diff --git a/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/css/webclient.css b/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/css/webclient.css
index 312f321595..0ce0997c56 100644
--- a/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/css/webclient.css
+++ b/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/css/webclient.css
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ div {margin:0px;}
   height: 100%;
 }
 
+.card {
+  background-color: #333;
+}
+
 /* Container surrounding entire client */
 #clientwrapper {
   height: 100%;
diff --git a/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/fonts/DejaVuSansMono-webfont.woff b/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/fonts/DejaVuSansMono-webfont.woff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..43b301c564
Binary files /dev/null and b/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/fonts/DejaVuSansMono-webfont.woff differ
diff --git a/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/fonts/DejaVuSansMono.css b/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/fonts/DejaVuSansMono.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5484c470fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/fonts/DejaVuSansMono.css
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+@font-face {
+    font-family: 'DejaVu Sans Mono';
+    src: url('/static/webclient/fonts/DejaVuSansMono-webfont.woff') format('woff');
+    font-weight: normal;
+    font-style: normal;
+}
diff --git a/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/js/plugins/clienthelp.js b/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/js/plugins/clienthelp.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f5f5545ab0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/js/plugins/clienthelp.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Evennia Webclient help plugin
+ *
+ */
+let clienthelp_plugin = (function () {
+    //
+    //
+    //
+    var onOptionsUI = function (parentdiv) {
+        var help_text = $( [
+            "<div style='font-weight: bold;'>",
+                "<a href='http://evennia.com'>Evennia</a>",
+                " Webclient Settings:",
+            "</div>"
+        ].join(""));
+        parentdiv.append(help_text);
+    }
+
+    return {
+        init: function () {},
+        onOptionsUI: onOptionsUI,
+    }
+})();
+window.plugin_handler.add("clienthelp", clienthelp_plugin);
diff --git a/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/js/plugins/font.js b/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/js/plugins/font.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf940fab40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/js/plugins/font.js
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Evennia Webclient default "send-text-on-enter-key" IO plugin
+ *
+ */
+let font_plugin = (function () {
+
+    const font_urls = {
+        'B612 Mono': 'https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=B612+Mono&display=swap', 
+        'Consolas': 'https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Consolas&display=swap',
+        'DejaVu Sans Mono': '/static/webclient/fonts/DejaVuSansMono.css',
+        'Fira Mono': 'https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Fira+Mono&display=swap',
+        'Inconsolata': 'https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Inconsolata&display=swap',
+        'Monospace': '',
+        'Roboto Mono': 'https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto+Mono&display=swap',
+        'Source Code Pro': 'https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Source+Code+Pro&display=swap',
+        'Ubuntu Mono': 'https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Ubuntu+Mono&display=swap',
+    };
+
+    //
+    //
+    //
+    var onOptionsUI = function (parentdiv) {
+        var fontselect = $('<select>');
+        var sizeselect = $('<select>');
+
+        var fonts = Object.keys(font_urls);
+        for (var x = 0; x < fonts.length; x++) {
+            var option = $('<option value="'+fonts[x]+'">'+fonts[x]+'</option>');
+            fontselect.append(option);
+        }
+
+        for (var x = 4; x < 21; x++) {
+            var val = (x/10.0);
+            var option = $('<option value="'+val+'">'+x+'</option>');
+            sizeselect.append(option);
+        }
+
+        fontselect.val('DejaVu Sans Mono'); // default value
+        sizeselect.val('0.9'); // default scaling factor
+
+        // font-family change callback
+        fontselect.on('change', function () {
+            $(document.body).css('font-family', $(this).val());
+        });
+
+        // font size change callback
+        sizeselect.on('change', function () {
+            $(document.body).css('font-size', $(this).val()+"em");
+        });
+
+        // add the font selection dialog control to our parentdiv
+        parentdiv.append('<div style="font-weight: bold">Font Selection:</div>');
+        parentdiv.append(fontselect);
+        parentdiv.append(sizeselect);
+    }
+
+    //
+    // Font plugin init function (adds the urls for the webfonts to the page)
+    // 
+    var init = function () {
+        var head = $(document.head);
+
+        var fonts = Object.keys(font_urls);
+        for (var x = 0; x < fonts.length; x++) {
