From 1e5b7ee985db3029ca9a12b9dd233bd92983491f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Wagoner <ewagoner@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:44:12 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] The game's own vocabulary: 'points' for segments,
 'life-points' for the living

Wiz-War never says hitpoints. Walls and doors quote the rulebook's own
phrasing ('20 points to destroy', '13 of 20 points left'), and the
Mega-Monster boost button says life-points, as its card does.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0138A8CjeQRpvzKxuMfz1Bqc
---
 packages/web/src/App.svelte       | 2 +-
 packages/web/src/EdgeGlyph.svelte | 7 ++++---
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/web/src/App.svelte b/packages/web/src/App.svelte
index 25fd65f..7884924 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/App.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/App.svelte
@@ -1844,7 +1844,7 @@
             {#if selectedCard?.cardId === "mega-monster"}
               <span>— double its</span>
               <button class="stamp tiny" class:lit={megaBoost === "life"}
-                onclick={() => (megaBoost = "life")}>hit points</button>
+                onclick={() => (megaBoost = "life")}>life-points</button>
               <button class="stamp tiny" class:lit={megaBoost === "movement"}
                 onclick={() => (megaBoost = "movement")}>movement</button>
               <span>— then tap the monster</span>
diff --git a/packages/web/src/EdgeGlyph.svelte b/packages/web/src/EdgeGlyph.svelte
index f3deacc..f84ed54 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/EdgeGlyph.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/EdgeGlyph.svelte
@@ -15,11 +15,12 @@
   const CELL = 48;
   const WALL = 7;
   const cls = $derived(state === "door" ? `door${lock ? ` ${lock}` : ""}` : "wall");
-  // Every segment tells its hitpoints: what still stands of its 20 (or 15).
+  // Every segment tells its points — the game's own word: "A wall takes 20
+  // points of damage to destroy; a door takes 15."
   const needed = $derived(state === "door" ? 15 : 20);
   const hp = $derived(damage > 0
-    ? `${Math.max(0, needed - damage)} of ${needed} hitpoints left`
-    : `${needed} hitpoints`);
+    ? `${Math.max(0, needed - damage)} of ${needed} points left`
+    : `${needed} points to destroy`);
   const tip = $derived(`${title ?? (state === "door" ? "a locked door" : "a wall")} — ${hp}`);
 
   // Press-and-hold peeks the segment, mirroring the board's cell gesture.