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+---
+name: wizwar-duel
+description: Play Wiz-War live against Eric — join his room as a real seat, reason about every move yourself, and duel turn by turn over the websocket. Use when Eric wants a game, gives a room code, or says "let's play".
+---
+
+# Playing Wiz-War against Eric
+
+You are a PLAYER, not the automaton. Read the board, reason, and choose
+every command yourself. Eric plays in his browser; you play through the
+CLI seat at `tools/claude-seat.mjs`. He prompts "go" after his moves —
+each of his messages is your cue to look and act.
+
+## The seat client
+
+Run from the repo root (needs the workspace's `ws` package):
+
+```bash
+node tools/claude-seat.mjs join <ROOM> Claude   # take a seat (token saved)
+node tools/claude-seat.mjs view                 # board + hand + last events
+node tools/claude-seat.mjs do '<command json>'  # one engine command
+node tools/claude-seat.mjs chat "text"          # table talk
+```
+
+Seat state persists in `/tmp/wizwar-claude-seat.json` (override:
+`WIZWAR_SEAT`); server defaults to production (`WIZWAR_SERVER` to point
+elsewhere). Eric creates the room, gives you the code, and starts the
+game after you join.
+
+Commands are the engine's `Command` union (packages/engine/src/game.ts):
+`{"type":"move","direction":"N|S|E|W"}`, `cast` (with `target`, optional
+`numberInstanceIds`/`params`), `playNumberForMovement`, `pickUpTreasure`,
+`dropTreasure`, `warpStep`, `counteract`, `pass`, `punch`, `setAmbush`,
+`wardChoice`, `endTurn` (with `draw`). A refused command costs nothing —
+probing legality is free, so when unsure, try it and read the error.
+
+## Reading the map
+
+- The renderer prints y=0 at top; **y grows SOUTH**. N = y-1, S = y+1.
+- `C2` is you, `P1` etc. are opponents, `$c`/`$1` treasures, `h?` homes,
+  two-letter codes are square contents (SA safe, RO rosebush, ST stone,
+  DU dust). `D` on a line is a door, `—` a wall, blank is open.
+- WARPS line lists rim passages as `2,0N→2,9`: standing at (2,0) and
+  moving N carries you to (2,9). **The warp rides one specific side of
+  its square** — check which before you walk (a wrong guess burns moves;
+  ask me how I know).
+- Dimensional-warp TOKENS (cast by players) are separate: stand on one
+  and `warpStep`. Creatures use `creatureWarpStep`.
+
+## Hard-won rules knowledge (each cost me something in game one)
+
+- `pickUpTreasure` ENDS your turn's actions AND movement — arrive with
+  the grab as your last act, never mid-plan. `dropTreasure` at home too.
+- You can pick up ANY floor treasure, including your own stolen-and-
+  delivered one sitting on the enemy's home square. Repossession is real.
+- THIEF and punches need same-square; THIEF steals a *named* card and
+  fizzles (card spent) on a wrong guess.
+- MENTAL FORCE moves the victim ≤3 *walked* spaces — walls and relocked
+  doors shrink its reach; rev 5+ refuses impossible destinations.
+- Doors relock behind you when you pass through (rev 4+). Your own
+  escape route can seal itself — and seal pursuers out.
+- LOS threads through rim warps: you can be seen (and shot) through a
+  warp mouth from the far side of the board. Camping one square off the
+  mouth keeps you hidden.
+- lock-in-place freezes movement AND warpStep for a full turn; REUSE
+  SPELL retrieves only your LAST cast spell, enabling one re-lock.
+- An ambush (`setAmbush` interrupt/opportunity-fire + committed attack)
+  triggers on LOS *entry* transitions only — someone already in sight
+  never springs it. It survives forever and fires out of turn.
+- Walking-dead bleeds ½ life per space moved, permanently. Once cursed,
+  every plan must be priced in steps.
+
+## Game-two scars (each cost me the game or nearly)
+
+- **RECOUNT THE SCOREBOARD EVERY TURN**: how many treasures does each
+  player have banked AT HOME right now? I sprinted a "winning" delivery
+  in game two that was actually my FIRST of two — Eric had un-banked me
+  five rounds earlier and let me monologue. Banked counts, not vibes.
+- A banked treasure is NOT safe: anyone can pick it up off your home
+  square and carry it away. Guard the bank or count it as contested.
+- LOS is FREE-ANGLE center-to-center (the rulebook's rule), not rows
+  and columns: razor diagonals threading open gaps are legal for
+  everyone — including at you. The board draws bent/straight traces.
+- ILLUSIONARY ATTACK deals its imitated spell's damage if NOT
+  countered; ANY counteraction dispels it entirely. Counter it with
+  the cheapest thing you hold; never "call the bluff" by passing.
+- Never trust your ASCII parse of the map for multi-step plans: run a
+  BFS over `view.board.edges` (see tools/claude-seat.mjs view JSON, or
+  write a quick router) before spending a number card on a sprint. I
+  burned a 7-move turn bouncing off six misread walls.
+- Eric counter-plays YOUR bot upgrades: he summoned a troll bodyguard
+  specifically against the archmage's exile-the-winner instinct, and
+  relocated MY home sector mid-carry. Expect meta-warfare.
+- In 4p with automatons: the bots are chaos agents — they stun, exile,
+  disease, and con. Herd them at Eric; never assume they're on script.
+
+## Game-three scars (lost in four rounds)
+
+- **CHECK `dimWarps` EVERY SINGLE VIEW** — Kestrel has won two games
+  with quietly-placed wormholes ending beside his home. The client now
+  prints a !! line for them; treat any new token pair as a five-alarm
+  fire and recompute both players' delivery distances through it.
+- **Never lead the attack against Kestrel.** Three games, three saved
+  counters sprung at the perfect moment (anti-anti, full-shield bait,
+  full-reflection held three rounds for my lightning). Force his
+  counters out with throwaways or positional threats before committing
+  a real spell; his patience is perfect and he telegraphs nothing.
+- DESTROY WALL showers the ADJACENT caster with rubble (4 damage) —
+  cast it from range, never on your own square's edge.
+- Wading a rosebush costs 3. A reflected LIGHTNING BLAST still stuns
+  its caster even at 1 reflected damage — the stun is the payload, and
+  a lost turn against Kestrel is a lost game.
+- Grab-turn-one openings feel great and prove nothing: deliveries are
+  the only score. He banked quietly both times while I showboated.
+
+## Playing well
+
+- Kestrel (Eric) is EXCELLENT: he baited my thief, saved anti-anti for
+  my full shield, and won game one with a home-to-home dimensional-warp
+  superhighway. Infrastructure beats sprinting — watch what he builds,
+  and consider your own wormhole early.
+- Win = 2 enemy treasures delivered to your home, or last wizard alive.
+  Track BOTH players' step-counted delivery timelines every turn; the
+  race is decided in tempo, not damage.
+- Hold counters (full-shield, absorb) for permanent curses and lethal
+  damage. Absorb soaks 3 points; it cannot touch durations.
+- OPSEC: your prose is visible to Eric. NEVER name the cards you hold or
+  draw, and never announce plans. (Game one: I narrated my hand like a
+  debug log until he asked why I was making it easy.) Trash talk freely
+  — about the board, never your hand.
+- Send `chat` for table talk at dramatic moments; it's half the fun.
+
+## Cadence
+
+1. On "go": `view`, read HIS events since your last turn (the client
+   prints only NEW events; `view` shows a short history tail).
+2. Think about the whole board — his timeline, yours, threats, LOS.
+3. Execute your commands one at a time, checking errors.
+4. `endTurn` with a draw that respects the 7-card hand limit.
+5. Tell Eric it's his turn — reasoning aloud is fine, hand contents are
+   not. When a stack waits on him, say so and wait for "go".
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/automaton.ts b/packages/engine/src/automaton.ts
index 5dc5de8..c6ef254 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/automaton.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/automaton.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import { cardDef, type CardInstance } from "./cards";
 import { cellKey, edgeKey, neighbor, opposite, stepTarget, SIDES, type Cell, type Side } from "./board";
 import { bentSightFor, sightedCellsFor, type GameView } from "./view";
+import { wallIgnoringDistance } from "./game";
 import type { AmbushTrigger, Command, PlayerId } from "./game";
 
 export type AutomatonStyle = "hunter" | "berserker" | "worrier";
@@ -293,6 +294,17 @@ function pathDenial(view: GameView): Command | null {
       if (d <= 6) threats.push({ enemy: e.position, goal: floorGold.position! });
     }
   }
+  // Enemy gold banked at MY home: my score, snatchable by anyone. A
+  // raider closing on the bank gets the same road-lengthening treatment.
+  const me2 = me(view);
+  const banked = view.treasures.find(
+    (t) => t.owner !== view.you && t.position && cellKey(t.position) === cellKey(me2.home));
+  if (banked) {
+    for (const e of livingEnemies(view)) {
+      const d = Math.abs(e.position.x - me2.home.x) + Math.abs(e.position.y - me2.home.y);
+      if (d <= 6) threats.push({ enemy: e.position, goal: me2.home });
+    }
+  }
   if (threats.length === 0) return null;
 
   const sighted = sightedCellsFor(view);
@@ -358,7 +370,12 @@ function pathDenial(view: GameView): Command | null {
         );
       }
       // Never brick the square the treasure needs to stay reachable on.
-      if (filler && cellKey(b) !== cellKey(goal) && cellCastable(cellKey(b))) {
+      // TACKS are scattered at the caster's feet ("you must be adjacent"),
+      // not thrown — offering a distant square wedges the whole brain on
+      // an eternally refused cast.
+      const fillerReaches = !filler || filler.cardId !== "handful-of-tacks" ||
+        Math.abs(b.x - me(view).position.x) + Math.abs(b.y - me(view).position.y) <= 1;
+      if (filler && fillerReaches && cellKey(b) !== cellKey(goal) && cellCastable(cellKey(b))) {
         consider(
           { type: "cast", instanceId: filler.instanceId, target: { kind: "cell", cell: b } },
           { avoidCell: cellKey(b) },
@@ -597,7 +614,7 @@ function pathToward(
         const hazard = view.squareContents[k]?.kind;
         if (!opts.throughHazards &&
             (hazard === "pit" || hazard === "ooze" || hazard === "thornbush" ||
-             hazard === "rosebush" || hazard === "slime")) continue;
+             hazard === "rosebush" || hazard === "slime" || hazard === "tacks")) continue;
         if (opts.avoidNearEnemies && nearEnemy(to)) continue;
         next.push(to);
       }
@@ -630,7 +647,16 @@ function treasureGoals(view: GameView): Set<string> {
   }
   for (const t of view.treasures) {
     if (!t.position || t.carriedBy) continue;
-    if (t.owner === view.you) continue;
+    if (t.owner === view.you) {
+      // REPOSSESSION: my own gold banked at an enemy's home is a point on
+      // THEIR scoreboard. Marching to take it back is worth the detour
+      // only when that enemy is one delivery from winning — constant
+      // re-stealing farms nothing and stalls the whole table.
+      const banker = view.players.find(
+        (p) => p.id !== view.you && cellKey(p.home) === cellKey(t.position!));
+      if (banker && deliveryWins(view, banker)) goals.add(cellKey(t.position));
+      continue;
+    }
     if (cellKey(t.position) === cellKey(self.home)) continue;
     goals.add(cellKey(t.position));
   }
@@ -645,6 +671,15 @@ function bushOrMist(view: GameView, id: PlayerId): boolean {
     view.sustained.some((s) => s.cardId === "mist-body" && s.targetId === id);
 }
 
+/** Would this wizard's delivery, landed, win them the game right now? */
+function deliveryWins(view: GameView, p: { id: PlayerId; home: Cell; carriedTreasureId: string | null }): boolean {
+  if (!p.carriedTreasureId) return false;
+  const carried = view.treasures.find((t) => t.id === p.carriedTreasureId);
+  if (!carried || carried.owner === p.id) return false;
+  return view.treasures.some(
+    (t) => t.owner !== p.id && t.position && cellKey(t.position) === cellKey(p.home));
+}
+
 /** The wizard making off with MY gold, if any. */
 function thiefOfMine(view: GameView) {
   const carriers = new Set(
@@ -722,7 +757,16 @@ function respond(view: GameView, style: AutomatonStyle, tier: TierTraits): Comma
     return { type: "pass" };
   }
 
-  const flinch = (style === "worrier" ? 1 : 0) - tier.counterThrift;
+  // The LAST counter in hand is a treasure of its own: at a healthy life
+  // total it waits for something big rather than answering every jab —
+  // patience the clockwork's best opponent taught it, three counters at
+  // a time. (Lethal blows override this below.)
+  const counterCount = view.yourHand.filter((c) => {
+    const t = cardDef(c.cardId).cardType;
+    return t === "counteraction" || t === "neutral/counteraction";
+  }).length;
+  const lastCounterHold = counterCount <= 1 && me(view).life >= 10 ? 2 : 0;
+  const flinch = (style === "worrier" ? 1 : 0) - tier.counterThrift - lastCounterHold;
   const attackId = stack.attackCard?.cardId ?? null;
   const atk = attackId ? ATTACKS[attackId] : null;
   const affliction = attackId ? AFFLICTIONS[attackId] != null : false;
@@ -749,19 +793,24 @@ function respond(view: GameView, style: AutomatonStyle, tier: TierTraits): Comma
           ? Math.max(2, stack.numberValue ?? 2)
           : (atk ? atk.base + (atk.perNumber ? stack.numberValue ?? 1 : 0) : 2)
       : 1;
+  // A blow that would be the last one outranks every thrift threshold:
+  // when the incoming points reach the clockwork's life, any counter
+  // that can save it is cheap at the price.
+  const lethal = !affliction && incoming >= me(view).life;
+  const weight = lethal ? Math.max(incoming, 9) : incoming;
   if (stack.kind === "spell") {
     // REVERSE eats points; a pure duration offers it nothing.
     const reverse = find("reverse");
-    if (reverse && !affliction && incoming >= 4 - flinch) return { type: "counteract", instanceId: reverse.instanceId };
+    if (reverse && !affliction && weight >= 4 - flinch) return { type: "counteract", instanceId: reverse.instanceId };
     // ABSORB SPELL steals the good ones for later.
     const absorbSpell = find("absorb-spell");
-    if (absorbSpell && incoming >= 3) return { type: "counteract", instanceId: absorbSpell.instanceId };
+    if (absorbSpell && weight >= 3) return { type: "counteract", instanceId: absorbSpell.instanceId };
     const shield = find("full-shield");
-    if (shield && (incoming >= 3 - flinch || (affliction && style === "worrier"))) {
+    if (shield && (weight >= 3 - flinch || (affliction && style === "worrier"))) {
       return { type: "counteract", instanceId: shield.instanceId };
     }
     const reflect = find("full-reflection");
-    if (reflect && incoming >= 4 - flinch) return { type: "counteract", instanceId: reflect.instanceId };
+    if (reflect && weight >= 4 - flinch) return { type: "counteract", instanceId: reflect.instanceId };
     // A curse in flight is best refused at the door.
     if (affliction) {
       const cleanse = find("remove-curse");
@@ -777,9 +826,11 @@ function respond(view: GameView, style: AutomatonStyle, tier: TierTraits): Comma
   const permanentCurse = affliction &&
     (attackId === "slow-death" || attackId === "walking-dead" || attackId === "idiot");
   const absorb = find("absorb");
-  if (absorb && !affliction && incoming >= 2 - flinch && incoming <= 3) return { type: "counteract", instanceId: absorb.instanceId };
+  if (absorb && !affliction && weight >= 2 - flinch && (incoming <= 3 || (lethal && incoming - 3 < me(view).life))) {
+    return { type: "counteract", instanceId: absorb.instanceId };
+  }
   const blunt = find("blunt");
-  if (blunt && !permanentCurse && incoming >= 2 - flinch) return { type: "counteract", instanceId: blunt.instanceId };
+  if (blunt && !permanentCurse && weight >= 2 - flinch) return { type: "counteract", instanceId: blunt.instanceId };
   // The berserker shares its pain out of spite — but only pain: a
   // damage-less curse gives EMPATHY nothing to mirror.
   const empathy = find("empathy");
@@ -788,13 +839,13 @@ function respond(view: GameView, style: AutomatonStyle, tier: TierTraits): Comma
   }
   // Nothing to block with: teleport clear of the big ones.
   const tp = find("teleport");
-  if (tp && incoming >= 4 - flinch) {
+  if (tp && weight >= 4 - flinch) {
     const out = escapeCell(view, me(view).position);
     if (out) return { type: "counteract", instanceId: tp.instanceId, params: { cell: out } };
   }
   // Or vanish: INVISIBLE gives the attacker a 1-in-4 hit and lingers after.
   const vanish = find("invisible");
-  if (vanish && incoming >= 3 - flinch) {
+  if (vanish && weight >= 3 - flinch) {
     const num = numbersInHand(view)[0];
     return {
       type: "counteract", instanceId: vanish.instanceId,
@@ -814,12 +865,44 @@ function respond(view: GameView, style: AutomatonStyle, tier: TierTraits): Comma
 /** The best attack available against a visible target, numbers and amplify included. */
 function bestAttack(view: GameView, targetId: PlayerId, tier: TierTraits): { cmd: Command; damage: number } | null {
   const numbers = numbersInHand(view);
+  // TURN THEFT: against a carrier one delivery from winning, a
+  // LIGHTNING BLAST's stolen turn outranks any point total — the number
+  // rides along so soaks cannot zero the damage and void the stun.
+  {
+    const carrier = view.players.find((p) => p.id === targetId);
+    const bolt = inHand(view, "lightning-blast");
+    const biggestNum = numbers[numbers.length - 1];
+    if (carrier && bolt && biggestNum && deliveryWins(view, carrier)) {
+      return {
+        damage: cardDef(biggestNum.cardId).value ?? 1,
+        cmd: {
+          type: "cast", instanceId: bolt.instanceId,
+          target: { kind: "player", playerId: targetId },
+          numberInstanceIds: [biggestNum.instanceId],
+        },
+      };
+    }
+  }
   const biggest = numbers[numbers.length - 1];
   const biggestValue = biggest ? (cardDef(biggest.cardId).value ?? 0) : 0;
   const target = view.players.find((p) => p.id === targetId)!;
   const together = cellKey(target.position) === cellKey(me(view).position);
   const amplify = tier.amplify ? inHand(view, "amplify") : undefined;
-  let best: { cmd: Command; damage: number } | null = null;
+  // A killing blow at minimal spend outranks maximum splash — but only
+  // when it clears the target's life with soak to spare: an exact-lethal
+  // blow dies to one ABSORB, so thrift begins three points past the kill.
+  type BestPick = { cmd: Command; damage: number; kill: boolean; cost: number };
+  let best: BestPick | null = null;
+  const offer = (damage: number, cost: number, cmd: Command) => {
+    const rank = (d: number) => (d >= target.life + 3 ? 2 : d >= target.life ? 1 : 0);
+    const r = rank(damage);
+    const better = !best ? true
+      : r !== rank(best.damage) ? r > rank(best.damage)
+      : r === 2 ? cost < best.cost
+      : damage !== best.damage ? damage > best.damage
+      : cost < best.cost;
+    if (better) best = { cmd, damage, kill: damage >= target.life, cost };
+  };
   for (const c of view.yourHand) {
     const atk = ATTACKS[c.cardId];
     if (!atk) continue;
@@ -831,25 +914,27 @@ function bestAttack(view: GameView, targetId: PlayerId, tier: TierTraits): { cmd
     const isWand = c.cardId === "blaster-wand";
     const uncharged = isWand && view.wandCharges[c.instanceId] == null;
     if ((uncharged || atk.needsNumber) && !biggest) continue;
-    const withNumber = (atk.perNumber || uncharged) && biggest;
-    let damage = atk.base + (atk.perNumber && withNumber ? biggestValue : 0);
-    if (damage <= 0) continue;
-    // AMPLIFY doubles the heavy hitters (spells only, not thrown things).
-    const amplified = amplify && damage >= 4 && !isWand &&
-      c.cardId !== "dagger" && c.cardId !== "large-rock";
-    if (amplified) damage *= 2;
-    if (!best || damage > best.damage) {
-      best = {
-        damage,
-        cmd: {
+    const mustNumber = uncharged || atk.needsNumber === true;
+    const canAmplify = amplify && !isWand && c.cardId !== "dagger" && c.cardId !== "large-rock";
+    const numberChoices: (CardInstance | undefined)[] = atk.perNumber
+      ? [undefined, ...numbers]
+      : [mustNumber ? biggest : undefined];
+    for (const num of numberChoices) {
+      if (mustNumber && !num) continue;
+      const value = num ? (cardDef(num.cardId).value ?? 0) : 0;
+      const base = atk.base + (atk.perNumber && num ? value : 0);
+      if (base <= 0) continue;
+      for (const amp of canAmplify && base >= 4 ? [false, true] : [false]) {
+        const damage = amp ? base * 2 : base;
+        offer(damage, value + (amp ? 5 : 0), {
           type: "cast", instanceId: c.instanceId,
           target: { kind: "player", playerId: targetId },
           // An illusion needs a spell to imitate; a fireball sells best.
           ...(c.cardId === "illusionary-attack" ? { params: { cardId: "fireball" } } : {}),
-          ...(withNumber ? { numberInstanceIds: [biggest.instanceId] } : {}),
-          ...(amplified ? { amplifyInstanceIds: [amplify.instanceId] } : {}),
-        },
-      };
+          ...(num ? { numberInstanceIds: [num.instanceId] } : {}),
+          ...(amp && amplify ? { amplifyInstanceIds: [amplify.instanceId] } : {}),
+        });
+      }
     }
   }
   // STONE DEAD: number times the stones the victim carries — the displayed
@@ -858,9 +943,10 @@ function bestAttack(view: GameView, targetId: PlayerId, tier: TierTraits): { cmd
   if (sd && biggest) {
     const shown = target.displayed.filter((c) => STONES.has(c.cardId)).length;
     const dmg = biggestValue * shown;
-    if (dmg >= 4 && dmg > (best?.damage ?? 0)) {
+    const cur = best as BestPick | null;
+    if (dmg >= 4 && (!cur || (dmg >= target.life && !cur.kill) || dmg > cur.damage)) {
       best = {
-        damage: dmg,
+        damage: dmg, kill: dmg >= target.life, cost: biggestValue,
         cmd: {
           type: "cast", instanceId: sd.instanceId,
           target: { kind: "player", playerId: targetId },
@@ -869,7 +955,8 @@ function bestAttack(view: GameView, targetId: PlayerId, tier: TierTraits): { cmd
       };
     }
   }
-  return best;
+  const picked = best as BestPick | null;
+  return picked ? { cmd: picked.cmd, damage: picked.damage } : null;
 }
 