+            if ( fonts[x] != "Monospace" ) {
+                var url = font_urls[ fonts[x] ];
+                var link = $('<link href="'+url+'" rel="stylesheet">');
+                head.append( link );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return {
+        init: init,
+        onOptionsUI: onOptionsUI,
+    }
+})();
+window.plugin_handler.add("font", font_plugin);
diff --git a/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/js/plugins/goldenlayout.js b/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/js/plugins/goldenlayout.js
index d1409ab3f7..cbf5217730 100644
--- a/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/js/plugins/goldenlayout.js
+++ b/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/js/plugins/goldenlayout.js
@@ -383,6 +383,14 @@ let goldenlayout = (function () {
     // Public
     //
 
+    //
+    // helper accessor for other plugins to add new known-message types
+    var addKnownType = function (newtype) {
+        if( knownTypes.includes(newtype) == false ) {
+            knownTypes.push(newtype);
+        }
+    }
+
 
     //
     //
@@ -526,7 +534,7 @@ let goldenlayout = (function () {
         onKeydown: onKeydown,
         onText: onText,
         getGL: function () { return myLayout; },
-        addKnownType: function (newtype) { knownTypes.push(newtype); },
+        addKnownType: addKnownType,
     }
 }());
 window.plugin_handler.add("goldenlayout", goldenlayout);
diff --git a/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/js/plugins/iframe.js b/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/js/plugins/iframe.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..01d19a7993
--- /dev/null
+++ b/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/js/plugins/iframe.js
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+ * IFrame plugin
+ * REQUIRES: goldenlayout.js
+ */
+let iframe = (function () {
+
+    var url = window.location.origin;
+
+    //
+    // Create iframe component
+    var createIframeComponent = function () {
+        var myLayout = window.plugins["goldenlayout"].getGL();
+
+        myLayout.registerComponent( "iframe", function (container, componentState) {
+            // build the iframe
+            var div = $('<iframe src="' + url + '">');
+            div.css("width", "100%");
+            div.css("height", "inherit");
+            div.appendTo( container.getElement() );
+        });
+    }
+
+
+    // handler for the "iframe" button
+    var onOpenIframe = function () {
+        var iframeComponent = {
+            title: url,
+            type: "component",
+            componentName: "iframe",
+            componentState: {
+            },
+        };
+
+        // Create a new GoldenLayout tab filled with the iframeComponent above
+        var myLayout = window.plugins["goldenlayout"].getGL();
+        var main = myLayout.root.getItemsByType("stack")[0].getActiveContentItem();
+        main.parent.addChild( iframeComponent ); 
+    }
+
+    // Public
+
+    var onOptionsUI = function (parentdiv) {
+        var iframebutton = $('<input type="button" value="Open Game Website" />');
+	iframebutton.on('click', onOpenIframe);
+
+        parentdiv.append( '<div style="font-weight: bold">Restricted Browser-in-Browser:</div>' );
+        parentdiv.append( iframebutton );
+    }
+
+    //
+    //
+    var postInit = function() {
+        // Are we using GoldenLayout?
+        if( window.plugins["goldenlayout"] ) {
+            createIframeComponent();
+
+            $("#iframebutton").bind("click", onOpenIframe);
+        }
+        console.log('IFrame plugin Loaded');
+    }
+
+    return {
+        init: function () {},
+        postInit: postInit,
+	onOptionsUI: onOptionsUI,
+    }
+})();
+window.plugin_handler.add("iframe", iframe);
diff --git a/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/js/plugins/message_routing.js b/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/js/plugins/message_routing.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1279126b39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/js/plugins/message_routing.js
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+/*
+ * Spawns plugin
+ * REQUIRES: goldenlayout.js
+ */
+let spawns = (function () {
+
+    var ignoreDefaultKeydown = false;
+
+    var spawnmap = {};	// { id1: { r:regex, t:tag } } pseudo-array of regex-tag pairs
+
+    //
+    // changes the spawnmap row's contents to the new regex/tag provided,
+    // this avoids leaving stale regex/tag definitions in the spawnmap
+    var onAlterTag = function (evnt) {
+        var adult = $(evnt.target).parent();
+        var children = adult.children();
+        var id = $(adult).data('id');
+        var regex = $(children[0]).val();// spaces before/after are valid regex syntax, unfortunately
+        var mytag = $(children[1]).val().trim();
+
+        if( mytag != "" && regex != "" ) {
+            if( !(id in spawnmap) ) {
+                spawnmap[id] = {};
+            }
+            spawnmap[id]["r"] = regex;
+            spawnmap[id]["t"] = mytag;
+            localStorage.setItem( "evenniaMessageRoutingSavedState", JSON.stringify(spawnmap) );
+            window.plugins["goldenlayout"].addKnownType( mytag );
+        }
+    }
+
+    //
+    // deletes the entire regex/tag/delete button row.
