Taliesin came in different versions. The simplest version was played on a single board, whereas the 'Master Game' version (the version I got my hands on) is played across three boards on top of each other.
The various pieces ('King Arthur', 'Goddess', 'Henge', 'Wizard', 'Warlord' and 'Centurion', to name a few), differ in their movement on the board, and ability to move between boards.
Although superficially similar to Star Trek Tridimensional chess, in terms of play occurring on several boards above each other, it is hardly recognisable as chess. Still, Taliesin is arguably a chess variant, as it has the key characteristics of the family of chess games: a game purely based on skill, having equal armies with differentiated pieces, and the capture of a single piece (not 'King Arthur', as you might expect, but the 'Life Force') wins the game.
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