diff --git a/e2e/player-view.spec.ts b/e2e/player-view.spec.ts
index 87a2f90..3196906 100644
--- a/e2e/player-view.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/player-view.spec.ts
@@ -39,3 +39,19 @@ test('player view shows the party and hides enemy HP numbers', async ({ page })
   await expect(page.getByText('Bandit')).toBeVisible();
   await expect(page.getByText(/Healthy|Bloodied|Down/)).toBeVisible();
 });
+
+test('handout: GM pushes a handout to the player view', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: '+ New campaign' }).first().click();
+  await page.locator('input[data-autofocus]').fill('Handout Camp');
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Create' }).click();
+
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: /Handout/ }).click();
+  await page.getByLabel('Handout title').fill('A Mysterious Letter');
+  await page.getByLabel('Handout text').fill('Meet me at midnight.');
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Show to players' }).click();
+
+  await page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Dashboard' }).click();
+  await page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Player View' }).click();
+  await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'A Mysterious Letter' })).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(page.getByText('Meet me at midnight.')).toBeVisible();
+});
diff --git a/src/app/RootLayout.tsx b/src/app/RootLayout.tsx
index 9631d90..7435725 100644
--- a/src/app/RootLayout.tsx
+++ b/src/app/RootLayout.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { RollTray } from '@/components/ui/RollTray';
 import { Select } from '@/components/ui/Input';
 import { Button } from '@/components/ui/Button';
 import { SessionControl } from '@/features/play/SessionControl';
+import { HandoutControl } from '@/features/play/HandoutControl';
 import { useSessionBroadcaster } from '@/features/play/useSessionBroadcaster';
 
 const NAV = [
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ export function RootLayout() {
           })}
         </nav>
         <div className="ml-auto flex items-center gap-2">
+          {activeCampaign && <HandoutControl />}
           <SessionControl />
           <Button size="sm" variant="ghost" onClick={() => setPaletteOpen(true)} title="Command palette (Ctrl/Cmd+K)" aria-label="Open command palette">
             ⌘K
diff --git a/src/features/play/HandoutControl.tsx b/src/features/play/HandoutControl.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66817b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/play/HandoutControl.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import { useState } from 'react';
+import { useUiStore } from '@/stores/uiStore';
+import { fileToDataUrl, resizeToMax } from '@/lib/img/resize';
+import { Button } from '@/components/ui/Button';
+import { Modal } from '@/components/ui/Modal';
+import { Input, Textarea } from '@/components/ui/Input';
+
+/** GM control: compose a handout (text + optional image) shown to players. */
+export function HandoutControl() {
+  const active = useUiStore((s) => s.activeHandout);
+  const setActive = useUiStore((s) => s.setActiveHandout);
+  const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
+  const [title, setTitle] = useState('');
+  const [body, setBody] = useState('');
+  const [image, setImage] = useState<string | undefined>(undefined);
+
+  const openComposer = () => { setTitle(active?.title ?? ''); setBody(active?.body ?? ''); setImage(active?.image); setOpen(true); };
+  const show = () => { setActive({ title: title.trim() || 'Handout', body: body.trim(), ...(image ? { image } : {}) }); setOpen(false); };
+  const onImage = async (file: File) => setImage(await resizeToMax(await fileToDataUrl(file), 1280));
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <Button size="sm" variant={active ? 'primary' : 'ghost'} onClick={openComposer} title="Show a handout (text / image) to players">
+        {active ? '📣 Handout ✓' : '📣 Handout'}
+      </Button>
+      {active && <Button size="sm" variant="ghost" className="px-1 text-danger" onClick={() => setActive(null)} title="Hide handout">✕</Button>}
+      {open && (
+        <Modal open onClose={() => setOpen(false)} title="Handout for players"
+          footer={<>
+            <Button variant="ghost" onClick={() => setOpen(false)}>Cancel</Button>
+            {active && <Button variant="ghost" className="text-danger" onClick={() => { setActive(null); setOpen(false); }}>Hide current</Button>}
+            <Button variant="primary" onClick={show}>Show to players</Button>
+          </>}>
+          <div className="space-y-3">
+            <Input value={title} onChange={(e) => setTitle(e.target.value)} placeholder="Title (e.g. A Mysterious Letter)" aria-label="Handout title" />
+            <Textarea value={body} onChange={(e) => setBody(e.target.value)} placeholder="Text shown to players…" rows={5} aria-label="Handout text" />
+            <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
+              {image && <img src={image} alt="" className="h-16 w-16 rounded border border-line object-cover" />}
+              <label className="cursor-pointer rounded-md border border-line px-2 py-1 text-xs text-ink hover:border-accent">Image…<input type="file" accept="image/*" className="hidden" aria-label="Handout image" onChange={(e) => { const f = e.target.files?.[0]; if (f) void onImage(f); e.target.value = ''; }} /></label>
+              {image && <Button size="sm" variant="ghost" onClick={() => setImage(undefined)}>Remove image</Button>}
+            </div>
+            <p className="text-xs text-muted">Players see this on the Player View — and live, if you're hosting a session.</p>
+          </div>
+        </Modal>
+      )}
+    </>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/features/play/useSessionBroadcaster.ts b/src/features/play/useSessionBroadcaster.ts
index 1b8b54d..70e0b73 100644
--- a/src/features/play/useSessionBroadcaster.ts
+++ b/src/features/play/useSessionBroadcaster.ts
@@ -25,13 +25,14 @@ export function useSessionBroadcaster(campaign: Campaign | null): void {
   const calendar = useCalendar(cid);
   const activeEncounterId = useUiStore((s) => s.activeEncounterId);
   const activeMapId = useUiStore((s) => s.activeMapId);
+  const activeHandout = useUiStore((s) => s.activeHandout);
 
