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The change history of the apps and the server in one place, newest first, from waiting for the table, breaks and a 16 GB local AI floor in 0.28.4 back to human DM mode and the workshop in 0.12.0. Each entry links to its release notes.

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Server versions lead; the app release that carries each one is beside it. Full notes are on the server and app release pages.

0.28.4, app 0.19.4: The table waits for everyone, and one home

2026-10-21. At a table the AI narrates, the Dungeon Master now answers once every player with the table open has acted or pressed Pass, or after five quiet minutes; the lead can say or change it under Settings, Players and permissions, Pacing. Any seat can for a break, with a banner naming who paused and a running clock. Held plays the newest passage first. A in the lobby and on the Party tab, drafted from the characters' backstories, reaches the DM. The DM opens shops in play, with Browse wares in the chat; general stores carry the basics and magic items are priced by rarity. Fights end turns where the table was told, ambushes open close, and "Roll !" starts one. Local AI gets a 16 GB minimum with for a 16 GB card. drafts a world from an idea as a reviewed outline, and Paint keeps its jobs. Board views get the native stage controls. Next 16.4.1 for the October 14 advisories.

In the apps: the app's home is your world's home, with Forge a new world on an empty one; a guided first launch (your name, Story AI, then Voices and music); Narration and sound in Settings; Duplicate on save slots; asked of the servers you are signed in to; a 16 GB local AI floor, with the 35B at and Q2 and Gemma 4 12B no longer offered; and on the desktop, Cut, Copy and Paste in every text field, Cmd+V on a Mac included. Server release notes · App release notes.

0.28.3, app 0.19.3: Hands and gear, quick build and the hero page

2026-10-20. Hands and gear by the rules: deals gear cards (draw, stow, drop, pick up, a shield), each charged as the rules charge it, and dropped items stay on . One row resolver lets a table-language item act as its SRD twin. The builder's Help me build and Fill what's left, a gear receipt, one with a confirm sheet, and a hero page after a new character's first save. Older character files import owing their picks; the whole backstory reaches the DM; classes lead with the campaign's setting. How often fights come (Fewer fights, Balanced, More fights). recovers from a stalled speech request, and a Narration is waiting banner says what the browser holds back. 's Ask cites its sources, take the 's , and cards remember their WorldForge file. In the apps: a native hero page and no white flicker on a reload. Server release notes · App release notes.

0.28.2, app 0.19.2: The Atlas, one cloak at a time

2026-10-19. A atlas map can be the region's backdrop, a place's and open from its pin, map settings edit safely, and the DM can show players an atlas after reviewing what they will see. One of a kind worn at a time: one cloak, one helmet, one pair of boots. Tables read what the model writes by fields, never English words, so an Italian table's Favored Enemy and potions work. subclasses cast by their features, and an agent can level its character. Isometric Tabletop is the first in the catalogue. In the apps: your own world always lets its owner in after a slow first start. Server release notes · App release notes.

0.28.1, app 0.19.1: WorldForge at the table

2026-10-18. A World tab at the table for whoever runs the story, with Reveal to the party for secrets. Every DM ends and says why, with an admin Server log; every model call is fitted to its real window (16K to narrate, 24K for fights, 32K recommended); "Could not reach the backend" says why. One Art style choice and label-free maps. The builder's steps take plain names (Hero, Ancestry, Class, Abilities, Spells or Gear, Finish). Names and searches compare by Unicode. A server with no offers only a . Release channels are documented. In the apps: a Beta updates switch, and a local story AI that reports a missing engine and restarts after a crash. Server release notes · App release notes.

2026-10-17. Setup becomes Settings: campaign details, prep, searchable table settings in named groups, Story AI, rules and ending. Phones keep five priority tabs plus More, and gathers , sound, the and Help. The lobby, solo games and late joins offer ready-made heroes, library characters and building your own, with a line explaining what happens next. A five-step first-turn tour introduces play; Help keeps the full tour.

The builder starts with playstyle suggestions, lists choices still owed, suggests class skills and puts alignment with finishing touches. links descriptive entries to playable stat blocks and items, tools stay current across tabs, and imports preserve campaign edits and bring the world's people, places, , and referenced monsters. The starts with four tasks, and species and feat editors explain their engine mechanics.

