board-gaming

Browser games — single HTML file each, no build step.

Live: boardgaminghub.com (Netlify) · play.html (ad-supported catalog)

Catalog

games.json is the single source of truth (title, category, SEO priority, descriptions, demo/store links).

After editing games.json:

node scripts/generate-catalog.js   # → index.html, play.html, sitemap.xml, nav.js
node scripts/strip-sitenav.js      # remove legacy inline nav from game pages

Or: python _update_nav.py (runs both scripts).

Categories

Category	Examples
Puzzles	Solitaire, Wordform, Drift, Sudoku, Chess, 2048, Abacus
Board	Go, Chess, Agora, Tidelands, Senet, Ur, …
Simulations	Floodline, Tower, Bonneville Spillway, Apoapsis, Metropolis 2K, Eclipse Predictor

Premium demos

Full versions of Floodline, Tower (SKYSTACK), and Bonneville Spillway Operator live in the private board-gaming-premium repo. Public copies set DEMO_BUILD = true.

SEO / deploy

• sitemap.xml — generated with clean URLs (/chess → Chess.html via netlify.toml)
• robots.txt, llms.txt, Google Search Console verified
• AdSense on play.html and apps.html only (not gameplay pages)
• git push origin main auto-deploys via Netlify

Adding a new game

1. Drop NewGame.html (PascalCase) into repo root.
2. Add entry to games.json with category, description, searchKeys, priority.
3. Run node scripts/generate-catalog.js.
4. Add a [[redirects]] line in netlify.toml for the slug.
5. For Android: update wrapper copy-assets driven by games.json.