Pegasus Spiele 56100E - Talisman - Legendary Tales, Multicolor

I got Talisman Legendary Tales for my two girls (aged 7) and they loved it. It's a Dungeons and Dragons style adventure where your group of heroes cooperate to retrieve 5 magical talismans. There's 5 quests, each with its own unique twists. Battles are resolved by drawing tokens from a bag of abilities and treasures, maybe you'll get enough power to defeat your foe, or maybe you will get a 'time passes' token that moves the adventure further towards the end. Players get power ups in the form of treasure tokens they add to their bag, increasing their chances of drawing something useful. If you draw too many 'time passes' tokens and run out of time you've failed.I liked a lot of features in the game. I like that each hero had a male and female version and different strengths and weaknesses (within the limits of the game engine). I like that the heroes never really get hurt in a battle, they only get 'time passes' implying they need more time to fight or time to rest and recover. I also really liked that it was cooperative, creating cheers and joy with my kids rather than tears and temper tantrums. I liked that this was made in the USA and that I could get if for more than half off the regular price of $50 (though I think it would be worth $50 now that I have played it).The token drawing mechanism also grew on me, the game comes with cloth bags to draw tokens from and the character's stat card loops right onto the drawstring. Drawing tokens gave the game a bit more tactile function than other games and gave the kids an easy way to cheat, which at their age can be an important way to maintain harmony.The five quests are all different and change enough to make each one feel different. The kids really enjoyed a silly one where the heroes are regularly turned into toads by a witch. I think the presentation on them could be improved though. The rules for each quest is split between the rule book and some large cards and could have been combined. The set up diagrams are sometimes hard to read requiring picking out small colored hexagons on colorful backgrounds. And some of the explanations were a bit unclear. I'd also like it if the monster tokens were a bit larger, it looks like they have some great art but it's shrunk to a half inch size. Even just reprinting the art in the rule book as some sort of bonus monster guide would be great.The heroes and monsters basically have 2 stats - fighting and magic which I think might have been too abstract. Magic seems more like a skill stat since it includes things like bows or trickery. Perhaps it should be renamed?But overall this is a fun game for kids and adults. I would not recommend it for a group of adults, there's not much strategy or thinking. But if you're looking for an adventure with some grade school kids this is a good pick.My girls loved it and pestered me to play through all 5 quests this weekend.

Our family loves Talisman.

What can I say. 54yrs old and have been playing it since I was 16. It’s a great ice breaker for friends and family.

Super fun and simpler approach to the talisman game.Only caveat were the punch tokens, some rip the oaper layer as they were not cut thoroughly

A real fun game that me and my boys enjoy. Very happy with the purchase.