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=== Third Edition ===
The third edition made numerous changes to the artistic design and mechanics of the game.

Games Workshop released the third edition for ''Talisman'' in the Spring of 1994. The third edition contained a new board which included many of the same locations as the first and second editions, but had a new art treatment. The Inner Region became ''The Wizard's Tower''. In the Tower, the heroes encounter a couple of traps and tests, through a set of Tower cards, before combat with the Dragon King, who must be defeated to win the game.

The first and second editions used cards to represent the characters in the game. The cards were placed on plastic bases (called "slotta bases") and moved about the board as the game was played (paintable metal [[Miniature figure (gaming)|miniature figures]] for the characters could be purchased separately). The Third Edition did away with the stand-up character cards and instead included plastic miniatures. It removed many characters from the Second Edition and added new ones which tied the world of ''Talisman'' more closely to the ''Warhammer Fantasy'' settings games.

The Third edition also added an additional character attribute, Experience, not unlike a [[role-playing game]] to help the character develop their powers. By defeating enemies (hostile monsters, but not other player characters), the characters accrue experience points. The experience they gain is equal to the defeated enemies' craft or strength. These experience points can then be redeemed for gold, strength, craft or life at the cost of seven experience points for one. The earlier editions used a similar, but more limited feature which applied to strength.

==== Expansions ====
Three expansions were released and some extra characters were printed through ''White Dwarf'' magazine. Each of the expansions used "realm dice" (a [[dice|die]] marked from 1–4) which made movement slower in the realms. The realms were normally accessible from only one square on the main board.

The first expansion, ''City of Adventure'', was released in 1994 added two boards: the City board (based on, but more compact than, the 2nd Edition ''Talisman City'' expansion) and a Forest realm.

''Dungeon of Doom'' was released later in 1994 and added 2 additional game boards: a "Dungeon realm" and a "Mountain realm" which fit around the 2 corners of the original board not used by the ''City of Adventure'' expansion. It was based loosely on the expansion ''Talisman Dungeon'' for the Second Edition. At the end of the Mountain realm and Dungeon realms there were valuable treasures; reaching and defeating the Eagle King of the Mountain realm entitled the player to move to any square on the board, including the causeway that connected the Wizard's Tower to the middle board.

The 1995 expansion pack, ''Dragon's Tower'' added a playing board, a card tower surmounted by a dragon model, extra rules, a realm die and four additional characters. Two extra characters were printed in ''White Dwarf'' to coincide with its release. The Dragon's Tower replaced the normal endgame of entering the centre square. Movement through the tower is slower (a die marked only 1-4 is used) and used its own deck of adventure cards.

====Reception====
Chris McDonough reviewed ''Talisman Boxed Game'' in ''[[White Wolf (magazine)|White Wolf]]'' #49 (Nov., 1994), rating it a 4 out of 5 and stated that "Despite ''Talisman'''s [high] price tag, however, this really is one of the most fun games I have played. So, if money is no object, run out and buy it. if not, [the price] is a lot of dough to pay for the contents of this box. The only significant additions to the old [...] set are the plastic miniatures. That's a lot to pay for figures."<ref name="WW49">{{Cite magazine |last=McDonough |first=Chris |date=November 1994|title=Capsule Reviews |magazine= [[White Wolf Magazine]] |number=49 |page=70 |url=https://imgur.com/a/Rw07v84}}</ref>

====Reviews====
*''Rollespilsmagasinet Fønix'' (Danish) (Issue 4 - September/October 1994)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rpggeek.com/rpgissuearticle/21366/anmeldelser-og-den-korte-nyhedsliste|title = Anmeldelser og den korte nyhedsliste &#124; Article &#124; RPGGeek}}</ref>