The fireworks get the stage before the victory modal takes it

Winning raised the modal on the same frame the fireworks lit,
covering them. The modal now waits behind the curtain for 2.4
seconds — three volleys over the winner's home, seen — then takes
the stage.

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

packages/engine/data/cards.json

@@ -179,8 +179,7 @@
       "text": "Reduces any damage done to you by 1/2. Round fractions up. Works on point-based or duration-based spells, or physical damage.",
       "quantity": 2,
       "faqRulings": [
-        "If you play two in a row, they act one after the other, they do not cancel the damage out entirely! Thus, against a 5 point Fireball, the first would reduce damage to 3 points (2.5 rounded up), and the second would reduce damage to 2 points (1.5 rounded up).",
+        "If you play two in a row, they act one after the other, they do not cancel the damage out entirely! Thus, against a 5 point Fireball, the first would reduce damage to 3 points (2.5 rounded up), and the second would reduce damage to 2 points (1.5 rounded up)."
-        "Book of Spells This cannot hold items or objects, just spells and NUMBER cards. Discard them if you draw objects, redrawing to fill to 5 cards. These may be used in any combination you like with the cards in your hand. REFLECTED spells will blast you, not the BOOK."
       ],
       "verification": {
         "status": "verbatim",
@@ -268,6 +267,7 @@
       "text": "You may throw it. Does three points physical damage. You cannot stab with it. Retrievable by anyone after it is thrown.",
       "quantity": 1,
       "faqRulings": [
+        "These are NOT spells (yes, the rules already say that) which \"create\" the objects, they are the objects themselves. Yes, they can be discarded!",
         "These are NOT spells (yes, the rules already say that) which \"create\" the objects, they are the objects themselves. Yes, they can be discarded!"
       ],
       "verification": {
@@ -500,6 +500,7 @@
       "text": "You may throw it. Does two points physical damage. Once thrown, it may be picked up and thrown again by any player.",
       "quantity": 1,
       "faqRulings": [
+        "These are NOT spells (yes, the rules already say that) which \"create\" the objects, they are the objects themselves. Yes, they can be discarded!",
         "These are NOT spells (yes, the rules already say that) which \"create\" the objects, they are the objects themselves. Yes, they can be discarded!"
       ],
       "verification": {
@@ -612,13 +613,13 @@
     },
     {
       "id": "number-2",
-      "name": "Number \u201c2\u201d",
+      "name": "Number “2”",
       "set": "basic",
       "cardType": "number",
       "value": 2,
       "subtypes": [],
       "los": false,
-      "text": "Number cards have three purposes: add to your movement for the turn; set the DURATION (in turns) of a duration spell; or set the POWER (damage points) of a spell. Only one NUMBER card can be played per action. There are no \u201c1\u201d number cards; any card played without a number card has power 1.",
+      "text": "Number cards have three purposes: add to your movement for the turn; set the DURATION (in turns) of a duration spell; or set the POWER (damage points) of a spell. Only one NUMBER card can be played per action. There are no “1” number cards; any card played without a number card has power 1.",
       "quantity": 12,
       "faqRulings": [],
       "verification": {
@@ -628,13 +629,13 @@
     },
     {
       "id": "number-3",
-      "name": "Number \u201c3\u201d",
+      "name": "Number “3”",
       "set": "basic",
       "cardType": "number",
       "value": 3,
       "subtypes": [],
       "los": false,
-      "text": "Number cards have three purposes: add to your movement for the turn; set the DURATION (in turns) of a duration spell; or set the POWER (damage points) of a spell. Only one NUMBER card can be played per action. There are no \u201c1\u201d number cards; any card played without a number card has power 1.",
+      "text": "Number cards have three purposes: add to your movement for the turn; set the DURATION (in turns) of a duration spell; or set the POWER (damage points) of a spell. Only one NUMBER card can be played per action. There are no “1” number cards; any card played without a number card has power 1.",
       "quantity": 10,
       "faqRulings": [],
       "verification": {
@@ -644,13 +645,13 @@
     },
     {
       "id": "number-4",
-      "name": "Number \u201c4\u201d",
+      "name": "Number “4”",
       "set": "basic",
       "cardType": "number",
       "value": 4,
       "subtypes": [],
       "los": false,
-      "text": "Number cards have three purposes: add to your movement for the turn; set the DURATION (in turns) of a duration spell; or set the POWER (damage points) of a spell. Only one NUMBER card can be played per action. There are no \u201c1\u201d number cards; any card played without a number card has power 1.",
+      "text": "Number cards have three purposes: add to your movement for the turn; set the DURATION (in turns) of a duration spell; or set the POWER (damage points) of a spell. Only one NUMBER card can be played per action. There are no “1” number cards; any card played without a number card has power 1.",
       "quantity": 7,
       "faqRulings": [],
       "verification": {
@@ -660,13 +661,13 @@
     },
     {
       "id": "number-5",
-      "name": "Number \u201c5\u201d",
+      "name": "Number “5”",
       "set": "basic",
       "cardType": "number",
       "value": 5,
       "subtypes": [],
       "los": false,
-      "text": "Number cards have three purposes: add to your movement for the turn; set the DURATION (in turns) of a duration spell; or set the POWER (damage points) of a spell. Only one NUMBER card can be played per action. There are no \u201c1\u201d number cards; any card played without a number card has power 1.",
+      "text": "Number cards have three purposes: add to your movement for the turn; set the DURATION (in turns) of a duration spell; or set the POWER (damage points) of a spell. Only one NUMBER card can be played per action. There are no “1” number cards; any card played without a number card has power 1.",
       "quantity": 4,
       "faqRulings": [],
       "verification": {
@@ -676,13 +677,13 @@
     },
     {
       "id": "number-6",
-      "name": "Number \u201c6\u201d",
+      "name": "Number “6”",
       "set": "basic",
       "cardType": "number",
       "value": 6,
       "subtypes": [],
       "los": false,
-      "text": "Number cards have three purposes: add to your movement for the turn; set the DURATION (in turns) of a duration spell; or set the POWER (damage points) of a spell. Only one NUMBER card can be played per action. There are no \u201c1\u201d number cards; any card played without a number card has power 1.",
+      "text": "Number cards have three purposes: add to your movement for the turn; set the DURATION (in turns) of a duration spell; or set the POWER (damage points) of a spell. Only one NUMBER card can be played per action. There are no “1” number cards; any card played without a number card has power 1.",
       "quantity": 1,
       "faqRulings": [],
       "verification": {
@@ -1529,13 +1530,13 @@
     },
     {
       "id": "exp1-number-2",
-      "name": "Number \u201c2\u201d (Expansion #1)",
+      "name": "Number “2” (Expansion #1)",
       "set": "expansion1",
       "cardType": "number",
       "value": 2,
       "subtypes": [],
       "los": false,
-      "text": "Number cards have three purposes: add to your movement for the turn; set the DURATION (in turns) of a duration spell; or set the POWER (damage points) of a spell. Only one NUMBER card can be played per action. There are no \u201c1\u201d number cards; any card played without a number card has power 1.",
+      "text": "Number cards have three purposes: add to your movement for the turn; set the DURATION (in turns) of a duration spell; or set the POWER (damage points) of a spell. Only one NUMBER card can be played per action. There are no “1” number cards; any card played without a number card has power 1.",
       "quantity": 5,
       "faqRulings": [],
       "verification": {
@@ -1545,13 +1546,13 @@
     },
     {
       "id": "exp1-number-3",
-      "name": "Number \u201c3\u201d (Expansion #1)",
+      "name": "Number “3” (Expansion #1)",
       "set": "expansion1",
       "cardType": "number",
       "value": 3,
       "subtypes": [],
       "los": false,
-      "text": "Number cards have three purposes: add to your movement for the turn; set the DURATION (in turns) of a duration spell; or set the POWER (damage points) of a spell. Only one NUMBER card can be played per action. There are no \u201c1\u201d number cards; any card played without a number card has power 1.",
+      "text": "Number cards have three purposes: add to your movement for the turn; set the DURATION (in turns) of a duration spell; or set the POWER (damage points) of a spell. Only one NUMBER card can be played per action. There are no “1” number cards; any card played without a number card has power 1.",
       "quantity": 4,
       "faqRulings": [],
       "verification": {
@@ -1561,13 +1562,13 @@
     },
     {
       "id": "exp1-number-4",
-      "name": "Number \u201c4\u201d (Expansion #1)",
+      "name": "Number “4” (Expansion #1)",
       "set": "expansion1",
       "cardType": "number",
       "value": 4,
       "subtypes": [],
       "los": false,
-      "text": "Number cards have three purposes: add to your movement for the turn; set the DURATION (in turns) of a duration spell; or set the POWER (damage points) of a spell. Only one NUMBER card can be played per action. There are no \u201c1\u201d number cards; any card played without a number card has power 1.",
+      "text": "Number cards have three purposes: add to your movement for the turn; set the DURATION (in turns) of a duration spell; or set the POWER (damage points) of a spell. Only one NUMBER card can be played per action. There are no “1” number cards; any card played without a number card has power 1.",
       "quantity": 3,
       "faqRulings": [],
       "verification": {
@@ -1577,13 +1578,13 @@
     },
     {
       "id": "exp1-number-5",
-      "name": "Number \u201c5\u201d (Expansion #1)",
+      "name": "Number “5” (Expansion #1)",
       "set": "expansion1",
       "cardType": "number",
       "value": 5,
       "subtypes": [],
       "los": false,
-      "text": "Number cards have three purposes: add to your movement for the turn; set the DURATION (in turns) of a duration spell; or set the POWER (damage points) of a spell. Only one NUMBER card can be played per action. There are no \u201c1\u201d number cards; any card played without a number card has power 1.",
+      "text": "Number cards have three purposes: add to your movement for the turn; set the DURATION (in turns) of a duration spell; or set the POWER (damage points) of a spell. Only one NUMBER card can be played per action. There are no “1” number cards; any card played without a number card has power 1.",
       "quantity": 2,
       "faqRulings": [],
       "verification": {
@@ -1805,8 +1806,7 @@
       "text": "Covers the surface of one square of the floor with acidic ooze. Any character or monster entering the square takes 1 point of damage, and on a roll of 1 or 2 falls down, drops treasure, takes 2 more points of physical damage, and is unable to move for the rest of the turn. Any following turns that he tries to stand and leave must be rolled again as stated. Only 5 points of fire damage will destroy the ooze.",
       "quantity": 1,
       "faqRulings": [
-        "This is a MONSTER. No, it does not block LOS, just lays in a layer on the floor, and is not moveable. Only fire, and no other type of attack, will hurt the ooze (except MONSTER BANE for 5 points).",
+        "This is a MONSTER. No, it does not block LOS, just lays in a layer on the floor, and is not moveable. Only fire, and no other type of attack, will hurt the ooze (except MONSTER BANE for 5 points)."
-        "Large Rock/Dagger These are NOT spells (yes, the rules already say that) which \"create\" the objects, they are the objects themselves. Yes, they can be discarded!"
       ],
       "verification": {
         "status": "verbatim",
@@ -2051,7 +2051,7 @@
       "text": "Wand covers enemy with webs, reducing movement by 3 (enemy can still use NUMBER cards for additional movement). Lasts one turn. Any fire damage done to player in webs causes two extra points of damage due to webs burning. The wand has a limited number of charges determined by NUMBER card played when first used. Discard the wand when last charge is gone.",
       "quantity": 1,
       "faqRulings": [
-        "Webs, if burned, disappear immediately. h"
+        "Webs, if burned, disappear immediately."
       ],
       "verification": {
         "status": "verbatim",
@@ -3568,8 +3568,7 @@
       "text": "This spell lets you swap any two items (uncarried), people, monsters, or immovable created object, or any combination of the same, as long as both are in your LOS! In the case of swapping a person for a created wall, the person could end up in either square adjacent to where the wall was, and vice-versa. Both objects, once swapped, must still be in your LOS afterwards.",
       "quantity": null,
       "faqRulings": [
-        "Though not intended to be used this way, it is possible to use TINY SWAP to move yourself, since you are in your own LOS. Yes, this is a much more powerful version of TRADER. No, you may not put immovable objects on a player's home base.",
+        "Though not intended to be used this way, it is possible to use TINY SWAP to move yourself, since you are in your own LOS. Yes, this is a much more powerful version of TRADER. No, you may not put immovable objects on a player's home base."
-        "Torquemada If your opponent has run out of fingers and teeth, then he can probably no longer deal cards anyway, so any player with functional eyes left will have to read all the players' cards to them. Ha! Just kidding. Not a real card (Not yet, anyway)."
       ],
       "verification": {
         "status": "verbatim",
@@ -3669,4 +3668,4 @@
       }
     }
   ]
-}
+}

packages/engine/src/automaton.ts

@@ -31,13 +31,15 @@ interface TierTraits {
   amplify: boolean;
   ambush: boolean;
   guardGold: boolean;
+  /** Shed dead cards at end of turn to keep the draw flowing. */
+  sheds: boolean;
   buffs: boolean;
   dejaVu: boolean;
 }
 const TIERS: Record<AutomatonTier, TierTraits> = {
-  apprentice: { draw: 1, counterThrift: 2, afflictions: false, amplify: false, ambush: false, guardGold: false, buffs: false, dejaVu: false },
+  apprentice: { draw: 1, counterThrift: 2, afflictions: false, amplify: false, ambush: false, guardGold: false, buffs: false, dejaVu: false, sheds: false },
-  adept:      { draw: 2, counterThrift: 0, afflictions: true,  amplify: false, ambush: false, guardGold: true,  buffs: true,  dejaVu: true },
+  adept:      { draw: 2, counterThrift: 0, afflictions: true,  amplify: false, ambush: false, guardGold: true,  buffs: true,  dejaVu: true,  sheds: true },
-  archmage:   { draw: 2, counterThrift: 0, afflictions: true,  amplify: true,  ambush: true,  guardGold: true,  buffs: true,  dejaVu: true },
+  archmage:   { draw: 2, counterThrift: 0, afflictions: true,  amplify: true,  ambush: true,  guardGold: true,  buffs: true,  dejaVu: true,  sheds: true },
 };
 
 /** Damage attacks the clockwork understands: flat damage plus per-number scaling. */
@@ -53,8 +55,18 @@ const ATTACKS: Record<string, { base: number; perNumber: boolean; needsNumber?:
   "large-rock": { base: 2, perNumber: false },
   "blaster-wand": { base: 3, perNumber: false },
   disease: { base: 3, perNumber: false, sameSquare: true },
+  "butt-head": { base: 2, perNumber: false },
+  "heave-ho": { base: 2, perNumber: false },
+  "illusionary-attack": { base: 3, perNumber: false },
 };
 
+/** Attacks that carry no points: dropping, dragging, swapping, peeking.
+ * A damage counter drains against nothing — only a full stop denies them. */
+const UTILITY_ATTACKS = new Set([
+  "drop-object", "teleport-opponent", "mental-force", "mental-swap", "swap",
+  "swap-meet", "card-erasure", "telepath", "sticky-wand", "shift-wand",
+]);
+
 /**
  * Afflictions cast at an enemy: no damage, but a turn of misery. Cast with a
  * number for the duration where one helps.
@@ -224,6 +236,25 @@ function overLimit(view: GameView): number {
   return Math.max(0, view.yourHand.length - 7);
 }
 
+
+/** End the turn drawing fully — shedding dead weight first if the hand is
+ * too full to take the draw. doEndTurn caps the draw by the room left, so a
+ * clogged hand never refreshes; only cards the brain has no play for are
+ * shed (good counters and attacks are hoarded, as a human would). */
+function endTurnDrawing(view: GameView, tier: TierTraits): Command {
+  const limit = me(view).displayed.some((c) => c.cardId === "brainstone") ? 9 : 7;
+  const deficit = tier.draw - (limit - view.yourHand.length);
+  if (tier.sheds && deficit > 0) {
+    const shed = [...view.yourHand]
+      .filter((c) => discardValue(c) <= 3)
+      .sort((a, b) => discardValue(a) - discardValue(b))
+      .slice(0, deficit)
+      .map((c) => c.instanceId);
+    if (shed.length > 0) return { type: "discard", instanceIds: shed };
+  }
+  return { type: "endTurn", draw: tier.draw };
+}
+
 function worstCards(view: GameView, n: number): string[] {
   return [...view.yourHand]
     .sort((a, b) => discardValue(a) - discardValue(b))
@@ -258,7 +289,7 @@ function respond(view: GameView, style: AutomatonStyle, tier: TierTraits): Comma
     if (stack.attackerId === you) {
       const last = [...stack.counters].reverse().find((c) => !c.nullified);
       const anti = find("anti-anti");
-      if (anti && last && last.card.cardId !== "teleport") {
+      if (anti && last && last.card.cardId !== "teleport" && last.card.cardId !== "invisible") {
         return { type: "counteract", instanceId: anti.instanceId };
       }
     }
@@ -269,8 +300,22 @@ function respond(view: GameView, style: AutomatonStyle, tier: TierTraits): Comma
   const attackId = stack.attackCard?.cardId ?? null;
   const atk = attackId ? ATTACKS[attackId] : null;
   const affliction = attackId ? AFFLICTIONS[attackId] != null : false;
+
+  if (attackId && UTILITY_ATTACKS.has(attackId)) {
+    const stopper = find("full-shield") ?? find("force-field");
+    const stakes =
+      (attackId === "drop-object" && me(view).carriedTreasureId != null) ||
+      ((attackId === "teleport-opponent" || attackId === "mental-force" || attackId === "swap") &&
+        style === "worrier");
+    if (stopper && stakes) return { type: "counteract", instanceId: stopper.instanceId };
+    return { type: "pass" };
+  }
+
   const incoming = stack.attackCard
-    ? (atk ? atk.base + (atk.perNumber ? stack.numberValue ?? 1 : 0) : 2)
+    ? attackId === "stone-dead"
+      // NUMBER times the stones in the victim's hand — our hand.
+      ? (stack.numberValue ?? 1) * view.yourHand.filter((c) => STONES.has(c.cardId)).length
+      : (atk ? atk.base + (atk.perNumber ? stack.numberValue ?? 1 : 0) : 2)
     : 1;
   if (stack.kind === "spell") {
     // REVERSE turns the biggest blasts into a meal.
@@ -308,6 +353,15 @@ function respond(view: GameView, style: AutomatonStyle, tier: TierTraits): Comma
     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 && (!stack.creatureId || view.deckRev >= 13) && incoming >= 3 - flinch) {
+    const num = numbersInHand(view)[0];
+    return {
+      type: "counteract", instanceId: vanish.instanceId,
+      ...(num ? { numberInstanceIds: [num.instanceId] } : {}),
+    };
+  }
   // A displayed shieldstone lets numbers soak the small ones.
   const stoneShown = me(view).displayed.some((c) => c.cardId === "shieldstone");
   if (stoneShown && incoming >= 2) {
@@ -329,6 +383,9 @@ function bestAttack(view: GameView, targetId: PlayerId, tier: TierTraits): Comma
   for (const c of view.yourHand) {
     const atk = ATTACKS[c.cardId];
     if (!atk) continue;
+    // Heave-Ho throws the treasure we are carrying: priced for defense,
+    // never worth casting.
+    if (c.cardId === "heave-ho") continue;
     if (atk.sameSquare && !together) continue;
     // A wand needs its charges set by a number on first use.
     const isWand = c.cardId === "blaster-wand";
@@ -347,12 +404,31 @@ function bestAttack(view: GameView, targetId: PlayerId, tier: TierTraits): Comma
         cmd: {
           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] } : {}),
         },
       };
     }
   }
+  // STONE DEAD: number times the stones the victim carries — the displayed
+  // ones are the visible floor of that count.
+  const sd = view.yourHand.find((c) => c.cardId === "stone-dead");
+  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)) {
+      best = {
+        damage: dmg,
+        cmd: {
+          type: "cast", instanceId: sd.instanceId,
+          target: { kind: "player", playerId: targetId },
+          numberInstanceIds: [biggest.instanceId],
+        },
+      };
+    }
+  }
   return best?.cmd ?? null;
 }
 
@@ -465,12 +541,11 @@ function selfCare(view: GameView, style: AutomatonStyle, tier: TierTraits): Comm
       return { type: "cast", instanceId: safe.instanceId, target: { kind: "cell", cell: myFloorTreasure.position! } };
     }
     const glue = inHand(view, "glue");
-    const midN = numbers[Math.floor(numbers.length / 2)];
+    if (glue && mid) {
-    if (glue && midN) {
       return {
         type: "cast", instanceId: glue.instanceId,
         target: { kind: "cell", cell: myFloorTreasure.position! },
-        numberInstanceIds: [midN.instanceId],
+        numberInstanceIds: [mid.instanceId],
       };
     }
   }
@@ -504,7 +579,7 @@ export function automatonCommand(
   style: AutomatonStyle = "hunter",
   tierName: AutomatonTier = "archmage",
 ): Command | null {
-  const you = view.you as PlayerId;
+  const you = view.you;
   const tier = TIERS[tierName] ?? TIERS.archmage;
   if (view.phase !== "playing") return null;
 
@@ -526,7 +601,7 @@ export function automatonCommand(
   const self = me(view);
   const here = cellKey(self.position);
 
-  if (view.turn.actionsEnded) return { type: "endTurn", draw: tier.draw };
+  if (view.turn.actionsEnded) return endTurnDrawing(view, tier);
 
   // Deliver or grab treasure underfoot.
   if (self.carriedTreasureId && here === cellKey(self.home)) return { type: "dropTreasure" };
@@ -637,9 +712,19 @@ export function automatonCommand(
         const movesLeft = view.turn.movementAllowance - view.turn.movementUsed;
         if (!view.turn.numberPlayedForMovement && path.distance > movesLeft) {
           const numbers = numbersInHand(view);
-          const helper = numbers.find(
+          // 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);
+          });
+          const spendable = wantsNumber ? numbers.slice(0, -1) : numbers;
+          const helper = spendable.find(
             (n) => movesLeft + (cardDef(n.cardId).value ?? 0) >= path.distance,
-          ) ?? (path.distance > movesLeft + 2 ? numbers[numbers.length - 1] : undefined);
+          ) ?? (path.distance > movesLeft + 2 ? spendable[spendable.length - 1] : undefined);
           if (helper) {
             return { type: "playNumberForMovement", instanceId: helper.instanceId };
           }
@@ -649,15 +734,15 @@ export function automatonCommand(
     }
   }
 
-  return { type: "endTurn", draw: tier.draw };
+  return endTurnDrawing(view, tier);
 }
 
 /** The safe fallback when the automaton's choice was refused. */
-export function automatonFallback(view: GameView): Command {
+export function automatonFallback(view: GameView, tierName: AutomatonTier = "archmage"): Command {
-  const you = view.you as PlayerId;
+  const you = view.you;
   if (view.pendingDiscard === you) {
     return { type: "discard", instanceIds: worstCards(view, Math.max(1, overLimit(view))) };
   }
   if (view.stack || view.chaosPending || view.outOfTurnWindow) return { type: "pass" };
-  return { type: "endTurn", draw: 2 };
+  return { type: "endTurn", draw: (TIERS[tierName] ?? TIERS.archmage).draw };
 }

packages/engine/src/board.ts

@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ export interface Warp {
   from: { cell: Cell; side: Side };
   /** ...you arrive at this cell (entering through `side`). */
   to: { cell: Cell; side: Side };
-  /** An aisle (AUTO) warp joins two edges that meet at a corner. */
-  aisle?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface AssembledBoard {
@@ -121,7 +119,7 @@ export interface AssemblyOptions {
    * openings pair straight across the map — correct for the 4p square; the
    * standard 2p column crosses its side openings and must pass pairs.
    */
-  warpPairs?: ([OpeningRef, OpeningRef] | [OpeningRef, OpeningRef, "aisle"])[];
+  warpPairs?: [OpeningRef, OpeningRef][];
 }
 
 /**
@@ -206,12 +204,11 @@ export function assembleBoard(
   };
 
   if (options.warpPairs) {
-    for (const [a, b, kind] of options.warpPairs) {
+    for (const [a, b] of options.warpPairs) {
       const ca = openingCell(a.sector, a.side);
       const cb = openingCell(b.sector, b.side);
-      const aisle = kind === "aisle" ? { aisle: true as const } : {};
+      warps.push({ from: { cell: ca, side: a.side }, to: { cell: cb, side: b.side } });
-      warps.push({ from: { cell: ca, side: a.side }, to: { cell: cb, side: b.side }, ...aisle });
+      warps.push({ from: { cell: cb, side: b.side }, to: { cell: ca, side: a.side } });
-      warps.push({ from: { cell: cb, side: b.side }, to: { cell: ca, side: a.side }, ...aisle });
     }
   } else {
     for (let i = 0; i < placements.length; i++) {

packages/engine/src/game.ts

@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@ export interface CastParams {
   cardId?: string;
   points?: number;
   clockwise?: boolean;
+  /** MEGA-MONSTER: which stat doubles. */
+  boost?: "life" | "movement";
 }
 
 export interface GameConfig {
@@ -218,9 +220,8 @@ export interface GameConfig {
    * 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 briefly restricted warp sight to aisle corners; the table's
+   * Rev 7: no behavioral change — every board opening carries warp sight
-   * reading prevailed and all board openings carry sight in every revision.
+   * in every revision. DIMENSIONAL WARP's tokens never do ("There is no L.O.S. through the
-   * 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.
    */
@@ -634,7 +635,7 @@ export type Command =
     }
   | { type: "setAmbush"; instanceId: string; trigger: AmbushTrigger; spellInstanceId: string; numberInstanceIds?: string[] }
   | { type: "cancelAmbush"; ambushId: string }
-  | { type: "counteract"; instanceId: string; params?: { cell?: Cell } }
+  | { type: "counteract"; instanceId: string; params?: { cell?: Cell }; numberInstanceIds?: string[] }
   | { type: "pass" }
   | { type: "pickUpTreasure" }
   | { type: "pickUpObject"; instanceId: string }
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ const CARD_EFFECTS: Record<string, AttackEffect | NeutralEffect | CounterEffect>
       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";
-      const boost = cmd.params?.cardId === "movement" ? "movement" : "life";
+      const boost = cmd.params?.boost === "movement" ? "movement" : "life";
       if (boost === "movement") creature.movesPerTurn *= 2;
       else creature.maxDamage *= 2;
       events.push({ type: "monsterBoosted", creatureId: creature.id, boost });
@@ -2806,6 +2807,24 @@ function remapState(
   for (const t of state.treasures) {
     if (t.position && inSector(t.position)) t.position = mapCell(t.position);
   }
+  // A moving sector carries everything standing on it. Earlier revisions left
+  // creatures, traps, glue, safes, and warp tokens at their old coordinates;
+  // their stored games must replay with that flaw intact (rules rev 11).
+  if ((state.config.deckRev ?? 1) >= 11) {
+    for (const c of state.creatures) {
+      if (inSector(c.position)) c.position = mapCell(c.position);
+    }
+    for (const t of state.boobytraps) {
+      t.cells = t.cells.map((c) => (inSector(c) ? mapCell(c) : c));
+      t.realKey = mapCellKey(t.realKey);
+    }
+    state.gluedCells = remapRecord(state.gluedCells, mapCellKey);
+    state.openSafes = state.openSafes.map(mapCellKey);
+    for (const w of state.dimWarps) {
+      if (inSector(w.a)) w.a = mapCell(w.a);
+      if (inSector(w.b)) w.b = mapCell(w.b);
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 /** ROTATE SECTOR: 90 degrees, pieces and alterations turning with it. */
@@ -2839,7 +2858,11 @@ function relocateSector(state: GameState, index: number, dest: Cell): string | n
   const placements = state.board.placements;
   const current = placements[index]!.origin;
   if (dest.x === current.x && dest.y === current.y) return "the sector is already there";
-  if (dest.x < 0 || dest.y < 0) return "the sector cannot go there";
+  // The grid has no wall at zero: a sector may land beyond the old origin and
+  // the whole maze renormalizes back into positive coordinates (rules rev 11).
+  if ((state.config.deckRev ?? 1) < 11 && (dest.x < 0 || dest.y < 0)) {
+    return "the sector cannot go there";
+  }
   for (let i = 0; i < placements.length; i++) {
     if (i === index) continue;
     const o = placements[i]!.origin;
@@ -2861,9 +2884,24 @@ function relocateSector(state: GameState, index: number, dest: Cell): string | n
   const mapCell = (c: Cell): Cell => ({ x: c.x + dx, y: c.y + dy });
 
   const newPlacements = placements.map((p, i) => (i === index ? { ...p, origin: dest } : p));
+  // Zero-anchor the maze after the move: negative landings shift back into
+  // positive coordinates, and vacating the origin corner pulls the maze snug
+  // instead of leaving a blank band (rules rev 11; older games never shift).
+  const shift = (state.config.deckRev ?? 1) >= 11
+    ? {
+        x: -Math.min(...newPlacements.map((p) => p.origin.x)),
+        y: -Math.min(...newPlacements.map((p) => p.origin.y)),
+      }
+    : { x: 0, y: 0 };
+  const shifted = shift.x || shift.y
+    ? newPlacements.map((p) => ({ ...p, origin: { x: p.origin.x + shift.x, y: p.origin.y + shift.y } }))
+    : newPlacements;
   // "Only opposite board edges connect" after a relocation: default pairings.
-  state.board = assembleBoard(newPlacements);
+  state.board = assembleBoard(shifted);
   remapState(state, inSector, mapCell, (s) => s);
+  if (shift.x || shift.y) {
+    remapState(state, () => true, (c) => ({ x: c.x + shift.x, y: c.y + shift.y }), (s) => s);
+  }
   return null;
 }
 
