HORDE
A virtual tabletop for online RPG sessions
Changelog
What is new in Horde, and what we fixed. Newest first.
- NewLet every player at the table delete a chapter of the campaign journal, not only the game master
- NewTurn the campaign journal into a logbook: sessions on the calendar, a d20 for each one and the downtime counted in days
- NewDelete a chapter from the campaign journal
- NewRead the campaign journal as a chronicle: a timeline to follow, numbered chapters and the days between sessions
- NewTurn the line of sight on from the battlemap menu: each player sees only what their pawn sees, and the game master lends the eyes of a pawn to whoever has none
- FixKeep a location's card open when you click a pin or a zone on a map, until you click elsewhere
- NewShow the game master a preview of every map and battlemap on the places page, as the navigation does
- FixFit the participants of your table on a phone screen, even those with a long nickname
- FixStop shifting a battlemap illustration by a whole square, leaving a black band, when its drawn grid starts right on the edge
- NewFollow what's new in Horde on the changelog page, with the latest change right on the homepage
- NewSee a preview of every map and battlemap when you browse or search them
- NewChoose who comes along before you move the table to another battlemap or map
- NewPlace labels on your maps, legible over any background, each with its own marker if you like
- NewConnect an AI agent to Horde with a token from your account, and let it read and prepare your campaigns: places, characters, maps, battlemaps, encounters and journal
- NewLet it rain on a battlemap, and set the wind with a compass to drive the rain and a fog thick enough to cover it
- NewBrowse your assets as folders and images, and import new ones into an existing folder
- NewSee a thumbnail of every picture among your campaign documents
- NewTurn your guest account into a full account
- NewEdit, recolor and reroll your pinned dice rolls without duplicating them
- NewLog in with Discord
- NewCall boards battlemaps, create one through a rebuilt wizard and edit it on a single page
- NewAlign a battlemap's grid with the one drawn on its illustration
- NewLet players manage their own pawns and their followers', edit the character they embody and change the states of any pawn
- NewFollow an encounter turn by turn in the revamped Encounter panel
- NewRoll with advantage or disadvantage, and reroll right from a roll's announcement
- NewPrint physical tokens of your characters from a PDF contact sheet
- NewKeep your characters in one flat roster, without categories
- NewReveal your battlemaps and maps through a new fog of war, painted as a mask and shared live with the party
- NewSearch the whole campaign from a single field
- NewRoll dice as a character, and give each character its own quick rolls
- NewSee who is watching a battlemap or a map
- NewPlay from a phone: the campaign menu, the audio and the account controls fold into a burger menu
- NewKeep a journal of your campaign, chapter by chapter, and read it in its own window
- NewLead the table through the places of the campaign during a session
- NewSee the other participants' cursors on maps, as on battlemaps
- NewShow a map to the whole table with its drawings, texts and locations, while the fog and the unpublished locations stay with you
- NewRule a map with a scale to measure distances on it, and mesh it with a grid cut from that scale
- NewPin locations on a map, as points or zones, that open a battlemap or another map
- NewTag your characters, one or many at once, and browse the roster by facet and tag
- NewSwitch Horde to a light theme of warm paper, or keep it dark
- NewArrange your campaign into places, from the world down, each holding its battlemaps and maps and shown by the picture you choose
- NewPick your sounds from a cleaned-up library, searchable by name, sorted by the world your table plays in, with ambiences ready to play
- NewDraw on maps with dashed strokes and arrows, place texts and markers on them, and cover them with fog of war
- NewShow the name of a pawn on the battlemap, pawn by pawn
- NewCreate maps of your campaign's world and zoom into them
- NewSelect, move and delete what was drawn on a battlemap
- NewSelect many pawns with the mouse, move them together and remove them with the keyboard
- NewTrack initiative during an encounter
- NewGive a character an inventory, which its player finds on their screen
- NewGive a character followers
- NewMark a pawn with states
- NewGive a character a pawn of any size, and rotate it
- NewRemove a participant from your campaign