Admin settings show unsaved changes, Save and Undo, inherited model values and service states. suggests services already configured and lets optional services wait. provide workshop importers, map generators and board views through Admin, Addons; Android does not offer them yet. Interrupted map renders become retryable failures, and image refusals can retry a supported square size. Player receivers work with Windows npm launchers and stale locks; optional secret wake agents that cannot accept a webhook.

In the apps, the grouped home menu says where each route leads and which host it opens on. requires an AI storyteller, signing in refreshes tables immediately, Story AI first shows the current storyteller/pictures/read-aloud services and offers OpenAI narration on the same key, and Escape backs out of app screens. Desktop allows addon board frames. Server release notes · App release notes.

0.27.2, app 0.18.2: Resumable characters and WorldForge revisions

2026-10-16. Builder drafts resume on the device; library characters can Level up to the next level; lineage and class filters, score assignment, name dice and missing-pick links make choices easier. imports keep local edits, separate unrelated worlds, retain DM-only visibility and report format losses before writing; place illustrations travel in . Typed tool refusals no longer become invented . Local installs support current Python and shell artwork is smaller. Release notes.

0.27.1, app 0.18.1: Three campaign steps and your usual table

2026-10-15. The creator becomes Essentials, Experience, Review, with optional settings in named groups, beside character voices, Edit links and personal campaign defaults. questions addressed to @DM get an immediate public answer outside the story. Release notes.

0.27.0, app 0.18.0: Listed models, account tours and live-table management

2026-10-14. Text, image and speech models come from backend discovery and the model catalog; missing selections are stated explicitly. Prep cards retain their full text and Context explains retrieved . Tours follow accounts across devices. Bring in prep and end a campaign during play, set the dictation key and coordinate held actions. Restores preserve previous state and older servers refuse newer schemas. In the apps: Add to Steam, a phone world private until shared, and fixes for startup, joins, sign-in, sharing cleanup and readiness. Release notes.

0.26.4, apps 0.17.5 and 0.17.6: Repair, model discovery and saved layouts

2026-10-13. Backend and agent model discovery, a catalog ranked for the hardware, easier player-receiver setup, and movable/resizable table panels with saved layouts. The apps keep installed across upgrades and offer Check files, Repair, cache clearing and a reversible reset in Troubleshooting. App 0.17.6 repairs Windows package aliases before startup. Release notes.

0.26.3, apps 0.17.3 and 0.17.4: World export and table controls

2026-10-12. exports/imports on desktop and Android. The library gets a build editor, the party gets shared travel formation and personal card order, and Customize Hand chooses visible action cards. Concentration swaps ask first, coordinated actions preserve their order and Fast processing is offered where supported. App visuals and inline artwork improve, with a smaller 0.17.4 payload. Release notes.

0.26.2, app 0.17.2: The sound library on demand

2026-10-11. The is re-encoded to Opus (146 MB down to 76 MB) and leaves the apps' installers, which are back to half the size: an admin taps Download the sound library in the or the , and a phone writes it one track at a time. 171 placeholder thumbnails replaced by a majority vote across three art reviews. A connection a local model server dropped before answering is asked again once, instead of telling the table the model is unavailable.

0.26.1, app 0.17.1: Table language, the Sound panel, several characters per player

2026-10-11. A setting with fifteen languages: every model call that writes for people writes in it, the server reads story and player text the same way in all of them, and picture prompts reach the image model in English. The Sound panel: now playing, takes per cue, Next, a level per layer, and an open-licensed library. moves , the HUD, the message box and together, the enlarged board keeps its tools, and reach is measured to a creature's nearest square. Agents read and answer the DM's whispers; Z-Image Turbo joins the picker. Android draws edge to edge.

0.26.0, app 0.17.0: WorldForge and the rules audit closed

2026-10-10. joins the as its own tool. Workshop copies of published monsters, spells, items, subclasses, species, feats and backgrounds play exactly like the original, hazards are a kind, and an can fight from a stat block. A written Market travels with its prep and keeps the shelf the table left. The 2014 rules audit's 50 gaps close at their roots. read a long campaign whole and can be woken by signed decision webhooks. Painted race and class portraits replace the silhouettes.