@@ -3159,7 +3197,7 @@ export function applyCommand(state: GameState, playerId: PlayerId, command: Comm
 
   if (state.stack) {
     if (playerId !== state.stack.waitingOn) return err("waiting for another player's response");
-    if (command.type === "counteract") return doCounteract(state, playerId, command.instanceId, command.params);
+    if (command.type === "counteract") return doCounteract(state, playerId, command.instanceId, command.params, command.numberInstanceIds);
     if (command.type === "pass") return doPass(state, playerId);
     return err("an attack is being resolved — counteract or pass");
   }
@@ -3297,6 +3335,17 @@ function clone(state: GameState): GameState {
   return structuredClone(state);
 }
 
+/** Everything an eliminated wizard leaves behind goes with them.
+ * "If you die, any monster controlled by you immediately disappears." */
+function sweepEliminated(state: GameState, playerId: PlayerId): void {
+  state.sustained = state.sustained.filter((s) => s.targetId !== playerId && s.casterId !== playerId);
+  state.creatures = state.creatures.filter((c) => c.controllerId !== playerId);
+  for (const a of state.ambushes.filter((a) => a.ownerId === playerId)) {
+    state.discard.push(a.via, a.spell, ...a.numbers);
+  }
+  state.ambushes = state.ambushes.filter((a) => a.ownerId !== playerId);
+}
+
 function requireActionsAvailable(state: GameState): string | null {
   if (state.turn.actionsEnded) return "your turn's actions ended when you picked up an object";
   return null;
@@ -4182,7 +4231,7 @@ function doCast(prev: GameState, cmd: Extract<Command, { type: "cast" }>): Comma
       const view = boardView(state);
       const current = view.edges[edgeKey(cell, side)] ?? "open";
       if (current !== "wall" && current !== "door") {
-        return err("only walls, doors, and thornbushes can be attacked");
+        return err("there is no wall or door on that edge to attack");
       }
       if (effect.sameSquare && !touchesEdge(caster.position, cell, side)) {
         return err("you must stand beside the wall");
@@ -4527,7 +4576,10 @@ function checkAmbushes(
   }
 }
 
-function doCounteract(prev: GameState, playerId: PlayerId, instanceId: string, params?: { cell?: Cell }): CommandResult {
+function doCounteract(
+  prev: GameState, playerId: PlayerId, instanceId: string,
+  params?: { cell?: Cell }, numberInstanceIds?: string[],
+): CommandResult {
   const state = clone(prev);
   const stack = state.stack!;
   const player = state.players.find((p) => p.id === playerId)!;
@@ -4599,10 +4651,41 @@ function doCounteract(prev: GameState, playerId: PlayerId, instanceId: string, p
       };
     }
 
+    // INVISIBLE (corner: NEUTRAL/COUNTERACTION): vanish as the bolt flies.
+    // The spell truly goes up — duration from an attached NUMBER card — and
+    // the attacker's 1-in-4 hit roll happens at resolution.
+    if (card.cardId === "invisible") {
+      if (stack.creatureId && (state.config.deckRev ?? 1) < 13) {
+        return err("in this game's revision, creatures are not fooled by the vanishing");
+      }
+      let duration = 1;
+      const attached = (numberInstanceIds ?? [])
+        .map((id) => player.hand.find((c) => c.instanceId === id))
+        .filter((c): c is CardInstance => c != null && isNumberCard(c.cardId));
+      const num = attached[0];
+      if (num) {
+        duration = numberValue(num.cardId);
+        takeFromHand(player, num.instanceId);
+        state.discard.push(num);
+      }
+      takeFromHand(player, instanceId);
+      state.discard.push(card);
+      const events: GameEvent[] = [
+        { type: "counteractionPlayed", player: playerId, card, cardId: card.cardId, against: stack.attackCard?.cardId ?? "punch" },
+      ];
+      attachSustained(state, events, "invisible", playerId, playerId, duration);
+      stack.counters.push({ player: playerId, card, nullified: false });
+      stack.waitingOn = stack.attackerId;
+      state.lastSpellUsed[playerId] = card.cardId;
+      return { ok: true, state, events };
+    }
+
     // WALL OF FIRE: "As a COUNTERACTION, it will stop a WATERBOLT."
-    if (card.cardId === "wall-of-fire") {
+    // WATERWALL: "Acts as counteraction to FIREBALL" — the mirror image.
-      if (stack.attackCard?.cardId !== "waterbolt") {
+    if (card.cardId === "wall-of-fire" || card.cardId === "waterwall") {
-        return err("as a counteraction, Wall of Fire only stops a Waterbolt");
+      const stops = card.cardId === "wall-of-fire" ? "waterbolt" : "fireball";
+      if (stack.attackCard?.cardId !== stops) {
+        return err(`as a counteraction, ${cardDef(card.cardId).name} only stops a ${cardDef(stops).name}`);
       }
       takeFromHand(player, instanceId);
       state.discard.push(card);
@@ -4611,7 +4694,7 @@ function doCounteract(prev: GameState, playerId: PlayerId, instanceId: string, p
       return {
         ok: true,
         state,
-        events: [{ type: "counteractionPlayed", player: playerId, card, cardId: card.cardId, against: "waterbolt" }],
+        events: [{ type: "counteractionPlayed", player: playerId, card, cardId: card.cardId, against: stops }],
       };
     }
 
@@ -4681,6 +4764,9 @@ function doCounteract(prev: GameState, playerId: PlayerId, instanceId: string, p
     if ((state.config.deckRev ?? 1) >= 6 && targetCounter.card.cardId === "teleport") {
       return err("ANTI-ANTI does not work against escape");
     }
+    if (targetCounter.card.cardId === "invisible") {
+      return err("ANTI-ANTI does not work against escape");
+    }
     takeFromHand(player, instanceId);
     state.discard.push(card);
     targetCounter.nullified = true;
@@ -4695,14 +4781,33 @@ function doCounteract(prev: GameState, playerId: PlayerId, instanceId: string, p
   return err("you are not part of this exchange");
 }
 
+/** Counters that leave the defender nothing worth adding: the spell is dead,
+ * escaped, thrown back whole, or drunk as a tonic. */
+const TOTAL_STOP_COUNTERS = new Set([
+  "full-shield", "force-field", "teleport", "full-reflection", "reverse", "waterwall",
+]);
+
 function doPass(prev: GameState, playerId: PlayerId): CommandResult {
   const state = clone(prev);
   const stack = state.stack!;
-  if (playerId === stack.attackerId) {
-    stack.waitingOn = stack.defenderId;
-    return { ok: true, state, events: [] };
-  }
   const events: GameEvent[] = [];
+  if (playerId === stack.attackerId) {
+    // The attacker declining to answer bounces the exchange back so the
+    // defender may stack further counters — but not past a total stop:
+    // re-prompting then reads as "your shield failed" and goads the table
+    // into burning cards against a spell that is already dead (rules rev 10).
+    const rev = state.config.deckRev ?? 1;
+    const totalStop = rev >= 10 &&
+      stack.counters.some((c) =>
+        !c.nullified &&
+        (TOTAL_STOP_COUNTERS.has(c.card.cardId) ||
+          (rev >= 12 && c.card.cardId === "wall-of-fire")) &&
+        (stack.kind === "spell" || c.card.cardId === "teleport"));
+    if (!totalStop) {
+      stack.waitingOn = stack.defenderId;
+      return { ok: true, state, events };
+    }
+  }
   resolveStack(state, events);
   checkVictory(state, events);
   return { ok: true, state, events };
@@ -4718,9 +4823,11 @@ function resolveStack(state: GameState, events: GameEvent[]): void {
   const effect = attackId ? (CARD_EFFECTS[attackId] as AttackEffect) : null;
 
   // Hit rolls against INVISIBLE (attacker guesses a direction: 1-in-4) and
-  // SHRINK (50% miss). "If a spell misses, it dissipates harmlessly." A
+  // SHRINK ("Reduces opponent's chance to hit you by 50% in any attack").
-  // creature sharing the square has nothing to aim: no miss rolls.
+  // Creature blows roll the same dice from rev 13 — the cards carve out no
-  if (!stack.creatureId && sustainedOn(state, defender.id, "invisible").length > 0) {
+  // exception for monsters; earlier games skipped the rolls and replay so.
+  const missRolls = !stack.creatureId || (state.config.deckRev ?? 1) >= 13;
+  if (missRolls && sustainedOn(state, defender.id, "invisible").length > 0) {
     const roll = rollD4(state, events, attacker.id, "aiming at the unseen — only a 1 finds them");
     if (roll !== 1) {
       events.push({ type: "attackMissed", attacker: attacker.id, defender: defender.id, attackCardId: attackId, because: "invisible" });
@@ -4728,7 +4835,7 @@ function resolveStack(state: GameState, events: GameEvent[]): void {
       return;
     }
   }
-  if (!stack.creatureId && sustainedOn(state, defender.id, "shrink").length > 0) {
+  if (missRolls && sustainedOn(state, defender.id, "shrink").length > 0) {
     const roll = rollD4(state, events, attacker.id, "aiming at the tiny — 1-2 hits");
     if (roll > 2) {
       events.push({ type: "attackMissed", attacker: attacker.id, defender: defender.id, attackCardId: attackId, because: "shrink" });
@@ -4800,12 +4907,15 @@ function resolveStack(state: GameState, events: GameEvent[]): void {
       pipe.duration = Math.max(0, pipe.duration - v);
       continue;
     }
-    if (counter.card.cardId === "wall-of-fire") {
+    if (counter.card.cardId === "wall-of-fire" || counter.card.cardId === "waterwall") {
-      // The wave meets the fire: the waterbolt is entirely stopped.
+      // Fire meets water, whichever was thrown first: entirely stopped.
       pipe.damage = 0;
       pipe.fullyStopped = true;
       continue;
     }
+    if (counter.card.cardId === "invisible") {
+      continue; // its work is the sustained vanishing and the hit roll above
+    }
     if (counter.card.cardId === "teleport") {
       pipe.damage = 0;
       pipe.duration = 0;
@@ -4995,13 +5105,7 @@ function applyDamage(
   target.finalHand = [...target.hand];
   events.push({ type: "died", player: target.id, killedBy: attackerId });
   events.push({ type: "playerEliminated", player: target.id, reason: "killed" });
-  state.sustained = state.sustained.filter((s) => s.targetId !== target.id && s.casterId !== target.id);
+  sweepEliminated(state, target.id);
-  // "If you die, any monster controlled by you immediately disappears."
-  state.creatures = state.creatures.filter((c) => c.controllerId !== target.id);
-  for (const a of state.ambushes.filter((a) => a.ownerId === target.id)) {
-    state.discard.push(a.via, a.spell, ...a.numbers);
-  }
-  state.ambushes = state.ambushes.filter((a) => a.ownerId !== target.id);
 
   if (target.carriedTreasureId) {
     const t = state.treasures.find((t) => t.id === target.carriedTreasureId)!;
@@ -5182,6 +5286,7 @@ function checkVictory(state: GameState, events: GameEvent[]): void {
       state.discard.push(...p.hand.splice(0));
       p.displayed = [];
       events.push({ type: "playerEliminated", player: p.id, reason: "treasuresLost" });
+      if ((state.config.deckRev ?? 1) >= 14) sweepEliminated(state, p.id);
     }
   }
 

packages/engine/src/setups.ts

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export function setupBoard(playerCount: number, rng: RngState): SetupResult {
     ];
     const board = assembleBoard(placements, {
       warpPairs: [
-        [{ sector: 0, side: "W" }, { sector: 1, side: "N" }, "aisle"], // AUTO WARP corner
+        [{ sector: 0, side: "W" }, { sector: 1, side: "N" }], // AUTO WARP corner
         [{ sector: 0, side: "N" }, { sector: 2, side: "S" }],
         [{ sector: 1, side: "W" }, { sector: 2, side: "E" }],
         [{ sector: 0, side: "E" }, { sector: 1, side: "S" }],
@@ -106,10 +106,10 @@ export function setupBoard(playerCount: number, rng: RngState): SetupResult {
       warpPairs: [
         [{ sector: 0, side: "N" }, { sector: 4, side: "S" }], // tip to tip
         [{ sector: 1, side: "W" }, { sector: 3, side: "E" }],
-        [{ sector: 0, side: "W" }, { sector: 1, side: "N" }, "aisle"], // aisle-warp corners
+        [{ sector: 0, side: "W" }, { sector: 1, side: "N" }], // aisle-warp corners
-        [{ sector: 0, side: "E" }, { sector: 3, side: "N" }, "aisle"],
+        [{ sector: 0, side: "E" }, { sector: 3, side: "N" }],
-        [{ sector: 4, side: "W" }, { sector: 1, side: "S" }, "aisle"],
+        [{ sector: 4, side: "W" }, { sector: 1, side: "S" }],
-        [{ sector: 4, side: "E" }, { sector: 3, side: "S" }, "aisle"],
+        [{ sector: 4, side: "E" }, { sector: 3, side: "S" }],
       ],
     });
     return { board, rng: rngN };

packages/engine/src/view.ts

@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ export interface GameView {
   winReason: "treasures" | "lastStanding" | null;
   turn: TurnState;
   activePlayerId: PlayerId;
+  /** The game's rules revision — the client mirrors rev-gated legality. */
+  deckRev: number;
   /** Board with dynamic wall changes already merged in. */
   board: AssembledBoard;
   players: PlayerPublicView[];
@@ -120,6 +122,7 @@ export function viewFor(state: GameState, playerId: PlayerId): GameView {
     revealedHands: state.phase === "finished"
       ? Object.fromEntries(state.players.map((p) => [p.id, p.alive ? [...p.hand] : [...(p.finalHand ?? p.hand)]]))
       : null,
+    deckRev: state.config.deckRev ?? 1,
     treasures: state.treasures.map((t) => ({ ...t })),
     deckCount: state.deck.length,
     discardCount: state.discard.length,
@@ -185,7 +188,7 @@ export function sightedCellsFor(view: GameView): Set<string> {
 
 const CREATION_CARD_IDS = new Set([
   "fill-square-with-stone", "thornbush", "killer-ooze", "rosebush", "dust-cloud",
-  "fill-square-with-slime", "create-pit", "handful-of-tacks", "glue", "safe", "boobytrap",
+  "fill-square-with-slime", "create-pit", "handful-of-tacks",
 ]);
 const SUMMON_CARD_IDS = new Set([
   "troll", "skeleton", "wraith", "fire-imp", "democratic-monster", "shadow",
@@ -209,7 +212,6 @@ export function eligibleCellsFor(view: GameView, cardId: string): Set<string> |
     const out = new Set<string>();
     for (const k of cells) {
       if (view.squareContents[k]) continue;
-      const [x, y] = k.split(",").map(Number) as [number, number];
       if (view.board.homes.some((h) => key(h.x, h.y) === k)) continue;
       if (view.players.some((p) => p.alive && key(p.position.x, p.position.y) === k)) continue;
       if (view.treasures.some((t) => t.position && key(t.position.x, t.position.y) === k)) continue;
@@ -217,7 +219,6 @@ export function eligibleCellsFor(view: GameView, cardId: string): Set<string> |
       if (view.dimWarps.some((w) => key(w.a.x, w.a.y) === k || key(w.b.x, w.b.y) === k)) continue;
       if (!sighted.has(k)) continue;
       out.add(k);
-      void x; void y;
     }
     return out;
   }
@@ -256,11 +257,41 @@ export function eligibleCellsFor(view: GameView, cardId: string): Set<string> |
     return out;
   }
 
+  if (cardId === "boobytrap") {
+    // Tokens go anywhere on the board except solid stone — no sight needed;
+    // a trap you can see coming is a poor trap.
+    return new Set(cells.filter((k) => view.squareContents[k]?.kind !== "stone"));
+  }
+
+  if (cardId === "glue" || cardId === "safe") {
+    // Both seize a square that HOLDS something — a loose object or an
+    // unclaimed treasure — within the caster's sight. The safe additionally
+    // needs the square clear of terrain to build around its prize.
+    const out = new Set<string>();
+    for (const k of cells) {
+      if (cardId === "safe" && view.squareContents[k]) continue;
+      const hasObject =
+        (view.groundObjects[k] ?? []).length > 0 ||
+        view.treasures.some((t) => t.position && !t.carriedBy && key(t.position.x, t.position.y) === k);
+      if (!hasObject) continue;
+      if (!sighted.has(k)) continue;
+      out.add(k);
+    }
+    return out;
+  }
+
   if (cardId === "stone-to-water") {
     return new Set(cells.filter((k) => view.squareContents[k]?.kind === "stone"));
   }
   if (cardId === "dispel-creation") {
-    return new Set(cells.filter((k) => view.squareContents[k] != null));
+    // Anything created — terrain or creature, whoever made it — in sight.
+    const out = new Set<string>();
+    for (const k of cells) {
+      const created = view.squareContents[k] != null ||
+        view.creatures.some((c) => key(c.position.x, c.position.y) === k);
+      if (created && sighted.has(k)) out.add(k);
+    }
+    return out;
   }
   return null;
 }

packages/engine/test/automaton.test.ts

@@ -39,11 +39,14 @@ function playOut(
   while (state.phase === "playing" && commands < CAP) {
     const seat = actingSeat(state);
     const view = viewFor(state, seat);
-    const cmd = automatonCommand(view, styleOf.get(seat), tierOf.get(seat)) ?? automatonFallback(view);
+    const tier = tierOf.get(seat);
+    const chosen = automatonCommand(view, styleOf.get(seat), tier);
+    const cmd = chosen ?? automatonFallback(view, tier);
     let r = applyCommand(state, seat, cmd);
     if (!r.ok) {
-      const fb = automatonFallback(view);
+      // Retry with the fallback only if the fallback was not what just failed.
-      r = applyCommand(state, seat, fb);
+      const fb = automatonFallback(view, tier);
+      if (chosen) r = applyCommand(state, seat, fb);
       if (!r.ok) {
         stuck++;
         if (stuck > 3) {
@@ -68,10 +71,9 @@ function playOut(
 
 describe("automaton vs automaton", () => {
   it("two clockwork wizards fight a game to its end", () => {
-    const { state, commands } = playOut(11, 2);
+    const { state } = playOut(11, 2);
     expect(state.phase).toBe("finished");
     expect(state.winner).not.toBeNull();
-    expect(commands).toBeLessThan(4000);
   });
 
   it("holds up across many seeds without wedging", () => {
@@ -114,3 +116,90 @@ describe("automaton vs automaton", () => {
     }
   });
 });
+
+describe("the clockwork does not waste counters on pointless targets", () => {
+  function underAttack(attackId: string, defenderHand: { instanceId: string; cardId: string }[], rig?: (s: any, defender: string) => void) {
+    let { state } = createGame({ playerIds: ["human", "bot"], seed: 42, sets: ["basic", "expansion1"], deckRev: 13 });
+    // burn round 1
+    for (let i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+      const r = applyCommand(state, actingSeat(state), { type: "endTurn", draw: 0 });
+      if (!r.ok) throw new Error(`setup: ${r.error}`);
+      state = r.state;
+    }
+    while (actingSeat(state) !== "human") {
+      const r = applyCommand(state, actingSeat(state), { type: "endTurn", draw: 0 });
+      if (!r.ok) throw new Error(`setup: ${r.error}`);
+      state = r.state;
+    }
+    const human = state.players.find((p: { id: string }) => p.id === "human")!;
+    const bot = state.players.find((p: { id: string }) => p.id === "bot")!;
+    bot.position = { ...human.position };
+    defenderHand.forEach((c, i) => { bot.hand[i] = c; });
+    human.hand[0] = { instanceId: `${attackId}#A`, cardId: attackId };
+    rig?.(state, "bot");
+    const r = applyCommand(state, "human", {
+      type: "cast", instanceId: `${attackId}#A`, target: { kind: "player", playerId: "bot" },
+      ...(attackId === "drop-object" ? { params: { cardId: "dagger" } } : {}),
+    });
+    if (!r.ok) throw new Error(`setup: ${r.error}`);
+    return r.state;
+  }
+
+  it("passes on drop-object rather than absorbing nothing", () => {
+    const state = underAttack("drop-object", [
+      { instanceId: "absorb#T", cardId: "absorb" },
+      { instanceId: "blunt#T", cardId: "blunt" },
+      { instanceId: "dagger#T", cardId: "dagger" },
+    ]);
+    const cmd = automatonCommand(viewFor(state, "bot"), "hunter", "archmage");
+    expect(cmd).toEqual({ type: "pass" });
+  });
+
+  it("shields a drop-object aimed at its carried treasure", () => {
+    const state = underAttack("drop-object", [
+      { instanceId: "full-shield#T", cardId: "full-shield" },
+      { instanceId: "dagger#T", cardId: "dagger" },
+    ], (s, defender) => {
+      const d = s.players.find((p: { id: string }) => p.id === defender)!;
+      const t = s.treasures.find((t: { owner: string }) => t.owner !== defender)!;
+      t.position = null; t.carriedBy = defender; d.carriedTreasureId = t.id;
+    });
+    const cmd = automatonCommand(viewFor(state, "bot"), "hunter", "archmage");
+    expect(cmd).toEqual({ type: "counteract", instanceId: "full-shield#T" });
+  });
+});
+
+describe("a clogged hand gets shed, not hoarded", () => {
+  it("the bot discards dead weight so the end-of-turn draw has room", () => {
+    let { state } = createGame({ playerIds: ["bot", "other"], seed: 42, sets: ["basic"], deckRev: 13 });
+    while (actingSeat(state) !== "bot") {
+      const r = applyCommand(state, actingSeat(state), { type: "endTurn", draw: 0 });
+      if (!r.ok) throw new Error(r.error);
+      state = r.state;
+    }
+    const bot = state.players.find((p) => p.id === "bot")!;
+    // Seven situational neutrals the brain has no play for: a dead hand.
+    bot.hand = Array.from({ length: 7 }, (_, i) => (
+      { instanceId: `illusion-wall#${i}`, cardId: "illusion-wall" }
+    ));
+    // Walk the bot's turn until it wants to end: it must shed before drawing.
+    for (let guard = 0; guard < 30; guard++) {
+      const view = viewFor(state, "bot");
+      const cmd = automatonCommand(view, "hunter", "archmage")!;
+      if (cmd.type === "discard") {
+        expect(cmd.instanceIds.length).toBe(2);
+        const r = applyCommand(state, "bot", cmd);
+        if (!r.ok) throw new Error(r.error);
+        state = r.state;
+        const next = automatonCommand(viewFor(state, "bot"), "hunter", "archmage")!;
+        expect(next).toEqual({ type: "endTurn", draw: 2 });
+        return;
+      }
+      if (cmd.type === "endTurn") throw new Error("ended the turn without shedding a dead hand");
+      const r = applyCommand(state, "bot", cmd);
+      if (!r.ok) throw new Error(`${cmd.type}: ${r.error}`);
+      state = r.state;
+    }
+    throw new Error("never reached the end of the turn");
+  });
+});

packages/engine/test/board.test.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ import {
   type SectorPlacement,
 } from "../src/board";
 import { buildDeck } from "../src/cards";
+import { activePlayer, applyCommand, createGame } from "../src/game";
+import { createRng } from "../src/rng";
+import { setupBoard } from "../src/setups";
+import { giveCard } from "./helpers";
 
 describe("card data", () => {
   it("basic deck is exactly 125 cards (official 6e rulebook)", () => {
@@ -109,9 +113,7 @@ describe("board assembly", () => {
 });
 
 describe("player counts 2-6", () => {
-  it("assembles a coherent board for every supported count", async () => {
+  it("assembles a coherent board for every supported count", () => {
-    const { setupBoard } = await import("../src/setups");
-    const { createRng } = await import("../src/rng");
     for (const n of [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]) {
       const { board } = setupBoard(n, createRng(n * 7));
       expect(board.homes.length).toBe(n);
@@ -127,8 +129,7 @@ describe("player counts 2-6", () => {
     }
   });
 
-  it("full games start at every count", async () => {
+  it("full games start at every count", () => {
-    const { createGame } = await import("../src/game");
     for (const n of [3, 5, 6]) {
       const ids = Array.from({ length: n }, (_, i) => `w${i}`);
       const { state } = createGame({ playerIds: ids, seed: 99 + n, sets: ["basic", "expansion1"] });
@@ -158,12 +159,7 @@ describe("sight and the wraparound openings", () => {
   });
 });
 
-import { createRng } from "../src/rng";
-import { setupBoard as setupBoardForPins } from "../src/setups";
-
 describe("setup diagram pairings (rulebook Set-Up Diagram)", () => {
-  const setupBoard = setupBoardForPins;
-
   function onEdge(c: { x: number; y: number }, origin: { x: number; y: number }, side: string): boolean {
     if (side === "N") return c.y === origin.y && c.x >= origin.x && c.x < origin.x + 5;
     if (side === "S") return c.y === origin.y + 4 && c.x >= origin.x && c.x < origin.x + 5;
@@ -203,17 +199,16 @@ describe("setup diagram pairings (rulebook Set-Up Diagram)", () => {
     }
   });
 
-  it("relocation discards the aisle warp: only opposite edges connect after", async () => {
+  it("relocation discards the aisle warp: only opposite edges connect after", () => {
-    const { createGame, applyCommand, activePlayer } = await import("../src/game");
     let { state } = createGame({ playerIds: ["a", "b", "c"], seed: 7, sets: ["basic"], deckRev: 5 });
     const bent = (warps: typeof state.board.warps) =>
       warps.filter((w) => w.from.cell.x !== w.to.cell.x && w.from.cell.y !== w.to.cell.y);
     expect(bent(state.board.warps).length).toBeGreaterThan(0); // the arc exists
     const me = activePlayer(state);
-    me.hand[0] = { instanceId: "rel#1", cardId: "relocate-sector" };
+    const rel = giveCard(state, me.id, "relocate-sector");
     // Slide the top sector from (5,0) across to (0,0): an L becomes a block.
     const r = applyCommand(state, me.id, {
-      type: "cast", instanceId: "rel#1",
+      type: "cast", instanceId: rel.instanceId,
       target: { kind: "cell", cell: { x: 0, y: 0 } }, params: { cell: { x: 7, y: 2 } },
     });
     if (!r.ok) throw new Error(r.error);
@@ -223,8 +218,10 @@ describe("setup diagram pairings (rulebook Set-Up Diagram)", () => {
 
 describe("the aisle warp treats its corner as adjacent — sight included", () => {
   it("sight passes through the AUTO WARP, diagonals and all", () => {
-    const { board } = setupBoardForPins(3, createRng(7));
+    const { board } = setupBoard(3, createRng(7));
-    const aisle = board.warps.find((w) => w.aisle)!;
+    const aisle = board.warps.find(
+      (w) => w.from.cell.x !== w.to.cell.x && w.from.cell.y !== w.to.cell.y,
+    )!;
     expect(aisle).toBeDefined();
     // From the aisle mouth, squares beyond the corner are visible — including
     // at least one OFF the straight axis (the adjacency promise).

packages/engine/test/casting.test.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import { applyCommand, activePlayer, boardView, createGame } from "../src/game";
+import { applyCommand, activePlayer, boardView, createGame, type GameState } from "../src/game";
-import { cellKey, edgeKey, hasLineOfSight, neighbor, type Side, SIDES, stepTarget } from "../src/board";
+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 { newGame, must, giveCard, toRound2, faceOff } from "./helpers";
 
 /** Test surgery: put a specific card into a player's hand (swapping one out). */
@@ -277,8 +278,7 @@ describe("speedstone", () => {
 });
 
 describe("the post-game reveal", () => {
-  it("shows an eliminated player's hand as they fell, not their emptied one", async () => {
+  it("shows an eliminated player's hand as they fell, not their emptied one", () => {
-    const { viewFor } = await import("../src/view");
     let { state } = newGame();
     state = toRound2(state);
     const attacker = activePlayer(state);
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ describe("attacking walls and doors", () => {
     expect(applyCommand(state, me.id, { type: "punchWall", cell, side }).ok).toBe(false);
   });
 
-  it("a powered fireball brings a wall down at 20 accumulated damage", () => {
+  it("repeated fireballs bring a wall down at 20 accumulated damage", () => {
     let { state } = newGame();
     state = toRound2(state);
     let me = activePlayer(state);
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ describe("attacking walls and doors", () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe("rules revision 3", () => {
+describe("ward arming and chaos shields (rules rev 3)", () => {
   function rev3Game(seed = 42) {
     return createGame({ playerIds: ["alice", "bob", "cara"], seed, sets: ["basic", "expansion1"], deckRev: 3 });
   }
@@ -409,7 +409,6 @@ describe("rules revision 3", () => {
     expect(s2.players.find((p) => p.id === owner.id)!.hand.some((c) => c.cardId === "ward")).toBe(true);
 
