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01/30/2007
Talislanta Fifth Edition Released
Morrigan Press is pleased to announce the wide-release of the fifth (and 20th anniversary edition) of the Talislanta Fantasy Roleplaying Game. The 5th edition of Talislanta consists of four core books:

  • Hotan's History of the World is a system-independent world guide and gazeteer to the strange and fantastic world of Talislanta. It is currently available in PDF format from RPGNow and DriveThruRPG. The print edition is also now available, exclusively from Amazon.com.
  • A Player's Guide to Talislanta contains all the core rules including a new, dynamic character creation system with over 30 playable races, skills and quirks, equipment, a setting overview and the core mechanics for combat, skill use and magic. A Player's Guide is currently available in PDF format from RPGNow and DriveThruRPG and in print format exclusively from Amazon.com.
  • The Menagerie (5th edition) contains over 250 creatures from the mundane to the fantastic to challenge your Talislanta heroes. The menagerie is currently available in PDF format from RPGNow and DriveThruRPG. The print edition is slated for release by mid-February 2007.
  • A Gamemaster's Guide to Talislanta contains tips and tricks for Talislanta GMs along with adventure hooks and seeds, option and advanced rules covering conveyanaces and vehicle combat, mass combat, thaumaturgy, technomancy and other esoteric arts and also includes 50 more races fully detailed and playable as PCs or NPCs. Bothe PDF and print editions of A Gamemaster's Guide are slated for an early March release.
Character sheets and a sampler of the new 5th edition are available for download here.

Twenty years of Talislanta ... still no elves!


09/26/06
Special Tal5 Pre-Order
Morrigan Press is offering a special on the upcoming Talislanta 5th Edition books. Tal fans can pre-order both the new 5th editon worldbook (Hotan's History of the World) and the Players Guide for one low price.

Hotan's History is the 286-page quintessential guide to the world of Talislanta. Compiling setting information spread across 4 edition of the game, Hotan's History contains a detailed history of the Ages of Talislanta, a comprehensive guide to the nations and cultures of Talislanta and a full gazeteer, detailing every city, mountain range and geological feature of the world. Hotan's History also contains vivid guides to many of Talislanta's major cities such as the metropolitan city of Cymril, the Mandalan city of Jacinth, the underground city of Durne and the divided cities of Aamahd and Zanth (plus many more). Hotan's History is currently at press and should begin shipping in December of this year. The MSRP is $29.99

A Players Guide to Talislanta is over 300 pages and contains the new, updated Talislanta Fantasy Roleplaying system. Building upon the critically acclaimed 4th Edition of the game, this twentieth anniversary edition contains the first ever dynamic character creation system designed specifically for Talislanta. The Player's Guide contains all new equipment, magic and over 30 playable races (the remaining 50+ races are detailed in the Gamemaster's Guide, due to be released in early 2007). A Players Guide to Talislanta has an MSRP of $34.99 and should begin shipping in January of 2007.

Combined these two books would come to $64.99 plus shipping on each. Through this limited time pre-order offer, Morrigan Press is offering both Hotan's History and the Player's Guide to Talislanta for the single price of $55.00 plus $10.00 shipping and handling. The books will be shipped to you immediately when as they return from the press. In other words, you won't have to wait for both books to be released before you receive the first title, nor will you have to pay for shipping twice. All pre-orders will be be shipped BEFORE the books are available to the general public. Early orders will also receive a special bonus while supplies last.

The above offer will be available until November 30th and is available to customers within North America only. We will happily extend this special pricing to overseas Tal fans as well but there will be a difference in the shipping charges as we need to be sure to cover our shipping costs. For overseas orders, please contact Scott Agnew of Morrigan Press directly (scott@morriganrpg.com). North American fans can order by clicking the button below.

Twenty years of Talislanta ... still no elves!

PREORDER IS NOW CLOSED - Stay tuned for the pendign release.


09/26/06
Codex Magicus is now in print
The new magic sourcebook for Talislanta 4th Edition is finally available in print, exclusively from Morrigan Press Inc. and Amazon.com. Tal fans have been patiently waiting for this long-delayed sourcebook but the wait is finally over. Head on over to the Products page and click on the Codex Magicus cover fotr more information and to order this jam-packed new Talislanta book.


09/15/06
Website Updates
Over the next week or so, Morrigan Press Inc. will be performing a much needed update to the talislanta.com website. The first step was bringing the Product List up to date and this was done today. All existing Talislanta books are now included on the Products page and most are available for order directly from Morrigan Press or in e-book format from DriveThruRPG.com.

In the coming days we will be updating the links and downloads sections and will be making several new files available along with new information about the upcoming 5th edition of the game.