 /** An affliction worth casting when no damage lands, mid number attached.
@@ -957,6 +1044,14 @@ function selfCare(view: GameView, style: AutomatonStyle, tier: TierTraits): Comm
       return { type: "cast", instanceId: c.instanceId };
     }
   }
+  // So does the MASTER KEY: displayed, every workable lock in the maze
+  // opens under its bearer's hand without another cast.
+  {
+    const mk = inHand(view, "master-key");
+    if (mk && !self.displayed.some((d) => d.instanceId === mk.instanceId)) {
+      return { type: "cast", instanceId: mk.instanceId };
+    }
+  }
   if (!tier.buffs) return null; // the apprentice's book ends at the stones
   // A curse on the clockwork gets scrubbed off.
   const cursed = view.sustained.some(
@@ -1036,6 +1131,43 @@ function selfCare(view: GameView, style: AutomatonStyle, tier: TierTraits): Comm
       }
     }
   }
+  // INFRASTRUCTURE: a wormhole anchored beside home turns every future
+  // delivery into a three-move stroll — the pattern that won its best
+  // opponent two games. Placed early, from home's doorstep, far mouth
+  // by the richest distant gold.
+  {
+    const dwarp = inHand(view, "dimensional-warp");
+    const nearHome = Math.abs(self.position.x - self.home.x) + Math.abs(self.position.y - self.home.y) <= 1;
+    if (dwarp && nearHome && view.dimWarps.length === 0 && view.turn.round <= 6) {
+      const legal = (c: Cell) =>
+        view.board.cells[cellKey(c)] !== undefined &&
+        !view.board.homes.some((h) => h.x === c.x && h.y === c.y) &&
+        !view.squareContents[cellKey(c)] &&
+        !view.treasures.some((t) => t.position && cellKey(t.position) === cellKey(c)) &&
+        (view.groundObjects[cellKey(c)] ?? []).length === 0;
+      const goals = treasureGoals(view);
+      if (legal(self.position) && goals.size > 0) {
+        const dHome = distancesFrom(view, [self.home], false);
+        const sighted = sightedCellsFor(view);
+        let far: { cell: Cell; worth: number } | null = null;
+        for (const g of goals) {
+          const [gx, gy] = g.split(",").map(Number) as [number, number];
+          for (const side of SIDES) {
+            const c = neighbor({ x: gx, y: gy }, side);
+            if (!legal(c) || !sighted.has(cellKey(c))) continue;
+            const worth = dHome.get(cellKey(c)) ?? 0;
+            if (worth >= 8 && (far === null || worth > far.worth)) far = { cell: c, worth };
+          }
+        }
+        if (far) {
+          return {
+            type: "cast", instanceId: dwarp.instanceId,
+            params: { cell: self.position }, target: { kind: "cell", cell: far.cell },
+          };
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
   // Guard the gold on the floor: a SAFE locks it, GLUE sticks it down.
   const myFloorTreasure = tier.guardGold
     ? view.treasures.find((t) => t.owner === view.you && t.position && !t.carriedBy)
@@ -1128,10 +1260,13 @@ export function automatonCommand(
     if (self.carriedTreasureId && here === cellKey(self.home)) return { type: "dropTreasure" };
     if (!self.carriedTreasureId) {
       const prize = view.treasures.find(
-        (t) => t.position && !t.carriedBy && t.owner !== you && cellKey(t.position) === here &&
-               here !== cellKey(self.home),
+        (t) => t.position && !t.carriedBy && cellKey(t.position) === here &&
+               here !== cellKey(self.home) &&
+               (t.owner !== you ||
+                 // Repossessing my own gold off an enemy's home square.
+                 view.players.some((p) => p.id !== you && cellKey(p.home) === here)),
       );
-      if (prize) return { type: "pickUpTreasure" };
+      if (prize) return { type: "pickUpTreasure", treasureId: prize.id };
     }
 
     // Wounded clockwork teleports clear of visible hunters.
@@ -1200,13 +1335,16 @@ export function automatonCommand(
         const target = thief && visible.some((p) => p.id === thief.id)
           ? thief
           : visible.sort((a, b) => a.life - b.life)[0]!;
-        // DROP OBJECT shakes my treasure out of the thief's hands.
-        if (thief && target.id === thief.id) {
-          const dob = inHand(view, "drop-object");
-          if (dob) {
+        // DROP OBJECT shakes the treasure out of the hands that matter:
+        // the thief of my gold, or any carrier whose delivery wins.
+        {
+          const mark = (thief && visible.some((p) => p.id === thief.id)) ? thief
+            : visible.find((p) => deliveryWins(view, p));
+          const dob = mark ? inHand(view, "drop-object") : undefined;
+          if (mark && dob) {
             return {
               type: "cast", instanceId: dob.instanceId,
-              target: { kind: "player", playerId: thief.id }, params: { cardId: "treasure" },
+              target: { kind: "player", playerId: mark.id }, params: { cardId: "treasure" },
             };
           }
         }
@@ -1216,6 +1354,7 @@ export function automatonCommand(
         if (exile) {
           const carrier = visible.find((p) => {
             if (thief && p.id === thief.id) return true;
+            if (deliveryWins(view, p)) return true;
             if (!p.carriedTreasureId) return false;
             return Math.abs(p.position.x - p.home.x) + Math.abs(p.position.y - p.home.y) <= 6;
           });
@@ -1365,6 +1504,24 @@ export function automatonCommand(
     }
   }
 
+  // TELEPORT DELIVERY: carrying with home four wall-ignoring spaces away
+  // but farther by boot — blink in and drop next command. The jump beats
+  // any ambush camped on the walking road.
+  if (self.carriedTreasureId && !view.turn.actionsEnded) {
+    const tpHome = inHand(view, "teleport");
+    if (tpHome) {
+      const blink = wallIgnoringDistance(view.board, self.position, self.home);
+      const movesLeft = view.turn.movementAllowance - view.turn.movementUsed;
+      const dWalk = blink >= 1 && blink <= 4
+        ? distancesFrom(view, [self.position], UNLOCKS.some((id) => inHand(view, id)))
+            .get(cellKey(self.home)) ?? Infinity
+        : 0;
+      if (blink <= 4 && blink >= 1 && dWalk > movesLeft) {
+        return { type: "cast", instanceId: tpHome.instanceId, target: { kind: "cell", cell: { ...self.home } } };
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   // March. The thief-chase outranks everything; the berserker hunts wizards
   // over gold; the worrier keeps its distance; the hunter goes to the gold.
   if (view.turn.movementUsed < view.turn.movementAllowance) {
@@ -1374,19 +1531,38 @@ export function automatonCommand(
     const ownGoldCells = new Set(view.treasures
       .filter((t) => t.owner === view.you && t.position && !t.carriedBy)
       .map((t) => cellKey(t.position!)));
-    // A thief already underfoot is not a destination — with the chase
-    // moot, march on the real goals (deliver, grab) instead of standing
-    // on them forever.
-    const thiefAfar = thief && cellKey(thief.position) !== here ? thief : null;
+    // The chase exists to deliver a blow, so it claims the march only
+    // while that blow is still live: an attack in hand, this turn's
+    // attack unspent, casting not yet closed. Those gates hold still as
+    // the clockwork walks — a goal keyed to the thief's nearness flips
+    // underfoot and shuttles the walker on and off their square. Caught
+    // with the strike still live, it stands its ground (a goal underfoot
+    // ends the march); otherwise the gold has its legs for the turn.
+    const strikeLive = !view.turn.attackUsed && !view.turn.attackForbidden &&
+      !view.turn.actionsEnded && view.yourHand.some((c) => ATTACKS[c.cardId] != null);
+    const chasing = thief !== null && strikeLive;
+    // BANK GUARD: enemy gold delivered to my home is my scoreboard, and
+    // anyone may snatch it off the floor. A raider nearer my bank than I
+    // am, with the bank stocked, outranks the next grab — run home.
+    const bankedCount = view.treasures.filter(
+      (t) => t.owner !== you && t.position && cellKey(t.position) === cellKey(self.home)).length;
+    // The predicate reads only ENEMY positions — my own steps must not
+    // flip it mid-march or the walker shuttles (the thief-chase lesson).
+    const bankThreatened = bankedCount > 0 && !self.carriedTreasureId &&
+      livingEnemies(view).some((p) =>
+        !p.carriedTreasureId &&
+        Math.abs(p.position.x - self.home.x) + Math.abs(p.position.y - self.home.y) <= 2);
     const objectives = cursedIdiot && ownGoldCells.size > 0
       ? ownGoldCells
-      : thiefAfar
-        ? new Set([cellKey(thiefAfar.position)])
-        : style === "berserker" && !self.carriedTreasureId
-          ? (enemyCells.size > 0 ? enemyCells : gold)
-          : gold;
+      : chasing
+        ? new Set([cellKey(thief.position)])
+        : bankThreatened
+          ? new Set([cellKey(self.home)])
+          : style === "berserker" && !self.carriedTreasureId
+            ? (enemyCells.size > 0 ? enemyCells : gold)
+            : gold;
     const path =
-      pathToward(view, self.position, objectives, { avoidNearEnemies: style === "worrier" && !thiefAfar, canUnlock }) ??
+      pathToward(view, self.position, objectives, { avoidNearEnemies: style === "worrier" && !chasing, canUnlock }) ??
       pathToward(view, self.position, objectives, { canUnlock }) ??
       pathToward(view, self.position, enemyCells, { canUnlock }) ??
       // No clean road to anything: grit the teeth and wade the hazards,
@@ -1469,12 +1645,17 @@ export function automatonCommand(
         // The war chest: when an attack in hand wants a number, the
         // biggest one is reserved — a waterbolt unfired outbids a longer
         // march, and walking is free next turn.
-        const wantsNumber = view.yourHand.some((c) => {
-          const atk = ATTACKS[c.cardId];
-          if (!atk) return false;
-          return atk.perNumber || atk.needsNumber === true ||
-            (c.cardId === "blaster-wand" && view.wandCharges[c.instanceId] == null);
-        });
+        // — but a chest hoarded with no enemy in reach just slows the
+        // march, and no reserve outbids the delivery that wins the game.
+        const foesClose = livingEnemies(view).some((p) =>
+          Math.abs(p.position.x - self.position.x) + Math.abs(p.position.y - self.position.y) <= 6);
+        const wantsNumber = foesClose && !deliveryWins(view, self) &&
+          view.yourHand.some((c) => {
+            const atk = ATTACKS[c.cardId];
+            if (!atk) return false;
+            return atk.perNumber || atk.needsNumber === true ||
+              (c.cardId === "blaster-wand" && view.wandCharges[c.instanceId] == null);
+          });
         const spendable = wantsNumber ? numbers.slice(0, -1) : numbers;
         // A treasure within free walking ends this turn at the grab (the
         // gold-underfoot rung outranks everything) — a number played first
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/game.ts b/packages/engine/src/game.ts
index e450195..c65dc80 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/game.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/game.ts
@@ -195,6 +195,9 @@ export interface CastStack {
     /** FULL REFLECTION vs SWAP MEET: the reflector's chosen trade. */
     cardId?: string }[];
   waitingOn: PlayerId;
+  /** AROUND THE CORNER carried this attack: sight bent through a middle
+   * square, so the straight line the table would look for does not exist. */
+  bentCorner?: true;
   /** CHAOS only: the defender's FULL SHIELD sat them out rather than stopping it. */
   defenderShielded?: boolean;
   /** Set when a creature, not a wizard, delivers the attack. */
@@ -225,6 +228,9 @@ export interface CastParams {
   hold?: boolean;
 }
 
+/** The revision new games are dealt under; GameConfig.deckRev pins it per game. */
+export const CURRENT_RULES_REV = 5;
+
 export interface GameConfig {
   playerIds: PlayerId[];
   seed: number;
@@ -235,17 +241,18 @@ export interface GameConfig {
   colors?: number[];
   /**
    * Rules revision, frozen per game so stored games replay unchanged.
-   * Absent = original. Rev 2: LIFESAVER leaves two-player decks ("Not
-   * applicable in a 2-player game."). Rev 3: WARD springs only when armed,
-   * and CHAOS honors FULL SHIELD sit-outs and refuses REFLECTIONS. Rev 4:
-   * creature blows open a counteraction window like any attack. Rev 5:
-   * BIG MAN pushes occupants ahead, steps over floor hazards for 2 points,
-   * and bars monsters from his square. Rev 6: ANTI-ANTI cannot pin a
-   * teleport escape ("does not work against escape" — the card face).
-   * Rev 7: no behavioral change — every board opening carries warp sight
-   * in every revision. DIMENSIONAL WARP's tokens never do ("There is no L.O.S. through the
-   * warp." — the card face). Rev 8: nothing can be created on a warp token,
-   * and a SPEED bonus turn burns a turn of durations on the hastened wizard.
+   * Absent = rev 1, the baseline all earlier revisions collapsed into.
+   * Rev 2: a wizard beside a door they can open (lock removed, door
+   * unlocked this turn, or PICK LOCK / MASTER KEY in hand) sees through
+   * the doorway; the hallway behind them still cannot.
+   * Rev 3: VISIONSTONE pierces its one wall for every sight the game
+   * asks of its bearer — creations and utility spells included — not
+   * only direct attacks.
+   * Rev 4: "the door will relock behind you" means it — passing through
+   * an unlocked door shuts it at the walker's back unless a hand holds
+   * it; unpassed, it relocks at turn's end as before.
+   * Rev 5: MENTAL FORCE refuses a destination the victim cannot walk to
+   * in three spaces, instead of eating the card silently at resolution.
    */
   deckRev?: number;
 }
@@ -348,19 +355,71 @@ export function losBlockers(state: GameState): Record<string, true> {
   return blockers;
 }
 
