Tables, sessions, game nights and the board, rebuilt — and a lot of phone fixes
A big one. Tables, sessions, game nights, the bulletin board and every form have a new layout, and most of the smaller fixes came from using the site on a phone.
Finding a game
- New: Find a Game on the homepage. Answer a couple of quick questions and you get the tables that suit you, each with the reasons it matches.
- New: Looking for a game. Switch it on in Settings → Play preferences to show a Looking for a game badge on the Members page, where DMs can filter for you. The day before a game night you're going to, you'll get a heads-up if a table still has a free seat.
- On a game night, a DM inviting players to their table sees everyone coming that night who's looking for a game, and picks who to invite.
- Changed your mind? You can now withdraw a request to join a table. The DM isn't notified.
The homepage
- Your next-session cards show how many comments the session has. You can add a comment right there, and there's a link straight to the table's chat.
Your table's page
- Every table now has one page with tabs: Overview, Sessions, Party and, for the DM, Manage. The tabs switch instantly, without reloading the page.
- The header always shows the game system, the DM, how many seats are taken and how many sessions have been played. DMs also see a banner when someone wants a seat.
- The Overview shows the next session, the story so far, the party, the table chat and a feed of recent activity.
- Sessions can be filtered by upcoming, past and cancelled. Party shows the roster, drop-in guests and who came to the last six sessions.
- Manage gathers join requests, invites and the table's settings, which are now simple switches. DMs can now approve drop-in guests before they take a spot, and choose whether anyone in the club can read or post in the table chat.
- Tables that go quiet for eight weeks now get a heads-up, and are archived a week later if nothing changes. Admins can put this on hold for a table that's just taking a break.
Sessions
- Session pages have a cleaner two-column layout, with Previous and Next buttons to move between sessions. Saying you're going, maybe or out updates straight away.
- On a phone, the Going / Maybe / Out buttons sit in the page under the session details, instead of being stuck to the bottom of the screen.
- DMs' buttons line up in a tidy grid on a phone, and nothing runs off the edge.
- "Show me around" no longer points DMs at a button only players can see.
Game nights
- Every night's page shows at a glance how many people are coming, which tables are running and how many seats are open.
- On a phone, the Going / Maybe / Out buttons sit above tonight's line-up, not stuck to the bottom of the screen.
- Organisers get Tonight, Roster, Raffles and Manage tabs, with a readiness summary and the night's settings as switches.
- Once a night has happened, its page shows who attended.
- When you set up a special night, the DMs you pick appear in a panel alongside. "Darken the banner" now previews on your banner as you toggle it.
The bulletin board
- A fresh look for the board and for each notice, with replies laid out more clearly and better tools for moderators. The filter pills now wrap onto a second line on a phone instead of running off the side.
The World Wiki (beta test)
The World Wiki is being tried with a few tables first, and will open to everyone later.
- A table's maps and handouts now live on its wiki pages as attachments. Files uploaded before the change wait in an Unfiled pile until the DM moves them onto a page.
- DMs can share a page with only the players they choose, which is perfect for a secret item or a private reveal. Those players get a notification.
- A session can list the wiki pages to prep for it, and clicking between wiki pages no longer reloads the page.
- On a computer, PDFs open right in the page.
- Tables not yet in the beta can still see and download files they uploaded before, under a Files tab. New uploads go on wiki pages once a table joins the World Wiki.
Everywhere
- Every form has a clearer, grouped layout, with Save and Cancel at the bottom where you'd expect them.
- Uploading a banner: only the Browse button opens the file picker, the preview has a proper frame, and you can remove a banner, including one you've just picked.
- Pop-ups and questions all use the site's own style now, including "Discard your changes?" if you leave a half-finished form.
- Pop-ups on a phone keep their buttons on screen, even with the keyboard open.
- Light mode and dark mode now match exactly. Nothing is a pixel bigger in one than the other.
- Lots of smaller fixes:
- switches no longer wiggle when you change a setting, and a quick second click is never lost;
- writing boxes use the full width;
- pages sit neatly centred on wide screens;
- tabs fit on a phone;
- the "Take a tour?" banner no longer covers pictures and PDFs you've opened.