Developer posts and news about this game.
Encounter of the Week Playtest Encounter of the Week is a new way to play Draw Steel: no Director required . Each week there's a new encounter. Form a party of 4 to 6 heroes with friends, with whoever's in town, or control them all yourself. The Codex runs everything a Director w
Turn Rewind: Take It Back Moved into the wrong square? Used the wrong ability? You can now rewind your turn . While you play a turn, the Codex quietly saves the board before the turn starts and again before and after every ability and every move. Rewind to any of those moments an
Draw Steel Codex 0.0.851 is Now Available 2-Minute Tabletop Maps Are in the Codex We're excited to announce our partnership with 2-Minute Tabletop ! Their huge library of hand-drawn battle maps is now available right inside the Codex, and 2-Minute Tabletop Patreon patrons get acc
Draw Steel Codex 0.0.845 is Now Available See this video for an overview of the top changes in this update: Adventures Darkheart of the Wood and The Red Road are available for purchase in the store for $9.99US each. Those who backed these adventures will have received a code by e
New Features & Content Line of Effect & Elevation : Now, when you target a creature who is at a differing elevation to you we calculate whether elevation inhibits or blocks line of effect. If it blocks half or more of the token we'll treat it as having cover, and if the e
New Features & Content Beastheart: Implemented the Shared Maneuvers feature. Beastheart: Treasure implementation completed. Complications: Complications that grant a treasure -- Amnesia , Betrothed , Secret Twin -- are now automated. Item | Thunderhead Bident: Implementation
Version 0.0.825 of the Draw Steel Codex is now available! New This Week Respite Redux! Respite got a major facelift. We tried to make this super cool and automated everything we thought we could. We're looking forward to your feedback! Directors can start a Respite via Game ->
Version 0.0.821 of the Draw Steel Codex is now available! User Interface Improvements New UI is now the default option for everyone! Ability to create and share your own buttons and toolkits within the interface. See this video for details: In Windows, the Codex now has its own c
Draw Steel Codex 0.0.813 is now available Popout all the things! Dual monitor users rejoice! From character sheets to journal documents to the chat panel, most major dialogs in the app can now be popped out into their own windows. You may have popped PDF documents out before, and
Some quality of life fixes: Add a Party Member Controls setting which allows the Director to control whether players can see/edit each other's character stats. If turned on, players will get a button on their comrades' tokens allowing them to open their character panel just like
Version 0.0.805 of the Draw Steel Codex is now available! Lots of exciting news this week! Patreon, Email, and Adventure Content Let's start with the lead: Dark Heart of the Wood and The Red Road are now available in the Codex to MCDM Patrons. When you start the Codex after this
Version 0.0.801 of the Draw Steel Codex is now available. Re-worked the Troubadour's Dramatic Reversal ability based on community feedback. This reflects the direction we are going to generally make abilities easier to use. Made a concept of "hostile triggers", with bleeding bein
Version 0.0.795 now available! Check out this Wallmaster video: General Improvements Improved automation for There Is No Space Between. Caster & allies can step into a portal and select their destination adjacent to any other portal. Force moving an enemy into a portal grants
Version 0.0.786 of the Draw Steel Codex is now available! Premium Modules When creating a module, you can now set it as being premium . This means that you control who gets access to it. You can do this by generating keys which you might sell to customers, or distribute to backer
Version 0.776 of the Draw Steel Codex is now available Shop We've launched our in-game shop with some dice that we think are pretty cool! We have an initial batch of themed dice: Llianar - The Sunmetal, a metallic alloy created by the solar celestials, the sun elves in the youth
Version 0.0.766 of the Draw Steel Codex is now available! There are some hot new features this week so put on a hat, sunglasses and sun lotion! New Features Walls with Heights & Solid Walls Walls can now have heights set on them. You can fly over walls, or even climb over the
Version 0.0.758 of the Draw Steel Codex is now available! This weeks update is primarily focused on bug fixes. We have rapidly implemented a lot of new features since entering Early Access and been working hard at implementing more content. The stability, performance and robustne
Version 0.0.753 of the Draw Steel Codex is now available! Adjusting Monster Levels We have implemented support to easily adjust monster levels. To do this, place a monster creature on the map and open their character sheet. To the right of their Level there will be an Adjust Leve
Version 0.0.744 of the Draw Steel Codex is available! Global Search We have implemented global search from the search bar in the menu. This search bar previously searched uploaded PDF's and game settings but we have extended this to search throughout the app. There's a lot to cov
Version 0.0.740 of the Draw Steel Codex is now available. This week we have: Expanded Encounter System Encounters can now have multiple "waves" specified when building them, including which round the waves arrive. When a new wave is available, a button on the combat tracker is av