Talisman: Timescape
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This article is about the 1988 Expansion to the Board Game. For other uses of Talisman, see Talisman (disambiguation). |
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| Designer(s) | Frank Bourque | |
| Manufacturer | Games Workshop | |
| Released | 1988 | |
| Scale | 25mm | |
| Players | 2–6 | |
| Game time | 240 minutes | |
Timescape was the fourth expansion for the second edition of the board game Talisman published by Games Workshop, which included characters from several other Games Worskshop intellectual properties including Warhammer 40,000 and Chainsaw Warrior[2] entering the boards of Talisman through the Warp to themselves seek the "Crown of Command".[1]
Contents
Gameplay
Timescape introduced a new "Timescape Board" accessible through the Warp, as well as eight new characters and fifty-six new cards to expand the game of Talisman.[1]
Narrative
The Timescape consists of separate realities tied together through space and time by the Warp. It is unclear which of these dangerous alien realms sit outside the Warp to which the Reality of M41 is tied, but reality itself is tied to the Timescape. Within the Timescape can be found:[3a]
- The Warp Gate to Reality in M41.[3a][3b]
- A Space Fortress,[3b] on which one can find a Robo-Doc and a Rogue Trader, willing to barter in gold for items from Reality.[3a]
- Unknown planets,[3b] including Death Worlds[3b] with dangerous aliens and unbreathable atmospheres.[3a]
- Endless expanses of horrible black void.[3b]
- The Rad Zone,[3b] an irradiated reality of mutants and mutations.[3a]
- The Realm of Chaos and a powerful Warp Demon.[3b]
- a Nexus at which multiple futures converge such that one can choose their own destiny.[3b]
- Time Loops which return oneself to before they left.[3b]
- The Negative Zone, a strange unreality devoid of colour.[3b]
- The Fourth Dimension,[3b] a realm of geometry whose transcendence of form also reverts any turned by magics into slimy little toads to their original form.[3a]
- The Astral Plane.[3b]
- The timeless plane of Limbo.[3b]
- The Vortex,[3a] a swirling miasma tied to locations across the world of Talisman.[3b]
- Outposts of the Sentinels,[3b] which police the Timescape, imprisoning and exiling those judged a threat to the space/time continuum.[3a]
The reality of Talisman is tied to Timescape and its heroes can find myriad ways to the Warp – the magic practitioners, Enchantress, Mystic, and Warlock may open Warp Gates into the diverse realities. As well, eight characters from across the timescape could serve as protagonists in the game including:[3a]
- The battle-hardened Blood Angels Space Marine and the psychic Astropath, who were drawn into the Timescape through Warp Gates from Reality in M41.[3a]
- A Space Pirate, who fled interplanetary law into the Timescape.[3a]
- An Astronaut who entered the Timescape in an effort to explore the unknown, and has been afforded steep discounts at the Space Fortress.[3a]
- An evil Cyborg, part man part machine, who was hurled into the Timescape while already travelling through time to change the course of history.[3a]
- An Archaeologist who observed a pagan ritual which resulted in an explosion which threw him into the Timescape.[3a]
- A Scientist whose experiment with inter-dimensional machinery caused an accidental explosion, throwing him into the Timescape.[3a]
- The Chainsaw Warrior, of the eponymous game, who was sucked into the Timescape as he battled the inder-dimensional creature known as Darkness.[3a]
Images
Talisman Timescape official miniatures.
Card Images
Character Cards
Hand of Fate/Spell Cards
Dimensional Rift (x4)[3c]
Enemy Cards
Star Predator (x2)[3c]
Will o' Wisp (x2)[3c]
Stranger/Follower Cards
Object/Purchase Cards
Trivia
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While only the Space Marine and Astropath were explicitly included as having been from M41 in Warhammer 40,000,[3a] other characters and game elements suggest an origin in the universe of Warhammer 40,000 including the Rogue Trader which appears at the space fortress space,[3b] or the gun-toting Ork cards.[3c] However, with unspecified points of origin, they cannot be assumed to be the same as those from the Reality of M41.[3a]
See also
- Warhammer 40,000: Relic - A game based on the Talisman system
- Tabletop Games
Sources
- 1: Talisman Timescape at Wikipedia
- 2: Casus Belli 44, pg. 27
- 3: Talisman: Timescape