- NewDraw straight lines on a battlemap, with an optional wobble and snapping to the grid
- NewFollow what happens at the table in a stream panel, on the session screen and on the battlemap
- NewRename, delete and flatten your asset folders
- NewMeasure distances on a battlemap, players as well as game masters, and share the measure with the table
- NewListen to Horde's own music while you prepare and play
- NewInvite players with a table code, and let them join as guests without creating an account
- NewCome in through a redesigned login page and home
- NewGive each battlemap and each session its own soundtrack, played to the whole table
- NewRun one session per campaign, named as you like, and return to it from any battlemap
- NewZoom a battlemap with the mouse wheel
- NewCreate a battlemap through a new step-by-step flow, picking its background from thumbnails
- NewUpload PDF and AVIF documents and read them in Horde
- NewCreate a character right from the battlemap
- NewLet players draw on the battlemap
- NewWelcome every new account with an email
- NewFollow another participant's mouse cursor
- NewDuplicate a battlemap, and wipe its whole drawing at once
- NewImport your own assets, from PNG or WEBP images or whole ZIP folders
- NewClap, or sound a sad horn, on a dice roll announcement
- NewName, save and sort your dice rolls, and see their name when they are announced
- NewKeep personal notes
- NewSearch the battlemaps and places when you navigate the session
- NewReshape the walls that block light: add points, move them and their junctions
- NewHandle pawns from a revamped pawn panel and pawn menus
- NewLet several players roll their dice at the same time
- NewPaint the fog of war over a battlemap with a new tool
- NewChoose which documents the players can see
- NewSend a pawn back to the waiting zone
- NewDelete battlemaps and backgrounds
- NewView a picture in full screen
- NewTag your battlemaps and filter them by tag
- NewGather the campaign's documents and rules in one place, and show any of them to the table
- NewStart every new battlemap with the player characters in its waiting zone, gathered in a group
- NewWrite documents and share them live with the table
- NewGive your campaign a cover
- NewPlay in role-play sessions, gathered on a session screen
- NewRoll dice and share pictures across the whole campaign, not only on one battlemap
- NewGive Horde a new look and a new font
- NewSearch through the trees of assets and characters
- NewPlay music and sound ambiences to the whole table
- NewCreate battlemaps that are not square
- NewWrite character descriptions in a new rich text editor
- NewSee a battlemap through a player's eyes, as the game master
- NewChange your nickname and your password
- NewCreate your own campaign right after you sign up
- NewDraw freehand on a battlemap, in your own color, at any zoom
- NewRoll 3D dice from their notation, the result announced to the whole table
- NewStamp an asset again and again, and select, move and edit several assets at once
- NewSet a battlemap's atmosphere, fog, wind and ambient light, kept from one session to the next
- NewLearn the battlemap's keyboard shortcuts from their own panel
- NewLine up pawns in a waiting zone before placing them on the battlemap
- NewLet a pawn carry its own light
- NewOpen and close walls, like doors
- NewMove, rotate and resize assets with handles right on the battlemap
- NewHide parts of a battlemap from the players under a fog of war
- NewBring every player to the battlemap you open
- NewBind a character to its player
- NewInvite players to a campaign with a link
- NewShift and scale a background to fit the grid
- NewCrop a portrait for each character
- NewZoom in and out of the battlemap
- NewUpload your own backgrounds for the battlemaps
- NewSign up, create campaigns and gather participants around them
- NewCreate your characters and sort them into categories
- NewMove many pawns at once
- NewGather pawns into groups
- NewSee who is connected to the table
- NewSee the mouse cursors of the other players
- NewLight the battlemap with dynamic lights whose shadows hide what the players cannot see
- NewHide a pawn from the players
- NewCover the battlemap with night, cloud or fog overlays
- NewSee how far a pawn moves
- NewRead a character's description from its pawn
- NewShare a picture with the table
- NewFurnish the battlemap with assets you can move, rotate, resize and clone
- NewCreate battlemaps of any size, and open or close them to the players
- NewLight a beacon on the battlemap to catch the table's eye
- NewSketch together on a shared sketchpad, with an eraser and an undo
- NewMove pawns by drag and drop on a battlemap shared live with the table