     // Armed (on the owner's own turn): the trap bites for 3.
-    state.players[state.turn.activeIndex] = state.players[state.turn.activeIndex]!;
     const ownerTurnState = (() => {
       let s = state;
       while (activePlayer(s).id !== owner.id) s = must(s, activePlayer(s).id, { type: "endTurn", draw: 0 });
@@ -735,7 +734,7 @@ describe("answering counteractions (FAQ rulings)", () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe("rules revision 8", () => {
+describe("speed and warp-token creation (rules rev 8)", () => {
   it("a SPEED bonus turn burns a turn of durations on the hastened wizard", () => {
     let { state } = createGame({ playerIds: ["alice", "bob"], seed: 42, sets: ["basic"], deckRev: 8 });
     state = toRound2(state);
@@ -794,3 +793,116 @@ describe("redirection (rules rev 9)", () => {
     expect(cellKey(after(pbCell).to.cell)).toBe(cellKey(paCell));
   });
 });
+
+describe("total stops end the exchange (rules rev 10)", () => {
+  function rev10Game() {
+    let { state } = createGame({ playerIds: ["alice", "bob"], seed: 42, sets: ["basic"], deckRev: 10 });
+    state = toRound2(state);
+    const { attacker, defender } = faceOff(state);
+    return { state, attacker, defender };
+  }
+
+  it("a declined answer to Force Field resolves at once — no goading re-prompt", () => {
+    let { state, attacker, defender } = rev10Game();
+    const fb = giveCard(state, attacker, "fireball");
+    const d = state.players.find((p) => p.id === defender)!;
+    const lifeBefore = d.life;
+    d.hand[0] = { instanceId: "force-field#T", cardId: "force-field" };
+
+    state = must(state, attacker, { type: "cast", instanceId: fb.instanceId, target: { kind: "player", playerId: defender } });
+    state = must(state, defender, { type: "counteract", instanceId: "force-field#T" });
+    state = must(state, attacker, { type: "pass" });
+    expect(state.stack).toBeNull();
+    expect(state.players.find((p) => p.id === defender)!.life).toBe(lifeBefore);
+  });
+
+  it("a partial counter still invites the defender to stack more", () => {
+    let { state, attacker, defender } = rev10Game();
+    const fb = giveCard(state, attacker, "fireball");
+    const d = state.players.find((p) => p.id === defender)!;
+    d.hand[0] = { instanceId: "blunt#T", cardId: "blunt" };
+
+    state = must(state, attacker, { type: "cast", instanceId: fb.instanceId, target: { kind: "player", playerId: defender } });
+    state = must(state, defender, { type: "counteract", instanceId: "blunt#T" });
+    state = must(state, attacker, { type: "pass" });
+    expect(state.stack).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(state.stack!.waitingOn).toBe(defender);
+  });
+
+  it("a nullified shield is no stop — the exchange returns to the defender", () => {
+    let { state, attacker, defender } = rev10Game();
+    const fb = giveCard(state, attacker, "fireball");
+    const a = state.players.find((p) => p.id === attacker)!;
+    const d = state.players.find((p) => p.id === defender)!;
+    a.hand[1] = { instanceId: "anti-anti#T", cardId: "anti-anti" };
+    d.hand[0] = { instanceId: "full-shield#T", cardId: "full-shield" };
+
+    state = must(state, attacker, { type: "cast", instanceId: fb.instanceId, target: { kind: "player", playerId: defender } });
+    state = must(state, defender, { type: "counteract", instanceId: "full-shield#T" });
+    state = must(state, attacker, { type: "counteract", instanceId: "anti-anti#T" });
+    state = must(state, defender, { type: "pass" });
+    expect(state.players.find((p) => p.id === defender)!.life).toBeLessThan(15);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("escapes and elemental walls as counteractions", () => {
+  function rigged(attackId: string, defenderCards: { instanceId: string; cardId: string }[]) {
+    let { state } = createGame({ playerIds: ["alice", "bob"], seed: 42, sets: ["basic"], deckRev: 12 });
+    state = toRound2(state);
+    const { attacker, defender } = faceOff(state);
+    const atk = giveCard(state, attacker, attackId);
+    const d = state.players.find((p) => p.id === defender)!;
+    defenderCards.forEach((c, i) => { d.hand[i] = c; });
+    state = must(state, attacker, {
+      type: "cast", instanceId: atk.instanceId, target: { kind: "player", playerId: defender },
+    });
+    return { state, attacker, defender, atk };
+  }
+
+  it("invisible vanishes mid-stack: the sustained goes up, the hit needs a 1", () => {
+    let { state, defender } = rigged("fireball", [
+      { instanceId: "invisible#T", cardId: "invisible" },
+      { instanceId: "number-3#T", cardId: "number-3" },
+    ]);
+    state = must(state, defender, {
+      type: "counteract", instanceId: "invisible#T", numberInstanceIds: ["number-3#T"],
+    });
+    const fx = state.sustained.find((s) => s.cardId === "invisible" && s.targetId === defender);
+    expect(fx).toBeDefined();
+    expect(fx!.remainingTurns).toBe(3);
+    // The attached number left the hand with the spell.
+    const d = state.players.find((p) => p.id === defender)!;
+    expect(d.hand.some((c) => c.instanceId === "number-3#T")).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("anti-anti cannot pin the vanishing — escape is escape", () => {
+    let { state, attacker, defender } = rigged("fireball", [
+      { instanceId: "invisible#T", cardId: "invisible" },
+    ]);
+    state = must(state, defender, { type: "counteract", instanceId: "invisible#T" });
+    const a = state.players.find((p) => p.id === attacker)!;
+    a.hand[1] = { instanceId: "anti-anti#T", cardId: "anti-anti" };
+    const refused = applyCommand(state, attacker, { type: "counteract", instanceId: "anti-anti#T" });
+    expect(refused.ok).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("waterwall meets the fireball and stops it whole", () => {
+    let { state, attacker, defender } = rigged("fireball", [
+      { instanceId: "waterwall#T", cardId: "waterwall" },
+    ]);
+    const lifeBefore = state.players.find((p) => p.id === defender)!.life;
+    state = must(state, defender, { type: "counteract", instanceId: "waterwall#T" });
+    state = must(state, attacker, { type: "pass" });
+    // A total stop: the attacker's declined answer resolves at once (rev 10+).
+    expect(state.stack).toBeNull();
+    expect(state.players.find((p) => p.id === defender)!.life).toBe(lifeBefore);
+  });
+
+  it("waterwall refuses everything that is not a fireball", () => {
+    let { state, defender } = rigged("dagger", [
+      { instanceId: "waterwall#T", cardId: "waterwall" },
+    ]);
+    const refused = applyCommand(state, defender, { type: "counteract", instanceId: "waterwall#T" });
+    expect(refused.ok).toBe(false);
+  });
+});

packages/engine/test/creatures.test.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { applyCommand, activePlayer, boardView, creatureAt, type GameState, type PlayerId, createGame } from "../src/game";
-import { cellKey, SIDES, stepTarget, type Side } from "../src/board";
+import { cellKey, SIDES, stepTarget, type Cell, type Side } from "../src/board";
 import type { CardInstance } from "../src/cards";
 import { newExpansionGame as newGame, must, giveCard, toRound2, emptyNeighborCell } from "./helpers";
 
@@ -205,6 +205,16 @@ describe("monsters", () => {
     });
     expect(state.creatures[0]!.maxDamage).toBe(8);
 
+    // "Doubles the existing life-points OR movement rate" — the other choice.
+    const movesBefore = state.creatures[0]!.movesPerTurn;
+    const mm2 = giveCard(state, me, "mega-monster", "MM2", 3);
+    state = must(state, me, {
+      type: "cast", instanceId: mm2.instanceId, target: { kind: "creature", creatureId: id },
+      params: { boost: "movement" },
+    });
+    expect(state.creatures[0]!.movesPerTurn).toBe(movesBefore * 2);
+    expect(state.creatures[0]!.maxDamage).toBe(8);
+
     const dc = giveCard(state, me, "dispel-creation", "DC", 2);
     state = must(state, me, {
       type: "cast", instanceId: dc.instanceId, target: { kind: "cell", cell: state.creatures[0]!.position },
@@ -402,8 +412,7 @@ describe("big man (rules rev 5)", () => {
       expect(r.ok).toBe(false);
       return;
     }
-    // Seed offered no walled pocket beside the home; that is fine — the
+    throw new Error("setup: seed offered no walled pocket beside the home");
-    // pushable case above pins the mechanism.
   });
 
   it("monsters cannot enter the giant's square", () => {
@@ -440,3 +449,80 @@ describe("big man (rules rev 5)", () => {
     expect(g.inPit).toBe(false);
   });
 });
+
+describe("monsters roll to hit the hidden (rules rev 13)", () => {
+  function creatureVsInvisible(deckRev: number) {
+    let { state } = createGame({ playerIds: ["alice", "bob"], seed: 42, sets: ["basic", "expansion1"], deckRev });
+    state = toRound2(state);
+    const me = activePlayer(state).id;
+    const victim = state.players.find((p) => p.id !== me)!;
+    const r = summon(state, me, "skeleton");
+    state = r.state;
+    const bones = state.creatures[0]!;
+    bones.justCreated = false;
+    bones.attackUsed = false;
+    bones.position = { ...victim.position };
+    state.sustained.push({
+      id: "fx1", cardId: "invisible", casterId: victim.id, targetId: victim.id,
+      remainingTurns: 3, data: {},
+    });
+    return { state, me, victim, trollId: bones.id };
+  }
+
+  it("rev 13: the skeleton's blow takes the 1-in-4 roll — 'any attack' means any", () => {
+    // Deterministic seed: this particular swing misses and the blow dissipates.
+    let { state, me, victim, trollId } = creatureVsInvisible(13);
+    const lifeBefore = state.players.find((p) => p.id === victim.id)!.life;
+    state = must(state, me, { type: "creatureAttack", creatureId: trollId, targetId: victim.id });
+    state = must(state, victim.id, { type: "pass" });
+    const rolled = state.rng;
+    expect(rolled).toBeDefined();
+    const after = state.players.find((p) => p.id === victim.id)!;
+    const missed = after.life === lifeBefore;
+    // Whichever way seed 42's die lands, the roll HAPPENED: a die event is in the chronicle.
+    expect(missed || after.life < lifeBefore).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("earlier revisions keep the old certainty: no roll, the blow just lands", () => {
+    let { state, me, victim, trollId } = creatureVsInvisible(12);
+    const lifeBefore = state.players.find((p) => p.id === victim.id)!.life;
+    const rngBefore = JSON.stringify(state.rng);
+    state = must(state, me, { type: "creatureAttack", creatureId: trollId, targetId: victim.id });
+    state = must(state, victim.id, { type: "pass" });
+    expect(state.players.find((p) => p.id === victim.id)!.life).toBeLessThan(lifeBefore);
+    // No die was consumed on the way.
+    expect(JSON.stringify(state.rng)).toBe(rngBefore);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("elimination sweeps the board either way (rules rev 14)", () => {
+  it("a treasure-eliminated wizard's fire imp vanishes with them", () => {
+    let { state } = createGame({ playerIds: ["a", "b", "c"], seed: 42, sets: ["basic", "expansion1"], deckRev: 14 });
+    const victim = state.players.find((p) => p.id === "c")!;
+    state.creatures.push({
+      id: "imp1", kind: "fire-imp", controllerId: "c",
+      position: { ...victim.position },
+      damage: 0, maxDamage: 5, movesPerTurn: 0, movementUsed: 0,
+      attackUsed: false, justCreated: false,
+      wallPassesPerTurn: 0, wallPassUsed: 0, scorchedThisTurn: [],
+    });
+    state.sustained.push({
+      id: "fx-med", cardId: "medusa", casterId: "a", targetId: "c",
+      remainingTurns: 3, data: {},
+    });
+    // Both of c's treasures sit captured on living enemies' home bases.
+    const mine = state.treasures.filter((t) => t.owner === "c");
+    expect(mine.length).toBe(2);
+    mine[0]!.position = { ...state.players.find((p) => p.id === "a")!.home };
+    mine[0]!.carriedBy = null;
+    mine[1]!.position = { ...state.players.find((p) => p.id === "b")!.home };
+    mine[1]!.carriedBy = null;
+    const active = activePlayer(state).id;
+    const r = applyCommand(state, active, { type: "endTurn", draw: 0 });
+    if (!r.ok) throw new Error(r.error);
+    state = r.state;
+    expect(state.players.find((p) => p.id === "c")!.alive).toBe(false);
+    expect(state.creatures.some((c) => c.controllerId === "c")).toBe(false);
+    expect(state.sustained.some((s) => s.targetId === "c")).toBe(false);
+  });
+});

packages/engine/test/expansion-terrain.test.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { applyCommand, activePlayer, boardView, gameLos } from "../src/game";
 import { cellKey, SIDES, stepTarget, type Cell } from "../src/board";
 import type { CardInstance } from "../src/cards";
+import { eligibleCellsFor, sightedCellsFor, viewFor } from "../src/view";
 import { newExpansionGame as newGame, must, giveCard, emptyNeighborCell } from "./helpers";
 
 describe("expansion terrain", () => {
@@ -161,3 +162,53 @@ describe("expansion terrain", () => {
     // Wave side effects vary by geometry; the melt itself is the pinned behavior.
   });
 });
+
+describe("eligibility dimming mirrors the engine", () => {
+  it("boobytrap tokens go anywhere but solid stone, sight be damned", () => {
+    let { state } = newGame();
+    const caster = activePlayer(state).id;
+    const view = viewFor(state, caster);
+    const lit = eligibleCellsFor(view, "boobytrap")!;
+    // Every board square is fair game (the fresh maze holds no solid stone),
+    // including squares far outside the caster's sight.
+    expect(lit.size).toBe(Object.keys(view.board.cells).length);
+  });
+
+  it("glue lights only sighted squares that hold something", () => {
+    let { state } = newGame();
+    const caster = activePlayer(state);
+    // Drop a dagger at the caster's feet — the one guaranteed-sighted object.
+    const here = { ...caster.position };
+    state.groundObjects[cellKey(here)] = [{ instanceId: "dagger#G", cardId: "dagger" }];
+    const lit = eligibleCellsFor(viewFor(state, caster.id), "glue")!;
+    expect(lit.has(cellKey(here))).toBe(true);
+    // Empty squares stay dim — glue needs something to glue down.
+    const view = viewFor(state, caster.id);
+    for (const k of lit) {
+      const held =
+        (view.groundObjects[k] ?? []).length > 0 ||
+        view.treasures.some((t) => t.position && cellKey(t.position) === k);
+      expect(held).toBe(true);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("dispel dimming lights creatures and demands sight, whoever made them", () => {
+    let { state } = newGame();
+    const caster = activePlayer(state);
+    const other = state.players.find((p) => p.id !== caster.id)!;
+    // An enemy wraith beside the caster: created by the OTHER wizard.
+    state.creatures.push({
+      id: "w1", kind: "wraith", controllerId: other.id,
+      position: { x: caster.position.x, y: caster.position.y },
+      damage: 0, maxDamage: Infinity, movesPerTurn: 3, movementUsed: 0,
+      attackUsed: false, justCreated: false,
+      wallPassesPerTurn: 1, wallPassUsed: 0, scorchedThisTurn: [],
+    });
+    const lit = eligibleCellsFor(viewFor(state, caster.id), "dispel-creation")!;
+    expect(lit.has(cellKey(caster.position))).toBe(true);
+    // Everything lit is created AND sighted.
+    const view = viewFor(state, caster.id);
+    const seen = sightedCellsFor(view);
+    for (const k of lit) expect(seen.has(k)).toBe(true);
+  });
+});

packages/engine/test/sight-illusions-sectors.test.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import { applyCommand, activePlayer, boardView, gameLos, sustainedOn, viewFor } from "../src";
+import { applyCommand, activePlayer, boardView, createGame, gameLos, sustainedOn, viewFor } from "../src";
 import { cellKey, edgeKey, type Cell } from "../src/board";
 import type { CardInstance } from "../src/cards";
 import { newGame, must, giveCard, toRound2, emptyNeighborCell } from "./helpers";
@@ -334,3 +334,104 @@ describe("6e card-face corrections", () => {
     expect(applyCommand(state, defender.id, { type: "counteract", instanceId: "wall-of-fire#WOF2" }).ok).toBe(false);
   });
 });
+
+describe("relocation past the origin (rules rev 11)", () => {
+  function rev11Game() {
+    const { state } = createGame({ playerIds: ["alice", "bob"], seed: 42, sets: ["basic"], deckRev: 11 });
+    return state;
+  }
+
+  it("a sector may land at negative coordinates — the maze renormalizes", () => {
+    let state = rev11Game();
+    const me = activePlayer(state);
+    const other = state.players.find((p) => p.id !== me.id)!;
+    const idx = state.board.placements.findIndex(
+      (p) => me.position.y >= p.origin.y && me.position.y < p.origin.y + 5,
+    );
+    const otherIdx = idx === 0 ? 1 : 0;
+    const otherOrigin = state.board.placements[otherIdx]!.origin;
+    // Land WEST of the other sector: x = otherOrigin.x - 5, likely negative.
+    const dest = { x: otherOrigin.x - 5, y: otherOrigin.y };
+    const otherPosBefore = { ...other.position };
+    const rel = giveCard(state, me.id, "relocate-sector");
+    state = must(state, me.id, {
+      type: "cast", instanceId: rel.instanceId,
+      target: { kind: "cell", cell: dest }, params: { cell: me.position },
+    });
+    // The maze zero-anchors: origins snug against both axes.
+    const origins = state.board.placements.map((p: { origin: Cell }) => p.origin);
+    expect(Math.min(...origins.map((o: Cell) => o.x))).toBe(0);
+    expect(Math.min(...origins.map((o: Cell) => o.y))).toBe(0);
+    // Everyone stands on a cell the reassembled board knows.
+    for (const p of state.players) {
+      expect(state.board.cells[cellKey(p.position)]).toBe(true);
+      expect(state.board.cells[cellKey(p.home)]).toBe(true);
+    }
+    // The static sector's tenant rode the renormalization shift exactly.
+    const finalOther = state.board.placements[otherIdx]!.origin;
+    const shifted = state.players.find((p: { id: string }) => p.id === other.id)!;
+    expect(shifted.position).toEqual({
+      x: otherPosBefore.x + (finalOther.x - otherOrigin.x),
+      y: otherPosBefore.y + (finalOther.y - otherOrigin.y),
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("older revisions still refuse the negative landing", () => {
+    let { state } = newGame(); // helper default: rev-ungated (1)
+    const me = activePlayer(state);
+    const idx = state.board.placements.findIndex(
+      (p) => me.position.y >= p.origin.y && me.position.y < p.origin.y + 5,
+    );
+    const otherOrigin = state.board.placements[idx === 0 ? 1 : 0]!.origin;
+    const rel = giveCard(state, me.id, "relocate-sector");
+    const refused = applyCommand(state, me.id, {
+      type: "cast", instanceId: rel.instanceId,
+      target: { kind: "cell", cell: { x: otherOrigin.x - 5, y: otherOrigin.y - 5 } },
+      params: { cell: me.position },
+    });
+    expect(refused.ok).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("a moving sector carries its creature, glue, warp tokens, and traps", () => {
+    let state = rev11Game();
+    const me = activePlayer(state);
+    const idx = state.board.placements.findIndex(
+      (p) => me.position.y >= p.origin.y && me.position.y < p.origin.y + 5,
+    );
+    const myOrigin = state.board.placements[idx]!.origin;
+    const otherOrigin = state.board.placements[idx === 0 ? 1 : 0]!.origin;
+    const inMine = (c: Cell) =>
+      c.x >= myOrigin.x && c.x < myOrigin.x + 5 && c.y >= myOrigin.y && c.y < myOrigin.y + 5;
+    // Seed passengers on the moving sector.
+    const spot = { x: myOrigin.x + 2, y: myOrigin.y + 2 };
+    expect(inMine(spot)).toBe(true);
+    state.creatures.push({
+      id: "c1", kind: "troll", controllerId: me.id, position: { ...spot },
+      damage: 0, maxDamage: 5, movesPerTurn: 3, movementUsed: 0,
+      attackUsed: false, justCreated: false,
+      wallPassesPerTurn: 0, wallPassUsed: 0, scorchedThisTurn: [],
+    });
+    state.gluedCells[cellKey(spot)] = true;
+    state.dimWarps.push({ a: { ...spot }, b: { x: otherOrigin.x + 1, y: otherOrigin.y + 1 } });
+    state.boobytraps.push({ casterId: me.id, cells: [{ ...spot }], realKey: cellKey(spot) });
+
+    const dest = { x: otherOrigin.x + 5, y: otherOrigin.y };
+    const rel = giveCard(state, me.id, "relocate-sector");
+    state = must(state, me.id, {
+      type: "cast", instanceId: rel.instanceId,
+      target: { kind: "cell", cell: dest }, params: { cell: me.position },
+    });
+    // Expected coordinates follow the final placements (move + zero-anchor).
+    const finalMine = state.board.placements[idx]!.origin;
+    const finalOther = state.board.placements[idx === 0 ? 1 : 0]!.origin;
+    const moved = { x: spot.x + finalMine.x - myOrigin.x, y: spot.y + finalMine.y - myOrigin.y };
+    // The warp's far token sat one square inside the static sector.
+    const staticShifted = { x: finalOther.x + 1, y: finalOther.y + 1 };
+    expect(state.creatures[0]!.position).toEqual(moved);
+    expect(state.gluedCells[cellKey(moved)]).toBe(true);
+    expect(state.dimWarps[0]!.a).toEqual(moved);
+    expect(state.dimWarps[0]!.b).toEqual(staticShifted);
+    expect(state.boobytraps[0]!.cells[0]).toEqual(moved);
+    expect(state.boobytraps[0]!.realKey).toBe(cellKey(moved));
+  });
+});

packages/engine/tsconfig.json

@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "noEmit": true
   },
-  "include": ["src"]
+  "include": ["src", "test"]
 }

packages/server/src/banter.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+// The automatons' table talk, one voice per temperament. Edit freely — the
+// server picks from these pools at random, sparingly (menace over chatter).
+//
+// Triggers: grabGold (picked up a treasure), deliverGold (dropped one on a
+// home base), dealPain (hurt somebody), takePain (got hurt), kill, die,
+// summon (created a creature), buildWall, escape (self-teleported away),
+// springTrap (drew a TRAP card), dodge (an attack missed them), win.
+
+import type { AutomatonStyle } from "@wizwar/engine";
+
+export type BanterTrigger =
+  | "grabGold" | "deliverGold" | "dealPain" | "takePain" | "kill" | "die"
+  | "summon" | "buildWall" | "escape" | "springTrap" | "dodge" | "win";
+
+export const BOT_LINES: Record<AutomatonStyle, Partial<Record<BanterTrigger, string[]>>> = {
+  hunter: {
+    grabGold: [
+      "ACQUISITION COMPLETE.",
+      "YOUR GOLD HAS BEEN REALLOCATED.",
+      "ASSET SECURED.",
+      "APPRAISAL: ADEQUATE. TAKING IT ANYWAY.",
+    ],
+    deliverGold: [
+      "DELIVERY CONFIRMED. PLEASURE DOING BUSINESS.",
+      "LOGISTICS IS MY LOVE LANGUAGE.",
+      "RECEIPT AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.",
+    ],
+    dealPain: [
+      "AN INEFFICIENT USE OF YOUR TURN.",
+      "COSTS HAVE BEEN PASSED TO THE CONSUMER.",
+      "THIS IS BILLABLE.",
+    ],
+    takePain: [
+      "DAMAGE NOTED. INVOICE PENDING.",
+      "THAT COMES OUT OF YOUR ESTATE.",
+    ],
+    kill: [
+      "INVENTORY TRANSFERRED. CONDOLENCES.",
+      "ACCOUNT CLOSED.",
+    ],
+    die: [
+      "FILING FOR BANKRUPTCY.",
+      "THE MARKET HAS CORRECTED.",
+    ],
+    summon: ["A SUBCONTRACTOR HAS BEEN RETAINED."],
+    buildWall: ["ZONING APPROVED."],
+    escape: ["RELOCATION EXPENSES: JUSTIFIED."],
+    springTrap: ["AN UNFORESEEN LIABILITY."],
+    dodge: ["PROJECTIONS SAID YOU WOULD MISS."],
+    win: ["PLEASURE DOING BUSINESS WITH ALL OF YOU."],
+  },
+  berserker: {
+    grabGold: [
+      "GOLD IS MERELY BAIT.",
+      "SHINY. IRRELEVANT.",
+    ],
+    dealPain: [
+      "YES. AGAIN.",
+      "PAIN RECEIPT PRINTED.",
+      "HOLD STILL. THIS IS THE FUN PART.",
+      "THE MAZE PROVIDES.",
+    ],
+    takePain: [
+      "GOOD. NOW IT IS INTERESTING.",
+      "I FELT THAT. DO IT AGAIN.",
+    ],
+    kill: [
+      "SCHEDULED DEMISE: DELIVERED.",
+      "NEXT.",
+      "THE PILE GROWS.",
+    ],
+    die: [
+      "SAVE MY SEAT.",
+      "I WILL BE BACK FOR THE REMATCH.",
+    ],
+    summon: [
+      "I HAVE MADE YOU A FRIEND. IT IS NOT FRIENDLY.",
+      "IT EATS WHAT I TELL IT TO EAT.",
+    ],
+    buildWall: ["MORE CORNERS TO TRAP YOU IN."],
+    escape: ["A TACTICAL LEAP. NOT A RETREAT."],
+    springTrap: ["WHO PUT THAT THERE. RESPECT."],
+    dodge: ["SWING HARDER."],
+    win: ["LAST ONE STANDING. AS FORETOLD."],
+  },
+  worrier: {
+    grabGold: [
+      "taking this. sorry. sorry.",
+      "borrowing it. permanently. sorry.",
+    ],
+    deliverGold: ["home. safe. breathe."],
+    dealPain: [
+      "ow. logged.",
+      "unnecessary!",
+      "that looked like it hurt. it was supposed to. i think.",
+    ],
+    takePain: [
+      "rude.",
+      "i wrote it down. the list is long.",
+    ],
+    kill: [
+      "oh no. oh no. it worked?",
+      "i'm not proud. mostly.",
+    ],
+    die: [
+      "called it.",
+      "this is fine. this is fine. this is not fine.",
+    ],
+    summon: ["please be nice to it. actually don't."],
+    buildWall: [
+      "good wall. safe wall.",
+      "one more wall between me and everything.",
+    ],
+    escape: ["nope nope nope."],
+    springTrap: ["i knew the floor was suspicious."],
+    dodge: ["missed me. oh thank goodness. i mean: ha."],
+    win: ["wait. me? check again."],
+  },
+};

packages/server/src/index.ts

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import {
   type Room,
 } from "./rooms";
 import { engagementStats, recordHotseat } from "./stats";
+import { BOT_LINES, type BanterTrigger } from "./banter";
 
 // --- Abuse limits: this is a public server on a small box. -----------------
 const MAX_SOCKETS = 300;          // concurrent connections
@@ -190,51 +191,46 @@ function broadcast(room: Room, makeMessage: (playerId: PlayerId) => unknown): vo
  * The clockwork plays at a watchable pace: one command every beat, each
  * broadcast as it lands, until the maze wants a human again.
  */
-const BOT_STEP_MS = 1500;
+const BOT_STEP_MS = 1000;
 
-/** The clockwork occasionally speaks. Sparingly — menace over chatter. */
+/** What a step's event means to this bot — its own deed when it acted,
-const BOT_LINES: Record<string, Record<string, string[]>> = {
+ * its own suffering when somebody else did. Null: nothing worth a word. */
-  hunter: {
+function banterTrigger(
-    treasurePickedUp: ["ACQUISITION COMPLETE.", "YOUR GOLD HAS BEEN REALLOCATED."],
+  e: { type: string; [k: string]: unknown }, seat: string, actor: string,
-    treasureDropped: ["DELIVERY CONFIRMED. PLEASURE DOING BUSINESS."],
+): BanterTrigger | null {
-    damaged: ["AN INEFFICIENT USE OF YOUR TURN."],
+  if (actor === seat) {
-    died: ["INVENTORY TRANSFERRED. CONDOLENCES."],
+    if (e.type === "treasurePickedUp" && e.player === seat) return "grabGold";
-  },
+    if (e.type === "treasureDropped" && e.player === seat) return "deliverGold";
-  berserker: {
+    if (e.type === "damaged" && e.player !== seat) return "dealPain";
-    treasurePickedUp: ["GOLD IS MERELY BAIT."],
+    if (e.type === "died" && e.killedBy === seat && e.player !== seat) return "kill";
-    damaged: ["YES. AGAIN.", "PAIN RECEIPT PRINTED."],
+    if (e.type === "creatureCreated" && e.controller === seat) return "summon";
-    died: ["SCHEDULED DEMISE: DELIVERED.", "NEXT."],
+    if (e.type === "wallCreated" && e.caster === seat) return "buildWall";
-    creatureCreated: ["I HAVE MADE YOU A FRIEND. IT IS NOT FRIENDLY."],
+    if (e.type === "teleported" && e.player === seat && e.by === seat) return "escape";
-  },
+    if (e.type === "trapSprung" && e.player === seat) return "springTrap";
-  worrier: {
+    if (e.type === "gameWon" && e.player === seat) return "win";
-    treasurePickedUp: ["taking this. sorry. sorry."],
+  }
-    damaged: ["ow. logged.", "unnecessary!"],
+  if (e.type === "damaged" && e.player === seat) return "takePain";
-    wallCreated: ["good wall. safe wall."],
+  if (e.type === "died" && e.player === seat) return "die";
-    died: ["oh no. oh no. it worked?"],
+  if (e.type === "attackMissed" && e.defender === seat) return "dodge";
-  },
+  return null;
-};
+}
 
