diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7bf9b32..83aca88 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -168,6 +168,8 @@ Players only see a short card of the other players, never their sheets. Guessing
 - **DM notes**: NPC tokens and props have a "Notes (only you see these)" field (map editor and table; e.g. the contents of a chest). On the table click the token to edit; a 📝 marks tokens with notes and the text shows as tooltip. Players never receive notes.
 - **Fog without walls**: sight range and fog also work on maps without walls (circle around the token). Sight needs walls or a range above 0; the explored memory is now stored at up to 1024 px.
 
+- **Map ping**: everybody (players and DM) can point at a spot: double-click the map, or press *📍 Ping* and click. All see a ring in the pinger's colour with their name, and hear a short ping (rate limited to one per second and person). The DM can switch the sound off or upload an MP3 for it under *Lobby actions → Sounds → Map ping*; players can still mute sounds for themselves.
+
 ## API
 
 All `/api/*` routes except `/api/auth/me`, `/api/auth/register` and `/api/auth/login` need the session cookie.
@@ -199,6 +201,7 @@ All `/api/*` routes except `/api/auth/me`, `/api/auth/register` and `/api/auth/l
 | PUT | `/api/lobbies/{id}/doors/{wall}` , `/sight` | DM: open / close a door; line of sight on / off |
 | GET / POST | `/api/lobbies/{id}/scenes` | DM: saved scenes / save a copy of the table (`name`) |
 | PUT / DELETE | `/api/lobbies/{id}/scenes/{sid}` | DM: rename (`name`), save now (`save`) / delete |
+| POST | `/api/lobbies/{id}/ping` | Ping a spot (`x`, `y`); everybody gets a push |
 | PUT | `/api/lobbies/{id}/scene` | DM: switch to a scene (`scene_id`); the current one is saved first |
 | GET / POST / DELETE | `/api/props[/{id}]` | Your own prop images / upload (raw body, `?name=`) / delete |
 | GET | `/api/props/{id}/image`, `/api/lobbies/{id}/prop-image/{pid}` | Prop image (owner / lobby members, DM's props) |
diff --git a/backend/app/maps.py b/backend/app/maps.py
index 610c7cc..90f116a 100644
--- a/backend/app/maps.py
+++ b/backend/app/maps.py
@@ -774,6 +774,29 @@ def install(api, db, current_user, lobby_for, dm_only, hub, event, store_dir: Pa
         hub.notify(lid, "map")
         return {"ok": True}
 
+    pinged: dict = {}
+
+    @api.post("/lobbies/{lid}/ping")
+    def ping(lid: str, body: dict = Body(...), user: dict = Depends(current_user)):
+        """Anybody at the table can point at a spot of the map; everybody sees a ring there (and hears a ping)."""
+        with db() as con:
+            lobby = lobby_for(con, lid, user)
+            m = need_map(con, lobby)
+            try:
+                x, y = float(body.get("x")), float(body.get("y"))
+            except (TypeError, ValueError):
+                raise HTTPException(422, "Invalid position")
+            if not (0 <= x <= m["w"] and 0 <= y <= m["h"]):
+                raise HTTPException(422, "Outside of the map")
+        now = time.time()
+        if now - pinged.get((lid, user["id"]), 0) < 0.8:
+            raise HTTPException(429, "Slow down")
+        pinged[(lid, user["id"])] = now
+        if len(pinged) > 2000:
+            pinged.clear()
+        hub.notify(lid, "ping", delay=0, x=round(x, 1), y=round(y, 1), user=user["username"], dm=lobby["owner_id"] == user["id"])
+        return {"ok": True}
+
     @api.put("/lobbies/{lid}/sight")
     def set_sight(lid: str, body: dict = Body(...), user: dict = Depends(current_user)):
         """DM: switch line of sight on or off for the table (off: players see the whole map)."""
diff --git a/backend/app/sounds.py b/backend/app/sounds.py
index 0dfa870..c5907c2 100644
--- a/backend/app/sounds.py
+++ b/backend/app/sounds.py
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ from fastapi import Body, Depends, HTTPException, Request
 from fastapi.responses import Response
 
