Mark your calendars, April 14th is the day that BouncyRock’s digital tabletop hits Steam’s Early Access catalog! Priced at 24.99$ USD, anyone who wants to experience the wonder of Talespire can get their hands on it in four weeks. With dozens of miniatures, countless building assets, and an adjusting lighting system, players and gamemasters alike will get to immerse themselves in whatever tabletop role-playing game they’re enjoying digitally in these socially-distant times.

However, they aren’t leaving their Kickstarter backers high and dry, as the beta build known as Chimera will be launched on March 31st. This will allow players and the developers of Talespire to work hand in hand to help find and report any major issues before Early Access begins. Not to mention BouncyRock plans to finish exclusive rewards for Kickstarter backers in the not-to-distant feature. 

The Chimera update will have a whole host of changes, including a brand new building menu, which the developers describe as “Sims-like”; spell effects, reworked lighting, and faster board syncing. You can learn all about the new building system in this video where one of the developer’s showcases and explains the system as a whole.

After Early Access is released updates won’t stop coming. BouncyRock plans to stay on schedule with asset bundles, miniature drops, and other features, and of course the occasional bug fixing hotfix. If you’re ever curious about updates or future features for Talespire, Tales Tavern will always have your back. So stay tuned in, we’ll be releasing a guide to Talespire for everyone at the table, players, gamemasters, and even builders!

Totally Online Gaming Group brings a whole new type of competition to your virtual tabletop. Introducing the Talespire collaborative building contest! Contestants will have an hour and a half to create their own Talespire slab. Not only will the winner have bragging rights but will be gifted a 25$(USD) gift card for steam. The contest will take place on Saturday, March 6th at Noon (EST) at https://www.twitch.tv/toggdm and will be hosted by TOGGDM, KleinNF, and Daenal all on twitch. So grab your favorite tiles and props, and get to brainstorming for this one-of-a-kind contest!

How to Join

1) Click here this link will take you to the Totally Online Gaming Group Discord. You will find yourself in “da-rules” channel. Please read the rules pinned at the top of the page and click on the (red dice) icon to react after reading the rules. This will give you the role of TOGGlodyte and allow you access to all the other channels on the Totally Online Gaming Group Discord.

2) Next you can go to the “collab-contest-time” channel. This is where you’ll find all the rules for the contest. 

3) TOGGDM will post a call prior to an upcoming contest for any who wish to sign-up. If you wish to join the contest, please click on the appropriate icon below the sign-up post. You can sign-up for the contest as a participant, or a monitor, or if there are other choices then those will be explained. 

4) TOGGDM will update everyone about any new information for each contest as the date for the contest approaches and will coordinate getting everyone together for contest time. 

Contest Rules

1. 10 minutes to chose what tiles to bind to your hotbar – not including props or doors

2. 40 minutes building only from hotbar 

3. 10 minutes of change out hotbar for props

4. 25 minutes to populate/decorate structure 

5. 5 minutes Freeform (i.e. no restrictions, just finish your build as nicely as you can).

Looking for Inspiration?

If you’re stuck brainstorming on what to build feel free to explore slabs posted by other builders on our website. Perhaps you’ve seen one of the newer slabs “Ruins Across the Stream” and would like to make something along those lines? There’s plenty of time to not only brain storm, but to observe others building techniques and what makes their maps and slabs pop out to a viewers eye. Knowledge is power, and if you want the advantage in this contest, be sure to do your homework and knock the judges out of the water!