+    var onDeleteTag = function (evnt) {
+        var adult = $(evnt.target).parent();
+        var children = adult.children();
+        var id = $(adult).data('id');
+        delete spawnmap[id];
+        localStorage.setItem( "evenniaMessageRoutingSavedState", JSON.stringify(spawnmap) );
+        adult.remove(); // remove this set of input boxes/etc from the DOM
+    }
+
+    //
+    var onFocusIn = function (evnt) {
+        ignoreDefaultKeydown = true;
+    }
+
+    //
+    var onFocusOut = function (evnt) {
+        ignoreDefaultKeydown = false;
+        onAlterTag(evnt); // percolate event so closing the pane, etc saves any last changes.
+    }
+
+    //
+    // display a row with proper editting hooks
+    var displayRow = function (formdiv, div, regexstring, tagstring) {
+	var regex = $('<input class="regex" type=text value="'+regexstring+'"/>');
+	var tag = $('<input class="tag" type=text value="'+tagstring+'"/>'); 
+	var del = $('<input class="delete-regex" type=button value="X"/>'); 
+        regex.on('change', onAlterTag );
+        regex.on('focusin', onFocusIn );
+        regex.on('focusout', onFocusOut );
+        tag.on('change', onAlterTag );
+        tag.on('focusin', onFocusIn );
+        tag.on('focusout', onFocusOut );
+        del.on('click', onDeleteTag );
+        div.append(regex);
+        div.append(tag);
+        div.append(del);
+	formdiv.append(div);
+    }
+
+    //
+    // generate a whole new regex/tag/delete button row
+    var onNewRegexRow = function (formdiv) {
+        var nextid = 1;
+        while( nextid in spawnmap ) { // pseudo-index spawnmap with id reuse
+            nextid++;
+        }
+        var div = $("<div data-id='"+nextid+"'>");
+        displayRow(formdiv, div, "", "");
+    }
+
+
+    // Public
+
+    //
+    // onOptionsUI -- display the existing spawnmap and a button to create more entries.
+    //
+    var onOptionsUI = function (parentdiv) {
+        var formdiv = $('<div>');
+        var button= $('<input type="button" value="New Regex/Tag Pair" />');
+	button.on('click', function () { onNewRegexRow(formdiv) });
+	formdiv.append(button);
+
+        // display the existing spawnmap
+	for( var id in spawnmap ) {
+            var div = $("<div data-id='"+id+"'>");
+	    displayRow(formdiv, div, spawnmap[id]["r"], spawnmap[id]["t"] );
+	}
+
+	parentdiv.append('<div style="font-weight: bold">Message Routing:</div>');
+	parentdiv.append(formdiv);
+    }
+
+    //
+    // onText -- catch Text before it is routed by the goldenlayout router
+    //           then test our list of regexes on the given text to see if it matches.
+    //           If it does, rewrite the Text Type to be our tag value instead.
