Best Talisman Expansions

Your ultimate guide to the list of best Talisman expansions. The game takes you on a journey through magical lands, as you endeavor to reclaim the Crown of Command. Each turn will see your hero advancing, battling, gaining knowledge and power necessary to defeat the guardians lurking between the Portal of Power and the Valley of Fire. Over the years there have been fantastic new pieces of content to broaden the game. This is our comprehensive guide to the best Talisman expansions.

LARGE 4TH EDITION EXPANSIONS (6 TOTAL)

#06 | The Highland Expansion (2010)

The Highland takes the bottom spot on the list of the best Talisman Board Game expansions because it falls short of the other titles. It is certainly worth it, because all the content is great, but don’t start here. Clouds enshroud the mountain’s peak. Exhausted from the long ascent, the heroes barely keep their grip but they still keep climbing. Atop the tallest peaks, the magical waters are at their most pure and potent, and the banks are littered with precious gems. But one must beware, for within the Highland dwells the feared Eagle King, guardian of the source of magic. Intruders and fortune-seekers will receive no mercy, for he has not forgotten that jewels were stolen from him now adorn the Crown of Command itself.

This Talisman expansion adds a new Region to the game for heroes to explore. A custom-fitted map board and over 100 new cards bring this mountainous realm vividly to life. Six brand-new characters are each brought to life with a superbly detailed plastic miniature and offer fantastic new playing experiences.

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#05 | Dungeon Expansion (2009)

Dungeon lands in this near bottom spot on the list of the best Talisman Board Game expansions because it does provide some good additions, but no where near the other big-box expansions available. The ancient door crumbles to splinters. A cleated boot kicks away rotting wood and a sword clears thick cobwebs from the path. The torch throws darting shadows on damp stone walls and the Dungeon lies revealed. Who has the courage to plunge into the darkness and confront its perils? Legends say that in the deepest pits of this abyss, the Lord of Darkness stands watch over a vast treasure and portal that leads to the Crown of Command.

This Talisman expansion adds a new region to the game for heroes to explore. A custom-fitted map board and over 100 new cards bring this subterranean realm vividly to life. Five brand-new characters, the formidable Gladiator, noble Amazon, dashing Swashbuckler, enigmatic Gypsy, and sagacious Philosopher, are each brought to life with a superbly detailed plastic miniature and offer fantastic new playing experiences. The players need to brave untold dangers and discover what lies in the darkness beneath the world of Talisman.

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#04 | Dragon Expansion (2011)

Dragon takes a middle spot on the list of the best Talisman Board Game expansions because the new materials are fresh and great, but still not as good as others. Three Draconic Lords have returned to their ancestral home in the Firelands, each one claiming dominance over territory and fighting to claim the legendary Crown of Command as his own. For he who claims this mighty artifact shall be crowned Dragon King, and all living things will bow to his tyrannical rule or suffer his rage. A new quest for the Crown of Command has begun, more terrifying and dangerous than ever before.

This Talisman expansion offers players even more choices and strategic challenges, including a new, dual-sided Inner Region for their heroes to conquer. The alternate sides allow you to face familiar terrain along a path that requires all new tactics, or to venture into the Dragon Tower, where a hero’s every step meets opposition by the Dragon King’s minions and leads him ever closer to an ultimate confrontation with the Dragon King, himself.

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#03 | Woodland Expansion (2014)

Woodland takes a middle spot on the list of the best Talisman Board Game expansions because you are starting to get into can’t miss content that is certainly worth your time. With this new content, you can walk your own path through the Woodland corner board, encountering strange new creatures, events, and dangers. At the end of your path, a meeting with destiny awaits, transforming your character’s future and developing your story further.

In this Talisman expansion even more waits beneath the boughs of the Woodland, however. Redesigned rules for fate tokens allow you to either help yourself or interfere with others, and your fate will shape many of your interactions within the groves and glades of the Woodland.

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#02 | Cataclysm Expansion (2016)

Cataclysm takes a good spot on the list of the best Talisman Board Game expansions because it provides so much great content and very much makes the core game better. Exploration in the remnants of a shattered world! It has been countless ages since the great Cataclysm left the world of Talisman on the brink of destruction and now, from the ashes, civilization rises once again.

This Talisman expansion introduces an entirely new main board to replace the one found in the base game. Players explore the broken lands and meet its many new and varied denizens with over 150 cards and five brand-new characters. It is all about who can best their opponents, secure the crown, and seize destiny.

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#01 | City Expansion (2013)

City takes the top spot on the list of the best Talisman Board Game expansions because it adds so much and should not be missed. This addition provides those who live within it a chance to pursue their lives with a modicum of safety and comfort. However, though the outside world is kept outside, any alert adventurer strolling through the City Gate will feel the tension humming in the air.

This Talisman expansion is a new region expansion board that provides players with three alternative endings, its own deck, a host of shops for all your questing needs, and six new characters. Collect bounties listed on the Wanted Posters at the City Gate and fill your pockets with gold before doing some serious spending. Secure a steed from the Stables, pick up Pets or Potions, or head to the Armoury and the Magic Emporium.

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SMALL 4TH EDITION EXPANSIONS (7 TOTAL)

#07 | Sacred Pool Expansion (2010)

Sacred Pool takes the bottom spot on the list of the best Talisman Board Game expansions because it just doesn’t add anything near what the other small boxes add. Judgement Day has arrived. Drawn by powers as old as time itself, the spirits of light and the forces of darkness are gathering their strength. A line has been drawn between the heavens and the abyss. War is coming.

