# Can someone ID this board game (as seen on NBC DATELINE 3/14/14)

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [March 15, 2014, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-id-this-board-game-as-seen-on-nbc-dateline-3-14-14/683738 "2014-03-15T01:45:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-id-this-board-game-as-seen-on-nbc-dateline-3-14-14/683738/1 "2014-03-15T01:45:56Z")

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I once saw this game years ago, and I am trying to identify it.

[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/rVk1iXa.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/rVk1iXa)

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**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-id-this-board-game-as-seen-on-nbc-dateline-3-14-14/683738/2 "2014-03-15T01:48:56Z")

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Is that Talisman?

ETA: [yes, it is!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talisman_%28board_game%29)

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**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-id-this-board-game-as-seen-on-nbc-dateline-3-14-14/683738/3 "2014-03-15T01:58:51Z")

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> [@Infovore](#):
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> Is that Talisman?
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> ETA: [yes, it is!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talisman_%28board_game%29)

That would be it.

Surprisingly, the moment you said the name, it went off in my mind that, that was the name. I haven’t seen or heard it since 2007.