Finally, we posted a poll on the Talislanta-L Yahoo Group about an imporant decision required for 5th edition. If you'd like to have your say into how Tal5 shakes up, please login to the Yahoo Group and cast your vote in the Polls section.


08/22/06
20th Annivesary - Talislanta 5th Edition Announced
Morrigan Press is pleased to announce that design work for a 5th Edition of the Talislanta Fantasy Roleplaying Game is currently underway with an expected release date in 2007, just in time for Tal's 20th anniversay!

The 5th edition of the game will build upon the critically acclaimed 4th edition mechanics and Morrigan Press assures fans that all 4th edition books will be fully compatible with this new edition. The biggest change in the game will come in the form of a new, dynamic character creation system. Essentially, we'll be giving Tal fans new Archetype creation tools.

In addition, the talislanta.com website will receive a major overhaul in the new year including sneak peeks and sampler documents of the new edition. Stay tuned as we draw nearer to the 2007 release.


05/16/05
New Talislanta d20 Web Enhancement Available
Morrigan Press is pleased to announce that the second in a series of web enhancements for the new d20 edition of the Talislanta Fantasy Roleplaying Game is now available for download. This web enhancement includes new playable races (Batreans and Marukans), new weapons and a new Prestige Class for those Zandir players out there.

Volume II of the Talislanta d20 web enhancements is available HERE.


3/31/05
Talislanta d20 character Sheet Available
A new character sheet specially designed for use with the d20 edition of Talislanta is now available for download HERE . This sheet was kindly designed and provided by Ed Dorner Jr. Many thanks to Ed.
 

3/30/05
Talislanta d20 Errata Updated
The errata sheet for Talislanta d20 Edition has been updated and we have included a new Prestige Class originally cut from the book due to space restraints. The Certament PrC is now available in the errata document found HERE .
 

3/24/05
Talislanta d20 Web Enhancement Available
Morrigan Press is pleased to announce that the first in a series of web enhancements for the new d20 edition of the Talislanta Fantasy Roleplaying Game is now available for download. This web enhancement brings some of the favorite villains of Talislanta to d20 players and gamemasters: The Rajans. The Rajan web enhancement may be downloaded HERE and will be made available until April 30th, 2005 so get while it's hot.
 

3/23/05
Talislanta d20 Errata Available
With a little egg on our face, we would like to announce that an errata sheet for Talislanta d20 is now available for download at www.talislanta.com or at the Talislanta Yahoo Group. It appears as though the Botanomancy feat was accidently omitted from the book. We are pleased to announce that we were able to correct the problem and get this feat out as errata within 1 hour of being notified of the mistake. Our apologies to our customers (especially all those Green Aeriad out there who bought the book). The errata sheet for Talislanta d20 Edition is available HERE .
 

3/14/05
Talislanta d20 Edition Hits the Streets
Morrigan Press Inc. is pleased to announce that our very first Talislanta title should now be available at all of your favorite local gaming stores. We have had early reports of brisk sales and have actually been informed that Alliance, one of the largest RPG distributors in the US has actually sold through their stock of Tal d20 in the first week of release.

If anyone has any trouble locating Talislanta d20 Edition, please contact Scott Agnew at Morrigan Press and he will attempt to put you in touch with a local retailer who still has copies left. Scott can be reached at scott@morriganrpg.com.
 

10/04/04
Morrigan Press acquires Talislanta license
Morrigan Press Inc. is pleased to announce that it has acquired the license to the unparalleled roleplaying game setting of Talislanta. Taking over from Shooting Iron Design, Morrigan Press strives to take the exciting and unique world of Talislanta to another level, and build on the cult status that it currently enjoys among gamers. The Talislanta game was originally created by renowned game designer Stephan Michael Sechi in the 1980's. In the intervening years, Talislanta was further developed by Wizards of the Coast (Jonathan Tweet) and Shooting Iron Designs (John Harper).
 
Continuing this evolution, Morrigan Press is confident that a whole new generation of gamers is ready to experience this unique world from a freshly creative perspective. Scott Agnew, Morrigan's founder and president had this to say: "As a long time Talislanta fan myself, I am very excited about this license acquisition. Talislanta is one of the most complex, unique and exciting settings in the industry and we look forward to bringing it to a whole new generation. We will also be maintaining support for the existing Talislanta material in print so fans of the current game need not worry: the game they know and love is not going anywhere."
 
