diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 184f604..7664a8b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "start": "node server/index.js",
     "dev": "node --watch server/index.js",
-    "test": "node --test shared/game.test.js"
+    "test": "node --test shared/*.test.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "better-sqlite3": "^11.3.0",
diff --git a/shared/game.test.js b/shared/game.test.js
index 9ccf2b6..aff79e8 100644
--- a/shared/game.test.js
+++ b/shared/game.test.js
@@ -2,21 +2,28 @@ import { test } from 'node:test';
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 import { createInitialState, reduce, getLegalIntents, isPlayersTurn } from './game.js';
 import { board } from './board.js';
+import { rollsNeededFor } from './tileEffects.js';
 
 function join(state, playerId, name, seat) {
   return reduce(state, { type: 'JOIN', playerId, name, seat, color: '#000' });
 }
 
-/** Drives `playerId` forward by always resolving any pending choice with its
- * first option and otherwise rolling the max die value — walkForward stops
- * early at the next choice/finish regardless of pips, so this reliably makes
- * progress without the test needing to know the board's shape or size. */
+// Deterministic dummy rolls — always the low end of each die's range, so
+// these tests exercise the reducer's mechanics without depending on real
+// (or synthesized-placeholder) table content. shared/tileEffects.test.js
+// covers the actual banding/effect math.
+function rollsFor(space) {
+  return rollsNeededFor(space).map(() => 1);
+}
+
 function takeTurn(state, playerId) {
   const player = state.players[playerId];
   if (player.pendingChoice) {
-    return reduce(state, { type: 'CHOOSE', playerId, spaceId: player.pendingChoice.options[0] });
+    const spaceId = player.pendingChoice.options[0];
+    return reduce(state, { type: 'CHOOSE', playerId, spaceId, rolls: rollsFor(board.spaces[spaceId]) });
   }
-  return reduce(state, { type: 'ROLL', playerId, value: state.config.diceSides });
+  const nextSpaceId = board.spaces[player.position].next;
+  return reduce(state, { type: 'ROLL', playerId, rolls: rollsFor(board.spaces[nextSpaceId]) });
 }
 
 test('lobby: join validation', () => {
@@ -27,6 +34,16 @@ test('lobby: join validation', () => {
   assert.throws(() => reduce(state, { type: 'START_GAME' }), /Not enough players/);
 });
 
+test('join gives every player the five starting stats', () => {
+  let state = createInitialState();
+  state = join(state, 'p1', 'Alice', 1);
+  const p1 = state.players.p1;
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    { cash: p1.cash, love: p1.love, education: p1.education, wealth: p1.wealth, age: p1.age },
+    state.config.startingStats
+  );
+});
+
 test('turn order and illegal actions', () => {
   let state = createInitialState();
   state = join(state, 'p1', 'Alice', 1);
@@ -41,59 +58,72 @@ test('turn order and illegal actions', () => {
   assert.deepEqual(getLegalIntents(state, 'p1'), ['REQUEST_ROLL']);
   assert.deepEqual(getLegalIntents(state, 'p2'), []);
 
-  assert.throws(() => reduce(state, { type: 'ROLL', playerId: 'p2', value: 3 }), /Not your turn/);
+  assert.throws(() => reduce(state, { type: 'ROLL', playerId: 'p2', rolls: [] }), /Not your turn/);
   assert.throws(() => reduce(state, { type: 'CHOOSE', playerId: 'p1', spaceId: 'anything' }), /No pending choice/);
 });
 
-test('full game: every player reaches every fork, race to finish', () => {
+test('a single roll advances exactly one tile and applies its effect', () => {
   let state = createInitialState();
   state = join(state, 'p1', 'Alice', 1);
   state = join(state, 'p2', 'Bob', 2);
   state = reduce(state, { type: 'START_GAME' });
 
