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What has changed in the console, updates, short adventures, how to run creatures, and more.
- ReleaseOpenFray 1.3.1: Player-view fixesA small patch for the shared player view: more reliable background sharing, clock-independent updates and timing, and dead creatures below the turn order.1 min read
- From the tableHow a shared DnD initiative tracker sped up my fightsI replaced paper initiative notes with OpenFray and a player-facing tablet. Here’s how shared turn order, effects, and the game log helped speed up fights.5 min read
- ReleaseOpenFray 1.3: Keep the fight movingFind a spell while the table waits, keep the goblins straight, and recover an interrupted fight. OpenFray’s free combat console works with 5.5e and 5e.3 min read
- From the tableHow to prepare, save, and share a DnD encounterBuild a DnD encounter around your party, check its estimated difficulty, save it for game night, and share the creature lineup with another Game Master.4 min read
- From the tableWhat your DnD initiative tracker forgetsI used to rely on players to remind me which spells were still running and who they affected. OpenFray keeps that part of the fight on the board.4 min read
- ReleaseOpenFray 1.2Save a fight and pick it up next session, prep the next one early, and publish an encounter or a creature to a link anyone can open. Compatible with 5.5e and 5e.6 min read
- ReleaseOpenFray 1.1Run a fight from your phone or keep your hands on the keyboard. OpenFray 1.1 adds mobile layouts, rebindable shortcuts, and turn-based effect durations.3 min read
- ReleaseOpenFray 1.0Give your players a live view of turn order and the game log, with the details you choose to share. OpenFray 1.0 also brings bundled effects and more libraries.4 min read
- UpdateBrood & Bloom: the people, the jars, and the spellsSix more creatures, nineteen preparations, and twenty-three spells you can cast in the console. What was added to the parasite bestiary, and what moved.4 min read
- ReleaseOpenFray is in betaCheck encounter difficulty before the first turn, follow the game log, and review the fight afterward. OpenFray’s free combat console enters beta.3 min read
- LibraryBrood & Bloom: A free bestiary of parasitesSixty-one parasites in three broods — one that lives in people, one that takes ground, one that wants only the dead — and the order that catalogs them.2 min read
- LibraryThe Waking Garden: A free bestiary of crops, pests, and moreSixty-seven vegetables that have woken up, across three stages of growth, with the ecology around them and the thing they are all cuttings from.3 min read
- ReleaseOpenFray is in alphaKeep initiative, creature resources, and effects together while you run a fight. Try OpenFray’s free combat console in your browser, with no account required.4 min read