 MAX_SOUND = 1_500_000  # bytes per file
-SLOTS = ("roll", "crit_success", "crit_failure")
-FLAGS = ("result", "crit_success", "crit_failure")  # result = the short tones for success / failure of a check
+SLOTS = ("roll", "crit_success", "crit_failure", "ping")
+FLAGS = ("result", "crit_success", "crit_failure", "ping")  # result = the short tones for success / failure of a check
 
 
 def schema(con):
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def settings(raw) -> dict:
         s = json.loads(raw or "{}")
     except ValueError:
         s = {}
-    return {"result": s.get("result", True), "crit_success": s.get("crit_success", True), "crit_failure": s.get("crit_failure", True),
+    return {"result": s.get("result", True), "crit_success": s.get("crit_success", True), "crit_failure": s.get("crit_failure", True), "ping": s.get("ping", True),
             "custom": {k: bool(s.get("custom", {}).get(k)) for k in SLOTS}, "v": int(s.get("v", 0))}
 
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/Lobbies.jsx b/frontend/src/Lobbies.jsx
index 4e7f3dc..3df639b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Lobbies.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/Lobbies.jsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import PaperSheet, { ThemeSwitch } from './PaperSheet.jsx'
-import { sound, playRoll, preload, DEFAULT_ROLL } from './sound.js'
+import { sound, playRoll, playPing, preload, DEFAULT_ROLL } from './sound.js'
 import { MapView, MapLibrary, NpcPicker, PropForm, PropPicker, RadialMenu, RevealLayer, StatusForm, TokenForm, WallLayer } from './MapView.jsx'
 
 const J = { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ function SoundSettings({ lobby, id, act, sfx }) {
       <div className="row small">
         <span className="muted">{sn.custom[slot] ? 'Your file' : defaultText}</span>
         <span className="row">
-          <button className="ghost" onClick={() => playRoll(slot === 'roll' ? 20 : 100, 1, slot === 'roll' ? undefined : slot, { ...sfx, [`${slot}_on`]: true })}>▶ Test</button>
+          <button className="ghost" onClick={() => (slot === 'ping' ? playPing({ ...sfx, ping_on: true }) : playRoll(slot === 'roll' ? 20 : 100, 1, slot === 'roll' ? undefined : slot, { ...sfx, [`${slot}_on`]: true }))}>▶ Test</button>
           <label className="uploadbtn small">Upload MP3<input type="file" accept="audio/mpeg,.mp3" hidden onChange={(e) => upload(slot, e)} /></label>
           {sn.custom[slot] && <button className="ghost" onClick={() => act(`/api/lobbies/${id}/sounds/${slot}`, 'DELETE')}>Reset</button>}
         </span>
@@ -623,6 +623,7 @@ function SoundSettings({ lobby, id, act, sfx }) {
       <label className="small chk"><input type="checkbox" checked={!!sn.result} onChange={(e) => flag('result', e.target.checked)} /> Short tones for success / failure of a check</label>
       {row('crit_success', 'Critical success', 'Built-in tone', 'crit_success')}
       {row('crit_failure', 'Critical failure', 'Built-in tone', 'crit_failure')}
+      {row('ping', 'Map ping', 'Built-in tone', 'ping')}
       {err && <p className="warn small">{err}</p>}
     </div>
   )
@@ -722,7 +723,10 @@ function LobbyView({ id, rules, user }) {
   const fogImg = useFogImage(id, mapState.vision?.fog, viewAs)
   const sock = useRef({})
   const [sheetTick, setSheetTick] = useState({ cid: '', n: 0 })
+  const [pings, setPings] = useState([])
+  const [pingMode, setPingMode] = useState(false)
   const up = useSocket(id, {
+    ping: (n) => sock.current.ping?.(n),
     open: () => { sock.current.load?.(); sock.current.poll?.(); sock.current.loadMap?.() },
     map: () => sock.current.loadMap?.(),
     messages: () => sock.current.poll?.(),
@@ -740,6 +744,7 @@ function LobbyView({ id, rules, user }) {
   sfx.current = sn ? { roll: sn.custom.roll ? `/api/lobbies/${id}/sounds/roll?v=${sn.v}` : DEFAULT_ROLL,
     crit_success: sn.custom.crit_success ? `/api/lobbies/${id}/sounds/crit_success?v=${sn.v}` : null,
     crit_failure: sn.custom.crit_failure ? `/api/lobbies/${id}/sounds/crit_failure?v=${sn.v}` : null,
+    ping: sn.custom.ping ? `/api/lobbies/${id}/sounds/ping?v=${sn.v}` : null, ping_on: sn.ping,
     result: sn.result, crit_success_on: sn.crit_success, crit_failure_on: sn.crit_failure } : { roll: DEFAULT_ROLL }
   useEffect(() => { preload(sfx.current) }, [sn?.v]) // eslint-disable-line
   const onRoll = useCallback((m) => {
@@ -750,7 +755,16 @@ function LobbyView({ id, rules, user }) {
     setTimeout(() => setTray((t) => t.filter((x) => x.key !== key)), 20000)
   }, [])
   const feed = useFeed(id, load, onRoll, up)
-  sock.current = { load, poll: feed.poll, loadMap }
+  const showPing = (n) => {
+    if (!lobby) return
+    const mem = lobby.members.find((m) => m.username === n.user)
+    const color = n.dm ? lobby.dm_color : lobby.palette.find((p) => p.id === mem?.color)?.hex || '#ffffff'
+    const key = `${Date.now()}${Math.random()}`
+    setPings((l) => [...l.slice(-5), { key, x: n.x, y: n.y, color, name: n.dm ? 'DM' : mem?.character?.name || n.user }])
+    setTimeout(() => setPings((l) => l.filter((p) => p.key !== key)), 3500)
+    playPing(sfx.current)
+  }
+  sock.current = { load, poll: feed.poll, loadMap, ping: showPing }
 