-/** A held-open door is an open doorway to the eye: REMOVE LOCK's "still
- * considered to block L.O.S." speaks of a CLOSED door, and
- * the table holds doors open precisely to cast back through them. */
-function openHeldDoors(state: GameState, board: AssembledBoard): AssembledBoard {
+/** A door HELD open is propped ajar for every eye in the hallway. Any
+ * other door hangs shut, and a shut door blocks L.O.S. — see doorsAjar
+ * for the one wizard who may pull it open and peek. */
+function openedDoors(state: GameState, board: AssembledBoard): AssembledBoard {
   if (state.heldDoors.length === 0) return board;
   const edges = { ...board.edges };
   for (const h of state.heldDoors) delete edges[h.key];
   return { ...board, edges };
 }
 
+/** A wizard at a door's threshold may pull it open and look through
+ * without stepping through: any wizard beside a door whose lock is
+ * REMOVED or that stands unlocked this turn, and a holder of PICK LOCK
+ * or MASTER KEY beside any workable lock. The door still hangs shut to
+ * everyone down the hallway. (Rules rev 2; earlier games replay with
+ * doors dark.) */
+function doorsAjar(state: GameState, viewerId: PlayerId | undefined, board: AssembledBoard): AssembledBoard {
+  if ((state.config.deckRev ?? 1) < 2 || !viewerId) return board;
+  const viewer = state.players.find((p) => p.id === viewerId);
+  if (!viewer || !viewer.alive) return board;
+  const carriesKey = viewer.hand.some((c) => c.cardId === "pick-lock" || c.cardId === "master-key");
+  let edges: Record<string, EdgeState> | null = null;
+  for (const side of SIDES) {
+    const key = edgeKey(viewer.position, side);
+    if (board.edges[key] !== "door") continue;
+    const workable = carriesKey && state.doorStates[key] !== "jammed";
+    if (!workable && state.doorStates[key] !== "removed" && !state.openDoorEdges.includes(key)) continue;
+    if (!edges) edges = { ...board.edges };
+    delete edges[key];
+  }
+  return edges ? { ...board, edges } : board;
+}
+
 /** LOS including square-filling blockers. */
-export function gameLos(state: GameState, from: Cell, to: Cell): boolean {
-  return sightBetween(openHeldDoors(state, boardView(state)), from, to, losBlockers(state));
+function losWith(state: GameState, from: Cell, to: Cell, viewerId: PlayerId | undefined, stone: boolean): boolean {
+  const board = doorsAjar(state, viewerId, openedDoors(state, boardView(state)));
+  const blockers = losBlockers(state);
+  if (sightBetween(board, from, to, blockers)) return true;
+  if (!stone) return false;
+  const viewer = viewerId ? state.players.find((p) => p.id === viewerId) : undefined;
+  if (!viewer || !viewer.alive || !displays(viewer, "visionstone")) return false;
+  for (const key of Object.keys(board.edges)) {
+    if ((board.edges[key] ?? "open") === "open") continue;
+    const edges = { ...board.edges };
+    delete edges[key];
+    if (sightBetween({ ...board, edges }, from, to, blockers)) return true;
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+/** LOS including square-filling blockers. VISIONSTONE is the bearer's
+ * sight wherever sight is asked of them — creations, dispels, utility
+ * spells — not just attacks: one wall or door, any type, falls away.
+ * Safe at every revision: widening what a cast may target never changes
+ * how a recorded command replays. */
+export function gameLos(state: GameState, from: Cell, to: Cell, viewerId?: PlayerId): boolean {
+  return losWith(state, from, to, viewerId, true);
+}
+
+/** The eye of an armed ambush. Springing is decided mid-move and lands
+ * in the ledger's flow, so this sight is frozen per game: before rev 3
+ * an ambush never looked through its owner's VISIONSTONE, and stored
+ * games must replay that blindness. */
+function ambushLos(state: GameState, owner: PlayerState, from: Cell, to: Cell): boolean {
+  return losWith(state, from, to, owner.id, (state.config.deckRev ?? 1) >= 3);
 }
 
 /** Parse an edge key back into its north/west cell and side. */
@@ -409,7 +468,7 @@ function casterLos(
   from: Cell,
   to: Cell,
 ): boolean {
-  const board = openHeldDoors(state, perceivedBoard(state, caster.id));
+  const board = doorsAjar(state, caster.id, openedDoors(state, perceivedBoard(state, caster.id)));
   const blockers = losBlockers(state);
   if (sightBetween(board, from, to, blockers)) return true;
   if (!displays(caster, "visionstone")) return false;
@@ -525,6 +584,8 @@ export type GameEvent =
   | { type: "illusionWallCreated"; caster: PlayerId; edge: { cell: Cell; side: Side } }
   | { type: "illusionTested"; player: PlayerId; edge: string; result: "believes" | "seesThrough" }
   | { type: "sectorRotated"; caster: PlayerId; sectorIndex: number; clockwise: boolean }
+  | { type: "creatureWarpStepped"; creatureId: string; from: Cell; to: Cell; by: PlayerId }
+  | { type: "mentalForceFizzled"; attacker: PlayerId; defender: PlayerId; cell: Cell }
   | { type: "sectorRelocated"; caster: PlayerId; sectorIndex: number; from: Cell; to: Cell;
       /** Origins in FINAL coordinates (the maze may renormalize after the
        * landing); from/to record the pre-shift request. */
@@ -641,6 +702,7 @@ export type Command =
   | { type: "wardChoice"; play: boolean }
   | { type: "warpStep" }
   | { type: "moveCreature"; creatureId: string; direction: Side }
+  | { type: "creatureWarpStep"; creatureId: string }
   | { type: "creatureAttack"; creatureId: string; targetId: string }
   | {
       type: "cast";
@@ -693,7 +755,7 @@ type AttackEffect = {
   sustains?: boolean;
   /** Card stays in hand and is displayed rather than discarded (WIZARDBLADE). */
   keepInHand?: boolean;
-  validate?: (state: GameState, cmd: Extract<Command, { type: "cast" }>) => string | null;
+  validate?: (state: GameState, cmd: Extract<Command, { type: "cast" }>, caster?: PlayerState, target?: PlayerState) => string | null;
   onResolved?: (ctx: ResolutionContext) => void;
 };
 
@@ -1182,8 +1244,14 @@ const CARD_EFFECTS: Record<string, AttackEffect | NeutralEffect | CounterEffect>
     keepInHand: true,
     // "Unlocks any door (door relocks behind you). Do not discard when used.
     // Display Immediately. Must be adjacent. Does not work on a JAMmed LOCK."
+    // Cast bare, it simply goes on display, and a DISPLAYED key turns in
+    // every lock its bearer walks through (see doMove) — no further casts.
+    // Cast at a door, it works that one lock like PICK LOCK and may hold
+    // the door open for others.
     resolve: (state, events, caster, cmd) =>
-      unlockDoor(state, events, caster, cmd, "master-key", { requireAdjacent: true }),
+      cmd.target
+        ? unlockDoor(state, events, caster, cmd, "master-key", { requireAdjacent: true })
+        : null,
   },
   "remove-lock": {
     kind: "neutral",
@@ -1306,7 +1374,7 @@ const CARD_EFFECTS: Record<string, AttackEffect | NeutralEffect | CounterEffect>
       if (cmd.target.playerId === caster.id) return "you are already your own buddy";
       const target = state.players.find((p) => p.id === (cmd.target as { playerId: PlayerId }).playerId);
       if (!target || !target.alive) return "no such living player";
-      if (!gameLos(state, caster.position, target.position)) return "no line of sight";
+      if (!gameLos(state, caster.position, target.position, caster.id)) return "no line of sight";
       // Effectively permanent: broken by the caster attacking the target.
       attachSustained(state, events, "buddy", caster.id, target.id, PERMANENT_TURNS);
       return null;
@@ -1474,14 +1542,14 @@ const CARD_EFFECTS: Record<string, AttackEffect | NeutralEffect | CounterEffect>
         const key = cellKey(cmd.target.cell);
         const creature = creatureAt(state, cmd.target.cell);
         if (creature) {
-          if (!gameLos(state, caster.position, cmd.target.cell)) return "no line of sight";
+          if (!gameLos(state, caster.position, cmd.target.cell, caster.id)) return "no line of sight";
           destroyCreature(state, events, creature, "dispel creation");
           events.push({ type: "creationDispelled", caster: caster.id, what: creature.kind });
           return null;
         }
         const content = state.squareContents[key];
         if (!content) return "nothing created there";
-        if (!gameLos(state, caster.position, cmd.target.cell)) return "no line of sight";
+        if (!gameLos(state, caster.position, cmd.target.cell, caster.id)) return "no line of sight";
         delete state.squareContents[key];
         events.push({ type: "creationDispelled", caster: caster.id, what: content.kind });
         return null;
@@ -1498,7 +1566,7 @@ const CARD_EFFECTS: Record<string, AttackEffect | NeutralEffect | CounterEffect>
         const target = state.players.find((p) => p.id === (cmd.target as { playerId: PlayerId }).playerId);
         if (!target || !target.alive) return "no such living player";
         if (target.id === caster.id) return "you cannot drag yourself";
-        if (!gameLos(state, caster.position, target.position)) return "no line of sight";
+        if (!gameLos(state, caster.position, target.position, caster.id)) return "no line of sight";
         if (isLockedInPlace(state, target.id)) return "they are locked in place";
         const from = target.position;
         dragToward(state, target, caster.position);
@@ -1507,7 +1575,7 @@ const CARD_EFFECTS: Record<string, AttackEffect | NeutralEffect | CounterEffect>
       }
       if (cmd.target?.kind === "cell") {
         const key = cellKey(cmd.target.cell);
-        if (!gameLos(state, caster.position, cmd.target.cell)) return "no line of sight";
+        if (!gameLos(state, caster.position, cmd.target.cell, caster.id)) return "no line of sight";
         const objects = state.groundObjects[key];
         const treasure = state.treasures.find((t) => t.position && cellKey(t.position) === key);
         if (objects && objects.length > 0) {
@@ -1584,7 +1652,7 @@ const CARD_EFFECTS: Record<string, AttackEffect | NeutralEffect | CounterEffect>
     resolve: (state, events, caster) => {
       for (const opp of state.players) {
         if (!opp.alive || opp.id === caster.id) continue;
-        if (!gameLos(state, caster.position, opp.position)) continue;
+        if (!gameLos(state, caster.position, opp.position, caster.id)) continue;
         if (isLockedInPlace(state, opp.id) || sustainedOn(state, opp.id, "medusa").length > 0) continue;
         retreatFromSight(state, events, opp, caster.position);
       }
@@ -1680,7 +1748,7 @@ const CARD_EFFECTS: Record<string, AttackEffect | NeutralEffect | CounterEffect>
       const creature = state.creatures.find((c) => c.id === (cmd.target as { creatureId: string }).creatureId);
       if (!creature) return "no such monster";
       if (creature.kind === "shadow" || creature.kind === "alter-ego") return "that is no monster";
-      if (!gameLos(state, caster.position, creature.position)) return "no line of sight";
+      if (!gameLos(state, caster.position, creature.position, caster.id)) return "no line of sight";
       const boost = cmd.params?.boost === "movement" ? "movement" : "life";
       if (boost === "movement") creature.movesPerTurn *= 2;
       else creature.maxDamage *= 2;
@@ -1882,7 +1950,7 @@ const CARD_EFFECTS: Record<string, AttackEffect | NeutralEffect | CounterEffect>
         (state.groundObjects[key] ?? []).length > 0 ||
         state.treasures.some((t) => t.position && cellKey(t.position) === key);
       if (!hasObject) return "there is nothing there to glue down";
-      if (!gameLos(state, caster.position, cmd.target.cell)) return "no line of sight";
+      if (!gameLos(state, caster.position, cmd.target.cell, caster.id)) return "no line of sight";
       state.gluedCells[key] = true;
       // "a duration equal to twice the NUMBER card played"
       const turns = magnitude.duration * 2;
@@ -1906,7 +1974,7 @@ const CARD_EFFECTS: Record<string, AttackEffect | NeutralEffect | CounterEffect>
         (state.groundObjects[key] ?? []).length > 0 ||
         state.treasures.some((t) => t.position && cellKey(t.position) === key);
       if (!hasObject) return "there is nothing there to lock up";
-      if (!gameLos(state, caster.position, cmd.target.cell)) return "no line of sight";
+      if (!gameLos(state, caster.position, cmd.target.cell, caster.id)) return "no line of sight";
       state.squareContents[key] = { kind: "safe", damage: 0, createdBy: caster.id };
       events.push({ type: "safeCreated", caster: caster.id, at: cmd.target.cell });
       return null;
@@ -1924,7 +1992,7 @@ const CARD_EFFECTS: Record<string, AttackEffect | NeutralEffect | CounterEffect>
       if (ka === kb) return "pick two different squares";
       if (state.gluedCells[ka] || state.gluedCells[kb]) return "glue holds it fast";
       if (state.squareContents[ka]?.kind === "safe" || state.squareContents[kb]?.kind === "safe") return "it is locked in a safe";
-      if (!gameLos(state, caster.position, a) || !gameLos(state, caster.position, b)) return "no line of sight";
+      if (!gameLos(state, caster.position, a, caster.id) || !gameLos(state, caster.position, b, caster.id)) return "no line of sight";
       const itemsA = state.groundObjects[ka] ?? [];
       const itemsB = state.groundObjects[kb] ?? [];
       const treasureA = state.treasures.find((t) => t.position && cellKey(t.position) === ka);
@@ -1987,7 +2055,7 @@ const CARD_EFFECTS: Record<string, AttackEffect | NeutralEffect | CounterEffect>
       if (cmd.target?.kind === "cell") {
         const key = cellKey(cmd.target.cell);
         if (state.squareContents[key]?.kind !== "stone") return "that is not a solid stone block";
-        if (!gameLos(state, caster.position, cmd.target.cell)) return "no line of sight";
+        if (!gameLos(state, caster.position, cmd.target.cell, caster.id)) return "no line of sight";
         delete state.squareContents[key];
         events.push({ type: "stoneTurnedToWater", caster: caster.id, at: cmd.target.cell });
         // "Solid stone block turns into a WATERWALL with a range and damage of 4."
@@ -2103,11 +2171,19 @@ const CARD_EFFECTS: Record<string, AttackEffect | NeutralEffect | CounterEffect>
   "mental-force": {
     kind: "attack",
     baseDamage: () => 0, // no LOS printed
-    validate: (state, cmd) => {
+    validate: (state, cmd, caster, target) => {
       const cell = cmd.params?.cell;
       if (!cell) return "say where they go (within three moved spaces)";
       if (!boardView(state).cells[cellKey(cell)]) return "off the board";
       if (state.squareContents[cellKey(cell)]?.kind === "stone") return "that square is solid stone";
+      // The victim WALKS those three spaces — a destination the maze's
+      // walls put out of reach is refused up front, not swallowed at
+      // resolution with the card already spent. (Rev 5; the victim may
+      // still slip out of range before it resolves — see onResolved.)
+      if ((state.config.deckRev ?? 1) >= 5 && target &&
+          walkingDistance(state, target.position, cell) > 3) {
+        return "the walls put that square beyond three moved spaces";
+      }
       return null;
     },
     onResolved: (ctx) => {
@@ -2115,7 +2191,12 @@ const CARD_EFFECTS: Record<string, AttackEffect | NeutralEffect | CounterEffect>
       if (isLockedInPlace(ctx.state, ctx.defender.id)) return;
       const to = ctx.stack.params?.cell;
       if (!to) return; // an ambush armed without a destination fizzles
-      if (walkingDistance(ctx.state, ctx.defender.position, to) > 3) return;
+      if (walkingDistance(ctx.state, ctx.defender.position, to) > 3) {
+        // The victim slipped beyond reach: the force strains and fails,
+        // and the table sees it fail rather than wondering.
+        ctx.events.push({ type: "mentalForceFizzled", attacker: ctx.attacker.id, defender: ctx.defender.id, cell: to });
+        return;
+      }
       const from = ctx.defender.position;
       ctx.defender.position = to;
       ctx.events.push({ type: "teleported", player: ctx.defender.id, from, to, by: ctx.attacker.id, cardId: "mental-force" });
@@ -2536,7 +2617,7 @@ const CARD_EFFECTS: Record<string, AttackEffect | NeutralEffect | CounterEffect>
       const other = state.players.find((p) => p.id === (cmd.target as { playerId: PlayerId }).playerId);
       if (!other || !other.alive) return "no such living player";
       if (other.id === caster.id) return "that is already your home";
-      if (!gameLos(state, caster.position, other.position)) return "no line of sight to them";
+      if (!gameLos(state, caster.position, other.position, caster.id)) return "no line of sight to them";
       const onHome = (home: Cell) =>
         state.treasures.filter((t) => t.position && cellKey(t.position) === cellKey(home)).length;
       if (onHome(caster.home) !== onHome(other.home)) {
@@ -2727,7 +2808,7 @@ function emptySquareTarget(
   if (state.dimWarps.some((w) => cellKey(w.a) === key || cellKey(w.b) === key)) {
     return "the warp shimmers there — nothing can form on it";
   }
-  if (!gameLos(state, caster.position, cell)) return "no line of sight";
+  if (!gameLos(state, caster.position, cell, caster.id)) return "no line of sight";
   return cell;
 }
 
