I am creating a gaming website. My specialty *USED* to be user interface design but as I have been studying back-end architecture languages lately, my skills/creative ideas are a bit... lacking.

Details of the site are going to remain under lock-and-key for obvious reasons but I need ideas for a UI.

The site is going to be a platform for "pencil-and-paper" gamers to play games like Dungeons and Dragons and the like.

Requirements:

Game pages
a spot for a chat room and a second column (for buttons)

Main Pages and Member pages
I need a 2-column layout (or 1 if you think the site menu should be at the top of the page)

I want to keep it looking kinda old since most of these games are "period" games.

Any other questions I'd be happy to answer in comments or notes.

Thanks in advance