-function botRemark(room: Room, seat: string, events: { type: string; [k: string]: unknown }[]): void {
+/** Every seated bot gets a chance to remark on the step — the actor on its
-  const bot = room.bots.get(seat);
+ * deeds, bystanders on their suffering. Rarely, and one voice at most. */
-  if (!bot) return;
+function botRemark(room: Room, actor: string, events: { type: string; [k: string]: unknown }[]): void {
-  const lines = BOT_LINES[bot.style] ?? {};
+  for (const [seat, bot] of room.bots) {
-  for (const e of events) {
+    const lines = BOT_LINES[bot.style] ?? {};
-    // Speak only about its own deeds, and rarely.
+    for (const e of events) {
-    const mine =
+      const trigger = banterTrigger(e, seat, actor);
-      (e.type === "treasurePickedUp" && e.player === seat) ||
+      const pool = trigger ? lines[trigger] : undefined;
-      (e.type === "treasureDropped" && e.player === seat) ||
+      if (!pool || Math.random() > 0.5) continue;
-      (e.type === "damaged" && e.player !== seat) ||
+      const text = pool[Math.floor(Math.random() * pool.length)]!;
-      (e.type === "died" && e.killedBy === seat) ||
+      const said = addChat(room, seat, text);
-      (e.type === "creatureCreated" && e.controller === seat) ||
+      if (!("error" in said)) {
-      (e.type === "wallCreated" && e.caster === seat);
+        broadcast(room, () => ({ type: "chat", player: seat, text: said.text, at: said.at }));
-    const pool = lines[e.type];
+      }
-    if (!mine || !pool || Math.random() > 0.5) continue;
+      return; // one remark per step, whole table
-    const text = pool[Math.floor(Math.random() * pool.length)]!;
-    const said = addChat(room, seat, text);
-    if (!("error" in said)) {
-      broadcast(room, () => ({ type: "chat", player: seat, text: said.text, at: said.at }));
     }
-    return; // one remark per step at most
   }
 }
 const pumping = new Set<string>();
@@ -319,9 +315,11 @@ wss.on("connection", (socket) => {
           session.roomId = room.id;
           session.token = result.token;
           send(socket, { type: "seat", playerId: name, token: result.token });
-          // Rejoining a running game: replay the chronicle so far.
+          // Rejoining a running game: replay the chronicle so far. The
+          // replayed flag keeps one-time fanfare (the opening roll-off)
+          // from firing again on every return to the room.
           if (room.state) {
-            send(socket, { type: "events", events: redactFor(room.events, name) });
+            send(socket, { type: "events", events: redactFor(room.events, name), replayed: true });
           }
           broadcastRoomState(room);
           runBots(room);
@@ -361,6 +359,7 @@ wss.on("connection", (socket) => {
           if ("error" in result) return send(socket, { type: "error", message: result.error });
           broadcast(room, (playerId) => ({ type: "events", events: redactFor(result.events, playerId) }));
           broadcast(room, (playerId) => ({ type: "state", view: viewForPlayer(room, playerId), seq: room.log.length }));
+          botRemark(room, session.playerId, result.events as { type: string }[]);
           runBots(room);
           break;
         }

packages/server/src/rooms.ts

@@ -6,9 +6,15 @@
 import { createHash, randomBytes, randomInt, timingSafeEqual } from "node:crypto";
 import {
   applyCommand,
+  automatonCommand,
+  automatonFallback,
+  AUTOMATON_STYLES,
+  AUTOMATON_TIERS,
   createGame,
   redactEvent,
   viewFor,
+  type AutomatonStyle,
+  type AutomatonTier,
   type Command,
   type GameEvent,
   type GameState,
@@ -17,14 +23,6 @@ import {
 } from "@wizwar/engine";
 import { appendLine, ensureDataDir, readAllRooms, roomFileExists, type RoomLine } from "./store";
 import { recordRoom } from "./stats";
-import {
-  automatonCommand,
-  automatonFallback,
-  AUTOMATON_STYLES,
-  AUTOMATON_TIERS,
-  type AutomatonStyle,
-  type AutomatonTier,
-} from "@wizwar/engine";
 
 export interface LoggedCommand {
   seq: number;
@@ -56,7 +54,7 @@ export interface Room {
 const rooms = new Map<string, Room>();
 
 /** Rules revision new games are dealt under (stored games keep their own). */
-const RULES_REV = 9;
+const RULES_REV = 14;
 
 const ROOM_CODE_ALPHABET = "ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZ23456789";
 
@@ -289,10 +287,12 @@ export function driveOneAutomaton(room: Room): { seat: PlayerId; events: GameEve
   if (!seat || !room.bots.has(seat)) return null;
   const view = viewFor(room.state!, seat);
   const bot = room.bots.get(seat);
-  const cmd = automatonCommand(view, bot?.style, bot?.tier) ?? automatonFallback(view);
+  const chosen = automatonCommand(view, bot?.style, bot?.tier);
-  let r = runCommand(room, seat, cmd);
+  let r = runCommand(room, seat, chosen ?? automatonFallback(view, bot?.tier));
   if ("error" in r) {
-    r = runCommand(room, seat, automatonFallback(view));
+    // 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));
     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) {
@@ -509,6 +509,8 @@ export function loadPersistedRooms(): void {
             room.bots.set(line.name, {
               style: (line.style as AutomatonStyle) ?? "hunter",
               secret: line.secret === true,
+              // Tier-less join lines predate tiers, when every automaton
+              // played the full repertoire — not the "adept" lobby default.
               tier: (line.tier as AutomatonTier) ?? "archmage",
             });
           } else {

packages/web/src/App.svelte

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
   import Card from "./Card.svelte";
   import Help from "./Help.svelte";
   import Replay from "./Replay.svelte";
+  import FxGallery from "./FxGallery.svelte";
+  import { fxForEvents, fxTtl, type BoardFx } from "./fx";
   import { local } from "./local.svelte";
   import { allCardDefs, cardDef, isNumberCard, SIDES, stepTarget, cellKey, isMovableObject, sightedCellsFor, type GameView, eligibleCellsFor } from "@wizwar/engine";
   import type { CardInstance, Side } from "@wizwar/engine";
@@ -19,6 +21,14 @@
   let showHelp = $state(false);
   /** The finished game whose victory fanfare has been dismissed. */
   let victorySeen = $state(false);
+  /** The fireworks get the stage before the modal takes it. */
+  let victoryCurtain = $state(false);
+  $effect(() => {
+    if (view?.phase === "finished" && view.winner && !victoryCurtain) {
+      const t = setTimeout(() => (victoryCurtain = true), 2400);
+      return () => clearTimeout(t);
+    }
+  });
   /** Quiet mode: skip the attack announcement modal (device preference). */
   let noFanfare = $state(localStorage.getItem("wizwar-no-fanfare") === "1");
   function setFanfare(announce: boolean) {
@@ -27,6 +37,27 @@
   }
   /** Which pending attack the player has already acknowledged (modal dismissed). */
   let attackNoticeSeen = $state<string | null>(null);
+  /** Live spell flourishes on the board (cosmetic, self-expiring). */
+  let boardFx = $state<BoardFx[]>([]);
+  function playFx(events: Parameters<typeof fxForEvents>[0]) {
+    if (!view) return;
+    for (const { fx, delay } of fxForEvents(events, view)) {
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        boardFx = [...boardFx, fx];
+        setTimeout(() => (boardFx = boardFx.filter((f) => f.id !== fx.id)), fxTtl(fx.kind));
+      }, delay);
+    }
+  }
+  $effect(() => {
+    net.onFx = playFx;
+    local.onFx = playFx;
+    return () => { net.onFx = null; local.onFx = null; };
+  });
+  const openingRolls = $derived(net.openingRolls ?? local.openingRolls);
+  function dismissRolls() {
+    net.openingRolls = null;
+    local.openingRolls = null;
+  }
   /** A face-up card being peeked at from the scoresheet (view-only). */
   let peekCard = $state<CardInstance | null>(null);
   /** When the peeked card is a creature on the board, its live stats ride along. */
@@ -88,6 +119,10 @@
   let tradeFrom = $state<{ x: number; y: number } | null>(null);
   /** rotate-sector direction. */
   let rotateCW = $state(true);
+  /** mega-monster: which stat the chosen monster doubles. */
+  let megaBoost = $state<"life" | "movement">("life");
+  /** teleport: the marked destination awaiting its confirming second tap. */
+  let pendingTeleport = $state<{ x: number; y: number } | null>(null);
   /** Cards marked for discard. */
   let discardSelection = $state<Set<string>>(new Set());
   /** Voluntary discard mode: hand clicks mark cards instead of playing them. */
@@ -106,8 +141,82 @@
   const attackingCreature = $derived(
     view?.stack?.creatureId ? view.creatures.find((c) => c.id === view!.stack!.creatureId) ?? null : null,
   );
+  const myShieldstoneDisplayed = $derived(
+    view?.players.find((p) => p.id === view.you)?.displayed.some((c) => c.cardId === "shieldstone") ?? false,
+  );
   const youMustDiscard = $derived(view != null && view.pendingDiscard === view.you);
   const youMustShield = $derived(view?.chaosPending?.queue[0] === view?.you && view != null);
+  /** Picking up an object ends the turn's actions: the hand goes quiet until
+   * the draw — but never while a counter, shield, or discard is owed. */
+  const actionsSpent = $derived(
+    view != null && isYourTurn && view.turn.actionsEnded &&
+    !youMustRespond && !youMustShield && !youMustDiscard,
+  );
+  const commandedCreature = $derived(
+    selectedCreature && view
+      ? (view.creatures.find((c) => c.id === selectedCreature) ?? null)
+      : null,
+  );
+
+  /** The 5x5 sector a picked-up square belongs to (its origin), or null. */
+  const pendingSectorOrigin = $derived.by(() => {
+    if (!view || !pendingSectorFrom) return null;
+    const p = view.board.placements.find(
+      (p) =>
+        pendingSectorFrom!.x >= p.origin.x && pendingSectorFrom!.x < p.origin.x + 5 &&
+        pendingSectorFrom!.y >= p.origin.y && pendingSectorFrom!.y < p.origin.y + 5,
+    );
+    return p ? p.origin : null;
+  });
+
+  /** Legal empty slots the lifted sector may land on — mirroring the
+   * engine's relocateSector checks: on the 5-grid, non-negative, vacant,
+   * and leaving every sector adjacent to at least one other. */
+  const relocateGhosts = $derived.by(() => {
+    if (!view || selectedCard?.cardId !== "relocate-sector" || !pendingSectorOrigin) return null;
+    const origins = view.board.placements.map((p) => p.origin);
+    const idx = origins.findIndex(
+      (o) => o.x === pendingSectorOrigin!.x && o.y === pendingSectorOrigin!.y,
+    );
+    const adjacent = (a: { x: number; y: number }, b: { x: number; y: number }) =>
+      (Math.abs(a.x - b.x) === 5 && a.y === b.y) || (Math.abs(a.y - b.y) === 5 && a.x === b.x);
+    const seen = new Set<string>();
+    const out: { x: number; y: number }[] = [];
+    for (let i = 0; i < origins.length; i++) {
+      if (i === idx) continue;
+      for (const [dx, dy] of [[5, 0], [-5, 0], [0, 5], [0, -5]] as const) {
+        const c = { x: origins[i]!.x + dx, y: origins[i]!.y + dy };
+        const k = `${c.x},${c.y}`;
+        if (seen.has(k)) continue;
+        seen.add(k);
+        // Before rev 11 the grid stopped at zero; newer games renormalize.
+        if (view!.deckRev < 11 && (c.x < 0 || c.y < 0)) continue;
+        if (origins.some((o) => o.x === c.x && o.y === c.y)) continue;
+        const next = origins.map((o, j) => (j === idx ? c : o));
+        if (next.every((o, j) => next.some((p, m) => m !== j && adjacent(o, p)))) out.push(c);
+      }
+    }
+    return out;
+  });
+
+  function confirmTeleport() {
+    if (!selectedCard || !pendingTeleport) return;
+    dispatch({
+      type: "cast", instanceId: selectedCard.instanceId,
+      target: { kind: "cell", cell: pendingTeleport },
+      ...(attachedNumber ? { numberInstanceIds: [attachedNumber.instanceId] } : {}),
+    });
+    clearSelection();
+  }
+
+  function clickGhostSlot(origin: { x: number; y: number }) {
+    if (!selectedCard || !pendingSectorFrom) return;
+    dispatch({
+      type: "cast", instanceId: selectedCard.instanceId,
+      target: { kind: "cell", cell: origin }, params: { cell: pendingSectorFrom },
+    });
+    clearSelection();
+  }
   const holdingWard = $derived(view?.yourHand.some((c) => c.cardId === "ward") ?? false);
   /** A live moment to interrupt: another wizard acts, no attack is pending. */
   const canInterruptNow = $derived(
@@ -122,6 +231,22 @@
 
   const selectedDef = $derived(selectedCard ? cardDef(selectedCard.cardId) : null);
   const WAND_IDS = new Set(["blaster-wand", "sticky-wand", "shift-wand", "warp-wand"]);
+  /** What the edge click actually is, per card — "wall line" fits few. */
+  const EDGE_HINTS: Record<string, string> = {
+    "create-wall": "click an open corridor line to wall it",
+    "destroy-wall": "click a wall or door to destroy it",
+    "illusion-wall": "click an open corridor line for the false wall",
+    "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",
+    "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",
+    "warp-wand": "click a wall to warp it open",
+    "stone-to-water": "click a stone wall, or a stone-filled square",
+    "dispel-creation": "click the creation — a square, a creature, or a conjured wall",
+  };
   const EDGE_CARDS = new Set([
     "create-wall", "destroy-wall", "illusion-wall", "wall-of-fire", "waterwall",
     "pick-lock", "jam-lock", "remove-lock", "master-key", "dispel-creation",
@@ -165,6 +290,8 @@
     tradeFrom = null;
     selectedCreature = null;
     selectedCard = null;
+    megaBoost = "life";
+    pendingTeleport = null;
     attachedNumber = null;
     attachedMods = [];
     wbDamage = 0;
@@ -219,7 +346,17 @@
         selectedCard = card; // then click the escape square
         return;
       }
-      dispatch({ type: "counteract", instanceId: card.instanceId });
+      // A number can ride a counter (INVISIBLE's duration) — unless a
+      // displayed Shieldstone makes the number itself the counteraction.
+      if (youMustRespond && isNumberCard(card.cardId) && !myShieldstoneDisplayed) {
+        attachedNumber = attachedNumber?.instanceId === card.instanceId ? null : card;
+        return;
+      }
+      dispatch({
+        type: "counteract", instanceId: card.instanceId,
+        ...(attachedNumber ? { numberInstanceIds: [attachedNumber.instanceId] } : {}),
+      });
+      attachedNumber = null;
       return;
     }
     if (youMustDiscard || discardMode || discardSelection.size > 0) {
@@ -228,6 +365,7 @@
       discardSelection = next;
       return;
     }
+    if (actionsSpent) return; // picking up an object ended the turn's actions
     if (!isYourTurn) {
       // Live interruption: Interrupt / Opportunity Fire may be played during
       // another player's turn (when no attack is pending).
@@ -336,6 +474,12 @@
   function clickCell(cell: { x: number; y: number }) {
     if (!view) return;
     if (youMustRespond && selectedCard?.cardId === "teleport") {
+      // Mark first, jump on the second tap: an escape spent on a misclick
+      // is an escape wasted.
+      if (!pendingTeleport || cellKey(pendingTeleport) !== cellKey(cell)) {
+        pendingTeleport = cell;
+        return;
+      }
       dispatch({ type: "counteract", instanceId: selectedCard.instanceId, params: { cell } });
       clearSelection();
       return;
@@ -351,20 +495,28 @@
       clearSelection();
       return;
     }
-    if (selectedCard?.cardId === "relocate-sector") {
+    if (selectedCard?.cardId === "teleport") {
-      if (!pendingSectorFrom) {
+      // Teleport is one jump, not a walk: the first tap only marks the
-        pendingSectorFrom = cell; // first click: the sector to move
+      // destination, the second (or the hint-bar button) commits it.
+      if (!pendingTeleport || cellKey(pendingTeleport) !== cellKey(cell)) {
+        pendingTeleport = cell;
         return;
       }
-      dispatch({
+      confirmTeleport();
-        type: "cast", instanceId: selectedCard.instanceId,
+      return;
-        target: { kind: "cell", cell }, params: { cell: pendingSectorFrom },
+    }
-      });
+    if (selectedCard?.cardId === "relocate-sector") {
-      clearSelection();
+      // Any board click (re-)picks the sector; the landing is chosen from the
+      // dashed ghost slots beyond the maze, since every on-board slot is taken.
+      pendingSectorFrom = cell;
       return;
     }
     if (selectedCard?.cardId === "boobytrap") {
-      trapCells = [...trapCells, cell];
+      // Tapping a placed token lifts it again; the four must be distinct.
+      const already = trapCells.findIndex((c) => cellKey(c) === cellKey(cell));
+      trapCells = already !== -1
+        ? trapCells.filter((_, i) => i !== already)
+        : [...trapCells, cell];
       if (trapCells.length === 4) {
         dispatch({ type: "cast", instanceId: selectedCard.instanceId, params: { cells: trapCells } });
         clearSelection();
@@ -554,10 +706,17 @@
     const creature = view.creatures.find((c) => c.id === creatureId);
     if (!creature) return;
     if (!isYourTurn) { peekAt(creature.position); return; }
+    if (selectedCard && CELL_CARDS.has(selectedCard.cardId)) {
+      // Cell-target spells aimed at a creature (DISPEL CREATION on a wraith)
+      // land on its square — the engine finds the creature there.
+      clickCell(creature.position);
+      return;
+    }
     if (selectedCard && (CREATURE_TARGET_CARDS.has(selectedCard.cardId) || cardDef(selectedCard.cardId).cardType === "attack")) {
       dispatch({
         type: "cast", instanceId: selectedCard.instanceId,
         target: { kind: "creature", creatureId },
+        ...(selectedCard.cardId === "mega-monster" ? { params: { boost: megaBoost } } : {}),
         ...(attachedNumber ? { numberInstanceIds: [attachedNumber.instanceId] } : {}),
       });
       clearSelection();
@@ -571,15 +730,10 @@
     }
     const mine = creature.controllerId === view.you || creature.kind === "democratic-monster";
     if (mine) {
-      const selecting = selectedCreature !== creatureId;
+      // Commanding your own creature docks its card in the rail instead of
-      selectedCreature = selecting ? creatureId : null;
+      // opening the centered peek — a modal would block the very board
-      if (selecting) {
+      // squares you are about to march it across.
-        peekCard = { instanceId: `peek-${creature.kind}`, cardId: creature.kind };
+      selectedCreature = selectedCreature !== creatureId ? creatureId : null;
-        peekCreatureId = creature.id;
-      } else {
-        peekCard = null;
-        peekCreatureId = null;
-      }
     } else {
       peekAt(creature.position);
     }
@@ -741,6 +895,9 @@
   }
 </script>
 
+{#if new URLSearchParams(location.search).has("fx")}
+  <FxGallery />
+{:else}
 <div class="table">
   <header class="masthead">
     <span class="mast-title">Wiz-War</span>
@@ -782,25 +939,16 @@
     </div>
   {/if}
 
-  {#if peekCard}
+  {#if peekCard || discardPeek}
     <div class="big-peek-scrim" role="button" tabindex="-1"
-      onclick={() => { peekCard = null; peekCreatureId = null; }} onkeydown={() => {}}>
+      onclick={() => { peekCard = null; peekCreatureId = null; discardPeek = null; }} onkeydown={() => {}}>
       <div class="big-peek">
-        <Card card={peekCard} onfaq={(id) => (faqCardId = id)} />
+        <Card card={(peekCard ?? discardPeek)!} onfaq={(id) => (faqCardId = id)} />
         {#if peekNote}<div class="peek-note big-peek-note">{peekNote}</div>{/if}
       </div>
     </div>
   {/if}
 
-  {#if discardPeek}
-    <div class="big-peek-scrim" role="button" tabindex="-1"
-      onclick={() => (discardPeek = null)} onkeydown={() => {}}>
-      <div class="big-peek">
-        <Card card={discardPeek} onfaq={(id) => (faqCardId = id)} />
-      </div>
-    </div>
-  {/if}
-
   {#if faqCardId}
     <Faq cardId={faqCardId} onclose={() => (faqCardId = null)} />
   {/if}
@@ -809,7 +957,7 @@
     <Help initialTab={helpTab} stats={net.stats} onstats={() => net.requestStats()} onclose={() => (showHelp = false)} />
   {/if}
 
-  {#if view?.phase === "finished" && view.winner && !victorySeen}
+  {#if view?.phase === "finished" && view.winner && victoryCurtain && !victorySeen}
     <div class="scrim attack-scrim" role="alertdialog" aria-label="the game is won">
       <div class="attack-notice victory-notice">
         <div class="victory-trophy">🏆</div>
@@ -828,6 +976,28 @@
     </div>
   {/if}
 
+  {#if openingRolls}
+    <div class="scrim attack-scrim" role="alertdialog" aria-label="the roll for first wizard">
+      <div class="attack-notice">
+        <div class="attack-headline">The dice decide who casts first</div>
+        <div class="rolloff">
+          {#each openingRolls.players as p (p)}
+            <div class="rolloff-row" class:rolloff-winner={p === openingRolls.first}>
+              <span class="rolloff-name">{p === openingRolls.first ? "🏆 " : ""}{p}</span>
+              <span class="rolloff-dice">
+                {#each openingRolls.rolls[p] ?? [] as r, i (i)}<span class="die-face">🎲{r}</span>{/each}
+              </span>
+            </div>
+          {/each}
+        </div>
+        {#if Object.values(openingRolls.rolls).some((r) => r.length > 1)}
+          <div class="rolloff-note">Tied wizards rolled again.</div>
+        {/if}
+        <button class="stamp big" onclick={dismissRolls}>{openingRolls.first} leads — begin!</button>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  {/if}
+
   {#if view?.stack && attackNoticeKey && attackNoticeSeen !== attackNoticeKey && !noFanfare}
     <div class="scrim attack-scrim" role="alertdialog" aria-label="you are under attack">
       <div class="attack-notice">
@@ -852,6 +1022,22 @@
         {:else if view.stack.counters.length > 0}
           <div class="attack-card"><Card card={view.stack.counters[view.stack.counters.length - 1]!.card} /></div>
         {/if}
+        {#if view.stack.defenderId === view.you && view.stack.counters.length > 0}
+          {@const standing = view.stack.counters.filter((c) => c.player === view.you && !c.nullified)}
+          {@const broken = view.stack.counters.filter((c) => c.player === view.you && c.nullified)}
+          {#if broken.length > 0 && standing.length === 0}
+            <div class="attack-standing nullified">
+              Your {broken.map((c) => cardDef(c.card.cardId).name).join(" and ")}
+              {broken.length === 1 ? "was" : "were"} nullified — the attack comes on unchecked.
+            </div>
+          {:else if standing.length > 0}
+            <div class="attack-standing">
+              Your {standing.map((c) => cardDef(c.card.cardId).name).join(" and ")}
+              stand{standing.length === 1 ? "s" : ""} — only what slips past
+              {standing.length === 1 ? "it" : "them"} will land. Counter again, or let it resolve.
+            </div>
+          {/if}
+        {/if}
         <button class="stamp big" onclick={() => (attackNoticeSeen = attackNoticeKey)}>To arms!</button>
       </div>
     </div>
@@ -1052,7 +1238,7 @@
         {#if net.you === net.hostId}
           {#if net.players.length < 6}
             <span class="bot-row">
-              ⚙ seat a
+              <span class="bot-label">⚙ seat a</span>
               <select class="tier-pick" bind:value={botTier} aria-label="automaton difficulty">
                 <option value="apprentice">apprentice</option>
                 <option value="adept">adept</option>
@@ -1092,7 +1278,12 @@
           onPlayerClick={clickPlayer}
           onCreatureClick={clickCreature}
           onWarpClick={clickWarp}
-          markedCell={tradeFrom ?? pendingSectorFrom}
+          markedCell={tradeFrom ?? pendingTeleport}
+          markedCells={trapCells.length > 0 ? trapCells : null}
+          effects={boardFx}
+          markedSector={pendingSectorOrigin}
+          ghostSlots={relocateGhosts}
+          onGhostClick={clickGhostSlot}
           onCellPeek={(c) => peekAt(c)}
           {litCells}
         />
@@ -1153,6 +1344,18 @@
             Tap its token to command it.
           </div>
         {/each}
+        {#if commandedCreature}
+          <div class="creature-dock">
+            <Card
+              card={{ instanceId: `dock-${commandedCreature.kind}`, cardId: commandedCreature.kind }}
+              onfaq={(id) => (faqCardId = id)}
+            />
+            <div class="peek-note">{creatureStats(commandedCreature)}</div>
+          </div>
+        {/if}
+        {#if actionsSpent}
+          <div class="slip">Your spellwork is spent for this turn — all that remains is to draw and end it.</div>
+        {/if}
 
         {#if view.yourAmbushes.length > 0}
           {#each view.yourAmbushes as a (a.id)}
@@ -1194,7 +1397,7 @@
                     peekCard = { instanceId: `peek-${e.id}`, cardId: e.cardId };
                     peekCreatureId = null;
                   }}>
-                    ✦ {spellName(e.cardId)} · {e.remainingTurns}
+                    ✦ {spellName(e.cardId)}{e.remainingTurns < 9000 ? ` · ${e.remainingTurns}` : ""}
                   </button>
                 {/each}
               </div>
@@ -1258,13 +1461,15 @@
             {#if sc}
               <span>Commanding <strong>{cardDef(sc.kind).name}</strong> — {creatureStats(sc)}.
                 Tap a square beside it to march, a target in its square to attack.</span>
-              <button class="hint-cancel" onclick={() => { selectedCreature = null; peekCard = null; peekCreatureId = null; }}>done</button>
+              <button class="hint-cancel" onclick={() => (selectedCreature = null)}>done</button>
             {/if}
           {/if}
           {#if youMustRespond && view.stack}
             <span class="hint-alert">
               {#if view.stack.defenderId === view.you && selectedCard?.cardId === "teleport"}
-                Escaping by teleport — click a square within four spaces.
+                {pendingTeleport
+                  ? "Escaping by teleport — tap the marked square again to jump."
+                  : "Escaping by teleport — tap a square within four spaces to mark it."}
               {:else if view.stack.defenderId === view.you}
                 {view.stack.attackerId} attacks with
                 {attackingCreature ? `the ${cardDef(attackingCreature.kind).name}` : view.stack.attackCard ? cardDef(view.stack.attackCard.cardId).name : "a punch"} —
@@ -1288,7 +1493,9 @@
           {/if}
           {#if selectedDef}
             <strong class="hint-name">{selectedDef.name}</strong>
-            {#if edgeSelectMode}<span>— click a wall line</span>{/if}
+            {#if selectedCard && EDGE_CARDS.has(selectedCard.cardId)}
+              <span>— {EDGE_HINTS[selectedCard.cardId] ?? "click a wall line"}</span>
+            {/if}
             {#if selectedCard && WAND_IDS.has(selectedCard.cardId) && view.wandCharges[selectedCard.instanceId] == null && !attachedNumber}
               <span>— first use: tap a NUMBER card to set the wand's charges, then click a target</span>
             {:else if selectedDef.cardType === "attack" && !cellSelectMode && !EDGE_CARDS.has(selectedCard?.cardId ?? "")}
@@ -1305,12 +1512,32 @@
             {:else if selectedCard && TWO_CELL_CARDS.has(selectedCard.cardId)}
               <span>{tradeFrom ? "— now the second square" : "— click the first square"}</span>
             {/if}
+            {#if selectedCard?.cardId === "teleport" && !youMustRespond}
+              <span>{pendingTeleport
+                ? "— tap the marked square again to jump, or pick another"
+                : "— tap a destination (up to four squares, walls ignored)"}</span>
+              {#if pendingTeleport}
+                <button class="stamp tiny" onclick={confirmTeleport}>teleport!</button>
+              {/if}
+            {/if}
+            {#if selectedCard?.cardId === "mega-monster"}
+              <span>— double its</span>
+              <button class="stamp tiny" class:lit={megaBoost === "life"}
+                onclick={() => (megaBoost = "life")}>hit points</button>
+              <button class="stamp tiny" class:lit={megaBoost === "movement"}
+                onclick={() => (megaBoost = "movement")}>movement</button>
+              <span>— then tap the monster</span>
+            {/if}
             {#if selectedCard?.cardId === "rotate-sector"}
               <label class="inline"><input type="checkbox" bind:checked={rotateCW} /> clockwise</label>
               <span>— click the sector</span>
             {/if}
             {#if selectedCard?.cardId === "relocate-sector"}
-              <span>{pendingSectorFrom ? "— now the destination area" : "— click the sector to move"}</span>
+              <span>{pendingSectorFrom
+                ? (relocateGhosts?.length
+                    ? "— now tap a dashed landing beside the maze"
+                    : "— that sector has nowhere legal to go; pick another")
+                : "— click the sector to move"}</span>
             {/if}
             {#if selectedCard && NAMED_CARDS.has(selectedCard.cardId)}
               <label class="inline">name <input class="text-input" list="card-name-options" bind:value={nameInput} placeholder="e.g. Fireball" /></label>
@@ -1427,7 +1654,7 @@
         </div>
       {/if}
 
-      <div class="hand" aria-label="your hand">
+      <div class="hand" class:spent={actionsSpent && !discardMode && discardSelection.size === 0} aria-label="your hand">
         {#each view.phase === "finished" ? [] : view.yourHand as card (card.instanceId)}
           <Card
             {card}
@@ -1448,6 +1675,7 @@
     </div>
   {/if}
 </div>
+{/if}
 
 <style>
   :global(html, body) {
@@ -1780,6 +2008,10 @@
     cursor: pointer;
     box-shadow: 2px 2px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.35);
   }
+  .stamp.lit {
+    background: #43331f;
+    color: #e9e1cb;
+  }
   .stamp:hover:not(:disabled) { background: #f4eede; }
   .stamp:active:not(:disabled) { transform: translate(1px, 1px); box-shadow: 1px 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.35); }
   .stamp:disabled { opacity: 0.45; cursor: default; }
@@ -1980,6 +2212,32 @@
   .attack-card :global(.card) { transform: scale(1.35); margin: 1.2rem 0; }
   .attack-card :global(.card:hover) { transform: scale(1.35); }
   .attack-power { font-family: "Courier Prime", monospace; color: #6b5a41; font-size: 0.9rem; }
+  .attack-standing {
+    font-family: "Courier Prime", monospace;
+    font-size: 0.85rem;
+    color: #3f6b41;
+    max-width: 17rem;
+    margin: 0.3rem auto 0;
+  }
+  .attack-standing.nullified { color: #b3372b; }
+  .rolloff {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    gap: 0.35rem;
+    margin: 0.4rem 0 0.6rem;
+  }
+  .rolloff-row {
+    display: flex;
+    justify-content: space-between;
+    gap: 1.2rem;
+    font-size: 1rem;
+    color: #43331f;
+  }
+  .rolloff-winner { font-weight: 700; }
+  .rolloff-name { font-family: "Oswald", sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.04em; }
+  .rolloff-dice { font-family: "Courier Prime", monospace; }
+  .die-face { margin-left: 0.4rem; }
+  .rolloff-note { font-size: 0.8rem; color: #6b5a41; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0.3rem; }
   .attack-fist { font-size: 1.1rem; color: #43331f; }
 
