The Shifty Lad & the Curse of the Servant's Coin

I was delighted this week to see the surprise release of "The Shifty Lad and the Curse of the Servant's Coin." This is an all-new adventure for Talisman Adventures written by Robert Turk and developed by the game's designer Ian Lemke. The publisher Pegasus Spiele have kindly sent me a copy of the pdf (thanks Pegasus!)

I was lucky to get a chance to play* the scenario during the playtest process, and found it highly enjoyable. There are some familiar locations and characters from the board game... I don't want to print any spoilers, but the adventure description indicates that things kick off at The Tavern at Innsview, so that much ought to be enough to intrigue most Talismaniacs. 

The adventure is aimed at heroes of 2nd - 4th level, which is the highest level range in the so-far-published scenarios, and should definitely come in handy as a second-or-later scenario to play in a campaign. It's the adventure most strongly connected to the board (and the possibilities of the board), and at the least might inspire GMs to think of other ways of taking inspiration from the board. 

As has been the hallmark of published material for the game, everything is clearly set out for GMs, with good pointers that will be of particular value to anyone relatively new to RPGs. 

Another hallmark is the foundation in fairy tale - in this case directly referencing The Shifty Lad in the title, and certainly having the feel of a fairy tale in other elements of the adventure - which whether the invention of the author or from some other source are very welcome.

Download now available at Drivethrurpg for $7.99.

*To date this is actually the only time I have experienced the game as a player, as against some twenty-odd sessions as a GM. I would be very happy to improve on this record!