2016-06-08 20:04:09

Hello,
Now as the website is down, there's no place with all the packs anymore, and direct download in Tb itself doesn't work with some of them. Would anyone be wiling to point out if there's still archieve of all that anywhere, or if there are new maps or updates to old maps uploaded individually? I would love any, and possibly every of them. Thank you.

Why do ghost hunters have to hunt ghosts? Well, there's a fear of being ghosted out there. They may need therapy as well as their ghost hunting kit.

2016-06-09 04:12:48

what is tb?

2016-06-09 05:02:52

tb is the free tacticle battle map making engine and game player.

2016-06-09 08:47:25

Yep, Tactical battle. I should have said it in the first post, sorry.

Why do ghost hunters have to hunt ghosts? Well, there's a fear of being ghosted out there. They may need therapy as well as their ghost hunting kit.

2016-06-09 08:51:54

@JWoodill21, you can find Tactical Battle at BlindGamers.com

@mata, here is the list of URLs for all map packs downloadable through the dev version:
Getting started maps by Ian Reed | http://BlindAudioGames.com/Downloads/1% … 20maps.zip
Items and equipment example by Ian Reed | http://BlindAudioGames.com/Downloads/9% … ipment.zip
Tomb Robber by KeyWasFull | https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8252087/tomb%20robber.zip
Tower Defense by KeyWasFull | https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8252087/td.zip
Star wars: the clone wars between shadows and darkness by Allan Thompson | http://BlindGamers.com/downloads/Allan_ … rkness.zip
Age of Warlords by Allan Thompson | http://BlindGamers.com/downloads/Allan_ … rlords.zip
One shot wonders / zombie house by Allan Thompson | http://BlindGamers.com/downloads/Allan_ … onders.zip
Starship Battles by Allan Thompson | http://BlindGamers.com/downloads/Allan_ … 0Basic.zip
Kobold dungeon by Allan Thompson | http://BlindGamers.com/downloads/Allan_ … ungeon.zip
starship battles template by Allan Thompson | http://BlindGamers.com/downloads/Allan_ … mplate.zip
Star Wars: A new hope by Craig Brett | https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5405418/2%20St … 20Hope.zip
The Demon War Cycle by Victorious | https://www.dropbox.com/s/tg6v762vann11 … e.zip?dl=1
Kingdom at War by Austen Perry | http://BlindAudioGames.com/Downloads/Kingdom at War.zip
The War for Earth by ShadowMamba | https://www.dropbox.com/s/ftyenj38weg6s … h.zip?dl=1

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2016-06-09 14:13:11

Thank you! It was actually the demon wars and war for earth thingy that i had problem getting.

Why do ghost hunters have to hunt ghosts? Well, there's a fear of being ghosted out there. They may need therapy as well as their ghost hunting kit.

2016-06-09 19:14:58

Is there anything off the download list floating out there? Just checking.

Why do ghost hunters have to hunt ghosts? Well, there's a fear of being ghosted out there. They may need therapy as well as their ghost hunting kit.

2016-06-09 19:22:01

Map pack creators post the newest stuff to the mailing list.
The mailing list archive can be found here:
https://www.freelists.org/archive/ian-reeds-games/
I don't have time for TB maintenance these days, so haven't been keeping up to date.

~ Ian Reed
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2016-06-10 00:20:12

thank you.

Why do ghost hunters have to hunt ghosts? Well, there's a fear of being ghosted out there. They may need therapy as well as their ghost hunting kit.

2016-06-10 21:53:46

Allan Thompson just posted a new map pack today.
Here is his email message:
This is a great new version of my first attempt trying to recreate the
dungeon fantasy board game by TSR/WOTC.

This map pack features:
Six different heros, male and female, to choose from.
There is the dwarf, high elf, paladin, rogue, warrior and wizard.
Each has a strength and weakness making them  versatile yet not overpowered.
The  monsters are varied and split into six levels of difficulty.
They are also random. Each time you play the same map you will get different
monsters.
There is treasure, both glittery stuff and some great magic items that
include potions, scrolls, weapons, armor and wondrous items like mystical
belts, gauntlets, gloves, boots and specialized items.
The treasure itself is also completely random. Open a treasure chest and you
could get  something different each time.

It even has a user guide (Gasp! Al made a user guide? Did hell just freeze
over?) so hopefully it is able to give you a good idea of what is going on.

