Talisman: Prologue Released

Fans of Games Workshop's original RPG-inspired board game or Fantasy Flight Games' revision it will be happy to hear that Nomad Games' Talisman: The Prologue is now available for purchase from the official website or from GamersGate. The announcement comes via the Steam Greenlight page, where the hope is that the game will eventually make it to Valve's popular digital download service. Here's a quick summary of the title again, in case you've missed our previous newsbits:
Talisman: Prologue is the first in a series of games based on the seminal Talisman board game.

Enter a mythical world of dragons and sorcery!

For those unfamiliar with this classic world of fantasy adventures, Talisman is a game like no other indeed, it is no ordinary game at all, but a fantastic quest in a world of magic and monsters.

As play progresses, a story unfolds from turn to turn: a heroic epic of brave deeds, of daring encounters, of treasures and magic, of battles fought and sometimes lost, but always a tale that challenges and enthrals!

In Talisman Prologue, you take the role of 10 characters on a series of epic quests. Fight your way through hordes of monstrous creatures and cast powerful magic spells along the way.

Using the rules of the board game, Talisman Prologue is a single-player strategy role-playing game.

Key features
'¢ 10 classic characters from the board game
'¢ 50 quests to play through
'¢ Original soundtrack
'¢ Endless replayability