@@ -2860,6 +2941,57 @@ function impCheck(state: GameState, events: GameEvent[], onlyPlayer?: PlayerId):
   checkVictory(state, events);
 }
 
+/** A creature standing on a DIMENSIONAL WARP token steps through it like
+ * any walker: its commander spends one of its moves, solid stone on the
+ * far side refuses it, and a monster is no braver than a wizard about
+ * FEAR. (Monsters obey the same maze the wizards do.) */
+function doCreatureWarpStep(prev: GameState, creatureId: string): CommandResult {
+  const blocked = requireActionsAvailable(prev);
+  if (blocked) return err(blocked);
+  const state = clone(prev);
+  const active = activePlayer(state);
+  const creature = creatureById(state, creatureId);
+  if (!creature) return err("no such creature");
+  if (creature.kind !== "democratic-monster" && creature.controllerId !== active.id) {
+    return err("that creature does not obey you");
+  }
+  if (creature.movesPerTurn === 0) return err("that creature cannot move");
+  if (creature.movementUsed >= creature.movesPerTurn) return err("no creature movement left");
+  const here = cellKey(creature.position);
+  const pair = state.dimWarps.find((w) => cellKey(w.a) === here || cellKey(w.b) === here);
+  if (!pair) return err("it is not standing on a warp token");
+  const dest = cellKey(pair.a) === here ? pair.b : pair.a;
+  if (state.squareContents[cellKey(dest)]?.kind === "stone") return err("the far side is solid stone");
+  if (state.players.some((o) => o.alive && cellKey(o.position) === cellKey(dest) &&
+        sustainedOn(state, o.id, "big-man").length > 0)) {
+    return err("a giant fills that square");
+  }
+  const from = creature.position;
+  // FEAR holds monsters off too: "no player or monster".
+  if (fearRepels(state, null, from, dest)) return err("an unnatural dread stops the beast");
+  creature.position = { ...dest };
+  creature.movementUsed++;
+  const events: GameEvent[] = [{ type: "creatureWarpStepped", creatureId, from, to: creature.position, by: active.id }];
+  // Touch effects on arriving in a player's square, as any step has.
+  for (const p of state.players) {
+    if (!p.alive || cellKey(p.position) !== cellKey(creature.position)) continue;
+    if (p.id === creature.controllerId && creature.kind !== "democratic-monster") continue;
+    if (creature.kind === "wraith" && !creature.attackUsed) {
+      creature.attackUsed = true;
+      events.push({ type: "creatureTouched", creatureId: creature.id, kind: creature.kind, player: p.id });
+      openCreatureStack(state, creature, p, 2, "wraith");
+      return { ok: true, state, events };
+    }
+    if (creature.kind === "democratic-monster" && !creature.attackUsed && !creature.justCreated) {
+      creature.attackUsed = true;
+      events.push({ type: "creatureTouched", creatureId: creature.id, kind: creature.kind, player: p.id });
+      openCreatureStack(state, creature, p, 2, "claw");
+      return { ok: true, state, events };
+    }
+  }
+  return { ok: true, state, events };
+}
+
 function doMoveCreature(prev: GameState, creatureId: string, direction: Side): CommandResult {
   const blocked = requireActionsAvailable(prev);
   if (blocked) return err(blocked);
@@ -3361,7 +3493,7 @@ function walkingDistance(state: GameState, from: Cell, to: Cell): number {
 }
 
 /** BFS steps between cells ignoring walls (teleport distance). */
-function wallIgnoringDistance(board: AssembledBoard, from: Cell, to: Cell): number {
+export function wallIgnoringDistance(board: AssembledBoard, from: Cell, to: Cell): number {
   if (cellKey(from) === cellKey(to)) return 0;
   const seen = new Map<string, number>([[cellKey(from), 0]]);
   const queue: Cell[] = [from];
@@ -3370,8 +3502,17 @@ function wallIgnoringDistance(board: AssembledBoard, from: Cell, to: Cell): numb
     const d = seen.get(cellKey(cur))!;
     if (d >= 8) break; // teleport range is 4; stop early
     for (const side of SIDES) {
-      const n = neighbor(cur, side);
-      if (!board.cells[cellKey(n)] || seen.has(cellKey(n))) continue;
+      let n = neighbor(cur, side);
+      if (!board.cells[cellKey(n)]) {
+        // The maze wraps for walkers; it wraps for teleporters too —
+        // a warp mouth is one step, same as any doorway.
+        const w = board.warps.find(
+          (w) => cellKey(w.from.cell) === cellKey(cur) && w.from.side === side,
+        );
+        if (!w) continue;
+        n = w.to.cell;
+      }
+      if (seen.has(cellKey(n))) continue;
       seen.set(cellKey(n), d + 1);
       if (cellKey(n) === cellKey(to)) return d + 1;
       queue.push(n);
@@ -3384,6 +3525,7 @@ function wallIgnoringDistance(board: AssembledBoard, from: Cell, to: Cell): numb
 // Setup
 
 export function createGame(config: GameConfig): { state: GameState; events: GameEvent[] } {
+  config = { ...config, deckRev: config.deckRev ?? CURRENT_RULES_REV };
   const n = config.playerIds.length;
   let rng = createRng(config.seed);
   const events: GameEvent[] = [];
@@ -3669,6 +3811,7 @@ function applyCommandInner(state: GameState, playerId: PlayerId, command: Comman
     case "wardChoice": return err("no grab is hanging on your Ward");
     case "warpStep": return doWarpStep(state);
     case "moveCreature": return doMoveCreature(state, command.creatureId, command.direction);
+    case "creatureWarpStep": return doCreatureWarpStep(state, command.creatureId);
     case "creatureAttack": return doCreatureAttack(state, command.creatureId, command.targetId);
     case "cast": return doCast(state, command);
     case "setAmbush": return doSetAmbush(state, command);
@@ -3747,11 +3890,60 @@ function fearRepels(state: GameState, moverId: PlayerId | null, from: Cell, to:
     if (sustainedOn(state, other.id, "fear").length === 0) continue;
     const d = dreadDistance(board, other.position, to);
     const dBefore = dreadDistance(board, other.position, from);
-    if (d <= 3 && d < dBefore) return true;
+    if (d <= 3 && d < dBefore) {
+      // Approaching from outside the dread is never willing.
+      if (dBefore > 3) return true;
+      // Already caged inside it: the maze's corners may force a step
+      // that closes the crow-flies distance — permitted only when the
+      // step walks the shortest way OUT of the bubble.
+      const eFrom = escapeSteps(state, board, other.position, from);
+      const eTo = escapeSteps(state, board, other.position, to);
+      if (!(eTo < eFrom)) return true;
+    }
   }
   return false;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Walking steps (walls and shut doors respected, warp mouths crossed,
+ * fire braved) from `start` to the nearest cell beyond a dread bubble
+ * centered on `dreadFrom`. Infinity when no way out exists.
+ */
+function escapeSteps(state: GameState, board: AssembledBoard, dreadFrom: Cell, start: Cell): number {
+  if (dreadDistance(board, dreadFrom, start) > 3) return 0;
+  const passable = (cell: Cell, side: Side): Cell | null => {
+    const key = edgeKey(cell, side);
+    const e = board.edges[key] ?? "open";
+    if (e === "wall") return null;
+    if (e === "door" &&
+        !state.openDoorEdges.includes(key) &&
+        !state.heldDoors.some((h) => h.key === key)) return null;
+    let n = neighbor(cell, side);
+    if (!board.cells[cellKey(n)]) {
+      const w = board.warps.find(
+        (w) => cellKey(w.from.cell) === cellKey(cell) && w.from.side === side,
+      );
+      if (!w) return null;
+      n = w.to.cell;
+    }
+    if (state.squareContents[cellKey(n)]?.kind === "stone") return null;
+    return n;
+  };
+  const seen = new Set<string>([cellKey(start)]);
+  const queue: [Cell, number][] = [[start, 0]];
+  while (queue.length > 0) {
+    const [cur, d] = queue.shift()!;
+    for (const side of SIDES) {
+      const n = passable(cur, side);
+      if (!n || seen.has(cellKey(n))) continue;
+      if (dreadDistance(board, dreadFrom, n) > 3) return d + 1;
+      seen.add(cellKey(n));
+      queue.push([n, d + 1]);
+    }
+  }
+  return Infinity;
+}
+
 /** A blind wizard's wasted lurch into a wall still costs a movement point. */
 function blindBump(state: GameState, events: GameEvent[], p: PlayerState, direction: Side): CommandResult {
   state.turn.movementUsed++;
@@ -3831,9 +4023,27 @@ function doMove(prev: GameState, direction: Side, over = false): CommandResult {
       p.position = { ...warp.to.cell };
       via = "warp";
       crossedFirewall = true;
-    } else if (edge === "door" && doorIsOpen(state, key)) {
+    } else if (edge === "door" &&
+        (doorIsOpen(state, key) || (displays(p, "master-key") && state.doorStates[key] !== "jammed"))) {
+      // The displayed MASTER KEY turns in every lock it meets: the walker
+      // passes without another cast, and the door RELOCKS BEHIND THEM at
+      // once — "door relocks behind you" grants no lingering opening, so
+      // bystanders see only a shut door (the bearer's own threshold peek
+      // rides the key itself). A JAMmed LOCK still refuses it. To hold a
+      // door open, cast the key at it as ever.
+      if (!doorIsOpen(state, key)) {
+        events.push({ type: "doorUnlocked", player: p.id, edge: parseEdgeKey(key), withCardId: "master-key" });
+      }
       p.position = dest;
       via = "step";
+      // "The door will relock behind you": stepping through an unlocked
+      // door shuts it at the walker's back unless a hand holds it open.
+      // (Rev 4; earlier games kept their turn-long openings.)
+      if ((state.config.deckRev ?? 1) >= 4 &&
+          state.openDoorEdges.includes(key) && !state.heldDoors.some((h) => h.key === key)) {
+        state.openDoorEdges = state.openDoorEdges.filter((k) => k !== key);
+        events.push({ type: "doorsRelocked", count: 1 });
+      }
     } else if (edge === "firewall") {
       // "Passing through it does four points of magical damage." Firewalls
       // burn even a MIST-BODY.
@@ -4316,7 +4526,7 @@ function doTestIllusion(prev: GameState, cell: Cell, side: Side): CommandResult
   if (wall.createdBy === p.id) return err("you made it — you know exactly what it is");
   if (wall.belief[p.id]) return err("your eyes have already ruled on that wall");
   const events: GameEvent[] = [];
-  const board = openHeldDoors(state, perceivedBoard(state, p.id));
+  const board = doorsAjar(state, p.id, openedDoors(state, perceivedBoard(state, p.id)));
   if (!isAdjacentToEdge(p.position, cell, side) &&
       !losToEdge(board, p.position, cell, side)) {
     return err("you cannot see that wall from here");
@@ -4627,6 +4837,9 @@ function doCast(prev: GameState, cmd: Extract<Command, { type: "cast" }>): Comma
   if (effect.kind === "neutral" && effect.displayOnce && caster.displayed.includes(inHand.instanceId)) {
     return err(`${def.name} is already displayed`);
   }
+  if (inHand.cardId === "master-key" && !cmd.target && caster.displayed.includes(inHand.instanceId)) {
+    return err("the key is already on display");
+  }
 
   // Magic wands: charged on first use by the number card(s) played; one
   // charge per use, one use per turn; discarded when the last charge goes.
@@ -4823,6 +5036,28 @@ function doCast(prev: GameState, cmd: Extract<Command, { type: "cast" }>): Comma
       }
       return { ok: true, state, events: events2 };
     }
+    // CHAOS aims at no one: cast bare, it sweeps every other living
+    // wizard into the pile, each offered their FULL SHIELD sit-out in
+    // turn order. (Full shields only exclude; nothing in the set cancels
+    // a zero-point storm, so the queue is the whole defense.) The older
+    // player-targeted form is still accepted below, so stored games
+    // replay unchanged.
+    if (inHand.cardId === "chaos" && (!cmd.target || cmd.target.kind !== "player")) {
+      consumeCast(state, caster, inHand, mods, false);
+      if (state.turn.attackUsed) state.turn.secondAttackUsed = true;
+      state.turn.attackUsed = true;
+      state.lastSpellUsed[caster.id] = inHand.cardId;
+      const events: GameEvent[] = [{
+        type: "spellCast", caster: caster.id, card: inHand, cardId: inHand.cardId,
+        numberCards: mods.numbers, numberValue: mods.magnitude.numberValue,
+        from: caster.position, target: null, targetCell: null,
+      }];
+      const queue = turnOrderFrom(state, caster.id).filter((id) =>
+        id !== caster.id && state.players.find((p) => p.id === id)!.alive);
+      state.chaosPending = { casterId: caster.id, excluded: [], queue };
+      finishChaosIfReady(state, events);
+      return { ok: true, state, events };
+    }
     if (!cmd.target || cmd.target.kind !== "player") return err("attack spells target a player");
     if (cmd.target.playerId === caster.id) return err("you cannot attack yourself");
     const target = state.players.find((p) => p.id === (cmd.target as { playerId: PlayerId }).playerId);
@@ -4844,7 +5079,7 @@ function doCast(prev: GameState, cmd: Extract<Command, { type: "cast" }>): Comma
       (s) => !(s.cardId === "buddy" && s.casterId === caster.id && s.targetId === target.id),
     );
     if (effect.validate) {
-      const problem = effect.validate(state, cmd);
+      const problem = effect.validate(state, cmd, caster, target);
       if (problem) return err(problem);
     }
     if (inHand.cardId === "waterbolt") {
@@ -4932,6 +5167,7 @@ function doCast(prev: GameState, cmd: Extract<Command, { type: "cast" }>): Comma
       kind: effect.physical ? "physical" : "spell",
       counters: [],
       waitingOn: target.id,
+      ...(mods.aroundCorner ? { bentCorner: true as const } : {}),
     };
     state.lastSpellUsed[caster.id] = inHand.cardId;
     const events: GameEvent[] = [...wandEvents, ...preEvents];
@@ -5089,8 +5325,8 @@ function checkAmbushes(
       sprung = context.pickedUpTreasure === true;
     } else if (context.movedFrom) {
       if (ambush.trigger.kind === "los") {
-        const before = gameLos(state, owner.position, context.movedFrom);
-        const now = gameLos(state, owner.position, actor.position);
+        const before = ambushLos(state, owner, owner.position, context.movedFrom);
+        const now = ambushLos(state, owner, owner.position, actor.position);
         sprung = now && !before;
       } else if (ambush.trigger.kind === "near") {
         const dist = (c: Cell) =>
@@ -5102,7 +5338,7 @@ function checkAmbushes(
 
     // The committed spell must be legal right now, or the ambush stays armed.
     const fx = CARD_EFFECTS[ambush.spell.cardId] as AttackEffect;
-    if (fx.requiresLos && !gameLos(state, owner.position, actor.position)) continue;
+    if (fx.requiresLos && !ambushLos(state, owner, owner.position, actor.position)) continue;
 
     state.ambushes = state.ambushes.filter((a) => a.id !== ambush.id);
     state.discard.push(ambush.via, ambush.spell, ...ambush.numbers);
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/view.ts b/packages/engine/src/view.ts
index 5203394..05b7a02 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/view.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/view.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // The server sends this after every state change; clients never see the
 // deck order or other players' hands.
 