   const debouncedPush = useDebouncedCallback((s: Snapshot) => pushSnapshot(s), 250);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (role !== 'gm' || status !== 'connected' || !campaign) return;
-    const { snapshot, images } = buildSnapshot({ campaign, characters, encounters, maps, calendar: calendar ?? null, activeEncounterId, activeMapId });
+    const { snapshot, images } = buildSnapshot({ campaign, characters, encounters, maps, calendar: calendar ?? null, activeEncounterId, activeMapId, handout: activeHandout });
     debouncedPush(snapshot);
     for (const [id, dataUrl] of Object.entries(images)) pushImage(id, dataUrl);
-  }, [role, status, campaign, characters, encounters, maps, calendar, activeEncounterId, activeMapId, debouncedPush]);
+  }, [role, status, campaign, characters, encounters, maps, calendar, activeEncounterId, activeMapId, activeHandout, debouncedPush]);
 }
diff --git a/src/features/player/PlayerBoards.tsx b/src/features/player/PlayerBoards.tsx
index 49b2318..4bc60f3 100644
--- a/src/features/player/PlayerBoards.tsx
+++ b/src/features/player/PlayerBoards.tsx
@@ -6,9 +6,18 @@ import { PlayerMapView } from './PlayerMapView';
 
 /** Presentational player view: battle map + party + initiative, from a snapshot. */
 export function PlayerBoards({ snapshot, image, images }: { snapshot: Snapshot; image?: string; images?: Record<string, string> }) {
-  const { party, encounter, map } = snapshot;
+  const { party, encounter, map, handout } = snapshot;
+  const handoutImage = handout?.imageId ? images?.[handout.imageId] : undefined;
   return (
     <>
+      {handout && (
+        <section className="mb-6 rounded-xl border border-accent/50 bg-accent/5 p-4">
+          <h2 className="font-display text-2xl font-bold text-accent">{handout.title || 'Handout'}</h2>
+          {handout.body && <p className="mt-1 whitespace-pre-wrap text-ink">{handout.body}</p>}
+          {handoutImage && <img src={handoutImage} alt="" className="mt-3 max-h-[60vh] w-auto rounded-lg border border-line" />}
+        </section>
+      )}
+
       {map && (
         <section className="mb-6">
           <h2 className="mb-2 text-sm font-semibold uppercase tracking-wide text-muted">Battle map</h2>
diff --git a/src/features/player/PlayerViewPage.tsx b/src/features/player/PlayerViewPage.tsx
index ad55efc..09ee55e 100644
--- a/src/features/player/PlayerViewPage.tsx
+++ b/src/features/player/PlayerViewPage.tsx
@@ -52,8 +52,9 @@ function LocalPlayerView({ campaign }: { campaign: Campaign }) {
   const maps = useMaps(campaign.id);
   const activeEncounterId = useUiStore((s) => s.activeEncounterId);
   const activeMapId = useUiStore((s) => s.activeMapId);
+  const activeHandout = useUiStore((s) => s.activeHandout);
 
-  const { snapshot, images } = buildSnapshot({ campaign, characters, encounters, maps, calendar: calendar ?? null, activeEncounterId, activeMapId });
+  const { snapshot, images } = buildSnapshot({ campaign, characters, encounters, maps, calendar: calendar ?? null, activeEncounterId, activeMapId, handout: activeHandout });
   const image = snapshot.mapImageId ? images[snapshot.mapImageId] : undefined;
 
   return (
diff --git a/src/lib/img/resize.ts b/src/lib/img/resize.ts
index cf47cdf..fdd7a97 100644
--- a/src/lib/img/resize.ts
+++ b/src/lib/img/resize.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,26 @@ function loadImage(src: string): Promise<HTMLImageElement> {
   });
 }
 
