The family list knows the hall: about panels link to gamehall.kestrelsnest.social, and a new game gets a card there

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Jm2auWk6RP71CjaAb4FMoG

template/src/lib/components/Hall.svelte

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	// bot, open a table, join by code, the ledger of your tables, and the
 	// about panel with the rules, the guide and a way to reach the keeper.
 	import { goto } from '$app/navigation';
-	import { otherGames, type FamilyGame } from '$lib/family';
+	import { loadFamily, type FamilyGame } from '$lib/family';
 	import Preferences from './Preferences.svelte';
 	import { prefs, setPref } from '$lib/prefs.svelte';
 	import { allSeats, doubtSeat, forgetSeat, rememberSeat, ServerError, trustSeat } from '$lib/net/client';
@@ -33,8 +33,12 @@
 	const hours = (minutes: number) => (minutes < 90 ? `${minutes} minutes` : `${Math.round(minutes / 60)} hours`);
 	/** The other games of Kestrel's Hall, for the about panel. */
 	let family = $state<FamilyGame[]>([]);
+	let hall = $state('');
 	$effect(() => {
-		void otherGames('__SLUG__').then((g) => (family = g));
+		void loadFamily('__SLUG__').then((f) => {
+			family = f.games;
+			hall = f.hall;
+		});
 	});
 	/** Reports this browser's seats have filed, with the keeper's replies. */
 	let reports = $state<Report[]>([]);
@@ -282,7 +286,7 @@
 				</p>
 			{/if}
 			{#if family.length}
-				<h3>More games in Kestrel's Hall</h3>
+				<h3>More games in {#if hall}<a href={hall}>Kestrel's Hall</a>{:else}Kestrel's Hall{/if}</h3>
 				<ul class="family">
 					{#each family as g (g.slug)}
 						<li><a href={g.url}>{g.name}</a>: {g.pitch} <span class="muted">{g.players} players; {g.origin}.</span></li>

template/src/lib/family.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // The other games of Kestrel's Hall, from the family list the kit keeps
 // (family.json, one copy shipped with every game), so a player who liked one
-// table can find the next. This game is left out of its own list.
+// table can find the next, and the hall's front door. This game is left out
+// of its own list.
 
 export interface FamilyGame {
 	slug: string;
@@ -11,13 +12,19 @@ export interface FamilyGame {
 	origin: string;
 }
 
-export async function otherGames(self: string): Promise<FamilyGame[]> {
+/** The family list: the hall's front door and every game but this one. */
+export interface Family {
+	hall: string;
+	games: FamilyGame[];
+}
+
+export async function loadFamily(self: string): Promise<Family> {
 	try {
 		const res = await fetch('/family.json', { cache: 'no-cache' });
-		if (!res.ok) return [];
-		const data = (await res.json()) as { games?: FamilyGame[] };
-		return (data.games ?? []).filter((g) => g.slug !== self);
+		if (!res.ok) return { hall: '', games: [] };
+		const data = (await res.json()) as { hall?: string; games?: FamilyGame[] };
+		return { hall: data.hall ?? '', games: (data.games ?? []).filter((g) => g.slug !== self) };
 	} catch {
-		return [];
+		return { hall: '', games: [] };
 	}
 }

template/static/family.json

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "family": "Kestrel's Hall",
+  "hall": "https://gamehall.kestrelsnest.social",
   "games": [
     {
       "slug": "wizwar",
@@ -16,6 +17,14 @@
       "pitch": "Duelling wizards. Two hands each. The right run of gestures is a spell.",
       "players": "2 to 12",
       "origin": "Richard Bartle's pencil-and-paper duel, 1977"
+    },
+    {
+      "slug": "hnefatafl",
+      "name": "Hnefatafl",
+      "url": "https://tafl.kestrelsnest.social",
+      "pitch": "The Viking board game. One king, one throne, four corners, and a ring of attackers closing in.",
+      "players": "2",
+      "origin": "the Norse tafl game, reconstructed from Linnaeus's 1732 notes; Copenhagen rules or Tablut"
     }
   ]
 }