A group of us finally played through the new edition of Talisman.  This version of Talisman is a throw back to 2nd edition which is so much better than the third edition.  For some reason when the 3rd edition came out the developers removed the third region and replaced it with 6 cards.  The 4th edition has the third region back.  The third edition board was also smaller (because there was no third region).  The new edition uses a large folding board which has excellent artwork.  The characters are also a fall back to 2nd edition.  Instead of the miniatures (which you had to paint) these are simply cardstock characters on clip stands.  Even the adventure cards are well made.  The only thing we would like to see back from the 3rd edition is the plastic stacking cones that we used to keep track of life, Strength, Craft, and Gold.  The 4th edition uses little squares with small numerals printed on them.  Very difficult to see...especially if you are trying to size up an opponent.

The game played out nicely and we even had to go back and read the rules because the river crossing has changed back to 2nd edition rules which means you have to fight the black guard at the bridge to get across.  No more paying 1gp and slipping across.  I made into the third region one step in front of my friend.  He however made it to the Tower before I could get past the werewolf.  This gave him the Crown of Command.  I caught up with him and we fought for about 5 rounds until I was defeated completely and he had about 2 life left.  He then used the Crown to wipe out the rest of the players but it was a close game.

I think we will be seeing this game out again soon.

Looks like GoDaddy who owns the QuickBlogCast site has lost my domain websites.  All my domains sites are going to an under construction page at Network Solutions a competitor of theirs.  I hope they fix my domain name records soon.

NBC has the best line up of shows on Monday starting with Chuck; then Heroes; then Journey Man.  I watch Chuck because it reminds me of a friend of mine.  Actually some people have claimed they wrote Chuck based on my biography but I am married so that cant be ...

3:10 to Yuma. 4 stars

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Thanks to Steve Jackson games for letting me know about Brass Goggles.  This is another SteamPunk site but with a lighter amount of technology.  Check out this costume that someone made.
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A couple months ago I was selling a bunch of vintage games on Ebay.  One of which was Squad Leader.  I owned Squad Leader for almost 30 years and kept it in great condition.  Mainly because none of my friends dared play it.  The rules were so advanced for a ...