0.25.0, app 0.16.0: Guided setup, a steering seat, Quick start, Steam Deck

2026-10-09. npm run setup and a that finds and tests the storyteller, pictures, voice, and your own agent. let ChatGPT, Claude, Grok or Meta Muse play on a . seats a person behind the screen, and a is settled by that person or a vote. Damage and conditions aimed at a player can wait for their approval. Admin switches for who may start campaigns and who may spend paid AI, with a usage ledger. seats four ready-made heroes in two clicks. copies and imports keep every link; feats teach their spells and the combat feats reach the table. In the apps: the Steam Deck layout and controllers, , in-app updates for the tarball, and Mac, and the guided setup as a native screen.

0.24.9 and 0.24.8, apps 0.15.8 and 0.15.7: The creator explains itself

2026-10-07 and 08. The reason Continue is held sits beside it with Show me; racial cantrips are free; every option names its book; greyed skills and a shut subclass menu say why; one price table for the starter pack. A gets the monsters' as cards. Feats grant what their text says, with a "Languages and training" block on the sheet, and a kept 4d6 roll stays kept. Local models get their window back, with the tool definitions budgeted and shown in the . OpenAI's GPT-6 models call their tools, Codex runs a table again, and an can live inside the image.

0.24.7 to 0.24.5, apps 0.15.4 to 0.15.6: Setup codes and a voice for every speaker

2026-10-05 and 06. A new server's first account needs a from its log, and the apps claim their own worlds. Uploads, pictures and sit behind the login, with daily upload budgets and per-account lockouts. A table whose live stream goes quiet reconnects on its own. The AI no longer acts for a silent player, damage told in prose goes back to the dice, and fights open at the story's distance. Narration can use any speech server, starts as it renders, and every speaker can have a voice. stays whole on small and short screens, and an About dialog names the exact build. In the apps: Windows finds an installed agent and reads a large graphics card's real memory, a host is told when another device holds its , and Android permission prompts no longer close the app.

0.24.4 to 0.24.0, apps 0.15.0 to 0.15.3: The rulebook, secret dice and a human DM's fight

2026-10-01 to 04. The whole as a at the table, and an engine that holds about 96 percent of it. Dictation in every prose field a DM writes in. Every roll names who made it against whom, and every roll the server makes is a dice card. Movement per , a Stand up card, and 294 new painted combat card icons. A 's fight asks the table for and holds for the monsters' turns, and whispers reach the DM. Players get a dice tray with Roll in secret. A content-pack druid can join the party again. In the apps: the Mac build is signed and opens (0.15.2).

0.23.11 to 0.23.8, apps 0.14.6 to 0.14.9: The engine holds the rules

2026-09-26 to 28. The server enforces itself: one legality check for creation, editing, import and the library; hit dice, slots, saves, speed, armour class and hit points worked out by the server; level-up one level at a time with the experience; and campaign settings for hit points and starting wealth. No DM ends empty. The character creator holds to the rules it shows, options grant what their text says, and the table you are on can be deleted from home. The moved to storage that heavy sharing cannot exhaust. Node 22.18 or newer is required.

0.23.7 to 0.23.0, apps 0.14.0 to 0.14.5: The world screens and a lighter table

2026-09-22 to 25. Home is a title screen with Continue and save slots; the table is cinematic, with an ribbon, a party rail and the fight stage. 4d6 throws six sets into a tray. A spell book with 5e preparation, grouped under acts with waypoint-gated beats, and story memory in any language. Pictures as right-sized WebP, a table that re-renders far less, audio that seeks, and chapters that close again. Fixes from the first community play with Claude Code as the Dungeon Master. Item info cards. In the apps: Android no longer freezes when it stops hosting, smaller downloads, and the app's doors in the account menu.

