Hunt for Relics in Talisman: Legendary Tales, Then Avoid Traps in Wacky Races: The Board Game

Hunt for Relics in Talisman: Legendary Tales, Then Avoid Traps in Wacky Races: The Board Game
Board Game: Talisman: Legendary Tales
• German publisher Pegasus Spiele has been attending Gen Con for a couple of years, and for 2018 instead of simply offering titles already released in Germany, it's debuting a new release in the U.S. — the 1-6 player cooperative game Talisman: Legendary Tales from designers Michael Palm and Lukas Zach. Here's an overview of the game from the publisher:

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Many centuries ago, legendary smiths forged the Crown of Command, a magical artefact of immense power. Whoever wears the Crown of Command will hold power over all of the land.

Decades ago, a powerful wizard sealed the Crown of Command behind the Portal of Power to prevent evil forces from obtaining it. Only those who possess one of the legendary Talismans may pass through this Portal to reach the Crown. Over the years, five of the Talismans have disappeared. Enemy forces now seek to find them in order to seize the Crown of Command for themselves. Brave heroes that you are, you have banded together to go on a quest to retrieve all five Talismans and thereby stop the evil power behind these enemy forces from ruling the world. This task won't be easy as finding each Talisman is an epic adventure in itself. However, if you work together using everyone's abilities and helping one another when you can, you will surely succeed.

In Talisman: Legendary Tales, the players must work together as an adventure party to recover the five legendary Talismans that have been lost. During each adventure, the party endeavors to recover one of the lost Talismans. The adventures must be played in order. You may repeat adventures, and you may play one or more adventures in a game session.

Over the course of this story, you will travel across a wondrous land and have exciting adventures in which you must make important decisions and defend yourself against cruel enemies. As an adventure party, you succeed in each adventure once you have completed the final task and have recovered the Talisman. Be careful: You have only a limited amount of time!
Pegasus notes that it will demo the full game both in its booth and during events during Gen Con 2018.

Board Game: Wacky Races: The Board Game
CMON Limited announced a new title at the 2018 Comic-Con International — Wacky Races: The Board Game — and I'm not sure whether this is the most or least CMON title ever to be announced as the subject matter is light-hearted and nostalgic, but it will also contain miniatures for all the characters in the game, with a deluxe edition containing pre-painted miniatures instead of the one-color minis in the standard edition. As for the gameplay, here's a summary of this design from Andrea Chiarvesio and Fabio Tola, which is due out in early 2019:

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Wacky Races: The Board Game puts players in the "driver's seat" with control of their favorite drivers from the cartoon series, including The Slag Brothers, The Gruesome Twosome, Penelope Pitstop, Peter Perfect, and more, each with their own car equipped with special abilities. They compete against each other as well as the game-controlled, mustachioed Dick Dastardly and his wheezy pup Muttley.

Races are simple, yet strategic, as players place cards indicating the terrain tiles to which their racer will move, with the last card played indicating where Dastardly and Muttley will end up. However, it wouldn't be wacky without a little trouble standing in the way. Racers need to dodge or negate traps set by Dastardly as he attempts to stay ahead of the pack. Racers can choose between single races lasting 10-15 minutes or the Championship mode, which offers unique rulesets changing from race-to-race before a winner is named.

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