Importing Lists

Ingude can import lists from the tools you already use. Whether you have a JSON export sitting on your phone, a New Recruit tournament URL, or a link shared by a teammate, there is a fast path to get it into your library.

Supported Formats

Ingude auto-detects which format you are pasting and labels it in the UI:

Format	Where it comes from	Label shown
New Recruit JSON	.json export from the New Recruit app	New Recruit JSON
New Recruit text	Copy-pasted from a New Recruit army page	New Recruit text
New Recruit short	Compact clipboard format from some NR views	New Recruit (short)
Old World Builder	Text export from the OWB web builder	Old World Builder
Tabletop Forge share link	A link generated by another Ingude user	(handled separately - see Shared Links)

Detection is automatic - you never need to tell Ingude what you are pasting.

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Method 1 - Paste or Drop a File

This is the most common path. Use it whenever you have the list text or a .json file.

Step 1 - Open the Import dialog

Go to the Lists section and tap the Import button.

Step 2 - Drop a file or paste text

The dialog gives you two options side by side:

• Drag and drop a .json file onto the dashed drop zone (or click it to open a file picker).
• Paste the list text directly into the text area below.

Both work on desktop and mobile. On mobile the drop zone becomes a tap-to-pick-file button.

As soon as you paste text, Ingude detects the format and shows a small badge below the text area.

Hit Preview to continue.

Step 3 - Review the preview

Ingude parses the list and moves to the preview step. Here you can:

• Confirm or correct the detected Faction, Army, Points limit, and List name.
• Choose a comp pack if the tournament uses one (this enables additional validation rules later).

The unit list shows every entry from the original list with a match status:

Badge	Meaning
(none / clean)	Exact match - unit name and options found precisely in the data
Amber delta Δ+12	Fuzzy match - recognised but the recalculated cost differs from the declared one
Red ?	Unmatched - not found; it will be imported as a best-effort placeholder

If you see unmatched rows, check that the correct Faction and Army are selected - picking the wrong faction is the most common cause.

Hit Import and Ingude saves the list and opens it in the editor.

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Method 2 - New Recruit URL

If you have a New Recruit tournament link (e.g. from a Discord announcement or a BCP event page), you can import any player’s list directly without copying any text.

Step 1 - Open the URL import dialog

In the Lists section, tap Import from URL.

Step 2 - Paste the URL

Paste the New Recruit URL and hit Fetch. Ingude connects to New Recruit and retrieves the tournament participant data.

Two cases can happen:

• Direct participant link - Ingude fetches the list immediately and jumps to the preview.
• Tournament link - a searchable player list appears so you can pick whose list to import.

Step 3 - Pick a player (tournament links only)

Use the search box to filter by name and tap any player who has a list uploaded (players without a list are greyed out).

Step 4 - Preview and import

The same preview step from Method 1 appears. Confirm faction, army, and points, then hit Import.

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Method 3 - Shared Link

Another Ingude user can share a list with you by generating a share link from the list editor. The link encodes the entire list (name, faction, army, points limit, all units) into the URL itself - no server involved.

On mobile

Opening a share link on your phone takes you straight to a confirmation card that shows the list summary.

Tap Import and the list is added to your local library immediately.

On desktop

The same page works in a browser too - useful if you want to add an opponent’s list to your tournament tracker on a laptop.

Note

Shared links are self-contained. They do not require the sender to be online or have an Ingude account. Any Ingude share link works offline as long as the PWA is already cached.

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Understanding the Preview Step

All three methods converge on the same preview step before saving. It is worth understanding what Ingude does here.

How unit matching works

Ingude compares every unit name from your source list against the database for the selected faction and army. Matching happens in two passes:

1. Exact - the name matches a known unit entry character-for-character.
2. Fuzzy - the name is close enough (common abbreviations, spacing differences) that Ingude maps it to a unit, but it flags the cost difference as a delta badge.

Units that cannot be matched at all are imported as stubs. You can correct them in the list editor afterwards.

Points delta

The delta badge (Δ+12, Δ-30, etc.) appears when Ingude’s calculated cost for a unit differs from the cost declared in the source text. This usually means:

• The source was created on an older ruleset version.
• An option was not recognised and was silently dropped.
• You have selected the wrong army sub-list.

Fixing the faction/army selectors in the preview often resolves most deltas at once.

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The Validation Engine

Once a list is imported and saved, Ingude continuously validates it in the background according to The Old World core rules and - if you assigned a comp pack - the pack’s additional constraints.

Open the Validation panel from the list editor to see the results.

Severity levels

Icon	Colour	Meaning
● Error	Red	The list is illegal under the applicable rules. This must be fixed before the list can be used in a competitive game.
▲ Warning	Amber	Something is unusual or borderline - worth reviewing, but not strictly illegal.
ℹ Info	Blue	Informational note, e.g. a reminder about a special rule interaction.

When a rule comes from a comp pack rather than the core ruleset, Ingude shows the source name below the message so you know exactly which document to consult.

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Organizing Your Library

After import your list appears in the Lists library. A few things to know:

Favouriting

Tap the ★ icon on any list card to pin it to the top of the library. Useful for your tournament staple lists.

Version history

Every import creates a snapshot - a read-only version that records the list exactly as it was at import time. If you later edit the list, the original import is preserved as a version you can always look back at. You can see all snapshots in the Version History panel inside the list editor.

This means it is safe to import and then immediately start tweaking. You will not lose the original.

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Mobile Flows

All import methods work on mobile. A few differences to be aware of:

• The import dialogs open as bottom sheets that slide up from the bottom of the screen instead of centred modals.
• The drag-and-drop zone becomes a tap to pick file button (iOS/Android file pickers).
• The most common mobile flow is pasting from the clipboard: copy your NR list in the New Recruit app, switch to Ingude, open Import, and paste.

Tip

If you receive a share link in a Discord message on your phone, tapping it will open the browser directly on the shared link confirmation card. One tap to import - no copy-paste needed.