+    //
+    var onText = function (args, kwargs) {
+        var div = $("<div>" + args[0] + "</div>");
+        var txt = div.text();
+	for( var id in spawnmap ) {
+            var regex = spawnmap[id]["r"];
+            if ( txt.match(regex) != null ) {
+                kwargs['type'] = spawnmap[id]["t"];
+	    }
+	}
+        return false;
+    }
+
+
+    //
+    // OnKeydown -- if the Options window is open, capture focus
+    //
+    var onKeydown = function(evnt) {
+        return ignoreDefaultKeydown;
+    }
+
+
+    //
+    // init
+    //
+    var init = function () {
+        var ls_spawnmap = localStorage.getItem( "evenniaMessageRoutingSavedState" );
+        if( ls_spawnmap ) {
+            spawnmap = JSON.parse(ls_spawnmap);
+	    for( var id in spawnmap ) {
+                window.plugins["goldenlayout"].addKnownType( spawnmap[id]["t"] );
+	    }
+	}
+
+        console.log('Client-Side Message Routing plugin initialized');
+    }
+
+    return {
+        init: init,
+	onOptionsUI: onOptionsUI,
+        onText: onText,
+        onKeydown: onKeydown,
+    }
+})();
+window.plugin_handler.add("spawns", spawns);
diff --git a/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/js/plugins/options2.js b/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/js/plugins/options2.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb3bc31bc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/js/plugins/options2.js
@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+/*
+ * Options 2.0
+ * REQUIRES: goldenlayout.js
+ */
+let options2 = (function () {
+
+    var options_container = null ;
+
+    //
+    // When the user changes a setting from the interface
+    var onOptionCheckboxChanged = function (evnt) {
+        var name = $(evnt.target).data("setting");
+        var value = $(evnt.target).is(":checked");
+        options[name] = value;
+        Evennia.msg("webclient_options", [], options);
+    }
+
+    //
+    // Callback to display our basic OptionsUI
+    var onOptionsUI = function (parentdiv) {
+        var checked;
+
+        checked = options["gagprompt"] ? "checked='checked'" : "";
+        var gagprompt   = $( [ "<label>",
+                               "<input type='checkbox' data-setting='gagprompt' " + checked + "'>",
+                               " Don't echo prompts to the main text area",
+                               "</label>"
+                             ].join("") );
+
+        checked = options["notification_popup"] ? "checked='checked'" : "";
+        var notifypopup = $( [ "<label>",
+                               "<input type='checkbox' data-setting='notification_popup' " + checked + "'>",
+                               " Popup notification",
+                               "</label>"
+                             ].join("") );
+
+        checked = options["notification_sound"] ? "checked='checked'" : "";
+        var notifysound = $( [ "<label>",
+                               "<input type='checkbox' data-setting='notification_sound' " + checked + "'>",
+                               " Play a sound",
+                               "</label>"
+                             ].join("") );
+
+        gagprompt.on("change", onOptionCheckboxChanged);
+        notifypopup.on("change", onOptionCheckboxChanged);
+        notifysound.on("change", onOptionCheckboxChanged);
+
+        parentdiv.append(gagprompt);
+        parentdiv.append(notifypopup);
+        parentdiv.append(notifysound);
+    }
+
+
+    //
+    // Create and register the "options" golden-layout component
+    var createOptionsComponent = function () {
+        var myLayout = window.plugins["goldenlayout"].getGL();
+
+        myLayout.registerComponent( "options", function (container, componentState) {
+            var plugins = window.plugins;
+            options_container = container.getElement();
+
+            // build the buttons
+            var div = $("<div class='accordion' style='overflow-y:scroll; height:inherit;'>");
+
+            for( let plugin in plugins ) {
+                if( "onOptionsUI" in plugins[plugin] ) {
+                    var card = $("<div class='card'>");
+                    var body = $("<div>");
+
+                    plugins[plugin].onOptionsUI( body );
+
+                    card.append(body); 
+                    card.appendTo( div );
+                }
+            }
+
+            div.appendTo( options_container );
+        });
+    }
+
+
+    // handler for the "Options" button
+    var onOpenCloseOptions = function () {
+        var optionsComponent = {
+            title: "Options",
+            type: "component",
+            componentName: "options",
+            componentState: {
+            },
+        };
+
+        // Create a new GoldenLayout tab filled with the optionsComponent above
