Editing Talisman (section)

== The Premise ==
It's a [[Monopoly|last-man-standing board game]].

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Okay, we know that last-man-standing board games generally suck (see; [[Monopoly]], [[Risk]]). But consider this; imagine if Monopoly had a single property which was ridiculously difficult to obtain, requiring you to put your character at severe personal risk to obtain it -- but then, once you got it, you could vacuum all of the cash out of every other player's wallet. Imagine that the reputation of that property was so terrifying that, in 90% of games, every other player would immediately retire when one person made the push to the legendary property. Talisman is kinda like that, and the legendary property is called the Crown of Command.

It's a pretty simple idea. You are a dude (or dudette) in search of the fabled Crown of Command, which you can use to kill someone anywhere in the world (thus knocking them all out of the competition). You explore the land (board) gaining objects and experience in order to tackle the rougher areas in the middle. You can kill other players, fight all manner of critters, find nifty objects, learn spells, get weapons, and generally get really stabby. The board is in three tiers; the outer "grassland" tier, where things are generally safe, the central "wasteland" tier, where there's more treasure but also more danger, and the central "fuckland" tier, where you have to push through four incredibly tough challenges to get the Crown of Command. The Crown's power usually makes the other players concede the game, unless one of them is currently pushing their way through Fuckland to challenge you for the Crown. If there are two players sharing the Crown square, they ''must'' fight to the death for it.

(If you're playing one of the expansions, [http://www.talismanwiki.com/Category%3AAlternative_Ending_Card you can also have other victory conditions]; usually, either a variant of the classic Crown ending above, first to beat the BBEG wins, or a race to complete certain conditions and then get to the Crown; hidden victory conditions are allowed, but [http://www.talismanwiki.com/Horrible_Black_Void not recommended].)