   const act = async (url, method, body, done) => {
     if (!url) return load()
@@ -899,12 +913,12 @@ function LobbyView({ id, rules, user }) {
               const selProp = lobby.is_dm ? mapState.tokens.find((t) => t.id === mapSel && t.kind === 'prop') : null
               const walls = full && showWalls ? mapState.walls || [] : []
               return (
-                <MapView map={mapState.map} image={mapImg} fog={fogImg} propSrc={(pid) => `/api/lobbies/${id}/prop-image/${pid}`} portraitUrl={(t) => t.portrait ? (t.kind === 'npc' ? `/api/lobbies/${id}/token-portrait/${t.id}?v=${t.portrait}` : `/api/lobbies/${id}/portrait/${encodeURIComponent(t.username)}?v=${t.portrait}`) : null} tokens={mapState.tokens} grid={showGrid}
+                <MapView map={mapState.map} image={mapImg} fog={fogImg} pings={pings} onPing={(x, y) => send(`/api/lobbies/${id}/ping`, 'POST', { x, y }).catch(() => null)} propSrc={(pid) => `/api/lobbies/${id}/prop-image/${pid}`} portraitUrl={(t) => t.portrait ? (t.kind === 'npc' ? `/api/lobbies/${id}/token-portrait/${t.id}?v=${t.portrait}` : `/api/lobbies/${id}/portrait/${encodeURIComponent(t.username)}?v=${t.portrait}`) : null} tokens={mapState.tokens} grid={showGrid}
                   onMove={moveToken} selected={mapSel} onSelect={setMapSel}
                   onMenu={lobby.is_dm && !viewAs ? (t, x, y) => setMenu({ t, x, y }) : undefined}
                   isTurn={(t) => { const e = lobby.combat?.entries.find((x) => x.id === lobby.combat.current); return !!e && (e.kind === 'npc' ? e.token === t.id : e.user === t.username) }}
-                  tool={rv ? 'reveal' : undefined}
-                  onClick={rv ? (p) => setRv((s) => (s.origin && !s.target ? { ...s, target: p } : s.origin ? { ...s, target: p } : { ...s, origin: p })) : undefined}
+                  tool={rv ? 'reveal' : pingMode ? 'ping' : undefined}
+                  onClick={rv ? (p) => setRv((s) => (s.origin && !s.target ? { ...s, target: p } : s.origin ? { ...s, target: p } : { ...s, origin: p })) : pingMode ? (p) => { setPingMode(false); send(`/api/lobbies/${id}/ping`, 'POST', { x: p.x, y: p.y }).catch(() => null) } : undefined}
                   onHover={rv && rv.origin && !rv.target ? (p) => setRv((s) => (s ? { ...s, hover: p } : s)) : undefined}
                   overlay={<>{walls.length ? <WallLayer map={mapState.map} walls={walls} onDoor={(w) => act(`/api/lobbies/${id}/doors/${w.id}`, 'PUT', { open: !w.open }, () => loadMap())} /> : null}
                     {full && <RevealLayer map={mapState.map} zones={mapState.reveals} draft={rv && rvShape && rv.origin ? rvShape : null} />}</>}>
@@ -926,6 +940,7 @@ function LobbyView({ id, rules, user }) {
                     {lobby.is_dm && <button className={mapState.los_on ? 'on' : 'ghost'} aria-pressed={!!mapState.los_on} onClick={() => act(`/api/lobbies/${id}/sight`, 'PUT', { on: !mapState.los_on }, () => loadMap())} title="Players only see what their character can see: limited by walls and by the sight range (needs one of them)">Sight {mapState.los_on ? 'on' : 'off'}</button>}
                     {lobby.is_dm && mapState.wall_count > 0 && <button disabled={!full} className={showWalls ? 'on' : 'ghost'} aria-pressed={showWalls} onClick={() => setShowWalls(!showWalls)} title="Show walls and doors (click a door to open or close it)">Walls</button>}
                     <button className={showGrid ? 'on' : 'ghost'} aria-pressed={showGrid} onClick={() => setShowGrid(!showGrid)}>Grid</button>
+                    <button className={pingMode ? 'on' : 'ghost'} aria-pressed={pingMode} onClick={() => { setPingMode(!pingMode); setRv(null) }} title="Point at a spot for everybody: click here, then the map (or just double-click the map)">📍 Ping</button>
                     {lobby.is_dm && <button className="ghost" onClick={addToken}>+ Token</button>}
                     {lobby.is_dm && <button className={npcPick ? 'on' : 'ghost'} onClick={() => { setNpcPick(!npcPick); setPropPick(false) }}>+ NPC</button>}
                     {lobby.is_dm && <button className={propPick ? 'on' : 'ghost'} onClick={() => { setPropPick(!propPick); setNpcPick(false) }} title="Decor such as chests, tables or doors">+ Prop</button>}
diff --git a/frontend/src/MapView.jsx b/frontend/src/MapView.jsx
index 211908c..12b462f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/MapView.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/MapView.jsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const clamp = (v, a, b) => Math.min(b, Math.max(a, v))
 