This Talisman expansion offers players 4 new character cards and plastic figures, 72 new Adventure Cards, 16 new Spell Cards, 24 Quest Reward Cards, 12 Stables Cards, 4 Neutral Alignment Cards, and 3 Alternative Ending Cards. This addition will test if heroes stand in the light or fall into darkness.

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#06 | Frostmarch Expansion (2009)

Frostmarch lands near the bottom of the list of the best Talisman Board Game expansions because you are getting quality stuff, but definetly start with the others first. A continent of ice dominates the horizon. It is the Forstmarch, brought here across the northern waters by the Ice Queen. Armed with the Crown of Command, she is transforming the realm into a desolate, frozen wasteland. Heroes will need to overcome the bone-chilling storms and strange creatures or their blood will freeze when they behold the Ice Queen’s cold, cruel gaze.

This Talisman expansion features 4 new character cards and plastic figures, 84 Adventure Cards, 20 Spell Cards, 24 Warlock Quest Cards, and 3 Alternative Ending Cards – including a final climactic battle with the Ice Queen.

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#05 | Lost Realms Expansion (2018)

Lost Realms lands near the middle of the list of the best Talisman Board Game expansions because the storyline is interestig and provides some good content. Who can survive the Nether Realm? And what will the heroes find in the Depths? The Nether Realm once threatened to swallow up the world of men. Legends say that, thousands of years ago, a mighty wizard sealed the Nether Realm in a great golden box. But now, the box has been opened.

This Talisman expansion is actually two expansion, The Nether Realm and The Deep Realms, in a single package. It features 2 special Realm cards connecting the City and the Dungeon, 3 new Alternative Endings, 20 Bridge cards, 20 Tunnel cards, and 36 Nether cards designed to challenge even the hardiest of adventurers.

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#04 | Firelands Expansion (2014)

Firelands takes the number nine spot on the list of the best Talisman Board Game expansions because you are getting tons of great stuff, it just doesn’t have the ingenuity of the others higher up on the list. Those who forged the Crown have returned. Great treasure and great peril arise from the burning depths. The Ifrit have risen from their underground kingdom to consume all the land in flaming death. They will not stop until every field is burned to ash and every surface dweller is clapped in chains of brass and taken down to the flaming caverns below.

This Talisman expansion offers players 81 new Adventure Cards, 19 new Spell Cards, 19 Terrain Cards, 3 Alternative Ending Cards, 4 new character cards and plastic figures, and 34 firelands tokens representing the expanding conquest of the Ifrit across the land. Will the heroes be able to extinguish their flame?

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#03 | Blood Moon Expansion (2012)

Blood Moon takes a middle spot on the list of the best Talisman Board Game expansions because it is a very cool take and a great addition to the core game. Once in a generation, the Blood Moon begins its fell cycle, bathing the realm in a pallid light. Compelled by its sinister presence, the restless dead rise from their graves, vampires hunt for unwary prey, and witches engage in nocturnal rituals. Worse yet, the horrifying Werewolf prowls the night, seeking heroes with whom to share his curse.

With over 100 Adventure Cards, plus new spells, characters, and alternative endings, this Talisman expansion adds a gripping layerof gothic horror to your quest for the Crown of Command. In addition to a host of new challenges, The Blood Moon introduces two engaging mechanics: time alternates between “Day” and “Night,” and a bloodthirsty Werewolf prowls the land. The new Time Card flips between its Day and Night sides to indicate the inexorable passage of time, introducing a range of engaging new game effects depending on its status. Meanwhile, a horrifying Werewolf preys on Adventurers who wander into his hunting grounds.

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#02 | Harbinger Expansion (2015)

Harbinger takes a top spot on the list of the best Talisman Board Game expansions because the new stuff is unique, interesting and fun, but just shy of all that to take the top spot. This introduces the Harbinger, a mysterious figure of prophecy and doom who wanders the realm, with destruction following everywhere he walks. As the demons and plagues of the new Harbinger deck wreak havoc throughout Talisman, three new powerful characters seek the Crown of Command. That quest becomes more dangerous than ever before: cursed followers lie in wait for fresh prey, flames descend from the darkened skies, and the dead crawl from their tombs.

In this Talisman expansion, four new Omen decks reveal the changing and dire effects of impending doom, counting down to its arrival. Terrain cards abruptly transform the ground beneath characters’ feet, changing deserts into bogs, or farmland into ruins. You’ll have to navigate these obstacles and numerous others if you want to seize victory before time runs out for the entire realm and the true apocalypse begins.

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#01 | Reaper Expansion (2008)

Reaper lands in the top spot for small box additions on the list of the best Talisman Board Game expansions because the narrative and gameplay elements are so beloved and often discussed as essential for the game to live up to its full potential. An unearthly chill creeps through the air. The Wizard stops reading his ancient tome and gazes cautiously over his shoulder. The Warrior feels an unfamiliar fear as he draws his mighty sword.

In this Talisman expansion, a shadow has fallen across the countryside. Death himself wanders the land. Heroes will need to fulfill their epic quests with the spectre of the Grim Reaper hounding their every move. The race to the Crown of Command has never been deadlier.

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