+/** Downscale an image to fit within maxDim (preserving aspect), as a JPEG data URL. */
+export async function resizeToMax(src: string, maxDim = 1024, quality = 0.85): Promise<string> {
+  try {
+    const img = await loadImage(src);
+    const scale = Math.min(1, maxDim / Math.max(img.naturalWidth, img.naturalHeight));
+    const w = Math.max(1, Math.round(img.naturalWidth * scale));
+    const h = Math.max(1, Math.round(img.naturalHeight * scale));
+    const canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
+    canvas.width = w; canvas.height = h;
+    const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
+    if (!ctx) return src;
+    ctx.imageSmoothingEnabled = true;
+    ctx.imageSmoothingQuality = 'high';
+    ctx.drawImage(img, 0, 0, w, h);
+    return canvas.toDataURL('image/jpeg', quality);
+  } catch {
+    return src;
+  }
+}
+
 /** Natural pixel size of an image data URL. */
 export function imageSize(src: string): Promise<{ w: number; h: number }> {
   return loadImage(src).then((img) => ({ w: img.naturalWidth, h: img.naturalHeight }));
diff --git a/src/lib/sync/messages.ts b/src/lib/sync/messages.ts
index d7ab808..c0c9f47 100644
--- a/src/lib/sync/messages.ts
+++ b/src/lib/sync/messages.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ export const playerMapSchema = z.object({
   tokens: z.array(playerTokenSchema), drawings: z.array(playerDrawingSchema), hasImage: z.boolean(),
 });
 
+export const handoutSchema = z.object({
+  title: z.string(),
+  body: z.string(),
+  imageId: z.string().nullable(),
+});
+
 export const snapshotSchema = z.object({
   campaignName: z.string(),
   calendarDay: int.nullable(),
@@ -63,6 +69,7 @@ export const snapshotSchema = z.object({
   encounter: playerEncounterSchema.nullable(),
   map: playerMapSchema.nullable(),
   mapImageId: z.string().nullable(),
+  handout: handoutSchema.nullable().optional(),
 });
 export type Snapshot = z.infer<typeof snapshotSchema>;
 
diff --git a/src/lib/sync/snapshot.ts b/src/lib/sync/snapshot.ts
index 6157333..f0662b7 100644
--- a/src/lib/sync/snapshot.ts
+++ b/src/lib/sync/snapshot.ts
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ export function buildSnapshot(input: {
   calendar: Calendar | null;
   activeEncounterId: string | null;
   activeMapId: string | null;
+  handout?: { title: string; body: string; image?: string } | null;
 }): SnapshotResult {
-  const { campaign, characters, encounters, maps, calendar, activeEncounterId, activeMapId } = input;
+  const { campaign, characters, encounters, maps, calendar, activeEncounterId, activeMapId, handout } = input;
   const sys = getSystem(campaign.system);
   const images: Record<string, string> = {};
   const byId = new Map(characters.map((c) => [c.id, c]));
@@ -70,6 +71,12 @@ export function buildSnapshot(input: {
 
   if (activeMap?.image) images[activeMap.id] = activeMap.image;
 
+  let handoutOut: { title: string; body: string; imageId: string | null } | null = null;
+  if (handout) {
+    if (handout.image) images['handout'] = handout.image;
+    handoutOut = { title: handout.title, body: handout.body, imageId: handout.image ? 'handout' : null };
+  }
+
   return {
     snapshot: {
       campaignName: campaign.name,
@@ -78,6 +85,7 @@ export function buildSnapshot(input: {
       encounter: activeEnc ? toPlayerEncounter(activeEnc) : null,
       map: projection,
       mapImageId: activeMap && activeMap.image ? activeMap.id : null,
+      handout: handoutOut,
     },
     images,
   };
diff --git a/src/stores/uiStore.ts b/src/stores/uiStore.ts
index 11049e9..01f9800 100644
--- a/src/stores/uiStore.ts
+++ b/src/stores/uiStore.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import { persist } from 'zustand/middleware';
 
 export type Theme = 'dark' | 'light';
 
+export interface Handout { title: string; body: string; image?: string }
+
 interface UiState {
   theme: Theme;
   /** id of the campaign currently in focus across feature screens */
@@ -11,11 +13,14 @@ interface UiState {
   activeEncounterId: string | null;
   /** map currently projected to the player view */
   activeMapId: string | null;
+  /** a handout currently shown to players (title/body/optional image) */
+  activeHandout: Handout | null;
   setTheme: (theme: Theme) => void;
   toggleTheme: () => void;
   setActiveCampaign: (id: string | null) => void;
   setActiveEncounter: (id: string | null) => void;
   setActiveMap: (id: string | null) => void;
+  setActiveHandout: (h: Handout | null) => void;
 }
 
 export const useUiStore = create<UiState>()(
@@ -25,14 +30,16 @@ export const useUiStore = create<UiState>()(
       activeCampaignId: null,
       activeEncounterId: null,
       activeMapId: null,
+      activeHandout: null,
       setTheme: (theme) => {
         applyTheme(theme);
         set({ theme });
       },
       toggleTheme: () => get().setTheme(get().theme === 'dark' ? 'light' : 'dark'),
-      setActiveCampaign: (id) => set({ activeCampaignId: id, activeEncounterId: null, activeMapId: null }),
+      setActiveCampaign: (id) => set({ activeCampaignId: id, activeEncounterId: null, activeMapId: null, activeHandout: null }),
       setActiveEncounter: (id) => set({ activeEncounterId: id }),
       setActiveMap: (id) => set({ activeMapId: id }),
+      setActiveHandout: (activeHandout) => set({ activeHandout }),
     }),
     {
       name: 'ttrpg-ui',