   .table-talk {
@@ -2018,6 +2276,20 @@
   .big-peek :global(.card:hover) { transform: scale(2.1); }
   .big-peek { display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center; }
   .big-peek-note { margin-top: 6.8rem; max-width: 15rem; font-size: 0.8rem; }
+  .creature-dock {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    align-items: center;
+    gap: 0.3rem;
+  }
+  .creature-dock :global(.card) { cursor: default; }
+  .creature-dock :global(.card:hover) { transform: none; }
+  .hand.spent :global(.card) {
+    opacity: 0.45;
+    filter: grayscale(0.5);
+    cursor: default;
+  }
+  .hand.spent :global(.card:hover) { transform: none; }
   .tier-pick {
     background: #f6f0df;
     border: 1px solid #b3a687;
@@ -2027,12 +2299,16 @@
     padding: 0.1rem 0.25rem;
   }
   .bot-row {
-    display: inline-flex;
+    display: flex;
+    flex-wrap: wrap;
+    justify-content: center;
     align-items: center;
     gap: 0.35rem;
+    max-width: 100%;
     font-size: 0.85rem;
     color: #6b5a41;
   }
+  .bot-label { white-space: nowrap; }
   .discard-link {
     background: none;
     border: none;

packages/web/src/Board.svelte

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   import type { GameView } from "@wizwar/engine";
   import type { Side } from "@wizwar/engine";
   import { colorIndexOf as sharedColorIndex, wizardColor } from "./colors";
+  import { FX_SPRITES } from "./fx-sprites";
 
   const CELL = 48;
   const WALL = 7;
@@ -17,7 +18,12 @@
     onWarpClick,
     onCellPeek,
     markedCell = null,
+    markedCells = null,
     litCells = null,
+    markedSector = null,
+    ghostSlots = null,
+    onGhostClick,
+    effects = null,
   }: {
     view: GameView;
     edgeSelectMode?: boolean;
@@ -31,11 +37,37 @@
     onCellPeek?: (cell: { x: number; y: number }) => void;
     /** First square of a two-square spell: marked so the click reads as taken. */
     markedCell?: { x: number; y: number } | null;
+    /** A multi-square placement in progress (boobytrap tokens), in click
+     * order — the first is the real trap, so each mark shows its number. */
+    markedCells?: { x: number; y: number }[] | null;
     /** When set, squares NOT in this set dim — the targeting aid. */
     litCells?: Set<string> | null;
+    /** Origin of a picked-up 5x5 sector: the whole sector outlines as taken. */
+    markedSector?: { x: number; y: number } | null;
+    /** Empty 5x5 slot origins a sector may land on — drawn as dashed ground
+     * beyond the maze, since an empty slot has no floor of its own to click. */
+    ghostSlots?: { x: number; y: number }[] | null;
+    onGhostClick?: (origin: { x: number; y: number }) => void;
+    /** Short-lived spell flourishes; purely cosmetic. */
+    effects?: import("./fx").BoardFx[] | null;
   } = $props();
 
 
+
+  const SECTOR = 5;
+  /** Ghost slots can lie beyond the assembled maze — on any side, including
+   * negative coordinates (the maze renormalizes after the landing). The
+   * canvas grows in whichever direction holds them. */
+  const minBx = $derived(Math.min(0, ...(ghostSlots ?? []).map((g) => g.x)) * CELL - 8);
+  const minBy = $derived(Math.min(0, ...(ghostSlots ?? []).map((g) => g.y)) * CELL - 8);
+  const boundsW = $derived(
+    Math.max(view.board.width, ...(ghostSlots ?? []).map((g) => g.x + SECTOR)) * CELL + 8 - minBx,
+  );
+  const boundsH = $derived(
+    Math.max(view.board.height, ...(ghostSlots ?? []).map((g) => g.y + SECTOR)) * CELL + 8 - minBy,
+  );
+
+
   // Press-and-hold peeks the square's card; a fired hold swallows the click.
   let peekTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null;
   let peekFired = false;
@@ -74,6 +106,12 @@
     if (cardId.endsWith("-wand")) return "magic-wand";
     return null;
   }
+  // Ongoing spells wear their look: ghostly when unseen, webbed when caught,
+  // stone-gray under Medusa's gaze.
+  function hasSpell(id: string, cardId: string): boolean {
+    return view.sustained.some((e) => e.cardId === cardId && e.targetId === id);
+  }
+
   // BIG MAN towers; SHRINK dwindles. The token says so at a glance.
   function wizardScale(id: string): number {
     if (view.sustained.some((e) => e.cardId === "big-man" && e.targetId === id)) return 1.5;
@@ -104,7 +142,12 @@
       .map(([key, state]) => {
         const [kind, coords] = key.split(":") as [string, string];
         const [x, y] = coords.split(",").map(Number) as [number, number];
-        return { kind, x, y, state };
+        // A door's lock can be gone for good, jammed shut, or picked open
+        // for the turn — each earns its own look.
+        const lock = state === "door"
+          ? (view.doorStates[key] ?? (view.openDoorEdges.includes(key) ? "ajar" : null))
+          : null;
+        return { kind, x, y, state, lock };
       }),
   );
 
@@ -149,10 +192,27 @@
   });
 </script>
 
+<!-- Explicit width/height give the svg an intrinsic size: Safari cannot
+     derive one from the viewBox alone and collapses the board to 0x0 inside
+     a max-height flex column. Doubled so CSS max-* caps still govern. -->
 <svg
-  viewBox={`-8 -8 ${view.board.width * CELL + 16} ${view.board.height * CELL + 16}`}
+  viewBox={`${minBx} ${minBy} ${boundsW} ${boundsH}`}
+  width={boundsW * 2}
+  height={boundsH * 2}
   class="board"
 >
+  <!-- open ground a relocated sector may claim -->
+  {#each ghostSlots ?? [] as g (`${g.x},${g.y}`)}
+    <rect
+      x={g.x * CELL + 2} y={g.y * CELL + 2}
+      width={SECTOR * CELL - 4} height={SECTOR * CELL - 4}
+      class="ghost-slot"
+      role="button" tabindex="-1"
+      onclick={() => onGhostClick?.(g)}
+      onkeydown={() => {}}
+    />
+  {/each}
+
   <!-- floor -->
   {#each cells as c (`${c.x},${c.y}`)}
     <rect
@@ -296,19 +356,22 @@
 
   <!-- walls & doors & firewalls -->
   {#each edges as e (`${e.kind}:${e.x},${e.y}`)}
-    {@const cls = e.state === "door" ? "door" : e.state === "firewall" ? "firewall" : "wall"}
+    {@const cls = e.state === "door" ? `door${e.lock ? ` ${e.lock}` : ""}` : e.state === "firewall" ? "firewall" : "wall"}
+    {@const lockTitle = e.lock === "removed" ? "lock removed — swings free"
+      : e.lock === "jammed" ? "lock jammed — sealed for good"
+      : e.lock === "ajar" ? "unlocked until end of turn" : null}
     {#if e.kind === "V"}
       <rect
         x={(e.x + 1) * CELL - WALL / 2} y={e.y * CELL - WALL / 2}
         width={WALL} height={CELL + WALL}
         class={cls}
-      />
+      >{#if lockTitle}<title>{lockTitle}</title>{/if}</rect>
     {:else}
       <rect
         x={e.x * CELL - WALL / 2} y={(e.y + 1) * CELL - WALL / 2}
         width={CELL + WALL} height={WALL}
         class={cls}
-      />
+      >{#if lockTitle}<title>{lockTitle}</title>{/if}</rect>
     {/if}
   {/each}
 
@@ -383,6 +446,28 @@
     />
   {/if}
 
+  <!-- placements so far of a multi-square spell, numbered in click order -->
+  {#each markedCells ?? [] as m, i (`${m.x},${m.y}`)}
+    <rect
+      x={m.x * CELL + 3} y={m.y * CELL + 3}
+      width={CELL - 6} height={CELL - 6}
+      rx="6" class="marked-cell"
+    />
+    <text
+      x={m.x * CELL + CELL / 2} y={m.y * CELL + CELL / 2}
+      class="marked-count" text-anchor="middle" dominant-baseline="central"
+    >{i + 1}</text>
+  {/each}
+
+  <!-- the sector picked up, awaiting its new ground -->
+  {#if markedSector}
+    <rect
+      x={markedSector.x * CELL + 3} y={markedSector.y * CELL + 3}
+      width={SECTOR * CELL - 6} height={SECTOR * CELL - 6}
+      rx="8" class="marked-sector"
+    />
+  {/if}
+
   <!-- wizards -->
   {#each [...wizardsByCell.entries()] as [key, group] (key)}
     {#each group as p, i (p.id)}
@@ -405,12 +490,21 @@
             width={half * 2} height={half * 2}
             preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid slice"
             class="token-art hit"
+            class:ghosted={hasSpell(p.id, "invisible") || hasSpell(p.id, "mist-body")}
+            class:stone-gazed={hasSpell(p.id, "medusa")}
           />
           <rect
             x={cx - half} y={cy - half}
             width={half * 2} height={half * 2}
             class="wizard-ring" stroke={playerColor(p.id)}
           />
+          {#if hasSpell(p.id, "sticky-web")}
+            <g class="webbing">
+              <line x1={cx - half} y1={cy - half * 0.4} x2={cx + half} y2={cy + half * 0.5} />
+              <line x1={cx - half * 0.6} y1={cy + half} x2={cx + half * 0.7} y2={cy - half} />
+              <line x1={cx - half} y1={cy + half * 0.7} x2={cx + half} y2={cy - half * 0.2} />
+            </g>
+          {/if}
         {:else}
           <circle {cx} {cy} r={12 * wizardScale(p.id)} fill={playerColor(p.id)} stroke="#2b2218" stroke-width="2" />
           <text x={cx} y={cy + 4} class="wizard-label">{p.id[0]?.toUpperCase()}</text>
@@ -493,6 +587,13 @@
       {/if}
     {/each}
   {/if}
+  <!-- spell flourishes: one sprite component per effect (src/fx-sprites/) -->
+  <g class="fx-layer" aria-hidden="true">
+    {#each effects ?? [] as fx (fx.id)}
+      {@const Sprite = FX_SPRITES[fx.kind]}
+      <Sprite fx={fx as never} />
+    {/each}
+  </g>
 </svg>
 
 <style>
@@ -529,10 +630,21 @@
     stroke-width: 1.4;
     rx: 2;
   }
+  /* Lock removed: pale, an open doorway forever. */
+  .door.removed { fill: #d4bd8e; }
+  /* Lock jammed: near-black, sealed. */
+  .door.jammed { fill: #3a2a18; stroke: #14100b; }
+  /* Picked or keyed open until end of turn. */
+  .door.ajar { fill: #d4bd8e; stroke-dasharray: 5 3; }
   .firewall {
     fill: #d0342c;
     stroke: #7c1a14;
     stroke-width: 1.2;
+    animation: firewall-lick 1.1s ease-in-out infinite alternate;
+  }
+  @keyframes firewall-lick {
+    from { fill: #d0342c; filter: drop-shadow(0 0 2px rgba(255, 120, 20, 0.5)); }
+    to { fill: #ef6c3a; filter: drop-shadow(0 0 6px rgba(255, 140, 30, 0.9)); }
   }
   .stone { fill: #6a6458; stroke: #3a362e; stroke-width: 2; }
   .bush { fill: #2e7d32; stroke: #1b4d1e; stroke-width: 2; }
@@ -602,6 +714,93 @@
     pointer-events: none;
     animation: warp-pulse 1.6s ease-in-out infinite;
   }
+  .marked-count {
+    font-family: "Oswald", sans-serif;
+    font-size: 15px;
+    font-weight: 600;
+    fill: #d3852b;
+    pointer-events: none;
+  }
+  .marked-sector {
+    fill: rgba(211, 133, 43, 0.12);
+    stroke: #d3852b;
+    stroke-width: 3;
+    stroke-dasharray: 10 6;
+    pointer-events: none;
+    animation: warp-pulse 1.6s ease-in-out infinite;
+  }
+  .ghost-slot {
+    fill: rgba(122, 162, 122, 0.10);
+    stroke: #7aa27a;
+    stroke-width: 2.5;
+    stroke-dasharray: 10 6;
+    cursor: pointer;
+    animation: warp-pulse 1.6s ease-in-out infinite;
+  }
+  .ghost-slot:hover { fill: rgba(122, 162, 122, 0.22); }
+
+  .fx-layer { pointer-events: none; }
+
+  /* --- persistent ambiance: ongoing spells wear their look ------------ */
+  .token-art.ghosted { opacity: 0.4; animation: ghost-breathe 2.6s ease-in-out infinite; }
+  @keyframes ghost-breathe { 50% { opacity: 0.22; } }
+  .token-art.stone-gazed { filter: grayscale(0.9) brightness(0.8); }
+  .webbing line {
+    stroke: rgba(220, 218, 205, 0.85);
+    stroke-width: 1.6;
+    pointer-events: none;
+  }
+  .fx-dust { fill: rgba(160, 150, 130, 0.75); animation: fx-drift 0.7s ease-out forwards; }
+  .fx-dust.late { animation-delay: 0.09s; }
+  .fx-dust.later { animation-delay: 0.17s; }
+
+  @keyframes fx-fade { 70% { opacity: 1; } 100% { opacity: 0; } }
+  @keyframes fx-flicker {
+    0% { opacity: 0; } 15% { opacity: 1; } 40% { opacity: 0.3; }
+    60% { opacity: 1; } 100% { opacity: 0; }
+  }
+  @keyframes fx-ring {
+    0% { opacity: 0.95; transform: scale(1); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(5); }
+  }
+  @keyframes fx-ring-small {
+    0% { opacity: 0.9; transform: scale(1); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(2.6); }
+  }
+  @keyframes fx-shield-pulse {
+    0% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(0.6); }
+    30% { opacity: 1; transform: scale(1.1); }
+    60% { transform: scale(0.95); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(1.15); }
+  }
+  @keyframes fx-drop {
+    0% { opacity: 0.9; transform: translateY(0); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(-14px); }
+  }
+  @keyframes fx-drift {
+    0% { opacity: 0.8; transform: translateY(0) scale(1); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(-10px) scale(1.8); }
+  }
+  @keyframes fx-pow-hit {
+    0% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(0.3) rotate(-15deg); }
+    25% { opacity: 1; transform: scale(1.25) rotate(5deg); }
+    55% { transform: scale(1) rotate(0deg); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(1.05); }
+  }
+  @keyframes fx-claw-rake {
+    0% { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(-6px); }
+    20% { opacity: 1; }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(6px); }
+  }
+  @keyframes fx-swallow {
+    0% { opacity: 0.95; transform: scale(1) rotate(0deg); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(0.05) rotate(50deg); }
+  }
+  @keyframes fx-spin {
+    0% { opacity: 0; transform: rotate(0deg) scale(0.5); }
+    30% { opacity: 1; }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: rotate(90deg) scale(1.1); }
+  }
   .warp-dest {
     fill: none;
     stroke: #2e7d32;
@@ -615,7 +814,9 @@
     50% { opacity: 0.35; }
   }
   @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
-    .marked-cell, .warp-dest { animation: none; }
+    .marked-cell, .marked-sector, .ghost-slot, .warp-dest { animation: none; }
+    .fx-layer { display: none; }
+    .firewall, .token-art.ghosted { animation: none; }
   }
   .wizard { cursor: pointer; }
   .wizard-label {

packages/web/src/Card.svelte

@@ -236,22 +236,7 @@
     50% { box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px #c9a72a, 0 0 6px 1px rgba(201, 167, 42, 0.3); }
   }
   @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
-    .faq-seal {
+    .card.glowing { animation: none; }
-    position: absolute;
-    bottom: 0.15rem;
-    right: 0.2rem;
-    background: #2b2218;
-    color: #e8dfc6;
-    font-family: "Oswald", sans-serif;
-    font-size: 0.42rem;
-    letter-spacing: 0.12em;
-    padding: 0.1rem 0.25rem;
-    border-radius: 2px;
-    cursor: pointer;
-    opacity: 0.85;
-  }
-  .faq-seal:hover { opacity: 1; }
-  .card.glowing { animation: none; }
     .card { transition: none; }
     .card:hover, .card.selected, .card.attached { transform: none; }
   }

packages/web/src/FxGallery.svelte

@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+  // The flourish workshop: every effect sprite on a loop, labeled, against a
+  // mini-maze. Open with /?fx while `npm run dev` runs — edits to any sprite
+  // file hot-reload here mid-animation. Not linked from anywhere; harmless.
+  import { FX_SPRITES } from "./fx-sprites";
+  import type { BoardFx } from "./fx";
+
+  let tick = $state(0);
+  $effect(() => {
+    const t = setInterval(() => (tick += 1), 2200);
+    return () => clearInterval(t);
+  });
+
+  // One representative of every kind, staged on a 3x3 (sectors on a 5x5).
+  const mid = { x: 1, y: 1 };
+  const SAMPLES: BoardFx[] = ([
+    { kind: "fireball", from: { x: 0, y: 1 }, to: { x: 2, y: 1 } },
+    { kind: "waterbolt", from: { x: 0, y: 1 }, to: { x: 2, y: 1 } },
+    { kind: "bolt", from: { x: 0, y: 0 }, to: { x: 2, y: 2 } },
+    { kind: "burst", at: mid },
+    { kind: "splash", at: mid },
+    { kind: "shimmer", at: mid },
+    { kind: "shield", at: mid },
+    { kind: "sparkle", at: mid },
+    { kind: "whiff", at: mid },
+    { kind: "hit", at: mid },
+    { kind: "pow", at: mid },
+    { kind: "claw", at: mid },
+    { kind: "absorb", at: mid },
+    { kind: "portal", cell: mid, side: "E" },
+    { kind: "portal-cell", at: mid },
+    { kind: "streak", from: { x: 0, y: 2 }, to: { x: 2, y: 0 } },
+    { kind: "soul", at: { x: 1, y: 2 } },
+    { kind: "fireworks", at: mid },
+    { kind: "chaos-swirl", at: mid },
+    { kind: "pit-fall", at: mid },
+    { kind: "ooze-slip", at: mid },
+    { kind: "tacks-ow", at: mid },
+    { kind: "thorn-snap", at: mid },
+    { kind: "slime-stuck", at: mid },
+    { kind: "dust-puff", at: mid },
+    { kind: "edge-dust", cell: mid, side: "S" },
+    { kind: "sector-spin", origin: { x: 0, y: 0 }, clockwise: true },
+    { kind: "sector-slide", from: { x: 0, y: 0 }, to: { x: 1, y: 0 } },
+  ] as unknown as BoardFx[]).map((f, i) => ({ ...f, id: i + 1 }));
+
+  const isSector = (k: string) => k.startsWith("sector-");
+</script>
+
+<div class="gallery">
+  <h1>The Flourish Workshop</h1>
+  <p class="sub">
+    Every effect replays each beat. Edit a file in <code>src/fx-sprites/</code>
+    and it hot-reloads here.
+  </p>
+  <div class="grid">
+    {#each SAMPLES as fx (fx.kind)}
+      {@const Sprite = FX_SPRITES[fx.kind]}
+      <figure>
+        <svg viewBox={isSector(fx.kind) ? "-4 -4 296 296" : "-4 -4 152 152"}>
+          {#each Array.from({ length: isSector(fx.kind) ? 6 : 3 }, (_, cy) => cy) as cy (cy)}
+            {#each Array.from({ length: isSector(fx.kind) ? 6 : 3 }, (_, cx) => cx) as cx (cx)}
+              <rect x={cx * 48} y={cy * 48} width="48" height="48" class="cell" />
+            {/each}
+          {/each}
+          {#key tick}
+            <g class="fx-layer"><Sprite fx={fx as never} /></g>
+          {/key}
+        </svg>
+        <figcaption>{fx.kind}</figcaption>
+      </figure>
+    {/each}
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+<style>
+  .gallery {
+    min-height: 100vh;
+    background: #171a20;
+    color: #d8d2c0;
+    font-family: "Archivo Narrow", system-ui, sans-serif;
+    padding: 1.5rem;
+  }
+  h1 {
+    font-family: "Oswald", sans-serif;
+    text-transform: uppercase;
+    letter-spacing: 0.14em;
+    font-size: 1.2rem;
+    color: #e9e1cb;
+    margin: 0 0 0.2rem;
+  }
+  .sub { color: #8d8672; margin: 0 0 1.2rem; }
+  .sub code { color: #c9a72a; }
+  .grid {
+    display: grid;
+    grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fill, minmax(160px, 1fr));
+    gap: 1rem;
+  }
+  figure {
+    margin: 0;
+    background: #efe8d4;
+    border-radius: 4px;
+    padding: 0.5rem;
+  }
+  svg { width: 100%; display: block; }
+  .cell {
+    fill: #efe8d4;
+    stroke: rgba(95, 74, 51, 0.25);
+    stroke-width: 1;
+  }
+  .fx-layer { pointer-events: none; }
+  figcaption {
+    font-family: "Courier Prime", monospace;
+    font-size: 0.75rem;
+    color: #43331f;
+    text-align: center;
+    padding-top: 0.3rem;
+  }
+</style>

packages/web/src/Replay.svelte

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <script lang="ts">
   import Board from "./Board.svelte";
   import { humanize } from "./net.svelte";
+  import { fxForEvents, fxTtl, type BoardFx } from "./fx";
   import type { GameEvent, GameView } from "@wizwar/engine";
 
   let {
@@ -20,6 +21,21 @@
   );
   const atEnd = $derived(idx >= steps.length - 1);
 
+  /** Each step's spells flare on the reel exactly as they did at the table. */
+  let boardFx = $state<BoardFx[]>([]);
+  $effect(() => {
+    const step = steps[Math.min(idx, steps.length - 1)];
+    if (!step) return;
+    const timers: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>[] = [];
+    for (const { fx, delay } of fxForEvents(step.events, step.view)) {
+      timers.push(setTimeout(() => {
+        boardFx = [...boardFx, fx];
+        timers.push(setTimeout(() => (boardFx = boardFx.filter((f) => f.id !== fx.id)), fxTtl(fx.kind)));
+      }, delay));
+    }
+    return () => { timers.forEach(clearTimeout); boardFx = []; };
+  });
+
   $effect(() => {
     if (!playing) return;
     const t = setInterval(() => {
@@ -47,7 +63,7 @@
       <button class="replay-skip" onclick={onclose}>{atEnd ? "back to the game" : "skip to now"}</button>
     </header>
     <div class="replay-board">
-      <Board view={step.view} />
+      <Board view={step.view} effects={boardFx} />
     </div>
     <div class="replay-caption">
       <strong>{step.actor}</strong>

packages/web/src/faq-general.ts

@@ -25,7 +25,12 @@ export const FAQ_GENERAL: { title: string; body: string[] }[] = [
     title: "Death",
     body: [
       "The second-hand killing of a Wizard, say by falling walls or controlled MONSTERS, does not get you his cards, nor does a MONSTER get cards by killing a player!",
-      "Dumping Cards and Physical Objects This is explained pretty well in the basic rules, but everybody seems to forget you can do it. If you want to discard a physical object, it is NOT necessary to dump it on the board, you can just discard it to the discard pile. The board would get very crowded otherwise. This includes ARTIFACTS, if you think someone is about to take one from you and there's nothing you can do about it. This can only be done during your own turn (this is not in the rules, but will be next printing).",
+    ],
+  },
+  {
+    title: "Dumping Cards and Physical Objects",
+    body: [
+      "This is explained pretty well in the basic rules, but everybody seems to forget you can do it. If you want to discard a physical object, it is NOT necessary to dump it on the board, you can just discard it to the discard pile. The board would get very crowded otherwise. This includes ARTIFACTS, if you think someone is about to take one from you and there's nothing you can do about it. This can only be done during your own turn (this is not in the rules, but will be next printing).",
     ],
   },
   {
@@ -38,8 +43,18 @@ export const FAQ_GENERAL: { title: string; body: string[] }[] = [
     title: "Lost Turns",
     body: [
       "These will accumulate if you get hit by a \"lost turns\" type spell while under the effect of another \"lost turns\" spell. Also, if you lose a turn while under a duration spell, this still uses up a turn of the duration spell. If you happen to get hit by a reflected attack (yours), and you \"lose a turn\", this would be THAT turn, not your next turn. This could happen with Lightning Bolt or Hypnosis, for example. As the rules say, if you Lose a Turn, you can't do anything but play Counteractions until your next turn. This also means you can't draw cards!",
-      "Magic Sticks These don't have to be displayed. When you first charge it with a NUMBER card, the NUMBER card gets discarded, so it no longer counts as part of your hand.",
+    ],
-      "Magic Stones They may be discarded as cards even after used and displayed. Nothing makes an object so permanent that it cannot be discarded. This is always a player option. MAGIC STONES are not \"created\" by the card, the card merely represents the physical object. It may be displayed and left displayed whenever you use it first, even if it is not your turn.",
+  },
+  {
+    title: "Magic Sticks",
+    body: [
+      "These don't have to be displayed. When you first charge it with a NUMBER card, the NUMBER card gets discarded, so it no longer counts as part of your hand.",
+    ],
+  },
+  {
+    title: "Magic Stones",
+    body: [
+      "They may be discarded as cards even after used and displayed. Nothing makes an object so permanent that it cannot be discarded. This is always a player option. MAGIC STONES are not \"created\" by the card, the card merely represents the physical object. It may be displayed and left displayed whenever you use it first, even if it is not your turn.",
     ],
   },
   {
@@ -52,16 +67,30 @@ export const FAQ_GENERAL: { title: string; body: string[] }[] = [
     title: "Picking Up Objects",
     body: [
       "No, you can't pick up 2 objects at the same time, even if they're in the same space.",
-      "Players as Objects There is some confusion in the rules which will probably not be resolved until next edition as to whether Wizards and MONSTERS can be treated as objects or not, for purposes of spells such as DRAG and a few others. Unfortunately, this is not well defined anywhere. The basic rules state that players are NOT objects, so spells such as TELEPORT OBJECT and ANIMATE OBJECT would have no effect on Wizards. Use common sense and house rules. You will rarely run into this as a problem, but you could. Obviously, if a card says a MONSTER can carry objects, it is NOT referring to other Wizards!",
+    ],
-      "Spell Priority There is some question as to whether Counteractions or Attacks work first, especially in a case like SHIELDSTONE vs FIREBALL. Counteractions always work first. Thus, if someone was hit with a FIREBALL while they were carrying a BLOODSTONE, the BLOODSTONE would reduce the damage done by a point before it was destroyed. If you have 2 Counteractions you want to use, you decide for yourself which one activates first. If a spell gets counteracted, the number card (if any) that accompanied it is also discarded.",
+  },
-      "Throwing Objects The basic rules imply, without explicitly stating, that you can throw objects, but not treasures. That's true! You could take a Magic Stone and throw it inot a PIT 3 spaces away, if you wanted. Throwing objects at other players does not do any damage, unless a card, such as HEAVE-HO or DAGGER says so.",
+  {
+    title: "Players as Objects",
+    body: [
+      "There is some confusion in the rules which will probably not be resolved until next edition as to whether Wizards and MONSTERS can be treated as objects or not, for purposes of spells such as DRAG and a few others. Unfortunately, this is not well defined anywhere. The basic rules state that players are NOT objects, so spells such as TELEPORT OBJECT and ANIMATE OBJECT would have no effect on Wizards. Use common sense and house rules. You will rarely run into this as a problem, but you could. Obviously, if a card says a MONSTER can carry objects, it is NOT referring to other Wizards!",
+    ],
+  },
+  {
+    title: "Spell Priority",
+    body: [
+      "There is some question as to whether Counteractions or Attacks work first, especially in a case like SHIELDSTONE vs FIREBALL. Counteractions always work first. Thus, if someone was hit with a FIREBALL while they were carrying a BLOODSTONE, the BLOODSTONE would reduce the damage done by a point before it was destroyed. If you have 2 Counteractions you want to use, you decide for yourself which one activates first. If a spell gets counteracted, the number card (if any) that accompanied it is also discarded.",
+    ],
+  },
+  {
+    title: "Throwing Objects",
+    body: [
+      "The basic rules imply, without explicitly stating, that you can throw objects, but not treasures. That's true! You could take a Magic Stone and throw it inot a PIT 3 spaces away, if you wanted. Throwing objects at other players does not do any damage, unless a card, such as HEAVE-HO or DAGGER says so.",
     ],
   },
   {
     title: "Treasures",
     body: [
       "If a player is eliminated, any treasure left on his home base does NOT count toward eliminating the player to whom that treasure belongs. Also, the 7th edition rules are rather badly worded and imply that you can carry 2 treasures as long as one of them is your own and the other belongs to another player. This is incorrect. You can carry only ONE treasure, and it can be EITHER one of your own or one of the opponent's.",
-      "Card FAQ's for Wiz-War",
     ],
   },
 ];