 // Map with pan (drag the background), zoom (wheel / pinch) and draggable tokens. Coordinates are image pixels.
 // Everybody pans and zooms for themselves; token moves go out through onMove(id, x, y) which returns a promise.
-export function MapView({ map, image, fog, portraitUrl, propSrc, onMenu, isTurn, tokens, onMove, selected, onSelect, grid: showGrid, tool, onClick, onHover, overlay, children }) {
+export function MapView({ map, image, fog, portraitUrl, propSrc, pings, onPing, onMenu, isTurn, tokens, onMove, selected, onSelect, grid: showGrid, tool, onClick, onHover, overlay, children }) {
   const box = useRef(null)
   const [view, setView] = useState({ tx: 0, ty: 0, s: 1 })
   const [drag, setDrag] = useState(null)
@@ -113,12 +113,18 @@ export function MapView({ map, image, fog, portraitUrl, propSrc, onMenu, isTurn,
   const unplaced = tokens.filter((t) => t.x == null && t.can_move && t.kind !== 'prop')
   const d = (t) => t.size * map.grid
   return (
-    <div className={`mapbox ${tool && tool !== 'select' ? 'drawing' : ''}`} ref={box} onPointerDown={down} onPointerMove={move} onPointerUp={up} onPointerCancel={up}>
+    <div className={`mapbox ${tool && tool !== 'select' ? 'drawing' : ''}`} ref={box} onPointerDown={down} onPointerMove={move} onPointerUp={up} onPointerCancel={up}
+      onDoubleClick={(e) => { if (onPing && !e.target.closest('.maptoken, .mapui, .mapdoor')) { const p = toWorld(e); if (p.inside) onPing(p.x, p.y) } }}>
       <div className="mapworld" style={{ width: map.w, height: map.h, transform: `translate(${view.tx}px, ${view.ty}px) scale(${view.s})` }}>
         {fog && <img className="mapfog" src={fog} width={map.w} height={map.h} alt="" draggable={false} />}
         {image && <img src={image.src} style={{ position: 'absolute', left: image.x, top: image.y }} width={image.w} height={image.h} alt="" draggable={false} />}
         {showGrid && <div className="mapgrid" style={{ backgroundSize: `${map.grid}px ${map.grid}px` }} />}
         {overlay}
+        {pings?.map((p) => (
+          <div key={p.key} className="mapping" style={{ left: p.x, top: p.y, '--pc': p.color, '--ps': `${map.grid * 1.6}px` }}>
+            <i /><i /><b style={{ fontSize: Math.max(11, map.grid * 0.3) }}>{p.name}</b>
+          </div>
+        ))}
         {[...tokens].sort((a, b) => (b.kind === 'prop') - (a.kind === 'prop')).map((t) => {
           const dr = drag?.id === t.id ? drag : null
           const x = dr ? dr.x : t.x, y = dr ? dr.y : t.y
diff --git a/frontend/src/sound.js b/frontend/src/sound.js
index aa0c13e..2eb808e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/sound.js
+++ b/frontend/src/sound.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const buffer = (url) => {
   return buffers.get(url)
 }
 // load everything of a lobby up front, so the first roll does not wait for the download
-export const preload = (cfg) => { if (cfg) [cfg.roll, cfg.crit_success, cfg.crit_failure].forEach(buffer) }
+export const preload = (cfg) => { if (cfg) [cfg.roll, cfg.crit_success, cfg.crit_failure, cfg.ping].forEach(buffer) }
 
