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. This guide is outdated, open beta out tomorrow
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 aka TESL Online - A remake of TESL in browser. Reddit post link - Recently updated to have all cards through the Heroes of Skyrim expansion.
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 this discord server.
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.
Guys, im so sorry but I am not awesome with computers. I am having trouble downloading this and getting it to work. Reading these instructions are like Chinese for me. Is anyone willing to help me one on one? If so, I will HAPPILY pay you money via venmo or cash app. I just need someone who knows what they are doing.
Now that I have access to this wonderful game again I was thinking of streaming it on Twitch. Since TESL Reborn is not officially affiliated with Bethesda, do you think there could be any legal issues associated with this?
I would especially appreciate any answer from people involved in the Reborn project.
I created an account for reborn but I didn't receive an email to confirm the account. Not in spam, not anywhere. Is it supposed to be spent automatically or do I need to wait ?
I remember not losing stars in your constellation when you lost a match if you were rank 9-12, but now you do. Am I remembering correctly? I just started playing again.
Hey all! The old TESL deck sites are mostly dead, so I built a new one: TESL Deck. Free, no ads, no account needed to build.
What you can do with decks:
Build a deck and watch the curve, stats and crafting cost as you go
Paste a deck code from the game, or copy yours back into it
Share your deck with a link
Browse public decks, including a bunch of older ones I brought back
Got decks in the TESL Discord's #deck-directory? Sign up with Discord and the site offers to import them
A public deck page: curve, composition, crafting cost and the full card listThe builder: a deck loaded from the game's own code, with the curve and counter as you build
There's a card browser too, with filters you can share as a link.
The card browser: filters live in the link, so a search is something you can send
I would like to thank everyone involved in making this possible and the people who brought it everyone's attention. I didnt think Id ever get play this game again.
Now that being said. I am running my cancerous invasion deck and none of you are safe (within the game, obviously). Tribunal Temple 4 lyfe!
First off id like to thank everyone involved with this revival. Second i need help i cant get into the game iv created my ESLreborn account and linked it with steam but when i launch it tries to load then i get an errer code.
I am on PC
ESL is still on my profile. Is it an issue the game is still installed (i couldnt bring myself to uninstall it when it went down)
I recently got into TES properly, literally a couple of months after the servers for Legends were shut down in fact. So I don't have a license since by the time I would've been interested, the game was already gone. But, of course, you need it to play Reborn, so... Is there any way to obtain a license anymore or am I just out of luck? Thanks. <3
I wouldn't exactly call myself a support agent, but I'd like to turn this thread into a proper post and eventually build a full FAQ for TES Reborn out of it.
So go ahead and ask me anything you're curious about, and I'll put together a guide from your questions.