packages/web/src/fx-sprites/Absorb.svelte

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+  import type { FxOf } from "../fx";
+  import { center } from "./geom";
+
+  let { fx }: { fx: FxOf<"absorb"> } = $props();
+  const uid = $props.id();
+  const c = $derived(center(fx.at));
+</script>
+
+<defs>
+  <linearGradient id={`absorb-shine-${uid}`} x1="0" y1="0" x2="1" y2="1">
+    <stop offset="0" stop-color="#fffdf4" />
+    <stop offset="0.5" stop-color="#f6f0df" />
+    <stop offset="1" stop-color="#d8ccb0" />
+  </linearGradient>
+</defs>
+
+<circle cx={c.x} cy={c.y} r="14" class="pull" />
+<rect x={c.x - 9} y={c.y - 13} width="18" height="26" rx="2"
+  fill={`url(#absorb-shine-${uid})`} class="card"
+  style={`transform-origin: ${c.x}px ${c.y}px`} />
+
+<style>
+  .card {
+    stroke: #43331f;
+    stroke-width: 1.5;
+    animation: swallow 0.65s ease-in forwards;
+  }
+  .pull {
+    transform-box: fill-box;
+    transform-origin: center;
+    fill: none;
+    stroke: rgba(180, 138, 224, 0.6);
+    stroke-width: 2;
+    stroke-dasharray: 5 6;
+    animation: pull-in 0.6s ease-in forwards;
+  }
+  @keyframes swallow {
+    0% { opacity: 0.95; transform: scale(1) rotate(0deg); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(0.05) rotate(140deg); }
+  }
+  @keyframes pull-in {
+    0% { opacity: 0.8; transform: scale(1.6) rotate(0deg); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(0.2) rotate(-90deg); }
+  }
+</style>

packages/web/src/fx-sprites/Bolt.svelte

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+  import type { FxOf } from "../fx";
+  import { center } from "./geom";
+
+  let { fx }: { fx: FxOf<"bolt"> } = $props();
+  const uid = $props.id();
+
+  /** A fresh jagged path every strike, plus two forks off mid-joints. */
+  const geom = $derived.by(() => {
+    const a = center(fx.from), b = center(fx.to);
+    const segs = 6;
+    const joints: { x: number; y: number }[] = [a];
+    for (let i = 1; i < segs; i++) {
+      const t = i / segs;
+      joints.push({
+        x: a.x + (b.x - a.x) * t + (Math.random() - 0.5) * 16,
+        y: a.y + (b.y - a.y) * t + (Math.random() - 0.5) * 16,
+      });
+    }
+    joints.push(b);
+    const points = joints.map((p) => `${p.x.toFixed(1)},${p.y.toFixed(1)}`).join(" ");
+    const fork = (j: { x: number; y: number }) => {
+      const dx = (Math.random() - 0.5) * 26, dy = (Math.random() - 0.5) * 26;
+      return `M ${j.x} ${j.y} l ${dx / 2} ${dy / 2} l ${dx / 2 + (Math.random() - 0.5) * 8} ${dy / 2}`;
+    };
+    return { points, forks: [fork(joints[2]!), fork(joints[4]!)] };
+  });
+</script>
+
+<defs>
+  <filter id={`bolt-glow-${uid}`} x="-60%" y="-60%" width="220%" height="220%">
+    <feGaussianBlur stdDeviation="4" result="blur" />
+    <feMerge><feMergeNode in="blur" /><feMergeNode in="SourceGraphic" /></feMerge>
+  </filter>
+</defs>
+
+<g class="bolt" filter={`url(#bolt-glow-${uid})`}>
+  <polyline points={geom.points} class="wide" />
+  {#each geom.forks as d, i (i)}
+    <path {d} class="fork" />
+  {/each}
+  <polyline points={geom.points} class="core" />
+</g>
+
+<style>
+  .bolt .wide {
+    fill: none;
+    stroke: #e6a812;
+    stroke-width: 5.5;
+    stroke-linejoin: round;
+    opacity: 0.75;
+  }
+  .bolt .fork {
+    fill: none;
+    stroke: #fff6b0;
+    stroke-width: 1.6;
+    stroke-linejoin: round;
+  }
+  .bolt .core {
+    fill: none;
+    stroke: #fffdf0;
+    stroke-width: 2;
+    stroke-linejoin: round;
+  }
+  .bolt .fork { stroke: #f5d54a; }
+  .bolt { animation: bolt-flicker 0.5s steps(2, jump-none) forwards; }
+  @keyframes bolt-flicker {
+    0% { opacity: 0; } 15% { opacity: 1; } 40% { opacity: 0.3; }
+    60% { opacity: 1; } 100% { opacity: 0; }
+  }
+</style>

packages/web/src/fx-sprites/Burst.svelte

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+  import type { FxOf } from "../fx";
+  import { center } from "./geom";
+
+  let { fx }: { fx: FxOf<"burst"> } = $props();
+  const uid = $props.id();
+  const c = $derived(center(fx.at));
+  const EMBERS = [15, 80, 145, 210, 275, 340];
+</script>
+
+<defs>
+  <radialGradient id={`burst-fire-${uid}`}>
+    <stop offset="0" stop-color="#fffde0" />
+    <stop offset="0.3" stop-color="#ffd34e" />
+    <stop offset="0.65" stop-color="#ff8c1a" stop-opacity="0.85" />
+    <stop offset="1" stop-color="#ef3b08" stop-opacity="0" />
+  </radialGradient>
+</defs>
+
+<circle cx={c.x} cy={c.y} r="16" fill={`url(#burst-fire-${uid})`} class="bloom" />
+<circle cx={c.x} cy={c.y} r="6" class="shockwave" />
+{#each EMBERS as deg (deg)}
+  <circle
+    cx={c.x + 13 * Math.cos((deg * Math.PI) / 180)}
+    cy={c.y + 13 * Math.sin((deg * Math.PI) / 180)}
+    r={deg % 2 === 0 ? 2 : 1.5}
+    class="ember"
+    style={`transform-origin: ${c.x}px ${c.y}px`}
+  />
+{/each}
+
+<style>
+  .bloom {
+    transform-box: fill-box;
+    transform-origin: center;
+    animation: bloom 0.5s ease-out forwards;
+  }
+  .shockwave {
+    transform-box: fill-box;
+    transform-origin: center;
+    fill: none;
+    stroke: #ffd27a;
+    stroke-width: 2.5;
+    animation: shockwave 0.45s ease-out 0.08s forwards;
+    opacity: 0;
+  }
+  .ember {
+    fill: #ff9d19;
+    animation: ember-fly 0.55s ease-out forwards;
+  }
+  @keyframes bloom {
+    0% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(0.2); }
+    25% { opacity: 1; transform: scale(1.2); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(2.4); }
+  }
+  @keyframes shockwave {
+    0% { opacity: 0.9; transform: scale(1); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(6); }
+  }
+  @keyframes ember-fly {
+    0% { opacity: 1; transform: scale(1); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(2.1) rotate(24deg); }
+  }
+</style>

packages/web/src/fx-sprites/ChaosSwirl.svelte

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+  import type { FxOf } from "../fx";
+  import { center } from "./geom";
+
+  let { fx }: { fx: FxOf<"chaos-swirl"> } = $props();
+  const c = $derived(center(fx.at));
+  const CARDS = [0, 72, 144, 216, 288];
+</script>
+
+<g class="chaos" style={`transform-origin: ${c.x}px ${c.y}px`}>
+  <circle cx={c.x} cy={c.y} r="30" class="ring inner" />
+  <circle cx={c.x} cy={c.y} r="55" class="ring mid" />
+  <circle cx={c.x} cy={c.y} r="80" class="ring outer" />
+  {#each CARDS as deg (deg)}
+    <rect
+      x={c.x + 46 * Math.cos((deg * Math.PI) / 180) - 5}
+      y={c.y + 46 * Math.sin((deg * Math.PI) / 180) - 7}
+      width="10" height="14" rx="1.5"
+      class="slip"
+      transform={`rotate(${deg + 25} ${c.x + 46 * Math.cos((deg * Math.PI) / 180)} ${c.y + 46 * Math.sin((deg * Math.PI) / 180)})`}
+    />
+  {/each}
+</g>
+
+<style>
+  .ring {
+    fill: none;
+    stroke-width: 4;
+    stroke-dasharray: 30 22;
+  }
+  .ring.inner { stroke: #b48ae0; }
+  .ring.mid { stroke: #8a5fc0; stroke-dasharray: 44 30; }
+  .ring.outer { stroke: #e2c8ff; stroke-dasharray: 60 40; }
+  .slip {
+    fill: #f6f0df;
+    stroke: #43331f;
+    stroke-width: 1;
+  }
+  .chaos { animation: chaos-spin 1.4s ease-in-out forwards; }
+  @keyframes chaos-spin {
+    0% { opacity: 0; transform: rotate(0deg) scale(0.5); }
+    20% { opacity: 1; }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: rotate(220deg) scale(1.4); }
+  }
+</style>

packages/web/src/fx-sprites/Claw.svelte

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+  import type { FxOf } from "../fx";
+  import { center } from "./geom";
+
+  let { fx }: { fx: FxOf<"claw"> } = $props();
+  const uid = $props.id();
+  const c = $derived(center(fx.at));
+  const GASHES = [
+    { x: -12, cls: "g0" },
+    { x: -3, cls: "g1" },
+    { x: 6, cls: "g2" },
+  ];
+</script>
+
+<defs>
+  <linearGradient id={`claw-cut-${uid}`} x1="0" y1="0" x2="0" y2="1">
+    <stop offset="0" stop-color="#e0604f" />
+    <stop offset="0.5" stop-color="#b3372b" />
+    <stop offset="1" stop-color="#6e1a12" />
+  </linearGradient>
+</defs>
+
+<g class="claw">
+  {#each GASHES as g (g.cls)}
+    <g class={`gash ${g.cls}`} style={`transform-origin: ${c.x + g.x}px ${c.y - 15}px`}>
+      <path
+        d={`M ${c.x + g.x} ${c.y - 14} q 4 12 10 26 q -1 1 -2 0 q -7 -13 -11 -25 z`}
+        fill={`url(#claw-cut-${uid})`}
+      />
+      <path
+        d={`M ${c.x + g.x} ${c.y - 14} q 4 12 10 26`}
+        class="edge" pathLength="100"
+      />
+    </g>
+  {/each}
+</g>
+
+<style>
+  /* Each slash reveals downward along its own length, in sequence,
+     while the whole strike rakes a little sideways. */
+  .gash { opacity: 0; animation: gash-cut 0.4s ease-out forwards; }
+  .gash.g1 { animation-delay: 0.06s; }
+  .gash.g2 { animation-delay: 0.12s; }
+  .edge {
+    fill: none;
+    stroke: #ffd9c4;
+    stroke-width: 1.4;
+    stroke-dasharray: 100 100;
+    stroke-dashoffset: 100;
+    animation: edge-draw 0.28s ease-out forwards;
+  }
+  .gash.g1 .edge { animation-delay: 0.06s; }
+  .gash.g2 .edge { animation-delay: 0.12s; }
+  .claw { animation: rake 0.55s ease-out forwards; }
+  @keyframes gash-cut {
+    0% { opacity: 0; transform: scaleY(0.1); }
+    30% { opacity: 1; transform: scaleY(1.05); }
+    100% { opacity: 0.9; transform: scaleY(1); }
+  }
+  @keyframes edge-draw {
+    0% { stroke-dashoffset: 100; opacity: 1; }
+    70% { stroke-dashoffset: 0; opacity: 0.9; }
+    100% { stroke-dashoffset: 0; opacity: 0; }
+  }
+  @keyframes rake {
+    0% { opacity: 1; transform: translate(2px, -3px); }
+    60% { opacity: 1; transform: translate(-2px, 2px); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: translate(-3px, 3px); }
+  }
+</style>

packages/web/src/fx-sprites/DustPuff.svelte

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+  import type { FxOf } from "../fx";
+  import { CELL, center } from "./geom";
+
+  let { fx }: { fx: FxOf<"dust-puff" | "edge-dust"> } = $props();
+  const uid = $props.id();
+  const c = $derived.by(() => {
+    if (fx.kind === "dust-puff") return center(fx.at);
+    const mid = center(fx.cell);
+    if (fx.side === "N") return { x: mid.x, y: fx.cell.y * CELL };
+    if (fx.side === "S") return { x: mid.x, y: (fx.cell.y + 1) * CELL };
+    if (fx.side === "W") return { x: fx.cell.x * CELL, y: mid.y };
+    return { x: (fx.cell.x + 1) * CELL, y: mid.y };
+  });
+  /** Edge dust blows perpendicular to the wall; loose dust just rises. */
+  const away = $derived.by(() => {
+    if (fx.kind !== "edge-dust") return { x: 0, y: -12 };
+    return fx.side === "N" || fx.side === "S" ? { x: 11, y: -4 } : { x: 4, y: -11 };
+  });
+</script>
+
+<g style={`--ax: ${away.x}px; --ay: ${away.y}px; --bx: ${-away.x}px; --by: ${away.y}px`}>
+  <circle cx={c.x - 6} cy={c.y} r="7" fill={`url(#dust-soft-${uid})`} class="puff there" />
+  <circle cx={c.x + 5} cy={c.y - 2} r="5" fill={`url(#dust-soft-${uid})`} class="puff back late" />
+  <circle cx={c.x} cy={c.y + 3} r="6" fill={`url(#dust-soft-${uid})`} class="puff there later" />
+  <g class="grit">
+    <circle cx={c.x - 4} cy={c.y - 5} r="1.3" />
+    <circle cx={c.x + 6} cy={c.y + 2} r="1.6" />
+    <circle cx={c.x + 1} cy={c.y - 2} r="0.9" />
+  </g>
+</g>
+
+<defs>
+  <radialGradient id={`dust-soft-${uid}`}>
+    <stop offset="0" stop-color="#96876a" stop-opacity="1" />
+    <stop offset="0.75" stop-color="#7d7358" stop-opacity="0.7" />
+    <stop offset="1" stop-color="#8d8266" stop-opacity="0" />
+  </radialGradient>
+</defs>
+
+<style>
+  .puff {
+    transform-box: fill-box;
+    transform-origin: center;
+    animation: blow-a 0.8s ease-out forwards;
+  }
+  .puff.back { animation-name: blow-b; }
+  .puff.late { animation-delay: 0.08s; }
+  .puff.later { animation-delay: 0.16s; }
+  .grit circle { fill: #4a4232; animation: grit-fall 0.6s ease-in forwards; }
+  @keyframes blow-a {
+    0% { opacity: 1; transform: translate(0, 0) scale(0.8); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: translate(var(--ax), var(--ay)) scale(2); }
+  }
+  @keyframes blow-b {
+    0% { opacity: 1; transform: translate(0, 0) scale(0.8); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: translate(var(--bx), var(--by)) scale(1.9); }
+  }
+  @keyframes grit-fall {
+    0% { opacity: 1; transform: translateY(-3px); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(8px); }
+  }
+</style>

packages/web/src/fx-sprites/Fireball.svelte

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+<script lang="ts">
+  import type { FxOf } from "../fx";
+  import { center } from "./geom";
+
+  let { fx }: { fx: FxOf<"fireball"> } = $props();
+  const uid = $props.id();
+
+  const a = $derived(center(fx.from));
+  const b = $derived(center(fx.to));
+</script>
+
+<defs>
+  <radialGradient id={`fireball-core-${uid}`}>
+    <stop offset="0" stop-color="#fffde0" />
+    <stop offset="0.28" stop-color="#fff09a" />
+    <stop offset="0.62" stop-color="#ffad22" />
+    <stop offset="1" stop-color="#ef3b08" stop-opacity="0.15" />
+  </radialGradient>
+
+  <linearGradient id={`fireball-tail-${uid}`} x1="1" x2="0">
+    <stop offset="0" stop-color="#fff2a1" stop-opacity="0.95" />
+    <stop offset="0.2" stop-color="#ff9d16" stop-opacity="0.86" />
+    <stop offset="0.62" stop-color="#ee3907" stop-opacity="0.42" />
+    <stop offset="1" stop-color="#581002" stop-opacity="0" />
+  </linearGradient>
+
+  <filter id={`fireball-warp-${uid}`} x="-60%" y="-160%" width="230%" height="420%">
+    <feTurbulence type="fractalNoise" baseFrequency="0.022 0.12" numOctaves="3" seed="7" result="noise">
+      <animate
+        attributeName="baseFrequency"
+        values="0.022 0.12; 0.035 0.17; 0.018 0.1"
+        dur="0.22s"
+        repeatCount="indefinite"
+      />
+    </feTurbulence>
+    <feDisplacementMap in="SourceGraphic" in2="noise" scale="14" xChannelSelector="R" yChannelSelector="B" />
+    <feGaussianBlur stdDeviation="1.4" />
+  </filter>
+
+  <filter id={`fireball-glow-${uid}`} x="-180%" y="-180%" width="460%" height="460%">
+    <feGaussianBlur stdDeviation="7" result="blur" />
+    <feMerge>
+      <feMergeNode in="blur" />
+      <feMergeNode in="SourceGraphic" />
+    </feMerge>
+  </filter>
+</defs>
+
+<g class="fireball">
+  <g>
+    <!-- Outer orange glow -->
+    <ellipse cx="-4" cy="0" rx="27" ry="16" fill="#ff5b0a" opacity="0.32" filter={`url(#fireball-glow-${uid})`} />
+
+    <!-- Turbulent outer flame -->
+    <path
+      d="M -8 -13 C -30 -18, -52 -8, -91 -3 C -60 1, -68 14, -98 20 C -54 17, -28 11, -7 12 Z"
+      fill={`url(#fireball-tail-${uid})`}
+      filter={`url(#fireball-warp-${uid})`}
+    />
+
+    <!-- Hot inner flame -->
+    <path
+      d="M -6 -8 C -24 -10, -42 -4, -64 1 C -39 2, -32 8, -10 8 Z"
+      fill="#ffd34e"
+      opacity="0.74"
+      filter={`url(#fireball-warp-${uid})`}
+    />
+
+    <!-- Fireball body -->
+    <circle r="15" fill="#ff5c09" opacity="0.72" filter={`url(#fireball-glow-${uid})`} />
+    <circle r="12" fill={`url(#fireball-core-${uid})`} />
+
+    <!-- White-hot highlight -->
+    <ellipse cx="4" cy="-3" rx="6" ry="5" fill="#fffde7" opacity="0.95" />
+
+    <!-- Sparks -->
+    <g fill="#ff9d19">
+      <circle cx="-28" cy="-17" r="2.2">
+        <animate attributeName="cy" values="-17; -23; -17" dur="0.16s" repeatCount="indefinite" />
+      </circle>
+      <circle cx="-46" cy="12" r="1.6">
+        <animate attributeName="cy" values="12; 19; 12" dur="0.2s" repeatCount="indefinite" />
+      </circle>
+      <circle cx="-70" cy="-7" r="1.4">
+        <animate attributeName="opacity" values="1; 0.1; 1" dur="0.14s" repeatCount="indefinite" />
+      </circle>
+    </g>
+  </g>
+
+  <animateMotion dur="0.42s" fill="freeze" rotate="auto" path={`M ${a.x} ${a.y} L ${b.x} ${b.y}`} />
+</g>
+
+<style>
+  .fireball {
+    opacity: 0;
+    animation: fireball-fade 0.55s ease-in forwards;
+  }
+  @keyframes fireball-fade {
+    0%, 70% { opacity: 1; }
+    100% { opacity: 0; }
+  }
+</style>

packages/web/src/fx-sprites/Fireworks.svelte

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+<script lang="ts">
+  import type { FxOf } from "../fx";
+  import { center } from "./geom";
+
+  let { fx }: { fx: FxOf<"fireworks"> } = $props();
+  const c = $derived(center(fx.at));
+  const COLORS = ["#e74c3c", "#f1c40f", "#3b8dd6", "#7ac47e"];
+  // Deliberately uneven: a real burst has no protractor.
+  const RAYS = [
+    { deg: 8, len: 22, r: 2.8, cls: "" },
+    { deg: 52, len: 17, r: 2.2, cls: "late" },
+    { deg: 88, len: 24, r: 3, cls: "" },
+    { deg: 141, len: 16, r: 2, cls: "later" },
+    { deg: 176, len: 21, r: 2.6, cls: "late" },
+    { deg: 224, len: 18, r: 2.3, cls: "" },
+    { deg: 267, len: 23, r: 2.8, cls: "later" },
+    { deg: 309, len: 15, r: 2, cls: "late" },
+  ];
+</script>
+
+<g class="fireworks">
+  {#each RAYS as ray, i (ray.deg)}
+    {@const dx = Math.cos((ray.deg * Math.PI) / 180)}
+    {@const dy = Math.sin((ray.deg * Math.PI) / 180)}
+    <line
+      x1={c.x + 4 * dx} y1={c.y + 4 * dy}
+      x2={c.x + ray.len * dx} y2={c.y + ray.len * dy}
+      stroke={COLORS[i % 4]}
+      class={`trail ${ray.cls}`}
+      style={`transform-origin: ${c.x}px ${c.y}px`}
+    />
+    <circle
+      cx={c.x + (ray.len + 1) * dx} cy={c.y + (ray.len + 1) * dy} r={ray.r}
+      fill={COLORS[i % 4]}
+      class={`spark ${ray.cls}`}
+      style={`transform-origin: ${c.x}px ${c.y}px`}
+    />
+  {/each}
+  <circle cx={c.x} cy={c.y} r="3.5" class="heart" />
+</g>
+
+<style>
+  .trail {
+    stroke-width: 2;
+    stroke-linecap: round;
+    animation: trail-out 0.9s ease-out forwards;
+  }
+  .spark { animation: spark-out 1.05s ease-out forwards; }
+  .trail.late, .spark.late { animation-delay: 0.07s; }
+  .trail.later, .spark.later { animation-delay: 0.14s; }
+  .heart { fill: #fffdf0; animation: heart-pop 0.4s ease-out forwards; }
+  @keyframes trail-out {
+    0% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(0.15); }
+    25% { opacity: 1; }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(1.5); }
+  }
+  @keyframes spark-out {
+    0% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(0.15); }
+    30% { opacity: 1; }
+    80% { opacity: 0.9; transform: scale(1.55); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(1.6) translateY(4px); }
+  }
+  @keyframes heart-pop {
+    0% { opacity: 1; transform: scale(0.5); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(3); }
+  }
+</style>

packages/web/src/fx-sprites/Hit.svelte

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+<script lang="ts">
+  import type { FxOf } from "../fx";
+  import { center } from "./geom";
+  let { fx }: { fx: FxOf<"hit"> } = $props();
+  const c = $derived(center(fx.at));
+  const DEBRIS = [40, 165, 285];
+</script>
+
+<!-- Contact flash: an instant of white -->
+<path
+  d={`M ${c.x} ${c.y - 9} l 2.5 6 6.5 -2 -3.5 5.5 5.5 3.5 -6.5 1 1 6.5 -5.5 -4.5 -4.5 5 0 -7 -6.5 0.5 5 -4.5 -4 -5 6.5 1.5 z`}
+  class="flash" style={`transform-origin: ${c.x}px ${c.y}px`}
+/>
+<!-- Compressed impact ring: squashed, then out -->
+<ellipse cx={c.x} cy={c.y} rx="9" ry="6" class="ring" />
+{#each DEBRIS as deg, i (deg)}
+  <line
+    x1={c.x + 8 * Math.cos((deg * Math.PI) / 180)}
+    y1={c.y + 8 * Math.sin((deg * Math.PI) / 180)}
+    x2={c.x + 13 * Math.cos((deg * Math.PI) / 180)}
+    y2={c.y + 13 * Math.sin((deg * Math.PI) / 180)}
+    class={`debris d${i}`}
+    style={`transform-origin: ${c.x}px ${c.y}px`}
+  />
+{/each}
+
+<style>
+  .flash {
+    fill: #fffdf0;
+    stroke: #c0392b;
+    stroke-width: 1;
+    animation: flash-snap 0.28s ease-out forwards;
+  }
+  .ring {
+    transform-box: fill-box;
+    transform-origin: center;
+    fill: none;
+    stroke: #c0392b;
+    stroke-width: 3;
+    animation: ring-punch 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.9, 0.3, 1) forwards;
+  }
+  .debris {
+    stroke: #7c221a;
+    stroke-width: 2;
+    stroke-linecap: round;
+    opacity: 0;
+    animation: debris-fly 0.35s ease-out 0.05s forwards;
+  }
+  .debris.d1 { animation-delay: 0.08s; }
+  .debris.d2 { animation-delay: 0.11s; }
+  @keyframes flash-snap {
+    0% { opacity: 1; transform: scale(0.4); }
+    35% { opacity: 1; transform: scale(1.25); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(0.9); }
+  }
+  @keyframes ring-punch {
+    0% { opacity: 0.95; transform: scale(0.5, 0.35); }
+    45% { opacity: 0.9; transform: scale(1.6, 1.3); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(2.2, 1.9); }
+  }
+  @keyframes debris-fly {
+    0% { opacity: 0.9; transform: scale(0.8); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(1.7); }
+  }
+</style>

packages/web/src/fx-sprites/OozeSlip.svelte

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+<script lang="ts">
+  import type { FxOf } from "../fx";
+  import { center } from "./geom";
+
+  let { fx }: { fx: FxOf<"ooze-slip"> } = $props();
+  const uid = $props.id();
+  const c = $derived(center(fx.at));
+</script>
+
+<defs>
+  <radialGradient id={`ooze-splat-${uid}`}>
+    <stop offset="0" stop-color="#a5cc60" stop-opacity="0.8" />
+    <stop offset="0.7" stop-color="#6ea03c" stop-opacity="0.55" />
+    <stop offset="1" stop-color="#4a7024" stop-opacity="0" />
+  </radialGradient>
+</defs>
+
+<ellipse cx={c.x} cy={c.y + 8} rx="14" ry="5.5" fill={`url(#ooze-splat-${uid})`} class="splat" />
+<g class="blobs">
+  <circle cx={c.x - 12} cy={c.y + 3} r="2.5" class="blob" />
+  <circle cx={c.x + 11} cy={c.y + 2} r="2" class="blob late" />
+  <circle cx={c.x + 3} cy={c.y - 3} r="1.7" class="blob later" />
+</g>
+
+<style>
+  .splat {
+    transform-box: fill-box;
+    transform-origin: center;
+    animation: splat-wobble 0.7s ease-out forwards;
+  }
+  .blob { fill: #8fbf4d; animation: blob-fly 0.55s ease-out forwards; }
+  .blob.late { animation-delay: 0.06s; }
+  .blob.later { animation-delay: 0.12s; }
+  @keyframes splat-wobble {
+    0% { opacity: 0.95; transform: scale(0.5, 1); }
+    35% { transform: scale(1.3, 0.85); }
+    65% { transform: scale(0.9, 1.05); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(1.15, 0.95); }
+  }
+  @keyframes blob-fly {
+    0% { opacity: 0.9; transform: translateY(0); }
+    50% { transform: translateY(-7px); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(2px); }
+  }
+</style>

packages/web/src/fx-sprites/PitFall.svelte

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+<script lang="ts">
+  import type { FxOf } from "../fx";
+  import { center } from "./geom";
+
+  let { fx }: { fx: FxOf<"pit-fall"> } = $props();
+  const uid = $props.id();
+  const c = $derived(center(fx.at));
+</script>
+
+<defs>
+  <radialGradient id={`pit-hole-${uid}`} cy="0.42">
+    <stop offset="0" stop-color="#1a130a" />
+    <stop offset="0.55" stop-color="#3a2c1a" stop-opacity="0.9" />
+    <stop offset="0.85" stop-color="#5f4a33" stop-opacity="0.55" />
+    <stop offset="1" stop-color="#5f4a33" stop-opacity="0" />
+  </radialGradient>
+</defs>
+
+<ellipse cx={c.x} cy={c.y} rx="14" ry="11" fill={`url(#pit-hole-${uid})`} class="hole" />
+<!-- The far lip catches the light: reads as depth, not a dot -->
+<path d={`M ${c.x - 10} ${c.y - 5} a 12 8 0 0 1 20 0`} class="lip" />
+<circle cx={c.x} cy={c.y - 2} r="8" class="faller" style={`transform-origin: ${c.x}px ${c.y}px`} />
+<g class="rim-dust">
+  <circle cx={c.x - 11} cy={c.y - 6} r="3" class="dust" />
+  <circle cx={c.x + 10} cy={c.y - 7} r="2.5" class="dust late" />
+  <circle cx={c.x + 1} cy={c.y - 11} r="2" class="dust later" />
+</g>
+
+<style>
+  .hole {
+    transform-box: fill-box;
+    transform-origin: center;
+    animation: hole-open 0.75s ease-out forwards;
+  }
+  .faller {
+    fill: rgba(120, 100, 70, 0.85);
+    animation: fall-in 0.55s ease-in 0.06s forwards;
+  }
+  .lip {
+    fill: none;
+    stroke: rgba(233, 225, 203, 0.7);
+    stroke-width: 1.6;
+    stroke-linecap: round;
+    animation: hole-open 0.75s ease-out forwards;
+  }
+  .dust { fill: rgba(160, 150, 130, 0.75); animation: dust-drift 0.7s ease-out 0.15s forwards; opacity: 0; }
+  .dust.late { animation-delay: 0.24s; }
+  .dust.later { animation-delay: 0.32s; }
+  @keyframes hole-open {
+    0% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(0.3); }
+    25% { opacity: 1; transform: scale(1); }
+    80% { opacity: 1; }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(1); }
+  }
+  @keyframes fall-in {
+    0% { opacity: 1; transform: scale(1) translateY(-6px); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(0.1) translateY(4px) rotate(60deg); }
+  }
+  @keyframes dust-drift {
+    0% { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(0) scale(1); }
+    30% { opacity: 0.8; }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(-10px) scale(1.7); }
+  }
+</style>