 const clip = (c, out, buf, t, rate, vol) => {
   const s = c.createBufferSource()
@@ -98,3 +98,17 @@ export async function playRoll(sides, n, outcome, cfg = {}) {
     else cue[outcome](c, out, t1)
   } else if (cfg.result !== false) cue[outcome](c, out, t1)
 }
+
+// A ping on the map: the DM's MP3 if there is one, otherwise a short two-tone "blip". cfg.ping_on === false switches it off.
+export async function playPing(cfg = {}) {
+  if (!sound.enabled || sound.volume <= 0 || document.hidden || cfg.ping_on === false) return
+  const c = audio()
+  if (!c) return
+  const custom = await buffer(cfg.ping)
+  const out = c.createGain()
+  out.gain.value = sound.volume
+  out.connect(c.destination)
+  const t = c.currentTime + 0.02
+  if (custom) clip(c, out, custom, t, 1, 1)
+  else { tone(c, out, t, 880, 0.18, 'sine', 0.3); tone(c, out, t + 0.11, 1320, 0.35, 'sine', 0.25) }
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/styles.css b/frontend/src/styles.css
index 9139164..5843c30 100644
--- a/frontend/src/styles.css
+++ b/frontend/src/styles.css
@@ -644,3 +644,11 @@ textarea.pwrite:focus { box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px var(--pg); }
 .propmgr li { display: grid; justify-items: center; gap: .3rem; padding: .5rem; border: 1px solid var(--line); border-radius: 8px; }
 .propmgr svg, .propmgr img { width: 64px; height: 64px; object-fit: contain; }
 .propmgr .row { display: flex; gap: .25rem; }
+/* map pings */
+.mapping { position: absolute; width: 0; height: 0; pointer-events: none; z-index: 6; }
+.mapping i { position: absolute; left: calc(var(--ps) / -2); top: calc(var(--ps) / -2); width: var(--ps); height: var(--ps); border-radius: 50%; border: 4px solid var(--pc); box-shadow: 0 0 10px var(--pc), inset 0 0 10px var(--pc); opacity: 0; animation: pingring 1.6s ease-out 2; }
+.mapping i + i { animation-delay: .35s; }
+.mapping b { position: absolute; left: 0; top: calc(var(--ps) / 2 + 2px); transform: translateX(-50%); white-space: nowrap; color: #fff; text-shadow: 0 0 3px #000, 0 0 3px #000; animation: pingname 3.4s forwards; }
+@keyframes pingring { 0% { transform: scale(.1); opacity: .95; } 100% { transform: scale(1.4); opacity: 0; } }
+@keyframes pingname { 0%, 80% { opacity: 1; } 100% { opacity: 0; } }
+@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) { .mapping i { animation-duration: 3s; animation-iteration-count: 1; } }