Safety before growth
Stores are verified before authority or public visibility is granted.
Helping players find groups they will actually want to keep.
This roadmap starts with player-to-group compatibility. Shops support that goal as optional meeting places and paid public event publishers—not as the product’s center.
Last updated September 11, 2026The foundation does not move
Access from the start
WCAG 2.2 AA and neurodivergent-friendly design guide product decisions, not a later retrofit.
Consent over surprise
Identity, contact sharing, and community integrations stay separated and understandable.
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Discord-first accounts
Sign in with basic Discord identity while Tavern Light keeps profiles and permissions separate.
Player sheets
Games, day-by-day availability, cadence, campaign or one-shot preferences, play style, and table care.
Role-wide profile pictures
Choose a Discord picture or upload one image for your Player, Game Master, and Store Owner identity.
Game Master campaigns
Private drafts and published campaigns with schedules, seats, expectations, and safety tools.
Open shop registration
Game shops can apply directly; business verification and owner approval still protect public listings.
Store owner workspace
Public store profiles, regular hours, accessibility details, supported games, and event drafts or publication.
Public group discovery
Visitors can browse open campaigns first, then public game nights and places to play.
Nearby venue suggestions
OpenStreetMap can suggest local game stores without a paid map account or treating them as registered Tavern Light shops.
Public store calendars
Players can filter real scheduled games by date, system, experience, seats, and one-shot or recurring format.
Explainable campaign matching
A visible score, match reasons, and cautions compare campaigns with each player’s saved preferences.
Beta safety controls
Suspension, unpublishing, access revocation, private support reports, and an administrative audit history.
Safe role demos
Visitors and the platform owner can explore Player, Game Master, and Store Owner experiences without saving data.
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Private beta
First player cohorts
Test whether schedule, style, expectations, and table-care details help people choose compatible groups.
Table and schedule operations
Create locations, zones, and tables; assign a Game Master; and prevent overlapping table or GM bookings.
Registration and waitlists
Let players claim open seats, join an ordered waitlist, cancel, and see their upcoming schedule.
Rosters and attendance
Give store staff and assigned Game Masters a roster with waitlist promotion, attended, and no-show controls.
Store team permissions
Owners can invite managers, event coordinators, and Game Masters with server-enforced, revocable authority.
Pilot operations reporting
Stores can measure games, seats, fill rate, waitlists, cancellations, attendance, no-shows, team size, and linked campaigns.
Private interest signals
Keep a reversible “interested” step for campaigns without sharing email or Discord details.
Consent-based introductions
Build on private interest so people explicitly approve contact sharing before a group or store receives private details.
Event preference matching
Extend the campaign match explanation to verified-store events and their accessibility details.
Store staff role testing
Validate owner, manager, event-coordinator, and assigned-GM permissions in a real pilot.
Accessibility beta
Test keyboard, screen-reader, contrast, focus, reduced-motion, dyslexia, autism, and ADHD support with real users.
Shop event pricing
$25 per listed night, or $99 for a 5–9 night mini-campaign bundle; player and GM accounts stay free.
Operational support
Refine report response, store suspension, owner recovery, and access-expiration procedures.
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Recurring group conversion
Turn successful one-shots into campaign records and generate future sessions without re-entering the group.
Notifications
Useful, configurable reminders without attention traps or unnecessary urgency.
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Discord community integration
Optional server and campaign automation through a separate, explicit consent flow.
Advanced table management
Configurable table groupings, rentals, event closures, overrides, and resource availability.
Additional sign-in options
Google and Apple identity choices without changing who owns Tavern Light records.
Paid listing checkout
Add payment collection before shop event fees move beyond transparent beta pricing previews.
PRIVATE BETA
Register a game shop →Help shape the next release.
Players and Game Masters can build profiles now. Game shops may apply directly, with verification required before any public event listing.