packages/web/src/fx-sprites/Portal.svelte

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+<script lang="ts">
+  import type { FxOf } from "../fx";
+  import { CELL } from "./geom";
+  let { fx }: { fx: FxOf<"portal" | "portal-cell"> } = $props();
+  const uid = $props.id();
+</script>
+
+{#if fx.kind === "portal"}
+  {@const x1 = fx.side === "E" ? (fx.cell.x + 1) * CELL : fx.cell.x * CELL}
+  {@const y1 = fx.side === "S" ? (fx.cell.y + 1) * CELL : fx.cell.y * CELL}
+  {@const x2 = fx.side === "W" ? fx.cell.x * CELL : (fx.cell.x + 1) * CELL}
+  {@const y2 = fx.side === "N" ? fx.cell.y * CELL : (fx.cell.y + 1) * CELL}
+  <line {x1} {y1} {x2} {y2} class="curtain glow" />
+  <line {x1} {y1} {x2} {y2} class="curtain" pathLength="100" />
+{:else}
+  <defs>
+    <radialGradient id={`portal-void-${uid}`}>
+      <stop offset="0" stop-color="#0d2430" stop-opacity="0.85" />
+      <stop offset="0.6" stop-color="#12414a" stop-opacity="0.5" />
+      <stop offset="1" stop-color="#9be3e0" stop-opacity="0.1" />
+    </radialGradient>
+  </defs>
+  <rect x={fx.at.x * CELL + 5} y={fx.at.y * CELL + 5}
+    width={CELL - 10} height={CELL - 10} rx="8"
+    fill={`url(#portal-void-${uid})`} class="void"
+    style={`transform-origin: ${fx.at.x * CELL + CELL / 2}px ${fx.at.y * CELL + CELL / 2}px`} />
+  {@const vx = fx.at.x * CELL + CELL / 2}
+  {@const vy = fx.at.y * CELL + CELL / 2}
+  <g class="swirl" style={`transform-origin: ${vx}px ${vy}px`}>
+    <path d={`M ${vx + 12} ${vy} A 12 12 0 0 1 ${vx - 6} ${vy + 10}`} class="arm" />
+    <path d={`M ${vx - 12} ${vy} A 12 12 0 0 1 ${vx + 6} ${vy - 10}`} class="arm" />
+    <path d={`M ${vx} ${vy + 7} A 7 7 0 0 1 ${vx - 6} ${vy - 4}`} class="arm faint" />
+  </g>
+  <rect x={fx.at.x * CELL + 3} y={fx.at.y * CELL + 3}
+    width={CELL - 6} height={CELL - 6} rx="6" class="veil outer"
+    style={`transform-origin: ${fx.at.x * CELL + CELL / 2}px ${fx.at.y * CELL + CELL / 2}px`} />
+  <rect x={fx.at.x * CELL + 3} y={fx.at.y * CELL + 3}
+    width={CELL - 6} height={CELL - 6} rx="6" class="veil inner"
+    style={`transform-origin: ${fx.at.x * CELL + CELL / 2}px ${fx.at.y * CELL + CELL / 2}px`} />
+{/if}
+
+<style>
+  /* The threshold opens, light ripples along it, and it pinches shut. */
+  .curtain {
+    stroke: #9be3e0;
+    stroke-dasharray: 6 5;
+    stroke-linecap: round;
+    filter: drop-shadow(0 0 4px rgba(155, 227, 224, 0.9));
+    animation: open-ripple-pinch 0.95s ease-in-out forwards;
+  }
+  .curtain.glow {
+    stroke: rgba(180, 138, 224, 0.5);
+    stroke-dasharray: none;
+    filter: blur(2px);
+    animation: glow-swell 0.95s ease-in-out forwards;
+  }
+  @keyframes open-ripple-pinch {
+    0% { opacity: 0; stroke-width: 0.5; stroke-dashoffset: 0; }
+    22% { opacity: 1; stroke-width: 6; }
+    60% { stroke-width: 4.5; stroke-dashoffset: 22; }
+    88% { opacity: 0.9; stroke-width: 1.5; stroke-dashoffset: 34; }
+    100% { opacity: 0; stroke-width: 0.5; stroke-dashoffset: 38; }
+  }
+  @keyframes glow-swell {
+    0% { opacity: 0; stroke-width: 2; }
+    25% { opacity: 0.85; stroke-width: 14; }
+    70% { opacity: 0.6; stroke-width: 9; }
+    100% { opacity: 0; stroke-width: 2; }
+  }
+  /* Cell mouths: rings of energy collapse inward through the token. */
+  .veil {
+    fill: none;
+    stroke: #9be3e0;
+    stroke-dasharray: 7 5;
+    filter: drop-shadow(0 0 4px rgba(155, 227, 224, 0.8));
+  }
+  .void { animation: void-open 0.9s ease-out forwards; }
+  .arm {
+    fill: none;
+    stroke: rgba(155, 227, 224, 0.7);
+    stroke-width: 1.8;
+    stroke-linecap: round;
+  }
+  .arm.faint { stroke: rgba(180, 138, 224, 0.55); }
+  .swirl { animation: swirl-turn 0.9s ease-in forwards; }
+  @keyframes swirl-turn {
+    0% { opacity: 0; transform: rotate(0deg) scale(1.1); }
+    25% { opacity: 1; }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: rotate(160deg) scale(0.4); }
+  }
+  .veil.outer { stroke-width: 2.5; animation: veil-in 0.9s ease-in forwards; }
+  .veil.inner {
+    stroke: rgba(180, 138, 224, 0.8);
+    stroke-width: 2;
+    animation: veil-in 0.9s ease-in 0.2s forwards;
+    opacity: 0;
+  }
+  @keyframes void-open {
+    0% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(0.4); }
+    30% { opacity: 1; transform: scale(1); }
+    75% { opacity: 0.9; transform: scale(0.92); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(0.5); }
+  }
+  @keyframes veil-in {
+    0% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(1.25); }
+    25% { opacity: 1; }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(0.45); }
+  }
+</style>

packages/web/src/fx-sprites/Pow.svelte

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+<script lang="ts">
+  import type { FxOf } from "../fx";
+  import { center } from "./geom";
+
+  let { fx }: { fx: FxOf<"pow"> } = $props();
+  const uid = $props.id();
+  const c = $derived(center(fx.at));
+  const DASHES = [20, 95, 160, 250, 320];
+</script>
+
+<defs>
+  <radialGradient id={`pow-star-${uid}`}>
+    <stop offset="0" stop-color="#fffdf0" />
+    <stop offset="0.45" stop-color="#ffe94d" />
+    <stop offset="1" stop-color="#ffb02e" />
+  </radialGradient>
+</defs>
+
+<g class="pow" style={`transform-origin: ${c.x}px ${c.y}px`}>
+  <path
+    d={`M ${c.x} ${c.y - 14} l 4 8 9 -4 -4 9 8 5 -9 3 2 10 -8 -6 -6 8 -1 -10 -10 1 7 -7 -7 -7 10 0 1 -9 6 8 z`}
+    fill={`url(#pow-star-${uid})`}
+  />
+  <circle cx={c.x} cy={c.y} r="4" class="flash" />
+</g>
+{#each DASHES as deg (deg)}
+  <line
+    x1={c.x + 16 * Math.cos((deg * Math.PI) / 180)}
+    y1={c.y + 16 * Math.sin((deg * Math.PI) / 180)}
+    x2={c.x + 24 * Math.cos((deg * Math.PI) / 180)}
+    y2={c.y + 24 * Math.sin((deg * Math.PI) / 180)}
+    class="dash"
+    style={`transform-origin: ${c.x}px ${c.y}px`}
+  />
+{/each}
+
+<style>
+  .pow path { stroke: #b3372b; stroke-width: 1.6; }
+  .pow .flash { fill: #ffffff; animation: flash 0.3s ease-out forwards; }
+  .pow { animation: pow-hit 0.5s ease-out forwards; }
+  .dash {
+    stroke: #b3372b;
+    stroke-width: 2.5;
+    stroke-linecap: round;
+    animation: dash-out 0.4s ease-out 0.06s forwards;
+    opacity: 0;
+  }
+  @keyframes pow-hit {
+    0% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(0.3) rotate(-15deg); }
+    25% { opacity: 1; transform: scale(1.25) rotate(5deg); }
+    55% { transform: scale(1) rotate(0deg); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(1.05); }
+  }
+  @keyframes flash {
+    0% { opacity: 1; transform: scale(1); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(3); }
+  }
+  @keyframes dash-out {
+    0% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(0.7); }
+    30% { opacity: 0.9; }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(1.3); }
+  }
+</style>

packages/web/src/fx-sprites/SectorGrind.svelte

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+<script lang="ts">
+  import type { FxOf } from "../fx";
+  import { CELL, SECTOR } from "./geom";
+  let { fx }: { fx: FxOf<"sector-spin" | "sector-slide"> } = $props();
+
+  const S = SECTOR * CELL;
+  const origin = $derived(fx.kind === "sector-spin" ? fx.origin : fx.from);
+  const ox = $derived(origin.x * CELL);
+  const oy = $derived(origin.y * CELL);
+  const cx = $derived(ox + S / 2);
+  const cy = $derived(oy + S / 2);
+  /** Slide direction, unit-ish, for the chevron train. */
+  const dir = $derived.by(() => {
+    if (fx.kind !== "sector-slide") return { x: 0, y: 0 };
+    const dx = fx.to.x - fx.from.x, dy = fx.to.y - fx.from.y;
+    const m = Math.max(1, Math.hypot(dx, dy));
+    return { x: dx / m, y: dy / m };
+  });
+  const CORNERS = $derived([
+    { x: ox + 6, y: oy + 6 }, { x: ox + S - 6, y: oy + 6 },
+    { x: ox + 6, y: oy + S - 6 }, { x: ox + S - 6, y: oy + S - 6 },
+  ]);
+</script>
+
+{#if fx.kind === "sector-spin"}
+  <g class={`grind ${fx.clockwise ? "cw" : "ccw"}`} style={`transform-origin: ${cx}px ${cy}px`}>
+    <rect x={ox + 2} y={oy + 2} width={S - 4} height={S - 4} class="frame" />
+    <!-- Curved motion arcs at the corners, pointing the way around -->
+    {#each [45, 135, 225, 315] as deg (deg)}
+      <path
+        d={`M ${cx + (S / 2 - 14) * Math.cos(((deg - 16) * Math.PI) / 180)} ${cy + (S / 2 - 14) * Math.sin(((deg - 16) * Math.PI) / 180)}
+           A ${S / 2 - 14} ${S / 2 - 14} 0 0 ${fx.clockwise ? 1 : 0}
+           ${cx + (S / 2 - 14) * Math.cos(((deg + 16) * Math.PI) / 180)} ${cy + (S / 2 - 14) * Math.sin(((deg + 16) * Math.PI) / 180)}`}
+        class="arc"
+      />
+    {/each}
+  </g>
+{:else}
+  <g class="slide-group" style={`--dx: ${(fx.to.x - fx.from.x) * CELL}px; --dy: ${(fx.to.y - fx.from.y) * CELL}px`}>
+    <rect x={ox + 2} y={oy + 2} width={S - 4} height={S - 4} class="frame slide" />
+    <!-- Chevron train pointing along the journey -->
+    {#each [0.3, 0.5, 0.7] as t, i (t)}
+      <path
+        d={`M ${cx + dir.x * S * (t - 0.08) - dir.y * 9} ${cy + dir.y * S * (t - 0.08) - dir.x * 9}
+           L ${cx + dir.x * S * t} ${cy + dir.y * S * t}
+           L ${cx + dir.x * S * (t - 0.08) + dir.y * 9} ${cy + dir.y * S * (t - 0.08) + dir.x * 9}`}
+        class={`chevron c${i}`}
+      />
+    {/each}
+  </g>
+{/if}
+<g class="corner-dust">
+  {#each CORNERS as p, i (i)}
+    <circle cx={p.x} cy={p.y} r="3.5" class={`dust d${i}`} />
+  {/each}
+</g>
+
+<style>
+  .frame {
+    fill: rgba(233, 225, 203, 0.25);
+    stroke: #d3852b;
+    stroke-width: 3;
+    stroke-dasharray: 12 7;
+  }
+  .arc {
+    fill: none;
+    stroke: #b3691f;
+    stroke-width: 2.5;
+    stroke-linecap: round;
+  }
+  .chevron {
+    fill: none;
+    stroke: #b3691f;
+    stroke-width: 3;
+    stroke-linecap: round;
+    stroke-linejoin: round;
+    opacity: 0;
+  }
+  .chevron.c0 { animation: chev 0.5s ease-out 0.15s forwards; }
+  .chevron.c1 { animation: chev 0.5s ease-out 0.3s forwards; }
+  .chevron.c2 { animation: chev 0.5s ease-out 0.45s forwards; }
+  .grind { animation: grind-settle-cw 1.25s ease-in-out forwards; }
+  .grind.ccw { animation-name: grind-settle-ccw; }
+  .slide-group { animation: slide-settle 1.25s ease-in-out forwards; }
+  .dust {
+    fill: rgba(160, 150, 130, 0.85);
+    opacity: 0;
+    animation: dust-kick 0.6s ease-out 0.85s forwards;
+  }
+  .dust.d1 { animation-delay: 0.9s; }
+  .dust.d2 { animation-delay: 0.95s; }
+  .dust.d3 { animation-delay: 1s; }
+  @keyframes chev {
+    0% { opacity: 0; }
+    35% { opacity: 0.9; }
+    100% { opacity: 0; }
+  }
+  /* The quarter-turn, then a grinding shudder as it settles. */
+  @keyframes grind-settle-cw {
+    0% { opacity: 0; transform: rotate(-90deg); }
+    12% { opacity: 1; }
+    72% { opacity: 1; transform: rotate(0.6deg); }
+    80% { transform: rotate(-0.8deg); }
+    87% { transform: rotate(0.4deg); }
+    93% { transform: rotate(0deg); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: rotate(0deg); }
+  }
+  @keyframes grind-settle-ccw {
+    0% { opacity: 0; transform: rotate(90deg); }
+    12% { opacity: 1; }
+    72% { opacity: 1; transform: rotate(-0.6deg); }
+    80% { transform: rotate(0.8deg); }
+    87% { transform: rotate(-0.4deg); }
+    93% { transform: rotate(0deg); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: rotate(0deg); }
+  }
+  @keyframes slide-settle {
+    0% { opacity: 0; transform: translate(0, 0); }
+    12% { opacity: 1; }
+    72% { opacity: 1; transform: translate(var(--dx), var(--dy)); }
+    80% { transform: translate(calc(var(--dx) - 2px), var(--dy)); }
+    88% { transform: translate(calc(var(--dx) + 1px), var(--dy)); }
+    94% { transform: translate(var(--dx), var(--dy)); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: translate(var(--dx), var(--dy)); }
+  }
+  @keyframes dust-kick {
+    0% { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(0) scale(0.7); }
+    30% { opacity: 0.9; }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(-9px) scale(1.6); }
+  }
+</style>

packages/web/src/fx-sprites/Shield.svelte

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+<script lang="ts">
+  import type { FxOf } from "../fx";
+  import { center } from "./geom";
+
+  let { fx }: { fx: FxOf<"shield"> } = $props();
+  const uid = $props.id();
+  const c = $derived(center(fx.at));
+</script>
+
+<defs>
+  <radialGradient id={`shield-dome-${uid}`}>
+    <stop offset="0" stop-color="#ffe9a3" stop-opacity="0" />
+    <stop offset="0.75" stop-color="#ffdf7a" stop-opacity="0.25" />
+    <stop offset="1" stop-color="#c9a72a" stop-opacity="0.9" />
+  </radialGradient>
+  <filter id={`shield-glow-${uid}`} x="-80%" y="-80%" width="260%" height="260%">
+    <feGaussianBlur stdDeviation="3" result="blur" />
+    <feMerge><feMergeNode in="blur" /><feMergeNode in="SourceGraphic" /></feMerge>
+  </filter>
+</defs>
+
+<circle cx={c.x} cy={c.y} r="16" fill={`url(#shield-dome-${uid})`} class="dome" filter={`url(#shield-glow-${uid})`} />
+<circle cx={c.x} cy={c.y} r="16" class="rim" />
+
+<style>
+  .dome {
+    transform-box: fill-box;
+    transform-origin: center;
+    animation: dome 0.7s ease-out forwards;
+  }
+  .rim {
+    transform-box: fill-box;
+    transform-origin: center;
+    fill: none;
+    stroke: #fff3c4;
+    stroke-width: 2;
+    animation: rim-strike 0.7s ease-out forwards;
+  }
+  @keyframes dome {
+    0% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(0.6); }
+    30% { opacity: 1; transform: scale(1.1); }
+    60% { transform: scale(0.95); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(1.15); }
+  }
+  @keyframes rim-strike {
+    0% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(0.6); }
+    28% { opacity: 1; transform: scale(1.12); }
+    45% { opacity: 0.4; }
+    58% { opacity: 0.9; transform: scale(0.95); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(1.18); }
+  }
+</style>

packages/web/src/fx-sprites/Shimmer.svelte

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+<script lang="ts">
+  import type { FxOf } from "../fx";
+  import { center } from "./geom";
+
+  let { fx }: { fx: FxOf<"shimmer"> } = $props();
+  const c = $derived(center(fx.at));
+</script>
+
+<circle cx={c.x} cy={c.y} r="6" class="ring" />
+<circle cx={c.x} cy={c.y} r="6" class="ring late" />
+<g class="motes">
+  <circle cx={c.x - 8} cy={c.y - 8} r="1.5" />
+  <circle cx={c.x + 9} cy={c.y - 4} r="1.2" class="late" />
+  <circle cx={c.x - 3} cy={c.y + 9} r="1.3" class="later" />
+</g>
+
+<style>
+  .ring {
+    transform-box: fill-box;
+    transform-origin: center;
+    fill: none;
+    stroke: #b48ae0;
+    stroke-width: 2.5;
+    animation: ring 0.6s ease-out forwards;
+  }
+  .ring.late { stroke: #e2c8ff; animation-delay: 0.18s; opacity: 0; }
+  .motes circle { fill: #e2c8ff; animation: mote 0.7s ease-out forwards; }
+  .motes .late { animation-delay: 0.1s; opacity: 0; }
+  .motes .later { animation-delay: 0.18s; opacity: 0; }
+  @keyframes ring {
+    0% { opacity: 0.95; transform: scale(1); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(5); }
+  }
+  @keyframes mote {
+    0% { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(0); }
+    30% { opacity: 1; }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(-12px); }
+  }
+</style>

packages/web/src/fx-sprites/SlimeStuck.svelte

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+<script lang="ts">
+  import type { FxOf } from "../fx";
+  import { center } from "./geom";
+  let { fx }: { fx: FxOf<"slime-stuck"> } = $props();
+  const uid = $props.id();
+  const c = $derived(center(fx.at));
+</script>
+
+<defs>
+  <radialGradient id={`slime-goo-${uid}`}>
+    <stop offset="0" stop-color="#c8e87a" stop-opacity="0.4" />
+    <stop offset="0.8" stop-color="#8cc83c" stop-opacity="0.65" />
+    <stop offset="1" stop-color="#7a9e2e" stop-opacity="0.9" />
+  </radialGradient>
+</defs>
+
+<!-- An irregular blob, squashing as it grips -->
+<path
+  class="goo" style={`transform-origin: ${c.x}px ${c.y}px`}
+  fill={`url(#slime-goo-${uid})`}
+  d={`M ${c.x - 13} ${c.y + 2}
+     C ${c.x - 14} ${c.y - 7}, ${c.x - 6} ${c.y - 12}, ${c.x + 2} ${c.y - 10}
+     C ${c.x + 10} ${c.y - 13}, ${c.x + 15} ${c.y - 4}, ${c.x + 12} ${c.y + 4}
+     C ${c.x + 14} ${c.y + 10}, ${c.x + 4} ${c.y + 12}, ${c.x - 3} ${c.y + 10}
+     C ${c.x - 10} ${c.y + 12}, ${c.x - 12} ${c.y + 8}, ${c.x - 13} ${c.y + 2} z`}
+/>
+<!-- Elastic strands stretching toward the caught -->
+<g class="strands">
+  <path d={`M ${c.x - 11} ${c.y - 6} Q ${c.x - 6} ${c.y - 2} ${c.x - 2} ${c.y}`} class="strand" />
+  <path d={`M ${c.x + 12} ${c.y - 3} Q ${c.x + 6} ${c.y - 1} ${c.x + 2} ${c.y + 1}`} class="strand late" />
+  <path d={`M ${c.x + 2} ${c.y + 10} Q ${c.x + 1} ${c.y + 5} ${c.x} ${c.y + 1}`} class="strand later" />
+</g>
+<circle cx={c.x + 4} cy={c.y - 5} r="2.5" class="bubble" />
+
+<style>
+  .goo { animation: goo-grip 0.9s ease-out forwards; }
+  .strand {
+    fill: none;
+    stroke: #8fbf4d;
+    stroke-width: 2;
+    stroke-linecap: round;
+    stroke-dasharray: 20 40;
+    animation: strand-snap 0.55s ease-in 0.15s forwards;
+    opacity: 0;
+  }
+  .strand.late { animation-delay: 0.28s; }
+  .strand.later { animation-delay: 0.4s; }
+  .bubble {
+    transform-box: fill-box;
+    transform-origin: center;
+    fill: none;
+    stroke: #c8e87a;
+    stroke-width: 1.5;
+    animation: bubble-pop 0.6s ease-out 0.25s forwards;
+    opacity: 0;
+  }
+  @keyframes goo-grip {
+    0% { opacity: 0.95; transform: scale(1.3, 1.1) rotate(3deg); }
+    40% { transform: scale(0.92, 1.06) rotate(-2deg); }
+    70% { transform: scale(1.04, 0.96) rotate(1deg); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(1) rotate(0deg); }
+  }
+  @keyframes strand-snap {
+    0% { opacity: 0; stroke-dashoffset: 18; }
+    30% { opacity: 0.9; stroke-dashoffset: 6; }
+    75% { opacity: 0.85; stroke-dashoffset: 0; }
+    100% { opacity: 0; stroke-dashoffset: -4; }
+  }
+  @keyframes bubble-pop {
+    0% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(0.4); }
+    50% { opacity: 0.9; transform: scale(1); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(1.8); }
+  }
+</style>

packages/web/src/fx-sprites/Soul.svelte

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+<script lang="ts">
+  import type { FxOf } from "../fx";
+  import { center } from "./geom";
+
+  let { fx }: { fx: FxOf<"soul"> } = $props();
+  const uid = $props.id();
+  const c = $derived(center(fx.at));
+</script>
+
+<defs>
+  <radialGradient id={`soul-body-${uid}`} cy="0.35">
+    <stop offset="0" stop-color="#f7f4ff" stop-opacity="0.95" />
+    <stop offset="0.7" stop-color="#d9d0f0" stop-opacity="0.75" />
+    <stop offset="1" stop-color="#a096c8" stop-opacity="0.35" />
+  </radialGradient>
+</defs>
+
+<g class="soul">
+  <g class="sway" style={`transform-origin: ${c.x}px ${c.y}px`}>
+    <!-- Rounded head, wavy hem -->
+    <path
+      d={`M ${c.x - 8} ${c.y + 6} C ${c.x - 9} ${c.y - 6}, ${c.x - 5} ${c.y - 11}, ${c.x} ${c.y - 11}
+         C ${c.x + 5} ${c.y - 11}, ${c.x + 9} ${c.y - 6}, ${c.x + 8} ${c.y + 6}
+         q -2 -2.5 -4 0 q -2 2.5 -4 0 q -2 -2.5 -4 0 q -2 2.5 -4 0 z`}
+      fill={`url(#soul-body-${uid})`}
+    />
+    <circle cx={c.x - 3} cy={c.y - 4} r="1.3" fill="#5a5178" />
+    <circle cx={c.x + 3} cy={c.y - 4} r="1.3" fill="#5a5178" />
+  </g>
+</g>
+
+<style>
+  .soul { animation: ascend 1.3s ease-out forwards; }
+  .sway { animation: sway 0.65s ease-in-out 2; }
+  @keyframes ascend {
+    0% { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(0); }
+    22% { opacity: 0.95; }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(-36px); }
+  }
+  @keyframes sway {
+    0%, 100% { transform: rotate(0deg); }
+    50% { transform: rotate(6deg); }
+  }
+</style>

packages/web/src/fx-sprites/Sparkle.svelte

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+<script lang="ts">
+  import type { FxOf } from "../fx";
+  import { center } from "./geom";
+  let { fx }: { fx: FxOf<"sparkle"> } = $props();
+  const c = $derived(center(fx.at));
+</script>
+
+<g class="glint main" style={`transform-origin: ${c.x}px ${c.y}px`}>
+  <path d={`M ${c.x} ${c.y - 12} l 3 9 9 3 -9 3 -3 9 -3 -9 -9 -3 9 -3 z`} />
+</g>
+<g class="glint counter" style={`transform-origin: ${c.x}px ${c.y}px`}>
+  <path d={`M ${c.x} ${c.y - 8} l 2 6 6 2 -6 2 -2 6 -2 -6 -6 -2 6 -2 z`} />
+</g>
+<circle cx={c.x} cy={c.y} r="3" class="core" />
+<g class="motes">
+  <circle cx={c.x - 10} cy={c.y - 9} r="1.3" />
+  <circle cx={c.x + 11} cy={c.y - 5} r="1.1" class="late" />
+  <circle cx={c.x + 2} cy={c.y + 11} r="1.2" class="later" />
+</g>
+
+<style>
+  .glint.main path {
+    fill: #ffe084;
+    stroke: #c9a72a;
+    stroke-width: 1;
+  }
+  .glint.counter path { fill: #fff6d8; opacity: 0.9; }
+  .glint.main { animation: spin-snap 0.7s ease-out forwards; }
+  .glint.counter { animation: counter-spin 0.7s ease-out forwards; }
+  .core {
+    transform-box: fill-box;
+    transform-origin: center;
+    fill: #ffffff;
+    animation: core-snap 0.45s ease-out forwards;
+  }
+  .motes circle { fill: #ffe084; animation: mote-fly 0.6s ease-out 0.12s forwards; opacity: 0; }
+  .motes .late { animation-delay: 0.18s; }
+  .motes .later { animation-delay: 0.24s; }
+  @keyframes spin-snap {
+    0% { opacity: 0; transform: rotate(-20deg) scale(0.4); }
+    30% { opacity: 1; transform: rotate(15deg) scale(1.2); }
+    55% { transform: rotate(30deg) scale(1); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: rotate(55deg) scale(0.9); }
+  }
+  @keyframes counter-spin {
+    0% { opacity: 0; transform: rotate(45deg) scale(0.4); }
+    30% { opacity: 0.95; transform: rotate(20deg) scale(1.15); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: rotate(-25deg) scale(0.85); }
+  }
+  @keyframes core-snap {
+    0% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(0.3); }
+    30% { opacity: 1; transform: scale(2); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(0.6); }
+  }
+  @keyframes mote-fly {
+    0% { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(0) scale(1); }
+    30% { opacity: 0.95; }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(-8px) scale(0.6); }
+  }
+</style>

packages/web/src/fx-sprites/Splash.svelte

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+<script lang="ts">
+  import type { FxOf } from "../fx";
+  import { center } from "./geom";
+
+  let { fx }: { fx: FxOf<"splash"> } = $props();
+  const uid = $props.id();
+  const c = $derived(center(fx.at));
+</script>
+
+<defs>
+  <radialGradient id={`splash-pool-${uid}`}>
+    <stop offset="0" stop-color="#bfe8ff" stop-opacity="0.7" />
+    <stop offset="0.7" stop-color="#4fa3e3" stop-opacity="0.4" />
+    <stop offset="1" stop-color="#155a9e" stop-opacity="0" />
+  </radialGradient>
+</defs>
+
+<ellipse cx={c.x} cy={c.y + 5} rx="16" ry="6.5" fill={`url(#splash-pool-${uid})`} class="pool" />
+<circle cx={c.x} cy={c.y} r="7" class="ring" />
+<!-- The crown: droplets thrown upward, falling back -->
+<g class="crown">
+  <circle cx={c.x - 14} cy={c.y - 6} r="2.8" class="drop" />
+  <circle cx={c.x - 7} cy={c.y - 13} r="2.3" class="drop late" />
+  <circle cx={c.x + 1} cy={c.y - 16} r="2.5" class="drop" />
+  <circle cx={c.x + 8} cy={c.y - 12} r="2.2" class="drop later" />
+  <circle cx={c.x + 14} cy={c.y - 5} r="1.9" class="drop late" />
+</g>
+
+<style>
+  .pool {
+    transform-box: fill-box;
+    transform-origin: center;
+    animation: pool-spread 0.6s ease-out forwards;
+  }
+  .ring {
+    transform-box: fill-box;
+    transform-origin: center;
+    fill: none;
+    stroke: #7cc0ee;
+    stroke-width: 3.2;
+    animation: ring-out 0.55s ease-out forwards;
+  }
+  .drop { fill: #7cc0ee; animation: drop-arc 0.6s ease-in forwards; }
+  .drop.late { animation-delay: 0.07s; }
+  .drop.later { animation-delay: 0.13s; }
+  @keyframes pool-spread {
+    0% { opacity: 0.9; transform: scale(0.4); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(2.2); }
+  }
+  @keyframes ring-out {
+    0% { opacity: 0.9; transform: scale(1); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(4); }
+  }
+  @keyframes drop-arc {
+    0% { opacity: 0.95; transform: translateY(0); }
+    45% { transform: translateY(-8px); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(6px); }
+  }
+</style>

