From the 'latest releases' section of the Boards tab, I click on my board name for board '@!#?@!?' and that sends me to:

http://www.wargear.net/boards/view/%40!%23%3F%40!%3F

Where I see the error:

Board '@!#' not found in database.

I can also get this same error by clicking the board name in the 'my games list' and the 'game info' page for a game I've started.

I was able to start a game by clicking the wargear icon by the boards thumbnail under the 'latest releases' section.

Also this board does not show up under the 'all boards' (gridded) view under the Boards tab.  I don't know if that is related to the other problem or maybe there is just a lag before that gets updated.

Thanks!

What are the odds that you have an illegal character in that name?

Yeah - I thought I was being clever with that name, but it looks like wargear is not happy with the '!' or maybe the '?'.

Ozyman wrote:

Also this board does not show up under the 'all boards' (gridded) view under the Boards tab.  I don't know if that is related to the other problem or maybe there is just a lag before that gets updated.

I fixed that.  I can't set the Difficulty until a board is Live, so the lag is me setting Tags/Difficulty :) (which has really still just been my opinion, but definitely open to feedback/making updates where necessary).

As for the rest, I'm guessing the illegal character thing, so might think about a new name that tom could toss in place.  Or it looks using the BoardId works correctly, so just have the Id link ( http://www.wargear.net/boards/view/1532 ), of course you have to enter 1532 for each of the tabs in place of the characters (but Create Game works) and if you ever did an new Version this would probably have to be redone.

Well, I guess the obvious alternative name is 'Q*bert' or just 'Qbert'.  I'd prefer the one with all the weird characters, but if it is simpler for Tom to just change the name I am ok with that also.

oh sorry about that, i thought the '@!#?@!?' was just the name of the GAME, not the BOARD.

I don't think i would have passed it without a name change due to the illegal characters...

Tom has helped me with various problems on this board before and never mentioned the name being a problem, and I guess I assumed that if the characters were illegal it wouldn't let me create a board with that name. 

Hehe there are some checks somewhere for illegal characters.  Ie you can't name a Scenario '@!#?@!?' and if you try to Rename a Board or Scenario then it truncates to @!... but try and name a Scenario just @! and you get the illegal characters thing again :p

It should work, I'm just trying to establish why it doesn't!

This is fixed now.

Thanks Tom!  Works for me now.