diff --git a/.ci/compile.sh b/.ci/compile.sh
index 7ebdd6e4e..78c792cee 100755
--- a/.ci/compile.sh
+++ b/.ci/compile.sh
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ if [[ $RUNNER_OS == macOS ]]; then
     flags+=(-DCPACK_COMMAND_HDIUTIL="$hdiutil_script")
   fi
 
-elif [[ $RUNNER_OS == Windows ]]; then
+elif [[ $RUNNER_OS == Windows ]] && [[ "$CMAKE_GENERATOR" != *Ninja* ]]; then
   # Enable MTT, see https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/improved-parallelism-in-msbuild/
   # and https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/cpp-build-throughput-investigation-and-tune-up/#multitooltask-mtt
   buildflags+=(-- -p:UseMultiToolTask=true -p:EnableClServerMode=true)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/desktop-build.yml b/.github/workflows/desktop-build.yml
index 3c8e915a8..62ecc4f87 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/desktop-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/desktop-build.yml
@@ -340,8 +340,7 @@ jobs:
             qt_version: 6.11.*
             qt_arch: win64_msvc2022_64
             qt_modules: qtimageformats qtmultimedia qtwebsockets
-            cmake_generator: "Visual Studio 17 2022"
-            cmake_generator_platform: x64
+            cmake_generator: Ninja
 
     name: ${{matrix.os}} ${{matrix.target}}${{ matrix.soc == 'Intel' && ' Intel' || '' }}${{ matrix.type == 'Debug' && ' Debug' || '' }}
     needs: configure
@@ -359,13 +358,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           submodules: recursive
 
-      - name: Add msbuild to PATH
-        if: matrix.os == 'Windows'
-        id: add-msbuild
-        uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@v3
-        with:
-          msbuild-architecture: x64
-
       - name: Setup ccache
         if: matrix.use_ccache == 1 && matrix.os == 'macOS'
         run: brew install ccache
@@ -452,7 +444,6 @@ jobs:
           MAKE_PACKAGE: '${{matrix.make_package}}'
           PACKAGE_SUFFIX: '${{matrix.package_suffix}}'
           CMAKE_GENERATOR: ${{matrix.cmake_generator}}
-          CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM: ${{matrix.cmake_generator_platform}}
           USE_CCACHE: ${{matrix.use_ccache}}
           VCPKG_DISABLE_METRICS: 1
           VCPKG_BINARY_SOURCES: 'clear;files,${{ steps.vcpkg-cache.outputs.path }},readwrite'
@@ -544,9 +535,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: ${{steps.build.outputs.name}}-PDBs
           path: |
-            build/cockatrice/Release/*.pdb
-            build/oracle/Release/*.pdb
-            build/servatrice/Release/*.pdb
+            build/cockatrice/**/*.pdb
+            build/oracle/**/*.pdb
+            build/servatrice/**/*.pdb
           if-no-files-found: error
 
       - name: Upload to release
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 732fec7ca..476fa6da8 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@
 [submodule "doxygen-awesome-css"]
 	path = doc/doxygen/theme
 	url = https://github.com/jothepro/doxygen-awesome-css.git
+[submodule "cmake/WindowsToolchain"]
+	path = cmake/WindowsToolchain
+	url = https://github.com/MarkSchofield/WindowsToolchain.git
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4a5e944c4..a3a224173 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -72,6 +72,18 @@ if(WIN32 OR USE_VCPKG)
   endif()
 endif()
 
+if(WIN32
+   AND USE_VCPKG
+   AND CMAKE_GENERATOR STREQUAL "Ninja"
+)
+  # vcpkg.cmake must be the primary toolchain; MSVC+Ninja toolchain is chainloaded
+  # See https://github.com/MarkSchofield/WindowsToolchain#windowstoolchain-and-vcpkg
+  set(VCPKG_CHAINLOAD_TOOLCHAIN_FILE
+      "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/WindowsToolchain/Windows.MSVC.toolchain.cmake"
+      CACHE FILEPATH "Chainloaded MSVC toolchain file for Ninja generator"
+  )
+endif()
+
 # A project name is needed for CPack
 # Version can be overriden by git tags, see cmake/getversion.cmake
 project("Cockatrice" VERSION 3.0.0)
@@ -140,8 +152,8 @@ endif()
 
 # Define proper compilation flags
 if(MSVC)
-  # Disable Warning C4251, C++20 compatibility, Multi-threaded Builds, Warn Detection, Unwind Semantics, Debug Symbols
-  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "/wd4251 /Zc:__cplusplus /std:c++20 /permissive- /W4 /MP /EHsc /Zi")
+  # Disable Warning C4251, C++20 compatibility, Multi-threaded Builds, Warn Detection, Unwind Semantics, Debug Symbols, Force Synchronous PDB writes
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "/wd4251 /Zc:__cplusplus /std:c++20 /permissive- /W4 /MP /EHsc /Zi /FS")
   # Visual Studio: Maximum Optimization, Multi-threaded DLL
   set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "/Ox /MD")
   # Visual Studio: No Optimization, Multi-threaded Debug DLL
@@ -311,7 +323,9 @@ if(UNIX)
   endif()
 elseif(WIN32)
   set(CPACK_GENERATOR NSIS ${CPACK_GENERATOR})
-  if("${CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM}" MATCHES "(x64)")
+  # This a generator-agnostic way to determine if the build is 64-bit or 32-bit.
+  # See https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/variable/CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P.html
+  if(CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 8)
     set(TRICE_IS_64_BIT 1)
   else()
     set(TRICE_IS_64_BIT 0)
diff --git a/cmake/WindowsToolchain b/cmake/WindowsToolchain
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..4dc30a8bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/WindowsToolchain
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 4dc30a8bf484f41d5a16eec97b9284a52042e2b4
diff --git a/cockatrice/CMakeLists.txt b/cockatrice/CMakeLists.txt
index 12733afe6..975923909 100644
--- a/cockatrice/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cockatrice/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ if(WIN32)
   set(qtconf_dest_dir .)
 
   install(
-    DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}/${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}/"
+    DIRECTORY "$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:cockatrice>/"
     DESTINATION ./
     FILES_MATCHING
     PATTERN "*.dll"
diff --git a/oracle/CMakeLists.txt b/oracle/CMakeLists.txt
index 3bb4de5df..eeacaee76 100644
--- a/oracle/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/oracle/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ if(WIN32)
   list(APPEND libSearchDirs ${QT_LIBRARY_DIR})
 
   install(
-    DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}/${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}/"
+    DIRECTORY "$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:oracle>/"
     DESTINATION ./
     FILES_MATCHING
     PATTERN "*.dll"
diff --git a/servatrice/CMakeLists.txt b/servatrice/CMakeLists.txt
index 6e4191beb..98290803a 100644
--- a/servatrice/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/servatrice/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ if(WIN32)
   set(qtconf_dest_dir .)
 
   install(
-    DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}/${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}/"
+    DIRECTORY "$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:servatrice>/"
     DESTINATION ./
     FILES_MATCHING
     PATTERN "*.dll"