diff --git a/packages/web/src/net.svelte.ts b/packages/web/src/net.svelte.ts
index ced9c7f..2a72ca6 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/net.svelte.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/net.svelte.ts
@@ -640,6 +640,11 @@ class Net {
         break;
       case "events": {
         let talk = 0;
+        // A replay is the whole chronicle from the deal, sent on every
+        // (re)join: it replaces what we hold, or a dropped socket's return
+        // would count each turn (and each line of talk) twice and the eyes
+        // would ask for turns the server has not reached.
+        if (msg.replayed) this.resetChronicle();
         if (!msg.replayed) this.onFx?.(msg.events as GameEvent[]);
         for (const e of msg.events as GameEvent[]) {
           if (e.type === "tableTalk") { talk++; this.lastTalkBy = e.player; }
@@ -1085,6 +1090,7 @@ class Net {
   private resetChronicle(): void {
     this.log = [];
     this.turnCounter = -1;
+    this.chatCount = 0;
   }
 
   /** Summon one turn's reel by its chronicle turn number. */