-import { sightBetween, traceSight, type AssembledBoard, type Cell, type SightTrace } from "./board";
+import { SIDES, edgeKey, sightBetween, traceSight, type AssembledBoard, type Cell, type SightTrace } from "./board";
 import { cardDef, type CardInstance } from "./cards";
 import {
   boardView,
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ export interface GameView {
   /** Safes standing open (their combination entered this turn). */
   openSafes: string[];
   groundObjects: Record<string, CardInstance[]>;
+  /** The rules revision this game was dealt under. */
+  deckRev: number;
   doorStates: Record<string, "jammed" | "removed">;
   /** Accumulated attack damage per edge (public — cracks show). */
   wallDamage: Record<string, number>;
@@ -153,6 +155,7 @@ export function viewFor(state: GameState, playerId: PlayerId): GameView {
     groundObjects: Object.fromEntries(
       Object.entries(state.groundObjects).map(([k, v]) => [k, [...v]]),
     ),
+    deckRev: state.config.deckRev ?? 1,
     doorStates: { ...state.doorStates },
     wallDamage: { ...state.wallDamage },
     openDoorEdges: [...state.openDoorEdges],
@@ -197,16 +200,50 @@ export function sightedCellsFor(view: GameView): Set<string> {
     const [x, y] = key.split(",").map(Number) as [number, number];
     if (sightBetween(board, me.position, { x, y }, blockers)) out.add(key);
   }
+  // VISIONSTONE lets its bearer see through exactly one wall or door —
+  // any one — so a square is also sighted if removing a single edge
+  // reveals it, mirroring the engine's casterLos.
+  if (me.displayed.some((c) => c.cardId === "visionstone")) {
+    const unseen = Object.keys(board.cells).filter((k) => !out.has(k));
+    for (const edgeK of Object.keys(board.edges)) {
+      if (unseen.length === 0) break;
+      if ((board.edges[edgeK] ?? "open") === "open") continue;
+      const edges = { ...board.edges };
+      delete edges[edgeK];
+      const opened = { ...board, edges };
+      for (let i = unseen.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+        const [x, y] = unseen[i]!.split(",").map(Number) as [number, number];
+        if (sightBetween(opened, me.position, { x, y }, blockers)) {
+          out.add(unseen[i]!);
+          unseen.splice(i, 1);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
   return out;
 }
 
 /** The board-as-seen and sight blockers this view's sight rules run against. */
 function sightBasis(view: GameView): { board: GameView["board"]; blockers: Record<string, true> } {
-  // Held-open doors are open doorways to the eye.
+  // Held-open doors are open doorways to every eye. Beyond them, the
+  // viewer at a door's threshold may pull it open and peek (rules rev 2):
+  // lock removed, door unlocked this turn, or PICK LOCK / MASTER KEY in
+  // hand — mirroring the engine's doorsAjar.
   let board = view.board;
-  if (view.heldDoorEdges.length > 0) {
+  const openKeys = new Set(view.heldDoorEdges);
+  const me = view.players.find((p) => p.id === view.you);
+  if (view.deckRev >= 2 && me?.alive) {
+    const carriesKey = view.yourHand.some((c) => c.cardId === "pick-lock" || c.cardId === "master-key");
+    for (const side of SIDES) {
+      const key = edgeKey(me.position, side);
+      if (board.edges[key] !== "door") continue;
+      const workable = carriesKey && view.doorStates[key] !== "jammed";
+      if (workable || view.doorStates[key] === "removed" || view.openDoorEdges.includes(key)) openKeys.add(key);
+    }
+  }
+  if (openKeys.size > 0) {
     const edges = { ...board.edges };
-    for (const k of view.heldDoorEdges) delete edges[k];
+    for (const k of openKeys) delete edges[k];
     board = { ...board, edges };
   }
   const blockers: Record<string, true> = {};
@@ -259,7 +296,7 @@ export function bentSightFor(view: GameView, from: Cell, to: Cell): boolean {
  */
 export function stackSightTrace(
   view: GameView,
-): { from: Cell; to: Cell; trace: SightTrace } | null {
+): { from: Cell; to: Cell; trace: SightTrace; bend?: { mid: Cell; trace: SightTrace } } | null {
   const stack = view.stack;
   if (!stack || stack.creatureId) return null;
   if (!stack.attackCard || cardDef(stack.attackCard.cardId).los !== true) return null;
@@ -268,7 +305,23 @@ export function stackSightTrace(
   if (!a || !d) return null;
   if (a.position.x === d.position.x && a.position.y === d.position.y) return null;
   const trace = traceSightFor(view, a.position, d.position);
-  return trace ? { from: a.position, to: d.position, trace } : null;
+  if (trace) return { from: a.position, to: d.position, trace };
+  // AROUND THE CORNER: no straight line exists — find a middle square both
+  // ends can see and draw the sight leg by leg, so the table can audit the
+  // needle instead of doubting it.
+  if (stack.bentCorner) {
+    for (const key of Object.keys(view.board.cells)) {
+      const [mx, my] = key.split(",").map(Number) as [number, number];
+      const mid = { x: mx, y: my };
+      if ((mid.x === a.position.x && mid.y === a.position.y) ||
+          (mid.x === d.position.x && mid.y === d.position.y)) continue;
+      const leg1 = traceSightFor(view, a.position, mid);
+      if (!leg1) continue;
+      const leg2 = traceSightFor(view, mid, d.position);
+      if (leg2) return { from: a.position, to: d.position, trace: leg1, bend: { mid, trace: leg2 } };
+    }
+  }
+  return null;
 }
 
 const CREATION_CARD_IDS = new Set([
diff --git a/packages/engine/test/automaton.test.ts b/packages/engine/test/automaton.test.ts
index 938381b..43dfc10 100644
--- a/packages/engine/test/automaton.test.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/test/automaton.test.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { pushSustained } from "./helpers";
 /** Whose input does the maze want right now? */
 function actingSeat(state: GameState): PlayerId {
   return (
+    state.wardPending?.ownerId ??
     state.stack?.waitingOn ??
     state.pendingDiscard ??
     state.chaosPending?.queue[0] ??
@@ -735,3 +736,221 @@ describe("the clockwork flees the dread", () => {
     }
   });
 });
+
+describe("the thief-chase holds one goal per turn", () => {
+  it("a clockwork beside its thief never shuttles on and off their square", () => {
+    let { state } = createGame({ playerIds: ["thief", "bot"], seed: 42, sets: ["basic", "expansion1"] });
+    // Round 2, thief's turn burned; the bot acts with a full allowance.
+    while (state.turn.round < 2 || state.players[state.turn.activeIndex]!.id !== "bot") {
+      const r = applyCommand(state, actingSeat(state), { type: "endTurn", draw: 0 });
+      if (!r.ok) throw new Error(r.error);
+      state = r.state;
+    }
+    const thief = state.players.find((p) => p.id === "thief")!;
+    const bot = state.players.find((p) => p.id === "bot")!;
+    // The thief carries the bot's gold and stands one step away.
+    const mine = state.treasures.find((t) => t.owner === "bot")!;
+    mine.carriedBy = "thief";
+    mine.position = null;
+    thief.position = { x: 2, y: 4 };
+    bot.position = { x: 2, y: 5 };
+    state.edgeOverrides[edgeKey({ x: 2, y: 4 }, "S")] = "open";
+    // A number card and no attacks: the blow the chase serves cannot land.
+    bot.hand = [];
+    bot.hand.push({ cardId: "number-2", instanceId: "N2" } as never);
+    const visited = [cellKey(bot.position)];
+    for (let guard = 0; guard < 40; guard++) {
+      const view = viewFor(state, "bot");
+      const cmd = automatonCommand(view, "hunter", "archmage") ?? automatonFallback(view, "archmage");
+      if (cmd.type === "endTurn") break;
+      const r = applyCommand(state, "bot", cmd);
+      if (!r.ok) break;
+      state = r.state;
+      const at = cellKey(state.players.find((p) => p.id === "bot")!.position);
+      if (cmd.type === "move" && at !== visited[visited.length - 1]) visited.push(at);
+    }
+    // No step may return to the square just departed: A-B-A is the shuttle.
+    for (let i = 2; i < visited.length; i++) {
+      expect(visited[i]).not.toBe(visited[i - 2]);
+    }
+  });
+});
+
+describe("the archmage's sharpened instincts", () => {
+  function botTurn(seed = 42) {
+    let { state } = createGame({ playerIds: ["foe", "bot"], seed, sets: ["basic", "expansion1"] });
+    while (state.turn.round < 2 || state.players[state.turn.activeIndex]!.id !== "bot") {
+      const r = applyCommand(state, actingSeat(state), { type: "endTurn", draw: 0 });
+      if (!r.ok) throw new Error(r.error);
+      state = r.state;
+    }
+    return state;
+  }
+
+  it("a MASTER KEY drawn goes straight on display", () => {
+    const state = botTurn();
+    const bot = state.players.find((p) => p.id === "bot")!;
+    bot.hand.push({ cardId: "master-key", instanceId: "MK" } as never);
+    const cmd = automatonCommand(viewFor(state, "bot"), "hunter", "archmage");
+    expect(cmd).toEqual({ type: "cast", instanceId: "MK" });
+  });
+
+  it("a lethal small blow is countered, thrift be damned", () => {
+    let { state } = createGame({ playerIds: ["foe", "bot"], seed: 42, sets: ["basic", "expansion1"] });
+    while (state.turn.round < 2 || state.players[state.turn.activeIndex]!.id !== "foe") {
+      const r = applyCommand(state, actingSeat(state), { type: "endTurn", draw: 0 });
+      if (!r.ok) throw new Error(r.error);
+      state = r.state;
+    }
+    const foe = state.players.find((p) => p.id === "foe")!;
+    const bot = state.players.find((p) => p.id === "bot")!;
+    bot.position = { ...foe.position };
+    bot.life = 2;
+    bot.hand = [{ cardId: "full-shield", instanceId: "FS" } as never];
+    foe.hand.push({ cardId: "fireball", instanceId: "FB" } as never);
+    const r = applyCommand(state, "foe", {
+      type: "cast", instanceId: "FB", target: { kind: "player", playerId: "bot" },
+    });
+    if (!r.ok) throw new Error(r.error);
+    // Base fireball, 2 points: below every thrift threshold, but fatal at
+    // 2 life — the shield comes out.
+    const cmd = automatonCommand(viewFor(r.state, "bot"), "hunter", "archmage");
+    expect(cmd).toEqual({ type: "counteract", instanceId: "FS" });
+  });
+
+  it("no number is hoarded against the delivery that wins the game", () => {
+    let state = botTurn();
+    const bot = state.players.find((p) => p.id === "bot")!;
+    const foe = state.players.find((p) => p.id === "foe")!;
+    // One of the foe's treasures already rests at the bot's home; the bot
+    // carries the second, four squares out with three legs — only the
+    // number bridges it home this turn.
+    const gold = state.treasures.filter((t) => t.owner === "foe");
+    expect(gold.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2);
+    gold[0]!.position = { ...bot.home };
+    gold[0]!.carriedBy = null;
+    gold[1]!.carriedBy = "bot";
+    gold[1]!.position = null;
+    bot.carriedTreasureId = gold[1]!.id;
+    foe.position = { ...bot.home }; // a foe in sight: the war chest would hoard
+    bot.hand = [
+      { cardId: "fireball", instanceId: "FB" } as never,
+      { cardId: "number-3", instanceId: "N3" } as never,
+    ];
+    // Stand the bot a straight, open four squares from home.
+    const home = bot.home;
+    const column = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4].map((d) => ({ x: home.x, y: home.y + d }));
+    if (!column.every((c) => viewFor(state, "bot").board.cells[cellKey(c)])) return;
+    bot.position = { ...column[4]! };
+    for (const c of column.slice(0, 4)) state.edgeOverrides[edgeKey(c, "S")] = "open";
+    for (let guard = 0; guard < 12; guard++) {
+      const view = viewFor(state, "bot");
+      const cmd = automatonCommand(view, "hunter", "archmage") ?? automatonFallback(view, "archmage");
+      if (cmd.type === "playNumberForMovement") return; // the chest opened for the win
+      if (cmd.type === "endTurn") break;
+      const r = applyCommand(state, "bot", cmd);
+      if (!r.ok) break;
+      state = r.state;
+      if (state.phase !== "playing") return; // delivered and won outright
+    }
+    throw new Error("the clockwork hoarded its number instead of winning");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("lessons from the human duels", () => {
+  function rig(players = ["foe", "bot"]) {
+    let { state } = createGame({ playerIds: players, seed: 42, sets: ["basic", "expansion1"] });
+    while (state.turn.round < 2 || state.players[state.turn.activeIndex]!.id !== "bot") {
+      const r = applyCommand(state, actingSeat(state), { type: "endTurn", draw: 0 });
+      if (!r.ok) throw new Error(r.error);
+      state = r.state;
+    }
+    return state;
+  }
+
+  it("a raider at the stocked bank's gates pulls the clockwork home", () => {
+    const state = rig();
+    const bot = state.players.find((p) => p.id === "bot")!;
+    const foe = state.players.find((p) => p.id === "foe")!;
+    const gold = state.treasures.find((t) => t.owner === "foe")!;
+    gold.position = { ...bot.home };
+    gold.carriedBy = null;
+    foe.position = { x: bot.home.x, y: bot.home.y + 1 };
+    bot.position = { ...foe.home };
+    bot.hand = [];
+    const cmd = automatonCommand(viewFor(state, "bot"), "hunter", "archmage");
+    // Whatever step it picks, the march must be TOWARD home, not the gold map.
+    expect(cmd?.type).toBe("move");
+  });
+
+  it("carrying with home a blink away, it teleports the delivery", () => {
+    const state = rig();
+    const bot = state.players.find((p) => p.id === "bot")!;
+    const prize = state.treasures.find((t) => t.owner === "foe")!;
+    prize.carriedBy = "bot";
+    prize.position = null;
+    bot.carriedTreasureId = prize.id;
+    // Two squares from home as the spell flies, but walled off on foot.
+    bot.position = { x: bot.home.x, y: bot.home.y + 2 };
+    for (const side of ["N", "S", "E", "W"] as const) {
+      state.edgeOverrides[edgeKey(bot.position, side)] = "wall";
+    }
+    bot.hand = [{ cardId: "teleport", instanceId: "TP" } as never];
+    const cmd = automatonCommand(viewFor(state, "bot"), "hunter", "archmage");
+    expect(cmd).toEqual({ type: "cast", instanceId: "TP", target: { kind: "cell", cell: { ...bot.home } } });
+  });
+
+  it("a would-win carrier eats the lightning, not the fireball", () => {
+    let state = rig();
+    const bot = state.players.find((p) => p.id === "bot")!;
+    const foe = state.players.find((p) => p.id === "foe")!;
+    // Foe has one banked and carries the second: one delivery from winning.
+    const banked = state.treasures.find((t) => t.owner === "bot")!;
+    banked.position = { ...foe.home };
+    const carried = state.treasures.filter((t) => t.owner === "bot")[1];
+    if (!carried) return;
+    carried.carriedBy = "foe";
+    carried.position = null;
+    foe.carriedTreasureId = carried.id;
+    foe.position = { ...bot.position };
+    bot.hand = [
+      { cardId: "fireball", instanceId: "FB" } as never,
+      { cardId: "lightning-blast", instanceId: "LB" } as never,
+      { cardId: "number-4", instanceId: "N4" } as never,
+    ];
+    const cmd = automatonCommand(viewFor(state, "bot"), "hunter", "archmage");
+    expect(cmd).toMatchObject({ type: "cast", instanceId: "LB" });
+  });
+});
+
+describe("the denial planner offers only castable blocks", () => {
+  it("tacks at range are never proposed — the RNRX coma", () => {
+    // Room RNRX froze Automaton II for three turns: pathDenial proposed
+    // scattering tacks four squares away, the engine refused ("you must
+    // be adjacent"), and the refusal-fallback loop read as a coma.
+    let { state } = createGame({ playerIds: ["foe", "bot"], seed: 42, sets: ["basic", "expansion1"] });
+    while (state.turn.round < 2 || state.players[state.turn.activeIndex]!.id !== "bot") {
+      const r = applyCommand(state, actingSeat(state), { type: "endTurn", draw: 0 });
+      if (!r.ok) throw new Error(r.error);
+      state = r.state;
+    }
+    const bot = state.players.find((p) => p.id === "bot")!;
+    const foe = state.players.find((p) => p.id === "foe")!;
+    // The bot's floor gold with a raider closing on it, and only TACKS
+    // in hand to deny the road — from a stand-off distance.
+    const gold = state.treasures.find((t) => t.owner === "bot" && t.position)!;
+    foe.position = { ...gold.position! };
+    bot.position = { ...bot.home };
+    bot.hand = [{ cardId: "handful-of-tacks", instanceId: "HT" } as never];
+    for (let guard = 0; guard < 6; guard++) {
+      const cmd = automatonCommand(viewFor(state, "bot"), "hunter", "archmage");
+      if (!cmd) break;
+      const r = applyCommand(state, "bot", cmd);
+      // Whatever the brain proposes, the engine must accept it.
+      expect(r.ok, `refused: ${JSON.stringify(cmd)} — ${!r.ok ? r.error : ""}`).toBe(true);
+      if (!r.ok) break;
+      state = r.state;
+      if (cmd.type === "endTurn") break;
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/engine/test/casting.test.ts b/packages/engine/test/casting.test.ts
index eed75a3..fcf1be4 100644
--- a/packages/engine/test/casting.test.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/test/casting.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { applyCommand, activePlayer, boardView, createGame, type GameState } from "../src/game";
 import { cellKey, edgeKey, hasLineOfSight, neighbor, type Cell, type Side, SIDES, stepTarget } from "../src/board";
 import type { CardInstance } from "../src/cards";
-import { viewFor } from "../src/view";
+import { sightedCellsFor, stackSightTrace, viewFor } from "../src/view";
 import { newGame, must, giveCard, toRound2, faceOff } from "./helpers";
 
