From 0244cffb4bf0a53faa0101fe6024b70c9141f551 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Wagoner <ewagoner@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 21:04:31 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] 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
---
 packages/web/public/family.json |  1 +
 packages/web/src/App.svelte     | 10 +++++++---
 packages/web/src/Help.svelte    | 10 +++++++---
 packages/web/src/family.ts      | 19 +++++++++++++------
 4 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/web/public/family.json b/packages/web/public/family.json
index f9e6d33..48572da 100644
--- a/packages/web/public/family.json
+++ b/packages/web/public/family.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "family": "Kestrel's Hall",
+  "hall": "https://gamehall.kestrelsnest.social",
   "games": [
     {
       "slug": "wizwar",
diff --git a/packages/web/src/App.svelte b/packages/web/src/App.svelte
index 985ee0f..9f5e661 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/App.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/App.svelte
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   import Card from "./Card.svelte";
   import Help from "./Help.svelte";
   import { HELP_TABS, type HelpTab } from "./help-state";
-  import { otherGames, type FamilyGame } from "./family";
+  import { loadFamily, type FamilyGame } from "./family";
   import { summarizeMissed } from "./catchup";
   import Replay from "./Replay.svelte";
   import FxGallery from "./FxGallery.svelte";
@@ -29,8 +29,12 @@
   let name = $state(prefs.wizardName);
   /** The other games of Kestrel's Hall, for the front page. */
   let family = $state<FamilyGame[]>([]);
+  let hall = $state("");
   $effect(() => {
-    void otherGames("wizwar").then((g) => (family = g));
+    void loadFamily("wizwar").then((f) => {
+      family = f.games;
+      hall = f.hall;
+    });
   });
   let joinCode = $state("");
   let claimPhrase = $state("");
@@ -2568,7 +2572,7 @@
           </a>
           <a class="about-link clips-link" href="/clips">watch clips from the labyrinth</a>
           {#if family.length}
-            <p class="family-line">Also in Kestrel's Hall:
+            <p class="family-line">Also in {#if hall}<a href={hall}>Kestrel's Hall</a>{:else}Kestrel's Hall{/if}:
               {#each family as g, i (g.slug)}{i > 0 ? ", " : " "}<a href={g.url} title={g.pitch}>{g.name}</a>{/each}</p>
           {/if}
         </div>
diff --git a/packages/web/src/Help.svelte b/packages/web/src/Help.svelte
index e5915b1..6ce5a56 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/Help.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/Help.svelte
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   // body, the card library with proper entries, the house rulings, the
   // story of the table, and the tally. Every section and card has a link
   // a player can send; the desk remembers where the reader was.
-  import { otherGames, type FamilyGame } from "./family";
+  import { loadFamily, type FamilyGame } from "./family";
   import { cardDef } from "@wizwar/engine";
   import { tick } from "svelte";
   import Card from "./Card.svelte";
@@ -130,8 +130,12 @@
   });
   /** The other games of Kestrel's Hall, for the about page. */
   let family = $state<FamilyGame[]>([]);
+  let hall = $state("");
   $effect(() => {
-    void otherGames("wizwar").then((g) => (family = g));
+    void loadFamily("wizwar").then((f) => {
+      family = f.games;
+      hall = f.hall;
+    });
   });
 </script>
 
@@ -318,7 +322,7 @@
             <a href="https://kestrelsnest.social" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">kestrelsnest.social</a>.
           </p>
           {#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="family-note">{g.players} players; {g.origin}.</span></li>
diff --git a/packages/web/src/family.ts b/packages/web/src/family.ts
index ded73dc..cc83776 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/family.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/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: [] };
   }
 }