Talisman: The Horus Heresy (Classic)

STRAP ME TO A PHOSPHEX MISSILE DIRECTED AT CALIBAN, MY BODY IS READY

this game pisses me off. i love it.

This is one of my favorite versions of Talisman. I've played 4e digital (with all of the DLCs), 4e physical (with all of the expansions), WH40K: Relic, and Harry Potter, and although I prefer Relic, this is the closest thing to that in a digital format (in terms of the theme). This game differs from all of those others in that it is fundamentally a 2-faction wargame version of Talisman. It's loyalists versus traitors. If one member of your faction wins, everyone in your faction wins. Whereas the other Talisman versions I played feel like you are running around as an individual getting stronger, this game is about running around as a legion making your legion stronger: you recruit infantry units, cavalry units, titans, ships, and vehicles into your legion. Each warlord is part of a subfaction (like Ultramarines) and you can usually only recruit units from your subfaction (so Guilliman can only recruit Ultramarine units and not other loyalist units) and faction-aligned titans. When you encounter units from the opposing faction, you fight them. A key difference between this game and all the other Talisman variants I played is that you get XP for *all* kills--not trophies, and XP rolls…

It's an old gem. Could it have better QoL features? Absolutely. A little more polish? Definitely. But what is here is wonderful.

WHAT IS HAPPENING!???1

game ♥♥♥♥