The host is asked before beginning while a seat is still held for someone on their way, since the seat goes once the game begins; and the gallery says the game began before they arrived, so whoever was called and finds the table under way knows why there is no seat

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0141G6xqLeNRYEtviLWSB5Up

src/lib/components/Lobby.svelte

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 	let { room, link, copied, copyLink }: { room: Room; link: string; copied: boolean; copyLink: () => void } = $props();
 
 	const v = $derived(room.view);
+	/** The host asked to begin while a seat is still held for someone on their way. */
+	let beginAsked = $state(false);
 	const hostName = $derived(v.seats.find((s) => s.id === v.host)?.name ?? 'the host');
 	const keeperSeated = $derived(v.seats.some((s) => s.name.toLowerCase() === v.keeper.toLowerCase()));
 
@@ -67,8 +69,12 @@
 			{#if room.seatEmpty && room.isHost}
 				<button type="button" class="quiet" onclick={() => room.addBot()}>Seat a housecarl</button>
 			{/if}
-			{#if room.isHost}
-				<button type="button" class="commit small" disabled={v.seats.length < 2} onclick={() => room.begin()}>Begin</button>
+			{#if room.isHost && beginAsked && v.expected.length > 0}
+				<span>A seat is held for {v.expected.join(' and ')}, who {v.expected.length === 1 ? 'has' : 'have'} not arrived. The seat goes once the game begins.</span>
+				<button type="button" class="commit small" onclick={() => room.begin()}>Begin without them</button>
+				<button type="button" class="link" onclick={() => (beginAsked = false)}>wait</button>
+			{:else if room.isHost}
+				<button type="button" class="commit small" disabled={v.seats.length < 2} onclick={() => (v.expected.length > 0 ? (beginAsked = true) : room.begin())}>Begin</button>
 				<span class="muted">{v.seats.length < 2 ? 'once a second player is seated' : `with ${v.seats.length} players`}</span>
 			{:else}
 				<span class="muted">{hostName} will begin when the table is ready.</span>