Review: Talislanta Sixth Edition

I am a long-time admirer of Talislanta , though I've never yet run it or played it. We'll discuss some of the reasons for that later; for now, understand that I was quite excited and somewhat trepidatious when Everything Epic (a company I've never heard of) announced a new edition, the sixth, on one crowdfunder or another a couple of years ago. It took some research and soul-searching for me to…