0.22.0, app 0.13.0: Bring your own agent

2026-09-21. Claude Code, Codex, opencode or Grok Build can narrate on their own sign-in, held to the same rules as the built-in Dungeon Master: Admin, on a server, a fourth door on the desktop app's Story AI screen. let a player's own client act as them with ticked scopes and a token shown once. From community pull requests: verified and restore in Admin, Backup and as scripts, and a Test backend probe for the text and utility models. The build explains that its sandbox cannot start programs.

0.21.3, app 0.12.8: One OpenAI key per device

2026-09-19. On an the Story AI choice covers every campaign, including ones made before the key existed; a campaign used to freeze its backend on the day it was created. One key for and pictures: a story on api.openai.com lends its key to the OpenAI , host-gated. OpenAI models pack the prompt against 128K tokens instead of the 16K stand-in.

0.21.2, app 0.12.7: Rogues and bards, the short window

2026-09-19. A rogue or a level 3 or higher bard can be created again (the Calling step's expertise gate waited on the next step). Under 720 px of height is a rail and the message box never gives way. renders bold and italic instead of printing asterisks.

0.21.1, apps 0.12.1 to 0.12.6: The redesign inside the apps

2026-09-19. on short windows; context menus and the inside the apps' game root. In the apps: the update check runs as the app opens with a popup and an installer that installs (rpm, deb, tar.gz and Mac download their own file); the and reach the host's pages; the display and story faces ship inside the apps; one Preact on Android so menus, dialogs and tooltips work; the 2,008 painted icons ship inside the apps; pages scroll and page changes no longer freeze; host pictures no longer give up on their first request; Android shows an http host's pictures; AI-generated pictures load through a Cloudflare-poisoned cache.

0.21.0, app 0.12.0: The redesign

2026-09-19. Combat: , as a stage with a spotlight and an of portraits, a HUD from the engine's budget, violet , damage in its own shape, behind a setting. Rebuilt character creator (diamond stepper, 4d6 grid, array slots, point buy steppers, card grids) and campaign creator (six steps, world portals, a cover read-back). and Map Editor rebuilt with a tool rail, layers, tileset panel, inspector, per-map skins and stamped props. Motion on every control, one sliding highlight per row, springs on dialogs. A new front door with a painting of one of the seven kinds of world. The app's own controls everywhere. Painted , the story book, level-up, rest, loot and arrival moments. Fixes: the QR button shares the one public address; 25 lineages' ability bumps apply; confirmations on revoking an invite and removing a pack; point buy enforces its budget.

0.20.0, app 0.11.0: The painted world

2026-09-19. painted on the device from their terrain, with skins per setting (sixteen for fantasy) and a device switch to keep the drawn board. Faces on tokens. 2,008 painted icons for spells, items, features, feats, conditions and actions. Painted effects for each energy type, healing, death and crits. Pages crossfade; entering a world no longer reloads. The desktop installer is about 40 MB larger for the art.

0.19.0, app 0.10.0: The virtual tabletop

2026-09-14. Every resolved outcome plays on ; token HUD, camera pull and lock, mode. ; sky and hour with weather rules. Terrain walls with half cover, senses in the light model, doors that sound, map notes, freehand drawings. The and became editors with selection, undo, autosave and . : secret blocks, audiences, Show this now, PDF pages, backlinks, autocomplete links, inline rolls, a timeline, a , quests. voices, theatre inserts, speaking as an NPC. , the , strictness and tone presets. Legendary and lair actions, fight summaries. with standing and power; a calendar with moons and festivals; torches that gutter. Shops with haggling, player trades, several characters per player. The ; One Page Dungeon and Watabou imports; prepared worlds as . The chrome-free ; for human-DM tables; a dual-track . A parchment and . Desktop: the table on a second screen. Android: haptics, PDF pages in the phone's viewer.

0.18.0, app 0.9.0: Your own dice, and shake to roll

2026-09-12. The with a live 3D tray, nineteen presets, saved on the account. The dice button is a menu. on phones and tablets, holding rolls until a shake or Roll now. The 's Plugin tool builds with , catalogue pickers and a Publish tab.