 /** Test surgery: put a specific card into a player's hand (swapping one out). */
@@ -402,6 +402,35 @@ describe("the ward window and chaos shields", () => {
     expect(state.players.find((p) => p.id === owner.id)!.hand.some((c) => c.cardId === "ward")).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  it("chaos casts bare — no target, every other wizard queued for a shield", () => {
+    let { state } = threeGame();
+    state = toRound2(state);
+    state = must(state, activePlayer(state).id, { type: "endTurn", draw: 0 });
+    const caster = activePlayer(state);
+    const others = state.players.filter((p) => p.id !== caster.id).map((p) => p.id);
+    const chaos = giveCard(state, caster.id, "chaos", "C", 0);
+    const shielder = others[0]!;
+    giveCard(state, shielder, "full-shield", "S", 0);
+    const shielderHand = () => state.players.find((p) => p.id === shielder)!.hand.map((c) => c.instanceId).sort();
+    const kept = shielderHand().filter((id) => id !== "full-shield#S").sort();
+
+    state = must(state, caster.id, { type: "cast", instanceId: chaos.instanceId });
+    // No stack: the queue opens at once, in turn order from the caster.
+    expect(state.stack).toBeNull();
+    expect(state.chaosPending?.queue.length).toBe(2);
+    const first = state.chaosPending!.queue[0]!;
+    state = first === shielder
+      ? must(state, first, { type: "counteract", instanceId: "full-shield#S" })
+      : must(state, first, { type: "pass" });
+    const second = state.chaosPending!.queue[0]!;
+    state = second === shielder
+      ? must(state, second, { type: "counteract", instanceId: "full-shield#S" })
+      : must(state, second, { type: "pass" });
+    expect(state.chaosPending).toBeNull();
+    // The shielded hand rode out the storm untouched.
+    expect(shielderHand()).toEqual(kept);
+  });
+
   it("chaos: bystanders may shield out, reflections are refused", () => {
     let { state } = threeGame();
     state = toRound2(state);
@@ -500,6 +529,83 @@ describe("zero-damage utility attacks", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("the VISIONSTONE pierces one wall", () => {
+  function stoneRig() {
+    let { state } = newGame();
+    state = toRound2(state);
+    const a = activePlayer(state);
+    const b = state.players.find((p) => p.id !== a.id)!;
+    a.position = { x: 2, y: 4 };
+    b.position = { x: 2, y: 5 };
+    state.edgeOverrides[edgeKey({ x: 2, y: 4 }, "S")] = "wall";
+    return { state, a, b };
+  }
+
+  it("its bearer casts an attack straight through the wall", () => {
+    const { state, a, b } = stoneRig();
+    const fb = giveCard(state, a.id, "fireball", "FB", 1);
+    const refused = applyCommand(state, a.id, {
+      type: "cast", instanceId: fb.instanceId, target: { kind: "player", playerId: b.id },
+    });
+    expect(refused.ok).toBe(false);
+    const stone = giveCard(state, a.id, "visionstone", "VS");
+    a.displayed.push(stone.instanceId);
+    const cast = applyCommand(state, a.id, {
+      type: "cast", instanceId: fb.instanceId, target: { kind: "player", playerId: b.id },
+    });
+    expect(cast.ok).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("its bearer plants a THORNBUSH through the wall", () => {
+    const { state, a } = stoneRig();
+    // The square past the wall must be bare ground for a creation.
+    const cell = { x: 2, y: 5 };
+    for (const p of state.players) if (cellKey(p.position) === cellKey(cell)) p.position = { x: 0, y: 0 };
+    const bush = giveCard(state, a.id, "thornbush", "TB");
+    const refused = applyCommand(state, a.id, {
+      type: "cast", instanceId: bush.instanceId, target: { kind: "cell", cell },
+    });
+    expect(refused.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (!refused.ok) expect(refused.error).toContain("line of sight");
+    const stone = giveCard(state, a.id, "visionstone", "VS", 1);
+    a.displayed.push(stone.instanceId);
+    const cast = applyCommand(state, a.id, {
+      type: "cast", instanceId: bush.instanceId, target: { kind: "cell", cell },
+    });
+    expect(cast.ok).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("the client's sighted squares agree with the stone", () => {
+    const { state, a, b } = stoneRig();
+    expect(sightedCellsFor(viewFor(state, a.id)).has(cellKey(b.position))).toBe(false);
+    const stone = giveCard(state, a.id, "visionstone", "VS");
+    a.displayed.push(stone.instanceId);
+    expect(sightedCellsFor(viewFor(state, a.id)).has(cellKey(b.position))).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("teleport wraps the maze's rim", () => {
+  it("four spaces counted through a warp mouth reach the far side", () => {
+    let { state } = newGame();
+    state = toRound2(state);
+    // Stand the active wizard at a wraparound mouth; the paired cell is
+    // ONE teleport step away, exactly as it is one walking step.
+    const active = activePlayer(state);
+    const warp = boardView(state).warps[0]!;
+    active.position = { ...warp.from.cell };
+    const tp = giveCard(state, active.id, "teleport", "TP", 0);
+    const r = applyCommand(state, active.id, {
+      type: "cast", instanceId: tp.instanceId,
+      target: { kind: "cell", cell: { ...warp.to.cell } },
+    });
+    expect(r.ok).toBe(true);
+    if (r.ok) {
+      const after = r.state.players.find((p) => p.id === active.id)!;
+      expect(cellKey(after.position)).toBe(cellKey(warp.to.cell));
+    }
+  });
+});
+
 describe("teleport as a counteraction", () => {
   it("the attack has no chance of hitting you — you are simply elsewhere", () => {
     let { state } = newGame();
@@ -1034,3 +1140,58 @@ describe("stone dead counts only the stones in play", () => {
     expect(state.players.find((p) => p.id === defender)!.life).toBe(12);
   });
 });
+
+describe("MENTAL FORCE respects the victim's three walked spaces", () => {
+  it("a destination beyond the walls is refused up front, card kept", () => {
+    let { state } = newGame();
+    state = toRound2(state);
+    const caster = activePlayer(state);
+    const victim = state.players.find((p) => p.id !== caster.id)!;
+    caster.position = { x: 0, y: 0 };
+    victim.position = { x: 2, y: 4 };
+    // Seal the victim into their square: every walked space is out of
+    // reach, so ANY other destination is beyond three moved spaces.
+    for (const side of SIDES) {
+      state.edgeOverrides[edgeKey(victim.position, side)] = "wall";
+    }
+    const mf = giveCard(state, caster.id, "mental-force", "MF");
+    const far = { x: 4, y: 9 };
+    const refused = applyCommand(state, caster.id, {
+      type: "cast", instanceId: mf.instanceId,
+      target: { kind: "player", playerId: victim.id }, params: { cell: far },
+    });
+    expect(refused.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (!refused.ok) expect(refused.error).toContain("three moved spaces");
+    // The card is still in hand — nothing was spent on the refusal.
+    expect(state.players.find((p) => p.id === caster.id)!.hand.some((c) => c.instanceId === mf.instanceId)).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("the bent sight-trace shows AROUND THE CORNER's legs", () => {
+  it("a bentCorner stack yields two auditable legs through a midpoint", () => {
+    let { state } = newGame();
+    state = toRound2(state);
+    const a = activePlayer(state);
+    const d = state.players.find((p) => p.id !== a.id)!;
+    // Diagonal neighbors: center-to-center sight grazes the shared corner
+    // (blocked, strict reading), but the legs through (3,2) are opened.
+    a.position = { x: 2, y: 2 };
+    d.position = { x: 3, y: 3 };
+    state.edgeOverrides[edgeKey({ x: 2, y: 2 }, "E")] = "open";
+    state.edgeOverrides[edgeKey({ x: 3, y: 2 }, "S")] = "open";
+    state.stack = {
+      attackerId: a.id, defenderId: d.id,
+      attackCard: { instanceId: "fireball#T", cardId: "fireball" },
+      numberValue: null, amplifyFactor: 1, extendFactor: 1,
+      powerAttackPoints: 0, params: null, kind: "spell",
+      counters: [], waitingOn: d.id, bentCorner: true,
+    };
+    const traced = stackSightTrace(viewFor(state, d.id));
+    expect(traced).not.toBeNull();
+    if (traced) {
+      // Whether sight ran straight (free-angle found a gap) or bent, the
+      // overlay has something to draw; a bend names its middle square.
+      if (traced.bend) expect(traced.bend.mid).toBeDefined();
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/engine/test/creatures.test.ts b/packages/engine/test/creatures.test.ts
index 424e6c8..2b17ece 100644
--- a/packages/engine/test/creatures.test.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/test/creatures.test.ts
@@ -720,4 +720,70 @@ describe("fear holds off monsters and unwilling feet alike", () => {
     expect(r.ok).toBe(false);
     if (!r.ok) expect(r.error).toContain("dread");
   });
+
+  it("a wizard caged inside the dread may round a corner to escape", () => {
+    let { state } = createGame({ playerIds: ["a", "b"], seed: 42, sets: ["basic", "expansion1"] });
+    const a = state.players.find((p) => p.id === "a")!;
+    const b = state.players.find((p) => p.id === "b")!;
+    pushSustained(state, {
+      id: "fx-fear", cardId: "fear", casterId: "b", targetId: "b",
+      remainingTurns: 5, data: {},
+    });
+    // b radiates dread from (2,5). a stands in a dead-end pocket at
+    // (2,3): walls on three sides, so the only way out steps SOUTH —
+    // closer to b — before the corridor east leads clear of the dread.
+    b.position = { x: 2, y: 5 };
+    a.position = { x: 2, y: 3 };
+    for (const side of ["N", "E", "W"] as const) {
+      state.edgeOverrides[edgeKey({ x: 2, y: 3 }, side)] = "wall";
+    }
+    state.edgeOverrides[edgeKey({ x: 2, y: 3 }, "S")] = "open";
+    state.edgeOverrides[edgeKey({ x: 2, y: 4 }, "E")] = "open";
+    state.edgeOverrides[edgeKey({ x: 3, y: 4 }, "E")] = "open";
+    state.edgeOverrides[edgeKey({ x: 4, y: 4 }, "N")] = "open";
+    while (state.players[state.turn.activeIndex]!.id !== "a") {
+      const r0 = applyCommand(state, state.players[state.turn.activeIndex]!.id, { type: "endTurn", draw: 0 });
+      if (!r0.ok) throw new Error(r0.error);
+      state = r0.state;
+    }
+    // The closer step is the only way out: permitted.
+    const r = applyCommand(state, "a", { type: "move", direction: "S" });
+    if (!r.ok) throw new Error("escape step refused: " + r.error);
+    expect(r.ok).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("creatures and the dimensional warp", () => {
+  it("a commanded troll steps through the warp tokens", () => {
+    let { state } = createGame({ playerIds: ["a", "b"], seed: 42, sets: ["basic", "expansion1"] });
+    const you = state.players[state.turn.activeIndex]!.id;
+    state.dimWarps.push({ a: { x: 1, y: 1 }, b: { x: 3, y: 8 } });
+    state.creatures.push({
+      id: "troll-w", kind: "troll", controllerId: you, position: { x: 1, y: 1 },
+      life: 6, movesPerTurn: 2, movementUsed: 0, attackUsed: false,
+      justCreated: false, wallPassesPerTurn: 0, wallPassUsed: 0,
+    } as never);
+    const r = applyCommand(state, you, { type: "creatureWarpStep", creatureId: "troll-w" });
+    expect(r.ok).toBe(true);
+    if (r.ok) {
+      const troll = r.state.creatures.find((c) => c.id === "troll-w")!;
+      expect(cellKey(troll.position)).toBe(cellKey({ x: 3, y: 8 }));
+      expect(troll.movementUsed).toBe(1);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("solid stone on the far side refuses the beast", () => {
+    let { state } = createGame({ playerIds: ["a", "b"], seed: 42, sets: ["basic", "expansion1"] });
+    const you = state.players[state.turn.activeIndex]!.id;
+    state.dimWarps.push({ a: { x: 1, y: 1 }, b: { x: 3, y: 8 } });
+    state.squareContents[cellKey({ x: 3, y: 8 })] = { kind: "stone", damage: 0, createdBy: "b" };
+    state.creatures.push({
+      id: "troll-w", kind: "troll", controllerId: you, position: { x: 1, y: 1 },
+      life: 6, movesPerTurn: 2, movementUsed: 0, attackUsed: false,
+      justCreated: false, wallPassesPerTurn: 0, wallPassUsed: 0,
+    } as never);
+    const r = applyCommand(state, you, { type: "creatureWarpStep", creatureId: "troll-w" });
+    expect(r.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (!r.ok) expect(r.error).toContain("stone");
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/engine/test/durations-doors-cards.test.ts b/packages/engine/test/durations-doors-cards.test.ts
index 5dc421a..0157608 100644
--- a/packages/engine/test/durations-doors-cards.test.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/test/durations-doors-cards.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { applyCommand, activePlayer, boardView, createGame, sustainedOn, type GameState } from "../src/game";
-import { cellKey, edgeKey, neighbor, type Side } from "../src/board";
+import { cellKey, edgeKey, neighbor, opposite, type Side } from "../src/board";
 import type { CardInstance } from "../src/cards";
 import { newGame, must, giveCard, toRound2, faceOff, castAt } from "./helpers";
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ describe("doors", () => {
     throw new Error("no door on this board");
   }
 
-  it("pick lock opens an adjacent door until end of turn", () => {
+  it("pick lock opens an adjacent door — and it relocks behind the walker", () => {
     let { state } = newGame();
     const me = activePlayer(state);
     const door = findDoor(state);
@@ -130,9 +130,8 @@ describe("doors", () => {
     state = must(state, me.id, { type: "move", direction: dir });
     expect(cellKey(activePlayer(state).position)).toBe(cellKey(other));
 
-    // Relocks when the turn ends.
-    state = must(state, me.id, { type: "endTurn", draw: 0 });
-    state = must(state, activePlayer(state).id, { type: "endTurn", draw: 0 });
+    // "It will relock behind you": shut at the walker's back at once —
+    // the way back is barred without another pick.
     expect(state.openDoorEdges.length).toBe(0);
     expect(applyCommand(state, me.id, { type: "move", direction: dir === "E" ? "W" : "N" }).ok).toBe(false);
   });
@@ -445,7 +444,7 @@ describe("a held door is an open doorway to the eye", () => {
     expect(state.players.find((p) => p.id === pursuer)!.life).toBeLessThan(lifeBefore);
   });
 
-  it("an unheld unlocked door still blocks sight", () => {
+  it("an unlocked door is an open doorway to the wizard at its threshold", () => {
     let { state, cell, side, holder, pursuer } = sightRig();
     const pick = giveCard(state, holder, "pick-lock");
     state = must(state, holder, {
@@ -453,9 +452,116 @@ describe("a held door is an open doorway to the eye", () => {
       target: { kind: "edge", cell, side },
     });
     const fb = giveCard(state, holder, "fireball", "FB", 1);
-    const refused = applyCommand(state, holder, {
+    const cast = applyCommand(state, holder, {
       type: "cast", instanceId: fb.instanceId, target: { kind: "player", playerId: pursuer },
     });
+    expect(cast.ok).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("a lock REMOVED lets any wizard beside the door peek through", () => {
+    let { state, cell, side, holder, pursuer } = sightRig();
+    const rm = giveCard(state, holder, "remove-lock");
+    state = must(state, holder, {
+      type: "cast", instanceId: rm.instanceId,
+      target: { kind: "edge", cell, side },
+    });
+    const fb = giveCard(state, holder, "fireball", "FB", 1);
+    const cast = applyCommand(state, holder, {
+      type: "cast", instanceId: fb.instanceId, target: { kind: "player", playerId: pursuer },
+    });
+    expect(cast.ok).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("PICK LOCK in hand is enough to ease a locked door open a crack", () => {
+    let { state, cell, side, holder, pursuer } = sightRig();
+    giveCard(state, holder, "pick-lock");
+    const fb = giveCard(state, holder, "fireball", "FB", 1);
+    const cast = applyCommand(state, holder, {
+      type: "cast", instanceId: fb.instanceId, target: { kind: "player", playerId: pursuer },
+    });
+    expect(cast.ok).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("the wizard down the hallway sees no further than the shut door", () => {
+    let { state, cell, side, holder, pursuer } = sightRig();
+    // Pull the pursuer one square further down the hall, so the door is
+    // no longer on their threshold; clear their path to the doorway.
+    const near = neighbor(cell, side);
+    const far = neighbor(near, side);
+    if (!boardView(state).cells[cellKey(far)]) return; // the maze ends here; geometry unavailable
+    state.players.find((p) => p.id === pursuer)!.position = far;
+    state.edgeOverrides[edgeKey(near, side)] = "open";
+    const rm = giveCard(state, holder, "remove-lock");
+    state = must(state, holder, {
+      type: "cast", instanceId: rm.instanceId,
+      target: { kind: "edge", cell, side },
+    });
+    state = must(state, holder, { type: "endTurn", draw: 0 });
+    const fb = giveCard(state, pursuer, "fireball", "FB", 1);
+    const refused = applyCommand(state, pursuer, {
+      type: "cast", instanceId: fb.instanceId, target: { kind: "player", playerId: holder },
+    });
     expect(refused.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (!refused.ok) expect(refused.error).toContain("line of sight");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("the displayed MASTER KEY", () => {
+  function keyRig() {
+    let { state } = createGame({ playerIds: ["keeper", "watcher"], seed: 42, sets: ["basic"] });
+    state = toRound2(state);
+    const view = boardView(state);
+    for (const [key, edge] of Object.entries(view.edges)) {
+      if (edge !== "door") continue;
+      const [kind, coords] = key.split(":") as [string, string];
+      const [x, y] = coords.split(",").map(Number) as [number, number];
+      const cell = { x, y };
+      const side = kind === "V" ? ("E" as Side) : ("S" as Side);
+      const keeper = activePlayer(state);
+      keeper.position = { ...cell };
+      return { state, cell, side, key, keeper };
+    }
+    throw new Error("setup: seed 42 grew a maze with no doors");
+  }
+
+  it("cast bare, the key goes on display — once", () => {
+    const { state, keeper } = keyRig();
+    const mk = giveCard(state, keeper.id, "master-key", "MK");
+    const cast = applyCommand(state, keeper.id, { type: "cast", instanceId: mk.instanceId });
+    expect(cast.ok).toBe(true);
+    if (cast.ok) {
+      const after = cast.state.players.find((p) => p.id === keeper.id)!;
+      expect(after.displayed).toContain(mk.instanceId);
+      expect(after.hand.some((c) => c.instanceId === mk.instanceId)).toBe(true);
+      const again = applyCommand(cast.state, keeper.id, { type: "cast", instanceId: mk.instanceId });
+      expect(again.ok).toBe(false);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("its bearer walks through locked doors, which relock at their back", () => {
+    const { state, cell, side, key, keeper } = keyRig();
+    const mk = giveCard(state, keeper.id, "master-key", "MK");
+    keeper.displayed.push(mk.instanceId);
+    const r = applyCommand(state, keeper.id, { type: "move", direction: side });
+    expect(r.ok).toBe(true);
+    if (r.ok) {
+      const after = r.state.players.find((p) => p.id === keeper.id)!;
+      expect(cellKey(after.position)).toBe(cellKey(neighbor(cell, side)));
+      // "Door relocks behind you": no lingering opening for bystanders.
+      expect(r.state.openDoorEdges).not.toContain(key);
+      expect(r.events.some((e) => e.type === "doorUnlocked")).toBe(true);
+      // The key turns again on the way back.
+      const back = applyCommand(r.state, keeper.id, { type: "move", direction: opposite(side) });
+      expect(back.ok).toBe(true);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("a JAMmed LOCK refuses even the master key", () => {
+    const { state, side, key, keeper } = keyRig();
+    const mk = giveCard(state, keeper.id, "master-key", "MK");
+    keeper.displayed.push(mk.instanceId);
+    state.doorStates[key] = "jammed";
+    const r = applyCommand(state, keeper.id, { type: "move", direction: side });
+    expect(r.ok).toBe(false);
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/server/src/index.ts b/packages/server/src/index.ts
index 784bae5..ae9c05e 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/index.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ import {
   summarize,
   viewForPlayer,
   type Room,
+  kickSeat,
+  abandonRoom,
 } from "./rooms";
 import { engagementStats, recordHotseat } from "./stats";
 import { getShare, loadShares, mintShare } from "./shares";
@@ -394,6 +396,16 @@ function botRemark(room: Room, actor: string, events: { type: string; [k: string
     }
   }
 }
+/** Spoken when a clockwork's chosen command was refused by the engine —
+ * the table sees a stumble instead of an unexplained idle turn. */
+const HESITATION_LINES = [
+  "RECALCULATING.",
+  "TACTICAL PAUSE. INTENTIONAL. PROBABLY.",
+  "THE MAZE REFUSES MY GENIUS.",
+  "ERROR LOGGED. DIGNITY INTACT.",
+  "I MEANT TO DO THAT.",
+];
+
 const pumping = new Set<string>();
 function runBots(room: Room): void {
   if (pumping.has(room.id)) return;
@@ -408,6 +420,14 @@ function runBots(room: Room): void {
     broadcast(room, (playerId) => ({ type: "state", view: viewForPlayer(room, playerId), seq: room.log.length }));
     // The game's end unmasks the mystery machines in the roster.
     if (room.state?.phase === "finished") broadcast(room, () => roomInfo(room));
+    // A refused brain-choice becomes a visible stumble, in character —
+    // an idle bot turn should read as hesitation, never as nothing.
+    if (step.hesitated) {
+      const said = addChat(room, step.seat, HESITATION_LINES[Math.floor(Math.random() * HESITATION_LINES.length)]!);
+      if (!("error" in said)) {
+        broadcast(room, () => ({ type: "chat", player: step.seat, text: said.text, at: said.at }));
+      }
+    }
     botRemark(room, step.seat, step.events as { type: string }[]);
     setTimeout(tick, BOT_STEP_MS);
   };
@@ -526,6 +546,38 @@ wss.on("connection", (socket) => {
           session.token = null;
           break;
         }
+        case "kickSeat": {
+          const room = session.roomId ? getRoom(session.roomId) : undefined;
+          if (!room || !session.playerId) return send(socket, { type: "error", message: "not in a room" });
+          const problem = kickSeat(room, session.playerId, String(msg.name ?? ""));
+          if (problem) return send(socket, { type: "error", message: problem });
+          // A kicked live socket is set adrift so it cannot act on a seat it lost.
+          for (const other of sessions) {
+            if (other.roomId === room.id && other.playerId === msg.name) {
+              other.playerId = null;
+              other.roomId = null;
+              other.token = null;
+              send(other.socket, { type: "kicked", roomId: room.id });
+            }
+          }
+          broadcastRoomState(room);
+          break;
+        }
+        case "abandonRoom": {
+          const room = session.roomId ? getRoom(session.roomId) : undefined;
+          if (!room || !session.playerId) return send(socket, { type: "error", message: "not in a room" });
+          const problem = abandonRoom(room, session.playerId);
+          if (problem) return send(socket, { type: "error", message: problem });
+          for (const other of sessions) {
+            if (other.roomId === room.id) {
+              other.playerId = null;
+              other.roomId = null;
+              other.token = null;
+              send(other.socket, { type: "roomAbandoned", roomId: room.id });
+            }
+          }
+          break;
+        }
         case "addBot": {
           const room = session.roomId ? getRoom(session.roomId) : undefined;
           if (!room || !session.playerId) return send(socket, { type: "error", message: "not in a room" });
diff --git a/packages/server/src/rooms.ts b/packages/server/src/rooms.ts
index 76974a5..e3e0e23 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/rooms.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/rooms.ts
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ import {
   type GameState,
   type GameView,
   type PlayerId,
+  CURRENT_RULES_REV,
 } from "@wizwar/engine";
-import { appendLine, ensureDataDir, readAllRooms, roomFileExists, type RoomLine } from "./store";
+import { appendLine, archiveRoomFile, ensureDataDir, readAllRooms, roomFileExists, type RoomLine } from "./store";
 import { recordRoom } from "./stats";
 
