Bring on Tharendell

Yes — we’re officially back to coding on a regular basis for Fantasy Uprising 2025!The last few weeks have been a whirlwind: lots of travel, quarterly planning at work, and gearing up for the new school semester. Despite the chaos, we’ve made solid progress on the BBS. We now have two door games live and […]

🎉 Greetings and Salutations, Retro BBS Fanatics! 🎉

The alpha gates are open and the bytes are flying — welcome to the public Alpha of Retro42BBS! Now that you beautiful nerds are crawling around the system, I’ve been hammering away at the codebase like a caffeinated sysop in a ‘90s basement. Yes, there are still a few bugs hiding in the shadows like […]

Sunday Night Shenanigans

Good Evening Retro BBS Gurus! Now that my daughter has packed up her truck and headed back to university, I finally had some time to sit down and code today — especially since it rained all afternoon. Most of the message board section is now up and running! You can view messages, write new posts, […]

Happy Independence Day

Mrs. Baz and I aren’t really the “big crowd” type, so tonight I dove deep into the second rewrite of the BBS. I’m still converting everything to C#, but this time it’s all driven by Retro42BBS.API — a big step forward in modernizing the system. I’ve also been exploring the Accord .NET Framework, which opens […]

Monday Night Progress

We’re Getting Close to Testing! The portal for testing is almost ready to open! If you’re interested in becoming an alpha tester, just send me an email or leave a comment on this post. This week, I finished converting the main menu and began working on the message board menu. When I say “converting,” I’m […]