-  const seenChoiceSpaces = new Set();
+  const expectedNext = board.spaces[board.startSpaceId].next;
+  state = takeTurn(state, 'p1');
+  assert.equal(state.players.p1.position, expectedNext);
+  assert.equal(state.currentTurn, 'p2', 'turn advances since no choice is pending yet');
+  assert.equal(state.log.at(-1).landedOn, expectedNext);
+});
+
+test('full board: walking every tile to the temporary finish never crashes and always terminates', () => {
+  let state = createInitialState();
+  state = join(state, 'p1', 'Alice', 1);
+  state = join(state, 'p2', 'Bob', 2);
+  state = reduce(state, { type: 'START_GAME' });
+
+  const seenTypes = new Set();
   let guard = 0;
   while (state.status === 'active') {
-    if (++guard > 500) throw new Error('game did not finish in a reasonable number of turns');
+    if (++guard > 1000) throw new Error('game did not finish in a reasonable number of turns');
     const turnPlayerId = state.currentTurn;
-    const before = state.players[turnPlayerId];
-    if (before.pendingChoice) seenChoiceSpaces.add(before.position);
-
     state = takeTurn(state, turnPlayerId);
-
     const after = state.players[turnPlayerId];
-    assert.equal(typeof after.cash, 'number');
+    seenTypes.add(board.spaces[after.position].type);
+    for (const stat of ['cash', 'love', 'education', 'wealth', 'age']) {
+      assert.equal(typeof after[stat], 'number', `${stat} stays numeric`);
+    }
     assert.ok(board.spaces[after.position], 'player is always on a real space');
   }
 
   assert.equal(state.status, 'finished');
-  assert.ok(state.winnerId, 'a winner is recorded');
+  assert.ok(state.winnerId);
   assert.equal(state.currentTurn, null);
   assert.equal(state.players[state.winnerId].position, 'finish');
   assert.deepEqual(getLegalIntents(state, 'p1'), []);
-  assert.deepEqual(getLegalIntents(state, 'p2'), []);
-  assert.throws(() => reduce(state, { type: 'ROLL', playerId: 'p1', value: 1 }), /not active/);
 
-  // Always picking the first option at every fork should have visited all
-  // three choice points at least once between two full playthroughs' worth
-  // of turns (the loser doesn't necessarily finish, so this just checks the
-  // race itself exercised real fork logic, not that both players finished).
-  assert.ok(seenChoiceSpaces.size >= 1, 'at least one fork was actually resolved');
+  // Every distinct tile type in the real board actually got resolved along the way.
+  for (const type of [
+    'payday', 'action_space', 'dice_space', 'roll_table_ref',
+    'inline_table', 'cash_bonus', 'event', 'choice', 'stop',
+  ]) {
+    assert.ok(seenTypes.has(type), `expected to land on a "${type}" tile during a full playthrough`);
+  }
+
+  assert.throws(() => reduce(state, { type: 'ROLL', playerId: 'p1', rolls: [] }), /not active/);
 });
 
