the Talisman logo now represented a ‘6’ on the die. Confusion and a good handful of negative reviews and feedback were thrown our way at launch due to this, with some users claiming we’d not programmed the die correctly. [/p][p]And while the number of complaints and confusion has died down since launch, we know that some players still get caught out by the icon being on the die, which is why we’ve included a new option in this update, called ‘Traditional Dice’. Check it out in action:[/p][p][/p][p]Toggling on ‘Traditional Dice’ in the options menu swaps out your Talisman die with a traditional game die, with each side representing the number you’ve rolled with a number of pips.[/p][p]We’ve added this as a toggle-able option so that you can choose the style of die you’d prefer - so if you’ve been getting confused by the new die, we hope this’ll make playing Talisman: Digital 5th Edition a more enjoyable experience![/p][p][/p][hr][/hr][p][/p][p]Alongside this update, our small studio is continuing to work hard to make Talisman: Digital 5th Edition even better.[/p][p]We want this game to be the home for your classic favourite Talisman experiences and a place to experience exiting new ones too! That said, we need your input to guide our updates and improvements. So, if you want to help us make Talisman: Digital 5th Edition even better, you can help us with:[/p]

• [p]Feedback: Share what you love or want to see - we’re listening in all the places we are online![/p]
• [p]Bug reports: Help us fix issues faster by reporting them here on the Steam forums.[/p]
• [p]Wishlist & reviews: Every wishlist or review here on Steam helps the game reach more players.[/p]
• [p]Community polls & beta tests: Keep an eye out for our future feedback polls and surveys, and share them with your friends.[/p]

[p]Digitally and physically, Talisman is a game that has always been built on a community of awesome fans and we need all the help you can give to keep the adventures rolling! ːheartː[/p]

[p]Hi everyone! ːTalProToadː ːBlueTalismanː[/p][p]With the release of Alliances: Fate Beckons for Talisman: Digital 5th Edition, we’ve hit a pivotal point for the game - so we wanted to fill you in on where we’re currently at, what our plans are for the immediate and longer-term future and more.[/p][p]You can watch Tom talk through the full update in the video below:[/p][p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]Want more information about the State of the Game update than what Tom talked though? You can read all about it in full below![/p][p][/p][hr][/hr][h3]Current State of the Game[/h3][p]First up, we want to talk about where the game is currently at, where we still want to improve and what we’re happy with.[/p][p]As we already mentioned, on July 10th we launched Alliances: Fate Beckons, the first 5th Edition exclusive expansion to come to Talisman: Digital 5th Edition. Adding an all-new cooperative game mode to Talisman for the first time, new mechanics, unique challenges and exciting features like the shared fate pool, was a massive undertaking for our team here at Nomad Games.[/p][p]Now that the expansion is out, we’re pleased to report that we’re quite happy with the reception it had! Particular praise was given to the tutorials, and the extensive beta testing period we took the expansion through clearly paid off, with very few technical issues/bugs being reported at launch. In fact, compared to the original launch of Talisman: Digital Classic Edition especially, the number of bugs and issues that players have reported in the first year of Talisman: Digital 5th Edition being available has been massively reduced.[/p][p]Before and after the launch of this expansion, we’ve been keeping a close eye on community feedback to get a gauge of what you all think of the base game too. With our Steam reviews dropping from ‘Mostly Positive’ to ‘Mixed’ when Alliances: Fate Beckons launched, it’s clear to us that there are still areas for improvement in the base game.[/p][p]With 2 remastered expansions and our first batch of remastered Classic characters released, we’ve also learned a lot from the porting process. First of all, we’ve learned how much the artwork being updated for each expansion takes up resources, time and slows down the development process - as much as 40% of the time and development spending for The Frostmarch Classic and The Reaper Classic was spent on artwork alone! With us being such a small studio too, we’ve only got so many hours our art team can possibly put into projects, so we’re taking them away from other work by having so much of their time taken by these Classic expansions, which isn’t ideal.[/p][p]With more remastered Classic expansions on the horizon (check out our Future Plans for the Game below if you want to know what’s coming next!), we’re therefore going to be taking a slightly different approach with remastered expansions going forward, with us porting over the 4th Edition expansions with the artwork closer matching the original 4th Edition style.[/p][p]We’ve got two main reasons for deciding to do this, the first being that it means we can bring you remastered 4th Edition expansions at a much quicker rate, and the second being that as we progress through the different Classic expansions as they were released, the artwork actually more closely matches the 5th Edition style we’re trying to emulate with our remastered artwork already.[/p][p]So overall, while we’re still keen to make improvements to Talisman: Digital 5th Edition to expand upon the core experience, we’re happy with how stable the game is overall, and the lessons we’ve learned over the past year of development since launch![/p][p][/p][hr][/hr][h3]Future Plans for the Game[/h3][p]Now this is the bit we know you’re all excited for, and we’ll go into further detail if you keep reading, but to summarise our current plans for those of you who just want the headlines, check out the list below![/p]