With this new acquisition, Morrigan adds to its' already diverse and exciting line of products. Morrigan Press Inc. currently designs and develops the Jeremiah Roleplaying Game based on the critically acclaimed television series by J. Michael Straczynski, the same person behind the Babylon 5 phenomenon. Jeremiah is being published by Mongoose Publishing, one of the most respected names in the RPG industry. Morrigan Press also publishes an Organized Crime line of sourcebooks for the d20 Modern system, has a licensed sci-fi game in development from Platinum Studios and is working with the Horror Writers Association on a line of horror RPGs. In addition, two in- house games are currently slated for release in early 2005: an historical fantasy game entitled High Medieval and the dark, modern supernatural game, Lazarus Effect.
 
A Note from SMS:
"First of all, I'd like to thank John Harper and Jonathan Elliot of Shooting Iron for the great work that they did on the Talislanta 4th Edition and the Talislanta.com website. They did an awful lot to help promote and support Talislanta, and they've also helped make the transition to Morrigan Press a smooth one. Thanks to them, "the Rasputin of RPGs" lives on.
 
I think the Morrigan Press deal will be terrific for Talislanta fans, or I wouldn't have agreed to do it. Scott's a Talislanta fan from way back, and I think the game will be in good hands with him and his team. I look forward to seeing what Morrigan will do with the next incarnation of the Talislanta RPG."
 
Note from Morrigan Press:
First of all, we are ecstatic to be taking over Talislanta. The SI guys have done a great job with 4th edition and we look forward to continuing on in their footsteps.
 
About Morrigan Press Inc.
Morrigan Press Inc is incorporated in New Brunswick, Canada and publishes multiple lines of roleplaying games for the Adventure Game market. Their first foray into the wild and chaotic roleplaying marketplace was with the Jeremiah Roleplaying game based on the popular television series of the same name. Morrigan has since secured other licenses as well as developing game lines of their own creation.
www.morriganrpg.com
 

4/21/04
Midnight Realm printing is finished
Yes, indeed. The printing for MR is complete, and now it's just a matter of receiving the books and shipping them out to all of you who pre-ordered. And if you haven't already ordered a copy, we suggest you hurry down to your local game store and do so.
 

10/20/01
Campaign Cartographer Tal map available
Clay Van Sickle was a great guy, and decided to make a Talislanta map using Campaign Cartographer. You can see a jpg version of it, or just download the CC file (1.1 MB). You'll need the CC viewer to look at the file, and it's available for free from Profantasy (sorry Mac and Unix users, it's only for Windows). It's highly worth it. You can zoom in and out, print at good resolution, and it's in color!


09/17/01
Talislanta Map Now In PDF Format
Just recently it struck me on how to make the Tal map into a PDF, and not have it be 15MB in size, so that's exactly what I did, and now you too can download it. Weighing in at only 1.9MB, here's the One-page Talislanta Map from the back of the Tal4 book.


08/22/01
Official Talislanta Character Sheet Available
Finally! I know you've all been waiting for it for a while, but now the wait is over. It's actually a bit bigger than I wanted it to be (just over 1MB), but it prints out just as nicely as the one in the back of the book, and you don't have to dea with trying to get your book to lay flat on the photocopier. Download it now from the Character Sheets page.


F.A.Q. Page Added
Since there are a lot of questions that get asked frequently, we decided to post the F.A.Q. list that's been circulating on the email list lately. Hopefully it will answer YOUR question.


07/27/01
Tal 4 Errata page added
Even we make mistakes, so we figured that the least we could do was let you know what and where they were in the book. So, feel free to check out the Errata page. It'll most likely be a growing thing as more are found.


Hit Location Rules added to House Rules section
Dave Vershaw sent in a set of house rules to determine hit location, and how to modify the damage taken accordingly. He also deals with height of the target and attacker, and a rule about skill penalties for hit point loss.


07/26/01
Sindaran Chandlery added to Equipment page
Betcha never gave much thought to candles in Talislanta before did ya? Well now there's a whole bunch of nifty ideas for you to use on the Chandlery page of the Equipment section. Once you've seen 'em, you'll never use a plain old candle again.


07/24/01
Introductory adventure added to Downloads page
Originally, there was an introductory adventure included with Tal4, but due to space restrictions it was cut. Now you can just pretend that the reference to it in the book really references The Puzzle Box online. Of course, you'd have to have an online connection... never mind.


New Gallery additions
So, for those of you wondering if there was ever going to be anything more to the gallery than just the 3 P.D. pics that were there (and very lamely duplicated from the tour I might add), you should be pleased to note that there has indeed been more content added. New artists too! Check 'em out.


Character accessories updated
All of Colin's weapons, armor, and instruments have been updated, and now that Tal 4 is out, when better a time to check 'em out to see if there's anything you might want for your character. Also, his selection of new skills has been updated.


02/01/99
The new talislanta.com site goes online.
Champagne and little cheesy snacks were served at the opening party, but everyone snubbed them and went straight for the case of Newcastle Colin brought.