Talisman is a powerfully silly fantasy board game originally published by Games Workshop in 1983—its original inspiration was a game about teachers competing to become school principal—which has gone through several editions and publishers over the years. The fourth edition by Black Industries, later revised and reprinted by Fantasy Flight Games, was also translated into Talisman: Digital Edition by Nomad Games and released on PC in 2014. In the decade since then it’s received multiple expansions, but as of now the base game is available for free on Steam and GOG.

This follows shortly after the announcement of Talisman fifth edition, coming in July from Hasbro’s board game imprint Avalon Hill, which it turns out is also being translated into digital form by Nomad Games as Talisman: Digital Fifth Edition. While the current version will carry on as a free-to-play game, the next edition will be paid and will feature “streamlined rules, and a sleek, modern design.”

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