From 5b169d71314fa7d036d25295bf47d74aa9750da5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Wagoner <ewagoner@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:27:16 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] The family list of the Kestrel's Nest, shipped as
 /family.json and refreshed from the kit at deploy

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Jm2auWk6RP71CjaAb4FMoG
---
 deploy/deploy.sh   |  4 ++++
 src/lib/family.ts  | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 static/family.json | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 48 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/lib/family.ts
 create mode 100644 static/family.json

diff --git a/deploy/deploy.sh b/deploy/deploy.sh
index 1825b8b..dcfe53d 100755
--- a/deploy/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy/deploy.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 HOST="${1:?usage: deploy.sh <droplet-ip-or-host>}"
 
+# The family list is the kit's; a game deploys with the kit's latest copy when the kit is beside it.
+KIT_FAMILY="$(dirname "$0")/../../game-kit/family.json"
+[ -f "$KIT_FAMILY" ] && cp "$KIT_FAMILY" static/family.json
+
 npm run check
 npm run check:server
 npm test
diff --git a/src/lib/family.ts b/src/lib/family.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..719a5e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/family.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// The other games of the Kestrel's Nest, 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.
+
+export interface FamilyGame {
+	slug: string;
+	name: string;
+	url: string;
+	pitch: string;
+	players: string;
+	origin: string;
+}
+
+export async function otherGames(self: string): Promise<FamilyGame[]> {
+	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);
+	} catch {
+		return [];
+	}
+}
diff --git a/static/family.json b/static/family.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10d4a2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/family.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "family": "the Kestrel's Nest",
+  "games": [
+    {
+      "slug": "wizwar",
+      "name": "Wiz-War",
+      "url": "https://wizwar.kestrelsnest.social",
+      "pitch": "Steal treasure. Blast through walls. Outwit your friends.",
+      "players": "2 to 6",
+      "origin": "Tom Jolly's board game, sixth edition, 1993"
+    },
+    {
+      "slug": "waving-hands",
+      "name": "Waving Hands",
+      "url": "https://hands.kestrelsnest.social",
+      "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"
+    }
+  ]
+}