Well, I have the Forums back up and running - BUT - now my Bridge isn't crossing the User Accounts over so for right now for auto-login. I have a message into RocketTheme about the problem and hopefully I'll hear something soon on how to fix it.

What you'll have to do in the meantime is login to the Forums using the same Username and Password that you do for the main site. If you are a new user, your account details will still be carried over to the Forums so you can login the same way after validating your account.

Once I get word back on a 'fix', I'll let everyone know.

Edit: I've created a Forum Thread in order to track any issues with the site regarding all the problems I had over the weekend. Please use it so that I can be made aware of any more issues. Thanks! :)

I've been waiting for about a year for my local Hastings Store to get a copy of Talisman 4th Edition (Revised) - It just seems like the type of game they would start to carry. Well, on February 24, 2010 the wait was over and I had finally purchased the game.

All I can say is wow! Now, I have to admit that I never got into playing the 2nd Edition when it first came out but I did start getting involved in the game when I was able to finally win a bid on 3rd Edition on eBay several years ago.

Now that I have the 4th Edition (and the Expansions are coming), I've decided to go ahead and open the site to this fantastic game. I am not trying to compete with any of the sites out there (Talisman Island immediately springs to mind which is a wonderful Talisman Support site) but wish to focus more on the 3rd and 4th Editions.

Here's what I picked up (and what's coming):

Talisman 4th Edition (Revised)

With this, I have created a New Group, A Mailing List, A File Area and a Section in the Forums for all to use.

Enjoy!

I've gone back through my archives and relocated all the Token Packs that I have created from years past. Hopefully DMs and Players may find these useful in their online gaming. I'll post more once I find out if some of my collections are classified as commercial or not.

Previews & Files

Enjoy!

I'm a gamer and i'm proud to be a gamer. I started playing during my sophomore year in High School (early 80's) when I was introduced to AD&D in gym class by a couple of guys that ended up being my best friends for many years to come. We started playing with no books and had only our imaginations to work with. I was the one that had the bright idea of saying, 'Let's see how we're SUPPOSED to play this thing.' I bought my first hardback - The Dungeon Master's Guide (ordered it from Sears of all places) and after we read through it, we were hooked and then it was just a matter of saving our pennies to buy The Player's Handbook, The Monster Manual and a couple of Modules to really get us started.

The years went by and I've had the privilege of playing in several groups - both small and larger and we played several different systems including AD&D (1e), Marvel Super Heroes and others that weren't as popular at the time. We all had our systems that we preferred and whenever it was my turn to run a session, I always used AD&D. There's just something magical (no pun intended) about taking an idea, getting the framework down on paper and then seeing how the players will react. In my book there's no such thing as a 'complete' adventure - only the framework that the DM and players use to mold things the way that they see fit.

I quit playing for several years when I started college the first time and didn't really start picking back up until I started getting onto the internet. I found there was a treasure trove of information that was out there and I started feeling the 'need' to play once again - especially when I found ways to play online. It really encouraged me when I found that you didn't have to try and get people together in the same place at the same time, you only had to deal with different time zones. Location was no longer the issue.

And here we are...

I know there are MANY sites out there that are HUGE and have tons of users (I'm a member on some of them) and these sites provide a wealth of information. What I'm trying to build here is a Community of people that want to 'get together' (in the internet sense) and play some games. I also would like to be a central site for various systems as well as utilities and extras that we can use to play the games.

While my games focus on certain systems, I'm not a zealot and won't tell someone that just because they play something different than I do, that their rules suck and mine are the best. We have the space and bandwidth to pretty much handle as much information that we need to.

I've also adopted the idea of using the computer for a lot of my game development (for obvious reasons) using such programs as Dundjinni (for map creation) and Battlegrounds (playing both locally and across the internet).

The bottom line is that I want to run a 'Mom & Pop Store' of the old-skool gaming realms and hope to find people that would enjoy such an atmosphere - just trying to bring back the old ways of playing using the newer technologies - and hey, this way there's no crumbs on the floor, pizza in the sofa or spilled soda all over the character sheets. :D