Summary View, Enhanced Filtering, and Persistence Improvements
This update introduces the MeG Catalog Summary, significant filtering enhancements including URL synchronization, and improved session stability.
What changed
- MeG Catalog Summary. A new bird’s-eye view of the encounter library, showing counts grouped by Tag and Rank for easier content discovery.
- URL Parameter Synchronization. Your filter selections (Name, Tag, Author, Rank) are now automatically reflected in the browser URL, allowing you to bookmark or share specific library views.
- Deep-linking & ID Selection. Use the
?id=...URL parameter to automatically find, select, and highlight a specific encounter in the catalog. - Robust “No tag” Support. Improved handling for untagged entries in both filtering logic and dropdown updates.
- Extended Session TTL. Session persistence has been increased to 48 hours to better support long-running RPG sessions :-).
- Improved Stability. Refined error handling for content writes and session-file reloads ensures a more reliable experience during heavy generation tasks.
Impact: Easier navigation of the vast encounter library, better ways to save your favorite filters, and a more stable environment for your game preparation.
What’s New — March 26, 2026 (local time)
PDF Export, Combat Notes, and Improved Naming
This update adds PDF export capabilities, integrated combat rules reminders, and significant improvements to naming and UI readability.
What changed
- PDF Export. Individual session files can now be downloaded as styled PDFs. Also added a “Zip all as PDF” feature for bulk exports.
- Filtering by MeG Content words. The search will search for the word (at least 3 characters) in name, tags, race and notes. Several filler words like “and”, “have” etc are not searched
- Combat Notes. A new generation toggle adds automated rule reminders for Strength Tactics, Reach, Parry, Knockback, Bash, and Sunder to your statblocks.
- Improved Naming. Encounter summaries are now prefixed with “Summary -” (replacing “MeG -“), and the UI uses a new `split_wordcase` filter for better readability of creature names.
- Direct link to MeG from the Encounter table. (The arrow right next to Tags)
- Reach & Initiative. Refined Melee Initiative calculations and Reach rules integration in both the MeG Library and the Initiative Wheel.
- Chaos Features. Added support for Chaos feature effects on initiative calculations.
- Random Encounters. You can now trigger random encounter generation directly from the MeG library interface – select your tags for example Tag “All” Author All Rank All and filter by name: “Troll” and search by words “chaos”. Then in the generation settings the count of how many to create for each encounter 2 and how many random encounters you will get 3.
Press Create Random button
- Robust Session Files. Refactored session file management with better clock-skew detection and more reliable cleanup of expired files.
Impact: Better offline access via PDFs, faster rule lookups during combat, and a cleaner, more intuitive interface for managing encounters.
You can find more about MeG Encounter Generator here
Notes From Pavis 