+        var myLayout = window.plugins["goldenlayout"].getGL();
+        if( ! options_container ) {
+            // open new optionsComponent
+            var main = myLayout.root.getItemsByType("stack")[0].getActiveContentItem();
+
+            myLayout.on( "tabCreated", function( tab ) {
+                if( tab.contentItem.componentName == "options" ) {
+                    tab
+                    .closeElement
+                    .off("click")
+                    .click( function () {
+                        options_container = null;
+                        tab.contentItem.remove();
+                    });
+                    options_container = tab.contentItem;
+                }
+            });
+            main.parent.addChild( optionsComponent );
+        } else {
+            options_container.remove();
+            options_container = null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Public
+
+    //
+    // Called when options settings are sent from server
+    var onGotOptions = function (args, kwargs) {
+        var addKnownType = window.plugins["goldenlayout"].addKnownType;
+
+        $.each(kwargs, function(key, value) {
+            options[key] = value;
+
+            // for "available_server_tags", addKnownType for each value ["tag1", "tag2", ... ]
+            if( (key === "available_server_tags") && addKnownType ) {
+                $.each( value, addKnownType );
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    //
+    // Called when the user logged in
+    var onLoggedIn = function (args, kwargs) {
+        Evennia.msg("webclient_options", [], {});
+    }
+
+    //
+    // Display a "prompt" command from the server
+    var onPrompt = function (args, kwargs) {
+        // display the prompt in the output window if gagging is disabled
+        if( options["gagprompt"] == false ) {
+            plugin_handler.onText(args, kwargs);
+        }
+
+        // don't claim this Prompt as completed.
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    //
+    //
+    var init = function() {
+        var optionsbutton = $("<button id='optionsbutton'>&#x2699;</button>");
+        $("#toolbar").append( optionsbutton );
+        options["gagprompt"] = true;
+        options["notification_popup"] = true;
+        options["notification_sound"] = true;
+    }
+
+    //
+    //
+    var postInit = function() {
+        // Are we using GoldenLayout?
+        if( window.plugins["goldenlayout"] ) {
+            createOptionsComponent();
+
+            $("#optionsbutton").bind("click", onOpenCloseOptions);
+        }
+        console.log("Options 2.0 Loaded");
+    }
+
+    return {
+        init: init,
+        postInit: postInit,
+        onGotOptions: onGotOptions,
+        onLoggedIn: onLoggedIn,
+        onOptionsUI: onOptionsUI,
+        onPrompt: onPrompt,
+    }
+})();
+window.plugin_handler.add("options2", options2);
diff --git a/evennia/web/webclient/templates/webclient/base.html b/evennia/web/webclient/templates/webclient/base.html
index 399389f15e..46353b18ad 100644
--- a/evennia/web/webclient/templates/webclient/base.html
+++ b/evennia/web/webclient/templates/webclient/base.html
@@ -76,9 +76,16 @@ JQuery available.
     {% block guilib_import %}
         <script src={% static "webclient/js/webclient_gui.js" %} language="javascript" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
         <script src={% static "webclient/js/plugins/goldenlayout_default_config.js" %} type="text/javascript"></script>
+        <script src={% static "webclient/js/plugins/clienthelp.js" %} language="javascript" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
         <script src={% static "webclient/js/plugins/popups.js" %} language="javascript" type="text/javascript"></script>
-        <script src={% static "webclient/js/plugins/options.js" %} language="javascript" type="text/javascript"></script>
+<!--
+	<script src={% static "webclient/js/plugins/options.js" %} language="javascript" type="text/javascript"></script>
+-->
+        <script src={% static "webclient/js/plugins/options2.js" %} language="javascript" type="text/javascript"></script>
+        <script src={% static "webclient/js/plugins/iframe.js" %} language="javascript" type="text/javascript"></script>
+        <script src={% static "webclient/js/plugins/message_routing.js" %} language="javascript" type="text/javascript"></script>
         <script src={% static "webclient/js/plugins/history.js" %} language="javascript" type="text/javascript"></script>
+        <script src={% static "webclient/js/plugins/font.js" %} language="javascript" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
 <!--
         <script src={% static "webclient/js/plugins/splithandler.js" %} language="javascript" type="text/javascript"></script>
 -->