About: the story of the game, told on the box lid

A handwritten "about this game — a labor of love" link on the box lid
opens a new About tab in the booklet: what Wiz-War is, that Tom Jolly
created it in 1983, that this is a faithful reproduction of the
out-of-print Chessex sixth edition (with its one expansion) that Eric
and his friends played for countless hours in the early nineties —
rebuilt from that very copy, card by photographed card, wall by
verified wall, with the original hand-inked token art. It names Steve
Jackson Games as the current rightsholder, states plainly that this
is an unofficial, non-commercial fan work made with love and
admiration, and closes by pointing anyone the game delights toward
the edition currently in print and a real table.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

packages/web/src/Help.svelte

@@ -3,9 +3,16 @@
   import Card from "./Card.svelte";
   import { HOW_TO_PLAY, RULES_SECTIONS } from "./rules";
 
-  let { onclose }: { onclose: () => void } = $props();
+  let {
+    onclose,
+    initialTab = "play",
+  }: {
+    onclose: () => void;
+    initialTab?: "play" | "rules" | "cards" | "about";
+  } = $props();
 
-  let tab = $state<"play" | "rules" | "cards">("play");
+  // svelte-ignore state_referenced_locally -- the initial tab is intentionally a one-time value
+  let tab = $state<"play" | "rules" | "cards" | "about">(initialTab);
   let search = $state("");
 
   // The playable pool: every card actually in the 6e game (base + Exp1).
@@ -45,12 +52,54 @@
         <button class:current={tab === "play"} onclick={() => (tab = "play")}>How to play</button>
         <button class:current={tab === "rules"} onclick={() => (tab = "rules")}>The rules</button>
         <button class:current={tab === "cards"} onclick={() => (tab = "cards")}>Card library</button>
+        <button class:current={tab === "about"} onclick={() => (tab = "about")}>About</button>
       </nav>
       <button class="close" onclick={onclose} aria-label="close help">×</button>
     </header>
 
     <div class="booklet-body">
-      {#if tab === "play"}
+      {#if tab === "about"}
+        <div class="about">
+          <h3>What this is</h3>
+          <p>
+            Wiz-War is a game of magical combat in a stone labyrinth: two to six
+            wizards prowl a maze, hurling fireballs, walking through walls,
+            summoning trolls, and stealing each other's treasure. It was created
+            by <strong>Tom Jolly</strong> in 1983 and first published under his
+            own Jolly Games label; the edition reproduced here is the
+            <strong>sixth edition</strong>, published by Chessex in 1993, together
+            with its one expansion — monsters and magic wands included.
+          </p>
+          <h3>Why it exists</h3>
+          <p>
+            In the early nineties, a group of friends played this exact edition
+            for countless hours — the slammed doors, the ambushes around
+            corners, the goat charges, the laughter. That box is long out of
+            print, and its cardboard is worn soft at the edges. This digital
+            table was built from that very copy: every card was photographed and
+            transcribed word for word, every board layout verified wall by wall,
+            and the tokens on this screen are the actual hand-inked art from
+            those counter sheets. It is a faithful reproduction of the game as
+            it was played at that table, made so the same friends — and their
+            friends — can keep playing it.
+          </p>
+          <h3>Whose game it is</h3>
+          <p>
+            Wiz-War is Tom Jolly's design, and the rights to it now rest with
+            <strong>Steve Jackson Games</strong>, who publish the current
+            edition. This project is an unofficial, non-commercial fan work,
+            made with love and admiration for the original — nothing here is
+            endorsed by or affiliated with Tom Jolly, Chessex, or Steve Jackson
+            Games. If this game delights you, honor it the right way: buy the
+            edition currently in print, and deal seven cards to somebody at a
+            real table.
+          </p>
+          <p class="colophon">
+            Wiz-War © Tom Jolly. Sixth edition published by Chessex, 1993.
+            Built by Eric and a very enthusiastic AI, 2026.
+          </p>
+        </div>
+      {:else if tab === "play"}
         {#each HOW_TO_PLAY as section (section.title)}
           <h3>{section.title}</h3>
           {#each section.body as p, i (i)}<p>{p}</p>{/each}