Oh, there is some magic, and wizards get to summon cat familiars! These can
be used for scouting and as a component in a spell. The cat can even be told
to follow or stop, and so you can let it follow      you around or just put
it somewhere out of the way.
The Link is below.


https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/680 … ungeon.zip

~ Ian Reed
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2016-06-10 23:49:44

Awesome stuff, I love his maps.  Still have yet to try make my own though, very disappointing.  tongue

2016-06-10 23:53:31

Wooya, lovely!
I find tb much enjoyable after the items and equipment thingy was implemented.

Why do ghost hunters have to hunt ghosts? Well, there's a fear of being ghosted out there. They may need therapy as well as their ghost hunting kit.

2016-06-11 02:56:13

Hello there.
I have two questions about the game.
Can I still join the mailing list?
And seccond, I read about a map pack called rampage, do you know when this is going to be available for all of us?

Hail the unholy church of Satan, go share it's greatness.

2016-06-11 04:07:35

Yeah, Allan has some great maps.
@simba, yes you can still join the mailing list.
Visit my games page on BlindGamers.com and follow the instructions under the "Joining the community" heading.

I did a quick search to find the link for Rampage on the mailing list.
It looks like Allan is on version 2.0.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/680 … %202.0.zip
You'll want to have the latest dev version of the game to play these map packs, not the old stable version.

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2016-06-11 05:17:25

Hi at Ian, thanks for the info about the mailing list and the rampage link.
I also have found a link for the rampage map, but it was already broken, so that#s the reason why I asked.

Hail the unholy church of Satan, go share it's greatness.

2016-06-11 07:00:55

Hi Ian, is there any reason why I can't have two different versions of TB installed on my PC?
As in, the new dev version, and the old stable version? Also, is there a way I can backup my saved games from TB2.0?

Thanks so much, and you and the map pack writers keep up the great work, TB is an awesome gaming platform!
big_smile

2016-06-11 08:04:19

Hi.
At mike, well if you unzip both games in to dtwo different locations, I don't see a problem with having both games installed.

Hail the unholy church of Satan, go share it's greatness.

2016-06-11 10:43:24

wow...the dungeon map is very neat!

Why do ghost hunters have to hunt ghosts? Well, there's a fear of being ghosted out there. They may need therapy as well as their ghost hunting kit.

2016-06-11 18:41:39

Installing the game  into two different places works without a hitch.  In fact if you want to be able to play the Demon wars map properly, you pretty much have to do this anyway  Else scripts get messed up and things break spectacularly .  .  .

2016-06-11 21:28:06 (edited by MikeFont 2016-06-11 21:35:34)

Hi all,
I'm now using the latest TB dev as I wanted to try the latest version and the newest maps.
I've used the links above to download and extract the map packs into folders I created in the Data for TB\Map Packs directory.
The maps I downloaded were Dungeon, War for Earth and Rampage 2.0.

Well, strange situation here. I loaded the latest dev version of TB and went to play a map pack, but... the list was empty.  I had to download a map pack through the game such as tower defense to get that list populated. Since War for Earth was in that downloadable list, I got that too. Sadly, War for Earth never did show up in the play a map pack list, only Tower Defense.
Btw, when I load the latest TB, I'm told map pack settings.txt and Author.txt files were not found for any of the packs mentioned above except for Tower Defense, that was ok.

I appreciate any help letting me know what I might've done wrong.
smile

2016-06-11 22:32:48

@MikeFont, you probably created an extra sub folder.
For instance, in the Data for TB\Map Packs folder you should have a War for earth folder.
And within that you should find a map pack settings.txt file and folders like units, items, skills, etc.
If instead you find another War for earth folder, this is why the game can't find the files it needs.
Look at the folder structure of a map pack that does work in the game, then compare it with the map packs you unzipped manually to see the difference.

Saves are stored in the Data for TB\Saved games folder.
To back them up, just copy them elsewhere.
Unfortunately save games are not guaranteed to work between game versions, and often don't.

~ Ian Reed
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Try my free JGT addon, the easy way to play Japanese games in English.
Or try the free games I've created.

2016-06-12 03:36:06

Ian you were on the money! Dang! Can't believe I didn't catch that. lol

I'm curious, can anyone answer for me how on Allen's Dungeon map pack just how to do a search, then if I find the secret door, with only one action use the secret door option?
I've already burned the one action performing the search. As soon as the turn is over to get more action points, the secret door option is removed from the menu, but it seems the secret door remains in that room. But, I can't access now that I have the AP to do it with.
I hope that was understandable by someone. hehe

Thanks, and if this one is an obvious explaination, I'll stop posting.
smile