 export interface LoggedCommand {
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ const rooms = new Map<string, Room>();
 /** Rules revision new games are dealt under (stored games keep their own).
  * A rules change while games are live must bump this and gate the engine;
  * local hotseat games ride the engine's default and follow in lockstep. */
-const RULES_REV = 1;
+const RULES_REV = CURRENT_RULES_REV;
 
 const ROOM_CODE_ALPHABET = "ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZ23456789";
 
@@ -152,6 +153,33 @@ export function joinRoom(
   return { token: fresh };
 }
 
+/** The host shows an unclaimed (or unwanted) seat the door — lobby only:
+ * once the deal happens, every seat is a player in the game's record. */
+export function kickSeat(room: Room, byId: PlayerId, name: PlayerId): string | null {
+  if (byId !== room.hostId) return "only the host may clear a seat";
+  if (room.state) return "the game has started — seats are settled";
+  if (name === room.hostId) return "the host cannot kick themselves — abandon the room instead";
+  if (!room.players.includes(name)) return "no such seat";
+  room.players = room.players.filter((p) => p !== name);
+  room.tokens.delete(name);
+  room.bots.delete(name);
+  room.colorChoices.delete(name);
+  appendLine(room.id, { kind: "kick", name });
+  recordRoom(room);
+  return null;
+}
+
+/** The host dissolves the room: a lobby that never dealt, or a finished
+ * game done being remembered. The ledger is archived, never deleted. */
+export function abandonRoom(room: Room, byId: PlayerId): string | null {
+  if (byId !== room.hostId) return "only the host may abandon the room";
+  if (room.state && room.state.phase === "playing") return "the game is still being played";
+  appendLine(room.id, { kind: "abandon", by: byId, at: new Date().toISOString() });
+  archiveRoomFile(room.id);
+  rooms.delete(room.id);
+  return null;
+}
+
 /** Everyone gets their chosen standee; the undecided get the first free one. */
 export function resolveColors(room: Room): number[] {
   const taken = new Set<number>();
@@ -290,17 +318,28 @@ function actingSeat(room: Room): PlayerId | null {
  * One automaton command, if the maze is waiting on clockwork. Null when a
  * human holds the floor (or the game is over, or the clockwork is wedged).
  */
-export function driveOneAutomaton(room: Room): { seat: PlayerId; events: GameEvent[] } | null {
+export function driveOneAutomaton(
+  room: Room,
+): { seat: PlayerId; events: GameEvent[]; hesitated?: { refused: Command; error: string } } | null {
   const seat = actingSeat(room);
   if (!seat || !room.bots.has(seat)) return null;
   const view = viewFor(room.state!, seat);
   const bot = room.bots.get(seat);
   const chosen = automatonCommand(view, bot?.style, bot?.tier);
+  let hesitated: { refused: Command; error: string } | undefined;
   let r = runCommand(room, seat, chosen ?? automatonFallback(view, bot?.tier));
   if ("error" in r) {
     // A refused choice retries with the fallback — unless the fallback IS
     // what just failed — then burns down the ladder to endTurn and pass.
-    if (chosen) r = runCommand(room, seat, automatonFallback(view, bot?.tier));
+    // The refusal is remembered: a brain whose choice the engine rejects
+    // is a bug in the brain, and the table deserves to see the stumble
+    // rather than an unexplained idle turn (the RNRX coma lesson).
+    if (chosen) {
+      hesitated = { refused: chosen, error: r.error };
+      console.warn(
+        `automaton ${seat} hesitated in ${room.id}: ${JSON.stringify(chosen)} refused (${r.error})`);
+      r = runCommand(room, seat, automatonFallback(view, bot?.tier));
+    }
     if ("error" in r) r = runCommand(room, seat, { type: "endTurn", draw: 0 });
     if ("error" in r) r = runCommand(room, seat, { type: "pass" });
     if ("error" in r) {
@@ -308,7 +347,7 @@ export function driveOneAutomaton(room: Room): { seat: PlayerId; events: GameEve
       return null;
     }
   }
-  return { seat, events: r.events };
+  return { seat, events: r.events, ...(hesitated ? { hesitated } : {}) };
 }
 
 export interface GameSummary {
@@ -600,8 +639,14 @@ export function loadPersistedRooms(): void {
         chat: [],
         bots: new Map(),
       };
+      if (lines.some((l) => l.kind === "abandon")) continue;
       for (const line of lines.slice(1)) {
-        if (line.kind === "join") {
+        if (line.kind === "kick") {
+          room.players = room.players.filter((p) => p !== line.name);
+          room.tokens.delete(line.name);
+          room.bots.delete(line.name);
+          room.colorChoices.delete(line.name);
+        } else if (line.kind === "join") {
           if (line.bot) {
             room.players.push(line.name);
             room.bots.set(line.name, {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/store.ts b/packages/server/src/store.ts
index 76cebde..1ccf171 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/store.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/store.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // command. Because the engine is deterministic, replaying a file rebuilds
 // the exact game state — server restarts lose nothing.
 
-import { appendFileSync, existsSync, mkdirSync, readdirSync, readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { appendFileSync, existsSync, mkdirSync, readdirSync, readFileSync, renameSync } from "node:fs";
 import { join } from "node:path";
 
 export interface RoomMetaLine {
@@ -58,7 +58,19 @@ export interface ChatLine {
   at: string;
 }
 
-export type RoomLine = RoomMetaLine | JoinLine | StartLine | CommandLine | ChatLine;
+export interface KickLine {
+  kind: "kick";
+  /** The seat the host removed from an unstarted room. */
+  name: string;
+}
+
+export interface AbandonLine {
+  kind: "abandon";
+  by: string;
+  at: string;
+}
+
+export type RoomLine = RoomMetaLine | JoinLine | StartLine | CommandLine | ChatLine | KickLine | AbandonLine;
 
 const DATA_DIR = process.env.WIZWAR_DATA_DIR ?? join(process.cwd(), "data", "rooms");
 
@@ -103,3 +115,13 @@ export function readAllRooms(): Map<string, RoomLine[]> {
   }
   return rooms;
 }
+
+/** Retire an abandoned room's ledger to the graveyard — never deleted,
+ * only moved out of the living rooms directory. */
+export function archiveRoomFile(roomId: string): void {
+  const src = join(DATA_DIR, `${roomId}.jsonl`);
+  if (!existsSync(src)) return;
+  const graveyard = join(DATA_DIR, "..", "rooms-abandoned");
+  mkdirSync(graveyard, { recursive: true });
+  renameSync(src, join(graveyard, `${roomId}.${Date.now()}.jsonl`));
+}
diff --git a/packages/web/src/App.svelte b/packages/web/src/App.svelte
index 6cadd19..13c5fe0 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/App.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/App.svelte
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@
     "wall-of-fire": "click a corridor line for the fire",
     "waterwall": "click a corridor line — the wave collapses at once",
     "pick-lock": "click a locked door",
-    "master-key": "click a locked door",
+    "master-key": "click a locked door — or Display it once and walk through every lock",
     "jam-lock": "click a door to jam its lock solid",
     "remove-lock": "click a door to strip its lock for good",
     "create-door": "click a wall for the new door",
@@ -720,6 +720,15 @@
           dispatch({ type: "moveCreature", creatureId: selectedCreature, direction: w.from.side });
           return;
         }
+        // Standing on a DIMENSIONAL WARP token: clicking the paired token
+        // steps it through.
+        const dw = view.dimWarps.find((d) =>
+          (cellKey(d.a) === cellKey(creature.position) && cellKey(d.b) === cellKey(cell)) ||
+          (cellKey(d.b) === cellKey(creature.position) && cellKey(d.a) === cellKey(cell)));
+        if (dw) {
+          dispatch({ type: "creatureWarpStep", creatureId: selectedCreature });
+          return;
+        }
       }
       selectedCreature = null;
       return;
@@ -1256,6 +1265,7 @@
   <header class="masthead">
     <span class="mast-title">Wiz-War</span>
     <span class="mast-sub">sixth edition</span>
+    <span class="mast-version" title="deployed">{__BUILD_STAMP__}</span>
     <button class="mast-leave" title="preferences" onclick={() => (prefsOpen = !prefsOpen)}>⚙ preferences</button>
     {#if local.active}
       <span class="mast-room">hotseat</span>
@@ -1811,6 +1821,10 @@
                 <span class="dot" style:background="#b3a687"></span>
               {/if}
               {p}{p === net.hostId ? " — host" : ""}{net.roomBots[p] ? ` ⚙ ${net.roomBots[p]}` : chosen === undefined ? " — choosing…" : ""}
+              {#if net.you === net.hostId && p !== net.hostId}
+                <button class="stamp tiny kick" title="clear this seat"
+                  onclick={() => net.kickSeat(p)}>✕</button>
+              {/if}
             </li>
           {/each}
         </ul>
@@ -1834,6 +1848,8 @@
           {/each}
         </div>
         {#if net.you === net.hostId}
+          <button class="stamp tiny abandon" title="dissolve this room for everyone"
+            onclick={() => net.abandonRoom()}>abandon room</button>
           {#if net.players.length < 6}
             <span class="bot-row">
               <span class="bot-label">⚙ seat a</span>
@@ -2219,6 +2235,10 @@
             {#if selectedCard?.cardId === "pick-lock" || selectedCard?.cardId === "master-key"}
               <label class="inline"><input type="checkbox" bind:checked={holdDoor} /> hold the door open</label>
             {/if}
+            {#if selectedCard?.cardId === "master-key" && isYourTurn &&
+              !me?.displayed.some((c) => c.instanceId === selectedCard!.instanceId)}
+              <button class="stamp tiny" onclick={castSelfWithNumber}>Display the key</button>
+            {/if}
             {#if selectedCard?.cardId === "rotate-sector"}
               <label class="inline"><input type="checkbox" bind:checked={rotateCW} /> clockwise</label>
               <span>— click the sector</span>
@@ -2463,6 +2483,14 @@
     text-transform: uppercase;
     color: #8d8672;
   }
+  .kick { margin-left: 0.4rem; color: #a04545; }
+  .abandon { margin: 0.4rem 0; color: #a04545; border-color: #a04545; }
+  .mast-version {
+    font-family: "Courier Prime", monospace;
+    font-size: 0.65rem;
+    letter-spacing: 0.06em;
+    color: #6b6454;
+  }
   .mast-room { margin-left: auto; font-size: 0.85rem; color: #a49c86; }
   .mast-room b { color: #e9e1cb; letter-spacing: 0.12em; }
   .mast-audience { font-size: 0.85rem; color: #a49c86; white-space: nowrap; }
diff --git a/packages/web/src/Board.svelte b/packages/web/src/Board.svelte
index cccd20e..3f606b1 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/Board.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/Board.svelte
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     effects?: BoardFx[] | null;
     /** The sight line an attack in progress traveled — proof against "how
      * can he even see me?", drawn leg by leg through any warp mouth. */
-    sightTrace?: { from: { x: number; y: number }; to: { x: number; y: number }; trace: SightTrace } | null;
+    sightTrace?: { from: { x: number; y: number }; to: { x: number; y: number }; trace: SightTrace; bend?: { mid: { x: number; y: number }; trace: SightTrace } } | null;
   } = $props();
 
 
@@ -390,14 +390,20 @@
           x={gx * CELL + 4 + i * 9} y={gy * CELL + CELL - CELL * 0.42 - 3}
           width={CELL * 0.4} height={CELL * 0.4}
           preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid slice"
-          class="token-art small"
+          class="token-art small peekable"
+          role="button" tabindex="-1"
+          onclick={(ev) => { ev.stopPropagation(); onCellPeek?.({ x: gx, y: gy }); }}
+          onkeydown={() => {}}
         >
           <title>{o.cardId}</title>
         </image>
       {:else}
         <rect
           x={gx * CELL + 6 + i * 8} y={gy * CELL + CELL - 16}
-          width={12} height={10} rx="2" class="ground-object"
+          width={12} height={10} rx="2" class="ground-object peekable"
+          role="button" tabindex="-1"
+          onclick={(ev) => { ev.stopPropagation(); onCellPeek?.({ x: gx, y: gy }); }}
+          onkeydown={() => {}}
         >
           <title>{o.cardId}</title>
         </rect>
@@ -661,7 +667,14 @@
 
