Talisman — free browser game
Spin concentric coloured rings until matching colours line up in a straight spoke beneath the top arrow — five levels, fewest moves wins.
Controls
Click / 1-5: pick a ring · ←/→ or A/D: rotate the selected ring · ↑/↓ or W/S: switch ring · Z: undo · R: restart · Enter/Space: next level
How to play
Tips and detailed strategy
Talisman is an original alignment puzzle built from concentric coloured rings. The stage holds 3 to 5 rings; every ring is split into the same number of slices sharing one palette, but each starts rotated by a different offset. A small purple triangle above the board marks 'north'; your job is to spin every ring so that, from the innermost to the outermost ring under that arrow, a single colour forms one straight spoke. Once that's true every other spoke also aligns, because all rings share the same colour sequence — you've just cancelled out their rotations. The selected ring is highlighted with two white circles on the board; click on a ring, use the number keys 1-5, or ↑/↓ and W/S to switch between rings. Rotate the selected ring left with ←/A and right with →/D; every rotation is one move and the 'Moves' counter ticks up. If you rotated the wrong way, Z undoes the last move — but undo also counts as a move, so committing to the correct direction first is more efficient. When every ring shares the same offset (whichever colour ends up at the top, what matters is that the rings agree) the level is solved, the centre symbol becomes ✓ and an overlay leads into the next level. There are 5 levels in all: first 3 rings × 6 slices, then 3×8, 4×8, 4×10 and finally 5×12 — each level adds rings and slices, so the cost of spinning the wrong ring escalates. Finish all five and your total move count becomes your score; your best (lowest) is stored locally and a 'New record!' note appears when you beat it. Strategy: pick one 'anchor' colour, bring one ring to its spoke position first, then chase every other ring onto that same colour; eyeball each ring's shortest direction before you start (steps fewer than half the slice count are always the correct way). Switching rings costs nothing, so plan before you spin.