0.17.1 and 0.17.0, app 0.8.0: The content pack ships; one room code is the door

2026-09-11. The is attached to every release and carried by the image and the apps. A sent with a sign-up must name a table that would seat the player; an admits accounts only with a live room code, with no passwords and no sign-up policy; the browser join page asks for a name only. The builder requires every pick with "N still to choose"; the spell list is open from the start. pick lists for casting time, range, components and more, and a glossary beside conditions and schools. In the app: Enter room code and Scan invite QR on the home screen, a saved world probed before a session is sent, a host that is offline says so, the room code kept on the entry so a moved world is found, and the bundled server carries the content pack.

0.16.x, apps 0.7.0 to 0.7.16: The apps carry the screens

2026-09-06 and 07. 0.16.0 ; 0.16.1 the apps draw the host's screens themselves over the host's API; 0.16.2 for audio and dice on every page; 0.16.3 tours, written guides per tool, and pick lists instead of typed names; 0.16.4 a that names the host too (ABCD2345-EFGH6789). The 0.7.x apps: join by room code typed on both shells, the asked what a code means, published codes that follow the world to a new address, no password anywhere an app is the host, a smaller download.

0.15.0, app 0.6.0: Packs with their own art, a table that shows you around

2026-09-06. carry a cover and pictures for races, classes, backgrounds, monsters, places and ; the 27 community packs got art. Two spotlight tours of the table, for players and the . The account menu and an app-home button on every page. The share sheet beside copy and QR. In the app: a of the shell, a user guide and Settings in the top bar, campaign covers on the home screen, a hide-offline switch, and a pasted link or address taking the same path as a scan.

0.14.1 and 0.14.0, app 0.5.0: A fully tooled workshop

2026-09-05. with shape tools, undo and redo, light sources, labels, props, doors, light zones, cues and a DM-only overlay. editors for items, spells, feats, backgrounds, species and subclasses, read by the engines. The full stat block in the . extras. with visibility, and links. Table weights and nesting. A Party system with . The at any size with roads, rivers, borders, labels, a backdrop, Azgaar import and PNG export. carry homebrew and pregens; import by kind. A server address button and QR for the apps. 0.14.1 restored the glibc image. In the app: add a server by scanning its QR, a much leaner payload.

0.13.0, app 0.4.0: The new look, deleting your account

2026-09-05. One shared frame restyles every page; the home page is a dashboard; the campaign creator and character builder are stepped wizards; the is a hub with a page per system; campaigns have ; invite links preview the table before sign-in. Delete account with an admin-set grace period (0 to 90 days, default 14), Keep my account on sign-in, and a purge that removes everything the account owns.

0.12.3, 0.12.2 and 0.12.1, apps 0.3.0 and 0.3.1: What the apps needed

2026-09-02. Sharing a device-hosted world starts when a lobby opens. SQLite behind one driver so the Android app can host a world with a Node runtime built for Android. Switch server in the account menu inside the apps. One invite link shape at opendungeonmaster.com/j with a confirmation page, , share links that know the server's public address, that vouch for a sign-up. Bearer sign-in for native apps, open, invite-only or closed with admin-minted invites, Discord-only accounts able to set a password. The giving a hosted session a stable play-CODE name; with a budget. for servers that cannot open a . Friends, notifications over a live stream, presence, session reminders. Story settings editable in the ; the can change hands; a real "no AI" state; controls following ; an OpenAI ; carrying their art. Security: a leak of per-campaign keys into member snapshots fixed (rotate keys set on 0.12.0), asset routes behind login, the probe admin-only, join and registration throttled.

0.12.0: Human DM mode, the workshop, voice chat and a terms of service

2026-08-31. A terms of service written for self-hosted software. with the console, panels, , story-beat capture and . The as a campaign that never plays, with import at creation and from the lobby. Voice chat over an in-process with floor rules, side rooms, proximity, whispers and shouts. in three layers. per shape including . Hand-painted , a stamp palette, import, prepared maps that outlive their . Active effects with durations, a calendar and clock, the party as an entity with a purse, coin denominations, unidentified items, mounted combat, scene trackers.

Earlier releases (0.10 and 0.11: install, , , control, the ) are on the release pages.

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