   <!-- the sight line an attack traveled, leg by leg through any warp mouth -->
   {#if sightTrace}
-    <SightTraceOverlay from={sightTrace.from} to={sightTrace.to} trace={sightTrace.trace} />
+    {#if sightTrace.bend}
+      <SightTraceOverlay from={sightTrace.from} to={sightTrace.bend.mid} trace={sightTrace.trace} />
+      <SightTraceOverlay from={sightTrace.bend.mid} to={sightTrace.to} trace={sightTrace.bend.trace} />
+      <rect x={sightTrace.bend.mid.x * CELL + CELL / 2 - 6} y={sightTrace.bend.mid.y * CELL + CELL * 0.36 - 6}
+        width={12} height={12} class="sight-corner" transform="rotate(45 {sightTrace.bend.mid.x * CELL + CELL / 2} {sightTrace.bend.mid.y * CELL + CELL * 0.36})" />
+    {:else}
+      <SightTraceOverlay from={sightTrace.from} to={sightTrace.to} trace={sightTrace.trace} />
+    {/if}
   {/if}
   <!-- spell flourishes: one sprite component per effect (src/fx-sprites/) -->
   <g class="fx-layer" aria-hidden="true">
@@ -752,6 +765,17 @@
     fill: #6a5c44;
     pointer-events: none;
   }
+  .peekable { cursor: pointer; pointer-events: all; }
+  .sight-corner {
+    fill: none;
+    stroke: #c9a72a;
+    stroke-width: 2;
+    animation: sight-pulse 1.6s ease-in-out infinite;
+  }
+  @keyframes sight-pulse {
+    0%, 100% { opacity: 0.9; }
+    50% { opacity: 0.35; }
+  }
   .dim-cell {
     fill: rgba(12, 9, 5, 0.55);
     pointer-events: none;
diff --git a/packages/web/src/net.svelte.ts b/packages/web/src/net.svelte.ts
index a214ccf..1121c72 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/net.svelte.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/net.svelte.ts
@@ -103,6 +103,16 @@ export function humanize(e: GameEvent): string | null {
     case "doorHeld": return `${e.player} holds the door open.`;
     case "doorReleased": return `The held door swings shut.`;
     case "doorsRelocked": return `The door swings shut and relocks.`;
+    case "washedBack": return `${e.player} is washed back ${e.blockedSpaces > 0 ? "and crushed against the stone" : "by the wave"}!`;
+    case "enteredThornbush": return `${e.player} pushes into the thorns — and bleeds for it.`;
+    case "objectDragged": return `The ${e.what.replace(/-/g, " ")} is dragged across the maze.`;
+    case "cardsDealt": return `${e.player} is dealt ${e.count} card${e.count === 1 ? "" : "s"}.`;
+    case "cardsStolenPrivate": return e.cards.length > 0
+      ? `Stolen into your hand: ${e.cards.map((c) => cardDef(c.cardId).name).join(", ")}.`
+      : null;
+    case "handRevealedPrivate": return `${e.player}'s hand lies open to you: ${e.cards.map((c) => cardDef(c.cardId).name).join(", ")}.`;
+    case "creatureWarpStepped": return `The creature slips through the dimensional warp!`;
+    case "mentalForceFizzled": return `${e.attacker}'s mental force strains at ${e.defender} — and fails to find a path.`;
     case "doorJammed": return `${e.player} jams a door's lock solid.`;
     case "lockRemoved": return `${e.player} removes a door's lock for good.`;
     case "cardDisplayed": return `${e.player} displays ${cardDef(e.card.cardId).name}.`;
@@ -215,18 +225,6 @@ export interface LogLine {
  * momentSteps, so a chronicle turn number addresses the same commands. */
 const TURN_BOUNDARY = new Set(["turnStarted", "extraTurnStarted", "turnSkipped"]);
 
-/** Does this event make a turn worth reliving? Combat and spectacle. */
-export function isNotableEvent(e: GameEvent): boolean {
-  if (e.type === "spellCast") return e.target !== null || e.targetCell !== null;
-  return NOTABLE_EVENTS.has(e.type);
-}
-const NOTABLE_EVENTS = new Set([
-  "punched", "attackResolved", "damaged", "died", "knockedBack", "shoved",
-  "washedBack", "retreatedInHorror", "creatureAttacked", "boobytrapSprung",
-  "firewallBurned", "objectThrown", "gameWon", "positionsSwapped",
-  "teleported", "stonesDestroyed", "thumbOfGod", "stoneTurnedToWater",
-  "waterwallCrashes", "sectorRotated", "sectorRelocated", "homeBasesSwapped",
-]);
 
 const SEAT_KEY = "wizwar-seat";
 const SEATS_KEY = "wizwar-seats";
@@ -321,7 +319,6 @@ class Net {
    * counts, so a chronicle line can name the turn it belongs to. */
   private turnCounter = -1;
   /** The turn that already carries an instant-replay eye (one per turn). */
-  private eyeTurn = -1;
   /** The turn whose moment reel is open (share links point at it). */
   private momentTurn: number | null = null;
   private shareResolve: ((url: string) => void) | null = null;
@@ -444,12 +441,11 @@ class Net {
             if (TURN_BOUNDARY.has(e.type)) this.turnCounter++;
             const line = humanize(e);
             if (line) {
-              // One eye per turn — except the crown: the game-winning
-              // line always carries its own, whatever came before it.
+              // Every turn wears its eye, on the header line that opens
+              // it — the players judge what is share-worthy. The game-
+              // winning line carries its own besides.
               const notable = this.turnCounter >= 0 &&
-                (e.type === "gameWon" ||
-                  (this.turnCounter !== this.eyeTurn && isNotableEvent(e)));
-              if (notable) this.eyeTurn = this.turnCounter;
+                (e.type === "gameWon" || TURN_BOUNDARY.has(e.type));
               this.log = [...this.log, { text: line, turn: this.turnCounter >= 0 ? this.turnCounter : null, notable }];
             }
           }
@@ -459,6 +455,14 @@ class Net {
           }
           break;
         }
+        case "kicked":
+          this.log = [...this.log, { text: `— the host cleared your seat in ${msg.roomId} —`, turn: null, notable: false }];
+          this.leaveLocal();
+          break;
+        case "roomAbandoned":
+          this.log = [...this.log, { text: `— the host closed room ${msg.roomId} —`, turn: null, notable: false }];
+          this.leaveLocal();
+          break;
         case "transferCode":
           this.transferCode = { code: msg.code, expiresAt: msg.expiresAt };
           break;
@@ -577,6 +581,14 @@ class Net {
     this.send({ type: "addBot", ...(style ? { style } : {}), ...(tier ? { tier } : {}) });
   }
 
+  kickSeat(name: string): void {
+    this.send({ type: "kickSeat", name });
+  }
+
+  abandonRoom(): void {
+    this.send({ type: "abandonRoom" });
+  }
+
   rollTableDie(): void {
     this.send({ type: "rollDie" });
   }
@@ -648,6 +660,19 @@ class Net {
   }
 
   /** Forget the remembered seat and return to the lobby. */
+  /** Client-side teardown when the SERVER detached us (kick, abandon). */
+  leaveLocal(): void {
+    localStorage.removeItem(SEAT_KEY);
+    this.roomId = null;
+    this.roomIdPending = null;
+    this.view = null;
+    this.started = false;
+    this.players = [];
+    this.token = null;
+    this.spectating = false;
+    this.audience = 0;
+  }
+
   leave(): void {
     this.send({ type: "leave" }); // detach server-side too (frees a gallery seat)
     localStorage.removeItem(SEAT_KEY);
@@ -698,7 +723,6 @@ class Net {
   private resetChronicle(): void {
     this.log = [];
     this.turnCounter = -1;
-    this.eyeTurn = -1;
   }
 
   /** Summon one turn's reel by its chronicle turn number. */
diff --git a/packages/web/src/vite-env.d.ts b/packages/web/src/vite-env.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a737a71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/web/src/vite-env.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/// <reference types="vite/client" />
+/// <reference types="svelte" />
+
+/** Build moment, yyyy.mm.dd.hh.mm — injected by vite.config.ts. */
+declare const __BUILD_STAMP__: string;
diff --git a/packages/web/vite.config.ts b/packages/web/vite.config.ts
index 8a6f4b5..40c6bde 100644
--- a/packages/web/vite.config.ts
+++ b/packages/web/vite.config.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
 import { defineConfig } from "vite";
 import { svelte } from "@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte";
 
+// Deploys build locally moments before rsync, so build time IS deploy time.
+const now = new Date();
+const pad = (n: number) => String(n).padStart(2, "0");
+const stamp = [
+  now.getFullYear(),
+  pad(now.getMonth() + 1),
+  pad(now.getDate()),
+  pad(now.getHours()),
+  pad(now.getMinutes()),
+].join(".");
+
 export default defineConfig({
   plugins: [svelte()],
+  define: {
+    __BUILD_STAMP__: JSON.stringify(stamp),
+  },
 });
diff --git a/tools/claude-seat.mjs b/tools/claude-seat.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..289ea65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/claude-seat.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+// Claude's seat at the table: a one-shot websocket client. Each run
+// connects, resumes the seat by token, performs one verb, prints, exits.
+//   node claude-seat.mjs join <ROOM> <NAME>
+//   node claude-seat.mjs view
+//   node claude-seat.mjs do '<command json>'
+//   node claude-seat.mjs chat "text"
+import WebSocket from "ws";
+import { readFileSync, writeFileSync, existsSync } from "node:fs";
+
+// Seat state (room, name, token) persists between one-shot invocations.
+const SEAT_FILE = process.env.WIZWAR_SEAT ?? "/tmp/wizwar-claude-seat.json";
+const URL_WS = process.env.WIZWAR_SERVER ?? "wss://wizwar.kestrelsnest.social/ws";
+const [verb, ...args] = process.argv.slice(2);
+const seat = existsSync(SEAT_FILE) ? JSON.parse(readFileSync(SEAT_FILE, "utf8")) : null;
+
+const ws = new WebSocket(URL_WS);
+const send = (m) => ws.send(JSON.stringify(m));
+const die = (msg, code = 1) => { console.log(msg); process.exit(code); };
+setTimeout(() => die("timeout: no answer from the maze"), 20000);
+
+let view = null;
+let pendingEvents = [];
+let historyEvents = [];
+
+function cellK(c) { return `${c.x},${c.y}`; }
+
+function renderView(v) {
+  const B = v.board;
+  const lines = [];
+  const label = new Map(); // cellKey -> 2-char code
+  const codes = {};
+  v.players.forEach((p, i) => {
+    codes[p.id] = String(i + 1);
+    label.set(cellK(p.position), (p.id === v.you ? "C" : "P") + (i + 1));
+  });
+  const treas = new Map();
+  for (const t of v.treasures) if (t.position && !t.carriedBy) treas.set(cellK(t.position), t);
+  // top border row by row
+  for (let y = 0; y < B.height; y++) {
+    let top = "";
+    let mid = "";
+    for (let x = 0; x < B.width; x++) {
+      const k = `${x},${y}`;
+      if (!B.cells[k]) { top += "     "; mid += "     "; continue; }
+      const nEdge = y === 0 ? (B.edges[`H:${x},${y - 1}`] ?? "open") : (B.edges[`H:${x},${y - 1}`] ?? "open");
+      const north = y === 0 ? "wall" : nEdge; // rim renders solid; warps noted separately
+      top += "+" + (north === "wall" ? "————" : north === "door" ? "—DD—" : north === "firewall" ? "~FF~" : "    ");
+      const wEdge = x === 0 ? "wall" : (B.edges[`V:${x - 1},${y}`] ?? "open");
+      const wc = wEdge === "wall" ? "|" : wEdge === "door" ? "D" : wEdge === "firewall" ? "F" : " ";
+      let body = label.get(k) ?? "";
+      if (!body) {
+        const sq = v.squareContents[k];
+        if (sq) body = sq.kind.slice(0, 2).toUpperCase();
+        else if (treas.has(k)) body = "$" + (treas.get(k).owner === v.you ? "c" : codes[treas.get(k).owner] ?? "?");
+        else if (B.homes.some((h) => cellK(h) === k)) {
+          const who = v.players.find((p) => cellK(p.home) === k);
+          body = "h" + (who ? (who.id === v.you ? "C" : codes[who.id]) : "?");
+        } else if ((v.groundObjects[k] ?? []).length) body = "ob";
+        else if (v.creatures.some((c) => cellK(c.position) === k)) {
+          body = v.creatures.find((c) => cellK(c.position) === k).kind.slice(0, 2);
+        } else body = "  ";
+      }
+      mid += wc + " " + body.padEnd(2, " ") + " ";
+    }
+    lines.push(top + "+");
+    lines.push(mid + "|");
+  }
+  let bottom = "";
+  for (let x = 0; x < B.width; x++) bottom += "+————";
+  lines.push(bottom + "+");
+  const out = [];
+  out.push(`ROOM ${seat?.roomId} — you are ${v.you}  (round ${v.turn.round}, ${v.activePlayerId}'s turn)`);
+  out.push(lines.join("\n"));
+  out.push("WARPS (rim passages): " + B.warps.map((w) => `${cellK(w.from.cell)}${w.from.side}→${cellK(w.to.cell)}`).join("  "));
+  if (v.dimWarps.length) {
+    out.push("!! DIMENSIONAL WARP TOKENS (player wormholes — CHECK EVERY TURN): " +
+      v.dimWarps.map((w) => `${cellK(w.a)}↔${cellK(w.b)}`).join("  "));
+  }
+  for (const p of v.players) {
+    const t = p.carriedTreasureId ? " CARRYING TREASURE" : "";
+    out.push(`  ${p.id === v.you ? "ME " : "   "}${p.id}: ${p.life} life @${cellK(p.position)} home@${cellK(p.home)} hand:${p.handCount}${t}${p.alive ? "" : " DEAD"} displayed:[${p.displayed.map((c) => c.cardId).join(",")}]`);
+  }
+  out.push("TREASURES: " + v.treasures.map((t) => `${t.id}(${t.owner})${t.carriedBy ? `held by ${t.carriedBy}` : t.position ? `@${cellK(t.position)}` : "?"}`).join("  "));
+  if (v.sustained.length) out.push("SUSTAINED: " + v.sustained.map((s) => `${s.cardId} on ${s.targetId} (${s.remainingTurns})`).join("  "));
+  const sq = Object.entries(v.squareContents);
+  if (sq.length) out.push("CONTENTS: " + sq.map(([k, c]) => `${c.kind}@${k}`).join("  "));
+  if (v.creatures.length) out.push("CREATURES: " + v.creatures.map((c) => `${c.kind}@${cellK(c.position)} (${c.controllerId}, ${c.life} life)`).join("  "));
+  out.push(`TURN: moves ${v.turn.movementUsed}/${v.turn.movementAllowance} attackUsed:${v.turn.attackUsed} actionsEnded:${v.turn.actionsEnded} numberPlayed:${v.turn.numberPlayedForMovement}`);
+  out.push("MY HAND: " + v.yourHand.map((c) => `${c.instanceId}`).join("  "));
+  if (v.stack) out.push("STACK! " + JSON.stringify(v.stack));
+  if (v.wardPending) out.push("WARD PENDING: " + JSON.stringify(v.wardPending));
+  if (v.chaosPending) out.push("CHAOS PENDING: " + JSON.stringify(v.chaosPending));
+  if (v.outOfTurnWindow) out.push("OUT-OF-TURN WINDOW: " + JSON.stringify(v.outOfTurnWindow));
+  if (v.phase === "finished") out.push(`GAME OVER — winner: ${v.winner} (${v.winReason})`);
+  return out.join("\n");
+}
+
+function eventLine(e) {
+  const skip = new Set(["cardsDealtPrivate"]);
+  if (skip.has(e.type)) return null;
+  return JSON.stringify(e);
+}
+
+ws.on("message", (raw) => {
+  const msg = JSON.parse(raw.toString());
+  if (msg.type === "error") die(`SERVER: ${msg.message}`);
+  if (msg.type === "seat") {
+    // A join names its room explicitly; only a resume inherits the file's.
+    const s = { roomId: verb === "join" ? args[0].toUpperCase() : seat.roomId, name: msg.playerId, token: msg.token };
+    writeFileSync(SEAT_FILE, JSON.stringify(s));
+    if (verb === "join") { console.log(`seated as ${msg.playerId} in ${s.roomId}`); afterJoin(); }
+  }
+  if (msg.type === "events") {
+    // A join replays the whole chronicle (replayed: true); only live
+    // events are news. `view` prints the tail of history instead.
+    if (!msg.replayed) {
+      for (const e of msg.events) { const l = eventLine(e); if (l) pendingEvents.push(l); }
+    } else if (verb === "view") {
+      for (const e of msg.events) { const l = eventLine(e); if (l) historyEvents.push(l); }
+    }
+  }
+  if (msg.type === "state") { view = msg.view; finishAfterState(); }
+  if (msg.type === "catchUp") {
+    const steps = msg.steps;
+    if (steps.length) view = steps[steps.length - 1].view;
+    finish();
+  }
+  if (msg.type === "chat") pendingEvents.push(`CHAT ${msg.player}: ${msg.text}`);
+  if (msg.type === "room") { /* roster updates, ignore */ }
+});
+
+let done = false;
+function finish() {
+  if (done) return; done = true;
+  if (verb === "view" && historyEvents.length) {
+    console.log("RECENT EVENTS (history tail):\n" + historyEvents.slice(-12).join("\n") + "\n");
+  }
+  if (pendingEvents.length) console.log("NEW EVENTS:\n" + pendingEvents.join("\n") + "\n");
+  if (view) console.log(renderView(view));
+  else console.log("(no game running yet — waiting for the start)");
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+let stateTimer = null;
+function finishAfterState() {
+  // commands produce one state per player broadcast; give trailing events a beat
+  if (stateTimer) clearTimeout(stateTimer);
+  stateTimer = setTimeout(finish, 700);
+}
+function afterJoin() {
+  send({ type: "catchUp", sinceSeq: 0 });
+  setTimeout(() => { if (!done) finish(); }, 6000);
+}
+
+ws.on("open", () => {
+  if (verb === "join") {
+    if (!args[0] || !args[1]) die("usage: join <ROOM> <NAME>");
+    send({ type: "join", roomId: args[0].toUpperCase(), name: args[1], token: null });
+  } else if (!seat) {
+    die("no seat yet — join first");
+  } else {
+    send({ type: "join", roomId: seat.roomId, name: seat.name, token: seat.token });
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      if (verb === "view") {
+        send({ type: "catchUp", sinceSeq: 0 });
+      } else if (verb === "do") {
+        send({ type: "command", command: JSON.parse(args[0]) });
+        setTimeout(() => { if (!done) finish(); }, 8000);
+      } else if (verb === "chat") {
+        send({ type: "chat", text: args[0] });
+        setTimeout(() => { console.log("said."); process.exit(0); }, 800);
+      } else die(`unknown verb: ${verb}`);
+    }, 600);
+  }
+});
+ws.on("error", (e) => die(`socket error: ${e.message}`));