One of my favorite board games!
- The game is never-ending (if you so choose). The cards are reshuffled and taken back in the game once they have been used
- You can become all-mighty if you want to
- Can have many different endings (options are up to the players)
- Has lots of addons, giving new areas, cards, player characters, functions and endings
- Has a rather cheap (base) game in Steam as well
- Lots of stuff to remember what you can do, once you have spells and items and followers
I’ve played the physical and digital versions a couple times and I couldn’t stand the game either way. It is pure random madness that can take hours to end because of it. I can only assume it appeals to people who either like highly random games or just LOVE rolling dice.
Talisman actually joined my extremely short list of banned games.
Does the randomness come from the cards? Could you somehow pull cards from a certain pool to take away some extra randomness?
Also - the game length can be manipulated. Having a maximum turns or giving extra stats/items in the beginning etc. Creativism and experimentation can make the game more fun 😄