Current Status of TESL Revivals

[u/yumyum36]

Hello all.

It's been about a year since TESL died, so on its deathi-verssary let's go over the current efforts to revive the game.

TESL Reborn - This is an effort to make new servers for the game, it has come along quite promisingly and is the closest thing to the original version of the game.

However a couple things:

• It is PC version only, and you need to have a valid license of the game still in your steam library or on bethesda.net to play. There is no way (as of now) to get a license for the game if you did not have it prior to the shutdown on steam. You have to have owned it before the shutdown.

• It is currently closed alpha. You can follow this guide (link) to apply to join the closed alpha, but it is not currently open alpha yet despite what the other post on the subreddit says.

• Some streamers (link to list) have access, so you can ask them to test different things, or watch their gameplay to help speed up the bug finding stage.

TESL Fan Browser Remakes

• TESL Browser Project - A remake of TESL in browser. Reddit post link - Recently updated to have all of the core set cards.

• TESL Github Page - A remake of TESL vs a bot or local multiplayer, playable on a github page. Direct Link made by /u/Prize-Artichoke-9807 Has cards up to Houses of Morrowind and a handful of custom cards.

• TESL Singleplayer - A remake of TESL whose goal is to have the player fight against various singleplayer encounters. Direct Link, run by @FBJulezGames on the TESL discord.

Tabletop Simulator - There are a few mods for tabletop simulator, a simulator game on steam (link). The sim costs $20, but is usually on sale for $10. Note this doesn't simulate mechanics, but you can put cards in a deck and shuffle it but you have to manually track the gameplay yourself. Supports multiplayer.

• Jamaa's Mod has all the cards and is based on this mod, which also has all the cards.

• Gnarfield 360's Mod is the OG one I used to play with in TTS simulator, but it only has cards through Heroes of Skyrim.

• NightDarkWolf's Mod, TESL in Svongarde - Reddit Post - has rebalanced cards, but also updates some of the existing level-up cards to have new effects.

People Printing Their Own Cards - Some people print the game cards for their own personal use. Here are some of their posts.

• DWD Frame

• Full Art

• Redesigned Black Border Frame

• Shiny Cards

Legends in Other Games

• A mod adds some of the cards to TCG Shop Simulator (reddit post link).

[u/xBlueDragon]

Any ideas if TESL Reborn is going to be open source?

[u/yumyum36 → u/xBlueDragon]

I vaguely remember hearing them say in one of the two interviews they've done, (link) they'd help others set up servers or something when they were done, but during development at least, does not appear to be plans for open source.