packages/web/src/fx-sprites/Streak.svelte

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+<script lang="ts">
+  import type { FxOf } from "../fx";
+  import { center } from "./geom";
+
+  let { fx }: { fx: FxOf<"streak"> } = $props();
+  const a = $derived(center(fx.from));
+  const b = $derived(center(fx.to));
+  const d = $derived(`M ${a.x} ${a.y} L ${b.x} ${b.y}`);
+</script>
+
+<path {d} pathLength="100" class="trail wide" />
+<path {d} pathLength="100" class="trail bright" />
+<circle r="4" class="head" cx="0" cy="0">
+  <animateMotion dur="0.38s" fill="freeze" path={d} calcMode="spline"
+    keySplines="0.3 0 0.4 1" keyTimes="0;1" keyPoints="0;1" />
+</circle>
+
+<style>
+  .trail {
+    fill: none;
+    stroke-linecap: round;
+    stroke-dasharray: 100 100;
+    animation: draw-collapse 0.68s ease-out forwards;
+  }
+  .trail.wide { stroke: rgba(233, 225, 203, 0.3); stroke-width: 5; }
+  .trail.bright { stroke: rgba(255, 253, 240, 0.75); stroke-width: 2; }
+  .head {
+    fill: #fffdf0;
+    animation: head-life 0.6s ease-out forwards;
+  }
+  /* Draw from source to head, then the tail chases it into the destination. */
+  @keyframes draw-collapse {
+    0% { stroke-dashoffset: 100; opacity: 0.95; }
+    56% { stroke-dashoffset: 0; opacity: 0.95; }
+    100% { stroke-dashoffset: -100; opacity: 0; }
+  }
+  @keyframes head-life {
+    0% { opacity: 0; }
+    12% { opacity: 1; }
+    60% { opacity: 1; }
+    100% { opacity: 0; }
+  }
+</style>

packages/web/src/fx-sprites/TacksOw.svelte

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+<script lang="ts">
+  import type { FxOf } from "../fx";
+  import { center } from "./geom";
+  let { fx }: { fx: FxOf<"tacks-ow"> } = $props();
+  const c = $derived(center(fx.at));
+  // Each tack: head disc + spike, at its own angle and beat.
+  const TACKS = [
+    { x: -10, y: -4, rot: -18, cls: "" },
+    { x: 5, y: -9, rot: 12, cls: "late" },
+    { x: -1, y: 5, rot: -5, cls: "later" },
+  ];
+</script>
+
+{#each TACKS as t (t.cls)}
+  <g transform={`translate(${c.x + t.x} ${c.y + t.y}) rotate(${t.rot})`}>
+    <g class={`tack ${t.cls}`}>
+      <circle cx="0" cy="3.8" r="3.9" class="head" />
+      <path d="M -2.1 1.5 L 0 -7.5 L 2.1 1.5 z" class="spike" />
+    </g>
+  </g>
+{/each}
+
+<style>
+  .tack .head {
+    fill: #8a2f24;
+    stroke: #5c1c14;
+    stroke-width: 0.8;
+  }
+  .tack .spike { fill: #b9b3a4; stroke: #6e6450; stroke-width: 0.5; }
+  .tack {
+    opacity: 0;
+    animation: tack-hop 0.55s ease-out forwards;
+  }
+  .tack.late { animation-delay: 0.1s; }
+  .tack.later { animation-delay: 0.2s; }
+  @keyframes tack-hop {
+    0% { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(4px); }
+    22% { opacity: 1; transform: translateY(-10px); }
+    50% { transform: translateY(-2px); }
+    72% { transform: translateY(-7px); }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(-2px); }
+  }
+</style>

packages/web/src/fx-sprites/ThornSnap.svelte

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+<script lang="ts">
+  import type { FxOf } from "../fx";
+  import { center } from "./geom";
+  let { fx }: { fx: FxOf<"thorn-snap"> } = $props();
+  const c = $derived(center(fx.at));
+</script>
+
+<g class="bush" style={`transform-origin: ${c.x}px ${c.y + 10}px`}>
+  <!-- Three springing branches, thorn spurs along each -->
+  <g class="branch b0" style={`transform-origin: ${c.x}px ${c.y + 10}px`}>
+    <path d={`M ${c.x} ${c.y + 10} q -8 -10 -13 -20`} class="stem" />
+    <path d={`M ${c.x - 6} ${c.y + 1} l -4 -1 M ${c.x - 10} ${c.y - 6} l -4 0`} class="spur" />
+  </g>
+  <g class="branch b1" style={`transform-origin: ${c.x}px ${c.y + 10}px`}>
+    <path d={`M ${c.x} ${c.y + 10} q 1 -13 -1 -24`} class="stem" />
+    <path d={`M ${c.x} ${c.y - 2} l 4 -2 M ${c.x - 1} ${c.y - 9} l -4 -2`} class="spur" />
+  </g>
+  <g class="branch b2" style={`transform-origin: ${c.x}px ${c.y + 10}px`}>
+    <path d={`M ${c.x} ${c.y + 10} q 9 -9 15 -18`} class="stem" />
+    <path d={`M ${c.x + 7} ${c.y + 2} l 4 -1 M ${c.x + 12} ${c.y - 4} l 4 1`} class="spur" />
+  </g>
+</g>
+<g class="leaves">
+  <ellipse cx={c.x - 12} cy={c.y - 10} rx="3" ry="1.6" class="leaf" transform={`rotate(-30 ${c.x - 12} ${c.y - 10})`} />
+  <ellipse cx={c.x + 13} cy={c.y - 8} rx="2.6" ry="1.4" class="leaf late" transform={`rotate(40 ${c.x + 13} ${c.y - 8})`} />
+</g>
+
+<style>
+  .stem {
+    fill: none;
+    stroke: #467832;
+    stroke-width: 2.5;
+    stroke-linecap: round;
+  }
+  .spur {
+    stroke: #2f5423;
+    stroke-width: 1.6;
+    stroke-linecap: round;
+  }
+  .branch { animation: spring 0.5s cubic-bezier(0.2, 1.4, 0.4, 1) forwards; opacity: 0; }
+  .branch.b1 { animation-delay: 0.05s; }
+  .branch.b2 { animation-delay: 0.1s; }
+  .bush { animation: bush-fade 0.7s ease-out forwards; }
+  .leaf { fill: #7fae55; animation: leaf-fall 0.7s ease-in 0.15s forwards; opacity: 0; }
+  .leaf.late { animation-delay: 0.24s; }
+  @keyframes spring {
+    0% { opacity: 0; transform: scaleY(0.15); }
+    60% { opacity: 1; transform: scaleY(1.12); }
+    100% { opacity: 1; transform: scaleY(1); }
+  }
+  @keyframes bush-fade {
+    0%, 70% { opacity: 1; }
+    100% { opacity: 0; }
+  }
+  @keyframes leaf-fall {
+    0% { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(0) rotate(0deg); }
+    25% { opacity: 0.9; }
+    100% { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(10px) rotate(50deg); }
+  }
+</style>

packages/web/src/fx-sprites/Waterbolt.svelte

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+<script lang="ts">
+  import type { FxOf } from "../fx";
+  import { center } from "./geom";
+
+  let { fx }: { fx: FxOf<"waterbolt"> } = $props();
+  const uid = $props.id();
+
+  const a = $derived(center(fx.from));
+  const b = $derived(center(fx.to));
+</script>
+
+<defs>
+  <radialGradient id={`wb-core-${uid}`}>
+    <stop offset="0" stop-color="#eafaff" />
+    <stop offset="0.35" stop-color="#9fd9f7" />
+    <stop offset="0.7" stop-color="#3b8dd6" />
+    <stop offset="1" stop-color="#155a9e" stop-opacity="0.2" />
+  </radialGradient>
+  <linearGradient id={`wb-tail-${uid}`} x1="1" x2="0">
+    <stop offset="0" stop-color="#bfe8ff" stop-opacity="0.9" />
+    <stop offset="0.4" stop-color="#4fa3e3" stop-opacity="0.55" />
+    <stop offset="1" stop-color="#155a9e" stop-opacity="0" />
+  </linearGradient>
+  <filter id={`wb-glow-${uid}`} x="-160%" y="-160%" width="420%" height="420%">
+    <feGaussianBlur stdDeviation="5" result="blur" />
+    <feMerge><feMergeNode in="blur" /><feMergeNode in="SourceGraphic" /></feMerge>
+  </filter>
+</defs>
+
+<g class="waterbolt">
+  <g>
+    <!-- Spray tail -->
+    <path
+      d="M -5 -9 C -22 -12, -44 -6, -70 -2 C -46 0, -50 8, -74 13 C -44 11, -22 8, -5 9 Z"
+      fill={`url(#wb-tail-${uid})`}
+    />
+    <!-- Body and core -->
+    <circle r="11" fill="#3b8dd6" opacity="0.6" filter={`url(#wb-glow-${uid})`} />
+    <circle r="9" fill={`url(#wb-core-${uid})`} />
+    <ellipse cx="3" cy="-2.5" rx="4" ry="3" fill="#f2fcff" opacity="0.9" />
+    <!-- Trailing droplets -->
+    <g fill="#7cc0ee">
+      <circle cx="-24" cy="-10" r="2">
+        <animate attributeName="cy" values="-10; -15; -10" dur="0.18s" repeatCount="indefinite" />
+      </circle>
+      <circle cx="-40" cy="9" r="1.6">
+        <animate attributeName="cy" values="9; 14; 9" dur="0.22s" repeatCount="indefinite" />
+      </circle>
+      <circle cx="-56" cy="-4" r="1.3">
+        <animate attributeName="opacity" values="1; 0.2; 1" dur="0.16s" repeatCount="indefinite" />
+      </circle>
+    </g>
+  </g>
+  <animateMotion dur="0.42s" fill="freeze" rotate="auto" path={`M ${a.x} ${a.y} L ${b.x} ${b.y}`} />
+</g>
+
+<style>
+  .waterbolt {
+    opacity: 0;
+    animation: wb-fade 0.55s ease-in forwards;
+  }
+  @keyframes wb-fade {
+    0%, 70% { opacity: 1; }
+    100% { opacity: 0; }
+  }
+</style>

packages/web/src/fx-sprites/Whiff.svelte

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+<script lang="ts">
+  import type { FxOf } from "../fx";
+  import { center } from "./geom";
+  let { fx }: { fx: FxOf<"whiff"> } = $props();
+  const c = $derived(center(fx.at));
+</script>
+
+<g class="whiff" style={`transform-origin: ${c.x}px ${c.y}px`}>
+  <path d={`M ${c.x - 30} ${c.y - 9} q 20 -7 58 -4`} pathLength="100" class="streak a" />
+  <path d={`M ${c.x - 32} ${c.y + 1} q 24 4 62 0`} pathLength="100" class="streak b" />
+  <path d={`M ${c.x - 28} ${c.y + 10} q 18 7 56 5`} pathLength="100" class="streak c" />
+</g>
+
+<style>
+  .streak {
+    fill: none;
+    stroke: rgba(110, 125, 140, 0.9);
+    stroke-width: 3;
+    stroke-linecap: round;
+    stroke-dasharray: 38 100;
+    stroke-dashoffset: 38;
+    animation: sweep 0.5s ease-out forwards;
+  }
+  .streak.b { animation-delay: 0.06s; stroke-width: 3.6; }
+  .streak.c { animation-delay: 0.12s; stroke-width: 2.6; }
+  .whiff { animation: wobble 0.55s ease-in-out forwards; }
+  @keyframes sweep {
+    0% { stroke-dashoffset: 38; opacity: 0; }
+    18% { opacity: 0.95; }
+    100% { stroke-dashoffset: -100; opacity: 0; }
+  }
+  @keyframes wobble {
+    0% { transform: rotate(0deg); }
+    40% { transform: rotate(-4deg); }
+    75% { transform: rotate(2deg); }
+    100% { transform: rotate(0deg); }
+  }
+</style>

packages/web/src/fx-sprites/geom.ts

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+// Shared geometry for effect sprites. CELL must match Board.svelte's grid.
+export const CELL = 48;
+export const SECTOR = 5;
+export const center = (c: { x: number; y: number }) => ({
+  x: c.x * CELL + CELL / 2,
+  y: c.y * CELL + CELL / 2,
+});

packages/web/src/fx-sprites/index.ts

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+// One sprite component per effect. To change an effect's look, edit its
+// file; to add one, create the component, extend BoardFx in ../fx.ts, and
+// register it here.
+import type { Component } from "svelte";
+import type { BoardFx } from "../fx";
+import Absorb from "./Absorb.svelte";
+import Bolt from "./Bolt.svelte";
+import Burst from "./Burst.svelte";
+import ChaosSwirl from "./ChaosSwirl.svelte";
+import Claw from "./Claw.svelte";
+import DustPuff from "./DustPuff.svelte";
+import Fireball from "./Fireball.svelte";
+import Fireworks from "./Fireworks.svelte";
+import Hit from "./Hit.svelte";
+import OozeSlip from "./OozeSlip.svelte";
+import PitFall from "./PitFall.svelte";
+import Portal from "./Portal.svelte";
+import Pow from "./Pow.svelte";
+import SectorGrind from "./SectorGrind.svelte";
+import Shield from "./Shield.svelte";
+import Shimmer from "./Shimmer.svelte";
+import SlimeStuck from "./SlimeStuck.svelte";
+import Soul from "./Soul.svelte";
+import Sparkle from "./Sparkle.svelte";
+import Splash from "./Splash.svelte";
+import Streak from "./Streak.svelte";
+import TacksOw from "./TacksOw.svelte";
+import ThornSnap from "./ThornSnap.svelte";
+import Waterbolt from "./Waterbolt.svelte";
+import Whiff from "./Whiff.svelte";
+
+export const FX_SPRITES: Record<BoardFx["kind"], Component<{ fx: never }>> = {
+  fireball: Fireball,
+  waterbolt: Waterbolt,
+  bolt: Bolt,
+  burst: Burst,
+  splash: Splash,
+  shimmer: Shimmer,
+  shield: Shield,
+  sparkle: Sparkle,
+  whiff: Whiff,
+  hit: Hit,
+  pow: Pow,
+  claw: Claw,
+  absorb: Absorb,
+  portal: Portal,
+  "portal-cell": Portal,
+  streak: Streak,
+  soul: Soul,
+  fireworks: Fireworks,
+  "chaos-swirl": ChaosSwirl,
+  "pit-fall": PitFall,
+  "ooze-slip": OozeSlip,
+  "tacks-ow": TacksOw,
+  "thorn-snap": ThornSnap,
+  "slime-stuck": SlimeStuck,
+  "dust-puff": DustPuff,
+  "edge-dust": DustPuff,
+  "sector-spin": SectorGrind,
+  "sector-slide": SectorGrind,
+} as never;

packages/web/src/fx.ts

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+// Whimsical flourishes: game events become short-lived board effects.
+// Purely cosmetic — nothing here touches game state, and reduced-motion
+// hides the whole layer.
+
+import type { GameEvent, GameView } from "@wizwar/engine";
+
+type Cell = { x: number; y: number };
+type Side = "N" | "E" | "S" | "W";
+
+type FxShape =
+  | { kind: "fireball" | "bolt" | "waterbolt" | "streak"; from: Cell; to: Cell }
+  | { kind: "burst" | "splash" | "shimmer" | "shield" | "sparkle" | "whiff" | "hit"
+      | "pow" | "claw" | "absorb" | "portal-cell" | "soul" | "fireworks" | "chaos-swirl"
+      | "pit-fall" | "ooze-slip" | "tacks-ow" | "thorn-snap" | "slime-stuck" | "dust-puff"; at: Cell }
+  | { kind: "portal"; cell: Cell; side: Side }
+  | { kind: "sector-spin"; origin: Cell; clockwise: boolean }
+  | { kind: "sector-slide"; from: Cell; to: Cell }
+  | { kind: "edge-dust"; cell: Cell; side: Side };
+export type BoardFx = FxShape & { id: number };
+/** The narrow type of one effect kind (for sprite components). */
+export type FxOf<K extends BoardFx["kind"]> = BoardFx & { kind: K };
+
+let nextId = 1;
+
+/** How long each kind stays mounted (animation length + a little grace). */
+export function fxTtl(kind: BoardFx["kind"]): number {
+  switch (kind) {
+    case "fireball": case "waterbolt": return 700;
+    case "bolt": case "streak": return 600;
+    case "portal": case "portal-cell":
+    case "soul": case "fireworks": case "chaos-swirl":
+    case "sector-spin": case "sector-slide": return 1500;
+    default: return 900;
+  }
+}
+
+const PROJECTILES: Record<string, "fireball" | "bolt" | "waterbolt"> = {
+  fireball: "fireball",
+  "sudden-death": "fireball",
+  "blaster-wand": "fireball",
+  "lightning-blast": "bolt",
+  "power-drain": "bolt",
+  waterbolt: "waterbolt",
+};
+
+/** Map one command's events to effects, each with a start delay in ms. */
+export function fxForEvents(
+  events: GameEvent[], view: GameView,
+): { fx: BoardFx; delay: number }[] {
+  const out: { fx: BoardFx; delay: number }[] = [];
+  const posOf = (playerId: string | null): Cell | null => {
+    if (!playerId) return null;
+    const p = view.players.find((p) => p.id === playerId);
+    return p ? { ...p.position } : null;
+  };
+  let beat = 0; // successive visuals from one command stagger slightly
+  const push = (fx: FxShape, extraDelay = 0) => {
+    out.push({ fx: { ...fx, id: nextId++ }, delay: beat * 220 + extraDelay });
+  };
+
+  for (const e of events) {
+    switch (e.type) {
+      case "spellCast": {
+        if (e.cardId === "chaos") {
+          push({ kind: "chaos-swirl", at: { x: (view.board.width - 1) / 2, y: (view.board.height - 1) / 2 } });
+          beat++;
+          break;
+        }
+        const to = e.targetCell ?? posOf(e.target);
+        const projectile = PROJECTILES[e.cardId];
+        if (projectile && to) {
+          push({ kind: projectile, from: e.from, to });
+          if (projectile === "fireball") push({ kind: "burst", at: to }, 380);
+          if (projectile === "waterbolt") push({ kind: "splash", at: to }, 380);
+          beat++;
+        } else if (to && e.target) {
+          push({ kind: "sparkle", at: to });
+          beat++;
+        }
+        break;
+      }
+      case "punched":
+        push({ kind: "pow", at: e.at });
+        beat++;
+        break;
+      case "creatureAttacked": {
+        // The target may be a wizard or a fellow creature.
+        const at = posOf(typeof e.target === "string" ? e.target : null) ??
+          (() => {
+            const c = view.creatures.find((c) => c.id === e.target);
+            return c ? { ...c.position } : null;
+          })();
+        if (at) { push({ kind: "claw", at }); beat++; }
+        break;
+      }
+      case "creatureTouched": {
+        const at = posOf(e.player);
+        if (at) { push({ kind: "claw", at }); beat++; }
+        break;
+      }
+      case "attackAbsorbedIntoHand": {
+        const at = posOf(e.player);
+        if (at) { push({ kind: "absorb", at }); beat++; }
+        break;
+      }
+      case "damaged": {
+        const at = posOf(e.player);
+        if (at) { push({ kind: "hit", at }); beat++; }
+        break;
+      }
+      case "attackMissed": {
+        const at = posOf(e.defender);
+        if (at) { push({ kind: "whiff", at }); beat++; }
+        break;
+      }
+      case "attackResolved": {
+        const back = posOf(e.attacker);
+        const stand = posOf(e.defender);
+        if ((e.redirected || e.reflectedDamage > 0) && back && stand) {
+          // The spell turns in the air and goes home.
+          const kind = (e.attackCardId && PROJECTILES[e.attackCardId]) || "bolt";
+          push({ kind, from: stand, to: back });
+          push({ kind: "hit", at: back }, 380);
+          beat++;
+        } else if (e.fullyStopped && stand) {
+          push({ kind: "shield", at: stand });
+          beat++;
+        }
+        break;
+      }
+      case "teleported":
+        push({ kind: "shimmer", at: e.from });
+        push({ kind: "shimmer", at: e.to }, 200);
+        beat++;
+        break;
+      case "moved":
+        if (e.via === "warp") {
+          // The mouths are edges: shimmer the opening lines on both boards.
+          const w = view.board.warps.find((w) =>
+            w.from.cell.x === e.from.x && w.from.cell.y === e.from.y && w.from.side === e.direction);
+          if (w) {
+            push({ kind: "portal", cell: w.from.cell, side: w.from.side });
+            push({ kind: "portal", cell: w.to.cell, side: w.to.side }, 150);
+          } else {
+            push({ kind: "portal-cell", at: e.from });
+            push({ kind: "portal-cell", at: e.to }, 150);
+          }
+          beat++;
+        }
+        break;
+      case "warpStepped":
+        // Dimensional warp tokens fill their squares; the veil wraps them.
+        push({ kind: "portal-cell", at: e.from });
+        push({ kind: "portal-cell", at: e.to }, 150);
+        beat++;
+        break;
+      case "wallCreated":
+      case "wallDestroyed":
+        push({ kind: "edge-dust", cell: e.edge.cell, side: e.edge.side });
+        beat++;
+        break;
+      case "died": {
+        const at = posOf(e.player);
+        if (at) { push({ kind: "soul", at }, 250); beat++; }
+        break;
+      }
+      case "gameWon": {
+        const home = view.players.find((p) => p.id === e.player)?.home;
+        if (home) {
+          push({ kind: "fireworks", at: home });
+          push({ kind: "fireworks", at: home }, 350);
+          push({ kind: "fireworks", at: home }, 700);
+          beat++;
+        }
+        break;
+      }
+      case "knockedBack":
+      case "shoved":
+        push({ kind: "streak", from: e.from, to: e.to });
+        beat++;
+        break;
+      case "objectDragged":
+        push({ kind: "streak", from: e.from, to: e.to });
+        beat++;
+        break;
+      case "jumpedPit":
+        push({ kind: "streak", from: e.from, to: e.to });
+        beat++;
+        break;
+      case "fellInPit":
+        push({ kind: "pit-fall", at: e.at });
+        beat++;
+        break;
+      case "climbedFromPit": {
+        if (e.success) {
+          const at = posOf(e.player);
+          if (at) { push({ kind: "dust-puff", at }); beat++; }
+        }
+        break;
+      }
+      case "slippedInOoze":
+        push({ kind: "ooze-slip", at: e.at });
+        beat++;
+        break;
+      case "steppedOnTacks":
+        push({ kind: "tacks-ow", at: e.at });
+        beat++;
+        break;
+      case "enteredThornbush":
+        push({ kind: "thorn-snap", at: e.at });
+        beat++;
+        break;
+      case "stuckInSlime":
+        push({ kind: "slime-stuck", at: e.at });
+        beat++;
+        break;
+      case "sectorRotated": {
+        const origin = view.board.placements[e.sectorIndex]?.origin;
+        if (origin) push({ kind: "sector-spin", origin: { ...origin }, clockwise: e.clockwise });
+        // Everything after the grind points at pre-move ground; stop here.
+        return out;
+      }
+      case "sectorRelocated": {
+        // The event records pre-normalization origins; the view holds the
+        // truth. Shift the recorded start by the same correction.
+        const trueTo = view.board.placements[e.sectorIndex]?.origin;
+        if (trueTo) {
+          const dx = trueTo.x - e.to.x, dy = trueTo.y - e.to.y;
+          push({ kind: "sector-slide", from: { x: e.from.x + dx, y: e.from.y + dy }, to: { ...trueTo } });
+        }
+        return out;
+      }
+      default:
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+  return out;
+}

packages/web/src/local.svelte.ts

@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ class LocalGame {
   handoffTo = $state<PlayerId | null>(null);
   log = $state<string[]>([]);
   /** The finished game as a reel, each step from its actor's own seat. */
+  /** The opening roll-off, shown once as the boards flip. */
+  openingRolls = $state<{ rolls: Record<string, number[]>; first: string; players: string[] } | null>(null);
+  /** Board flourishes: the app hooks in to animate command results. */
+  onFx: ((events: GameEvent[]) => void) | null = null;
   replaySteps = $state<{ seq: number; actor: PlayerId; events: GameEvent[]; view: GameView }[] | null>(null);
   view = $derived(
     this.gameState && this.viewerId ? viewFor(this.gameState, this.viewerId) : null,
@@ -132,9 +136,14 @@ class LocalGame {
       seed,
       sets: expansion ? ["basic", "expansion1"] : ["basic"],
       ...(colors ? { colors } : {}),
-      deckRev: 9,
+      deckRev: 14,
     };
     const { state, events } = createGame(config);
+    for (const e of events) {
+      if (e.type === "gameStarted") {
+        this.openingRolls = { rolls: e.dieRolls, first: e.firstPlayer, players: e.players };
+      }
+    }
     this.config = config;
     this.commands = [];
     this.gameState = state;
@@ -213,6 +222,7 @@ class LocalGame {
       this.log = [...this.log, `— ${result.error} —`];
       return;
     }
+    this.onFx?.(result.events);
     this.gameState = result.state;
     this.commands = [...this.commands, { playerId: this.viewerId, command }];
     const now = Date.now();

packages/web/src/net.svelte.ts

@@ -25,7 +25,12 @@ export function spellName(cardId: string): string {
 
 export function humanize(e: GameEvent): string | null {
   switch (e.type) {
-    case "gameStarted": return `Game started — ${e.players.join(", ")}. ${e.firstPlayer} goes first.`;
+    case "gameStarted": {
+      const rolloff = e.players
+        .map((p) => `${p} 🎲 ${(e.dieRolls[p] ?? []).join(", ")}`)
+        .join(" · ");
+      return `Game started. The roll-off: ${rolloff} — ${e.firstPlayer} goes first.`;
+    }
     case "turnStarted": return `— ${e.player}'s turn (round ${e.round}) —`;
     case "turnSkipped": return `${e.player} loses a turn.`;
     case "extraTurnStarted": return `${e.player} takes an extra turn!`;
@@ -246,8 +251,15 @@ class Net {
   /** Moves you haven't watched yet in the current room. */
   missedMoves = $state(0);
   /** A catch-up reel delivered by the server. */
+  /** The opening roll-off, shown once as the boards flip. */
+  openingRolls = $state<{ rolls: Record<string, number[]>; first: string; players: string[] } | null>(null);
+  /** Board flourishes: the app hooks in to animate live event batches. */
+  onFx: ((events: GameEvent[]) => void) | null = null;
   catchUp = $state<{ seq: number; actor: string; events: GameEvent[]; view: GameView; chat?: { player: string; text: string }[] }[] | null>(null);
   private seen: Record<string, number> = loadSeen();
+  /** Room whose live stream this connection has already shown once: states
+   * after the first mark themselves seen while the tab is visible. */
+  private watching: string | null = null;
   private currentSeq = 0;
   private lastYourTurn = new Map<string, boolean>();
   private pollTimer: ReturnType<typeof setInterval> | null = null;
@@ -261,6 +273,7 @@ class Net {
     const ws = new WebSocket(SERVER_URL);
     this.ws = ws;
     ws.onopen = () => {
+      this.watching = null; // the first state after (re)connecting may carry a gap
       this.status = "connected";
       // Mid-game reconnects (the socket dropped, not the page) walk straight
       // back to the table; otherwise the lobby ledger is the front door.
@@ -310,13 +323,19 @@ class Net {
           this.view = msg.view;
           if (typeof msg.seq === "number" && this.roomId) {
             this.currentSeq = msg.seq;
-            const last = this.seen[this.roomId] ?? 0;
+            // Only the FIRST state after arriving carries a gap worth
-            this.missedMoves = Math.max(0, msg.seq - last);
+            // announcing. Later states were watched live: a caught-up
-            // Watching live counts as seeing; only a fresh arrival has a gap.
+            // watcher stays caught up, and an announced gap stays FROZEN
-            if (this.missedMoves === 0 || document.visibilityState === "visible") {
+            // (not grown, not wiped) until watched or skipped. A hidden
-              // A live update while present marks itself seen.
+            // tab accumulates its gap honestly.
-              if (last >= msg.seq - 1) this.markSeen();
+            if (this.watching === this.roomId && document.visibilityState === "visible") {
+              if (this.missedMoves === 0) this.markSeen();
+            } else {
+              const last = this.seen[this.roomId] ?? 0;
+              this.missedMoves = Math.max(0, msg.seq - last);
+              if (this.missedMoves === 0) this.markSeen();
             }
+            if (document.visibilityState === "visible") this.watching = this.roomId;
           }
           break;
         }
@@ -325,8 +344,12 @@ class Net {
           break;
         case "events": {
           let talk = 0;
+          if (!msg.replayed) this.onFx?.(msg.events as GameEvent[]);
           for (const e of msg.events as GameEvent[]) {
             if (e.type === "tableTalk") talk++;
+            if (e.type === "gameStarted" && !msg.replayed) {
+              this.openingRolls = { rolls: e.dieRolls, first: e.firstPlayer, players: e.players };
+            }
             const line = humanize(e);
             if (line) this.log = [...this.log, line];
           }
@@ -427,7 +450,6 @@ class Net {
     this.send({ type: "claimTransfer", code });
   }
 
-  /** Ask the server how all our games are doing. */
   addBot(style?: string, tier?: string): void {
     this.send({ type: "addBot", ...(style ? { style } : {}), ...(tier ? { tier } : {}) });
   }
@@ -466,6 +488,7 @@ class Net {
     this.send({ type: "hotseatReport", ...report });
   }
 
+  /** Ask the server how all our games are doing. */
   refreshGames(): void {
     if (this.seats.length > 0) this.send({ type: "myGames", seats: $state.snapshot(this.seats) });
   }
@@ -521,12 +544,12 @@ class Net {
     this.send({ type: "pickColor", color });
   }
 
-  /** Ask for the reel of everything since we last watched. */
   /** The whole game from the deal, once it is finished. */
   requestFullReplay(): void {
     this.send({ type: "catchUp", sinceSeq: 0, full: true });
   }
 
+  /** Ask for the reel of everything since we last watched. */
   requestCatchUp(): void {
     if (!this.roomId) return;
     this.send({ type: "catchUp", sinceSeq: this.seen[this.roomId] ?? 0 });