Test mode: I'm just putting the finishing touches on the test mode we discussed in the "Closing Bugs" thread.

* You'll be able to enter test mode simply by using a game name that starts with the prefix "test:".

* In test mode there will be no result uploading and the game does not appear on the games page.

* In test mode you can login twice (that is play against yourself), the only restriction being that you can't play a team against itself (so you need 2 different teams).

* Team ownership is not checked so you can "borrow" a team from someone else - you can even test your team against a specific opponent by playing both your team and his.

* In test mode you get a /roll chat command to determine the next rolls of the RNG. Say you want to fail a 4+ Pickup with successful Loner reroll afterwards you would give a /roll 1 4 4 command before starting the move.

* In addition to that you can temporarily add skills to a player (or remove a skill) via a /skill add <playernr> <skillname> command. Ever wanted to throw that Woodelf catcher with your tree? Just give him Right Stuff and there you go. Want your mino tamed? Just remove the Wild Animal skill via /skill remove <playernr> <skillname>.

Sounds cool?
Validating bugfixes will be a breeze.
And you can have your own "training camp" to experiment.

Now on to the holiday countdown ...