• [p]We’re currently working on bringing Talisman: Digital 5th Edition to consoles.[/p]
• [p]We’re releasing follow-up patches to Alliances: Fate Beckons soon.[/p]
• [p]We’re finalising the most recent language updates.[/p]
• [p]The next remastered Classic expansion is going to be The City Expansion.[/p]
• [p]We’re also planning for The Dungeon Classic to be another one of the remastered expansions we bring across next.[/p]
• [p]We’ve got another batch of 4th Edition characters we’ll be bringing over to Digital 5th Edition after those two expansions.[/p]
• [p]We’re rethinking and simplifying how you access Talisman: Digital Classic Edition.[/p]

[p]That’s a whole heap of exciting news, so read on to find out more![/p][p][/p][h3]Talisman: Digital 5th Edition Console Ports[/h3][p]First of all, the news that many of you have been keenly waiting for - we are actively working on console versions of Talisman: Digital 5th Edition. We’re aiming to launch these ports in November of this year, and here’s what we can say as of right now:[/p]

• [p]We’ve already ported over a basic version of the game to Nintendo Switch and we’re working on getting the game running on Xbox and PlayStation next.[/p]
• [p]We’ve started the processes needed to get the game certified on each platform.[/p]
• [p]So far, we’re pleased with how the game is performing on console - [/p]
• [p]We’re still a while off being able to give a definitive release date, but we’re hoping to share details soon for all three platforms.[/p]

[p]We know you’re eager to get your hands on Talisman: Digital 5th Edition on console, because we’ve heard you ask for it - so thanks for your patience! [/p][p][/p][h3]Alliances Launch and Upcoming Patches[/h3][p]On July 10th, we launched Alliances: Fate Beckons, and the player feedback on the first 5th Edition exclusive expansion has been greatly appreciated so far![/p][p]Following on from that feedback, we’re already working on some quality of life improvements for the expansion that’ll improve the experience even more for players.[/p][p]We’re also working on a patch that will add a range of accessibility shortcuts - this is something the community have requested, and we’re going to be keeping a close eye on feedback on what other features players would like to see to improve accessibility in the future.[/p][p]So keep an eye out for these updates coming soon![/p][p][/p][h3]More Languages for Talisman: Digital 5th Edition[/h3][p]As part of the update for Alliances: Fate Beckons, we added two new languages to the game in beta, those being Russian and Simplified Chinese.[/p][p]We added support for these two languages as a beta, as we’re trying a new method of implementing translations that we’ve never used on any of our titles before - so before we marked them as ‘officially’ supported, we wanted feedback from native speakers on these translations.[/p][p]So far we’ve had great feedback from players, with a few issues arising that our team are looking at fixing - we’re hoping that this new method of adding translations to Talisman will mean that we can go on to support even more languages in the near future.[/p][p][/p][h3]More Remastered Classic Expansions[/h3][p]After we’ve finished developing and launching the console versions of Talisman: Digital 5th Edition, our plan is to return to remastering 4th Edition content - starting with The City Expansion.[/p][p]The corner expansions are some of the most commonly requested for us to bring into 5th Edition, so we hope you’re all excited to bring The City into the new edition of Talisman.[/p][p]After we release The City Classic, our plan is to release The Dungeon Classic, another much-requested corner expansion that adds a wide range of cards and another area to the base Talisman experience. One of the most commonly enabled expansions in Talisman: Digital Classic Edition, we’re confident that The Dungeon Classic will add even more to your next adventure.[/p][p][/p][h3]More Remastered Characters[/h3][p]Earlier this year, we released our first batch of remastered 4th Edition characters into Talisman: Digital 5th Edition. We’re planning on bringing more of your favourite Classic characters across to 5th Edition next year, with another character pack planned.[/p][p]We’re not quite ready to share who we’re bringing over next, but they’re some of the most played characters in Digital Classic Edition, so we hope you’re excited![/p][p][/p][h3]Talisman: Digital Classic Edition - Simplified[/h3][p]Back when we originally announced Talisman: Digital 5th Edition, we talked about how we’re working towards a future where there won’t be a need for Talisman: Digital Classic Edition anymore, where Talisman: Digital 5th Edition is the definitive digital Talisman experience for all players.[/p][p]Not only does this make sense from a player perspective (with one definitive version of Talisman to support on an easier-to-develop-for engine, we can ensure everyone has a great time playing Talisman), it also helps us maintain and grow the game in a sustainable way, allowing our small team to focus all our energy on making Talisman: Digital 5th Edition the best it can be, instead of splitting our efforts across two very different platforms. With an updated engine and unified codebase, we can develop features faster, fix issues more reliably, and deliver the kind of ongoing support and updates that players expect from a game in 2025 and beyond.[/p][p]We recently released the Talisman: Digital Classic Complete Collection here on Steam – a full bundle of the original 4th Edition digital game plus all DLC (49 items including base game, expansions and character packs). This means that we can still offer Talisman: Digital Classic Edition to new players who want the full 4th Edition experience as a complete package, without confusing the storefront or fragmenting the audience. By presenting it as a legacy bundle, we’re making it clear that Classic Edition is part of Talisman’s history—not its future. For players who grew up with the 4th Edition ruleset, or just want to explore how the game has evolved over time, the Complete Collection is a convenient, respectful way to preserve that chapter of Talisman.[/p][p]We intend to keep Classic Edition available on platforms like Steam and GOG as a legacy title, even as our focus shifts to Digital 5th Edition. This means die-hard fans can still play the old version, but all future development (new mechanics and expansions, remastered content and innovations) will live in Digital 5th Edition.[/p][hr][/hr][p]That’s it for our Talisman: Digital 5th Edition - State of the Game Update! We hope you’re looking forward to all the exciting Talisman goodness on the horizon, and if you want to keep up to date with all the big announcements as they happen, you can either sign up to our mailing list or follow us all our different social media channels![/p]

[p]Hi Talisman fans! ːBlueTalismanː ːTalProToadː[/p][p]Last week, you might have seen us roll out a patch for Talisman: Digital 5th Edition, as a follow up to the Alliances: Fate Beckons release update we rolled out on July 10th.[/p][p]To expand on the patch notes we put out, we wanted to discuss a big part of the update we've rolled out based on community feedback and requests, which is Accessibility Shortcuts. We've included a list below of all the new shortcuts you can use in Talisman: Digital 5th Edition as part of this update, and we're keen to hear from you all on what other shortcuts and features you'd like to see us implement in the future - just let us know![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Alongside these shortcuts, we've also updated, fixed and changed a bunch of things in Talisman: Digital 5th Edition as part of this update - you can find the full patch notes for this update here:[/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]If you've not checked out the new Alliances: Fate Beckons expansion yet, you can find it here on Steam:[/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]And you can also watch the full playthrough of Trial 1 we did with the awesome guys over at The Talisman Tavern if you want an in-depth look at what you can expect in the expansion![/p][p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]And as a final side note, we've kept a close eye on feedback and statistics for how many of you have been playing Alliances: Fate Beckons since launch, and we want to thank everyone who's picked up and played this new 5th Edition expansion.[/p][p]Your support means a lot to our small team! ːheartː[/p]

A new update is live!

Thanks to everyone who pointed out issues since the Alliances release, it's much appreciated! Here's what's fixed in this update...

• Allow the use of expansion characters (Frostmarch & Reaper) in Alliances games. Use the 'Characters ON' button for each expansion when setting up a game.
  
• Banner of Resistance is now automatically used.
  
• Fixed a crash related to the Swordsman's Parry ability.
  
• Various text fixes.
  
• Fixed the Change of Fealty spell being able to target 'fake' followers.
  
• Fate pool value shows as red/green if it is lower/higher than the starting value.
  
• Added the No Respawn house rule - prevents players/characters from returning to the game when killed.
  
• Can now view cards held by villains that can carry cards.
  
• Enabled the use of the cursor keys for UI navigation.
  
• The Pickpocket villain wasn't dropping stolen objects when killed.
  
• Fixed being able to cast a queued spell whilst on the Cursed Glade.
  
• Fixed a missing Talisman on the Cursed Glade during setup for Trial 2.
  
• Prevent players from casting spells during the Purchase card selection at the start of a Trial.
  
• Fixed villains and enemies disappearing from the board if the player cancelled the Centaur's bow ability.