 test('board graph is well-formed', () => {
   const ids = Object.keys(board.spaces);
-  assert.ok(ids.length > 100, 'the full board should be a substantial expansion of the Phase 1 subset');
-
+  assert.equal(ids.length, 212, '211 real tiles + 1 synthetic finish');
+  let nonFinishCount = 0;
   for (const id of ids) {
     const space = board.spaces[id];
-    if (space.type === 'choice') {
-      assert.ok(Array.isArray(space.choices) && space.choices.length >= 2, `${id} needs 2+ choices`);
-      for (const target of space.choices) assert.ok(board.spaces[target], `${id} -> missing ${target}`);
-    } else if (space.type === 'finish') {
+    if (space.type === 'finish') {
       assert.equal(space.next, undefined);
-    } else {
-      assert.ok(board.spaces[space.next], `${id} -> missing ${space.next}`);
+      continue;
     }
+    nonFinishCount++;
+    assert.ok(board.spaces[space.next], `${id} -> missing ${space.next}`);
   }
+  assert.equal(nonFinishCount, 211);
 });
diff --git a/shared/tileEffects.test.js b/shared/tileEffects.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c1e625
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/tileEffects.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+import { test } from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { resolveTileEffect, rollsNeededFor, DIE_SIZES } from './tileEffects.js';
+import { board } from './board.js';
+import rollTables from './rollTables.js';
+
+const spaces = Object.values(board.spaces);
+const byType = (type) => spaces.filter((s) => s.type === type);
+
+test('DIE_SIZES covers every die actually referenced in the real board', () => {
+  const usedDice = new Set(spaces.map((s) => s.die).filter(Boolean));
+  for (const die of usedDice) assert.ok(DIE_SIZES[die], `unknown die size: ${die}`);
+});
+
+test('rollsNeededFor asks for exactly one roll per referenced table', () => {
+  const multi = byType('roll_table_ref').find((s) => s.externalTables.length === 3);
+  assert.ok(multi, 'expected a 3-table roll_table_ref tile in the real board');
+  assert.equal(rollsNeededFor(multi).length, 3);
+
+  const single = byType('dice_space')[0];
+  assert.equal(rollsNeededFor(single).length, 1);
+
+  const payday = byType('payday')[0];
+  assert.deepEqual(rollsNeededFor(payday), []);
+});
+
+test('dice_space resolves against its real referenced table with an exact banded effect', () => {
+  const space = byType('dice_space')[0];
+  const table = rollTables.tables.find((t) => t.source_doc_id === space.externalTables[0]);
+  assert.ok(table, 'dice_space tile should reference a real table');
+
+  const [loStr] = table.entries[0].range.split('-');
+  const roll = Number(loStr);
+  const result = resolveTileEffect(space, [roll]);
+  assert.deepEqual(result.statDelta, table.entries[0].effect);
+  assert.equal(result.todo, false, 'a real referenced table is not an invented placeholder');
+});
+
+test('multi-table roll_table_ref sums every referenced table\'s effect', () => {
+  const multi = byType('roll_table_ref').find((s) => s.externalTables.length >= 2);
+  const rolls = rollsNeededFor(multi).map(() => 1); // roll the minimum on every table
+
+  const expected = {};
+  for (const tableId of multi.externalTables) {
+    const table = rollTables.tables.find((t) => t.source_doc_id === tableId);
+    for (const [stat, delta] of Object.entries(table.entries[0].effect)) {
+      expected[stat] = (expected[stat] ?? 0) + delta;
+    }
+  }
+
+  assert.deepEqual(resolveTileEffect(multi, rolls).statDelta, expected);
+});
+
+test('stop applies the rolled D8 value directly to age, no table lookup', () => {
+  const stop = byType('stop')[0];
+  assert.equal(stop.die, 'D8');
+  const result = resolveTileEffect(stop, [5]);
+  assert.deepEqual(result.statDelta, { age: 5 });
+  assert.equal(result.todo, false, 'age += roll is a specified mechanic, not invented content');
+});
+
+test('choice tiles are a harmless no-op while no board-graph.json choices exist yet', () => {
+  const choice = byType('choice')[0];
+  assert.equal(choice.choices, undefined);
+  const result = resolveTileEffect(choice, []);
+  assert.deepEqual(result.statDelta, {});
+  assert.equal(result.todo, true);
+});
+
+test('inline_table tiles resolve against a synthesized placeholder, clearly marked todo', () => {
+  const inline = byType('inline_table')[0];
+  assert.deepEqual(rollsNeededFor(inline), [inline.die]);
+  const max = DIE_SIZES[inline.die];
+  const result = resolveTileEffect(inline, [max]); // top of the range
+  assert.equal(result.todo, true);
+  assert.equal(typeof result.statDelta.cash, 'number');
+});
+
+test('payday and named cash_bonus tiles use fixed placeholder amounts, no roll needed', () => {
+  const payday = byType('payday')[0];
+  assert.deepEqual(rollsNeededFor(payday), []);
+  const paydayResult = resolveTileEffect(payday, []);
+  assert.ok(paydayResult.statDelta.cash > 0);
+  assert.equal(paydayResult.todo, true);
+
+  const hundredK = byType('cash_bonus').find((s) => s.label === '100K');
+  assert.deepEqual(resolveTileEffect(hundredK, []).statDelta, { cash: 100000 });
+
+  const tenK = byType('cash_bonus').find((s) => s.label === '10K');
+  assert.deepEqual(resolveTileEffect(tenK, []).statDelta, { cash: 10000 });
+});
+
+test('401k (a cash_bonus with a die but no table) falls into the synthesized placeholder path', () => {
+  const four01k = byType('cash_bonus').find((s) => s.label === '401k');
+  assert.ok(four01k, 'expected a 401k cash_bonus tile');
+  assert.equal(four01k.die, 'D20');
+  assert.deepEqual(rollsNeededFor(four01k), ['D20']);
+  const result = resolveTileEffect(four01k, [20]);
+  assert.equal(result.todo, true);
+});
+
+test('every real tile resolves without throwing across the full range of its die', () => {
+  for (const space of spaces) {
+    const dice = rollsNeededFor(space);
+    for (const roll of [1, ...dice.map((d) => DIE_SIZES[d])]) {
+      const rolls = dice.map(() => roll);
+      assert.doesNotThrow(() => resolveTileEffect(space, rolls), `${space.id} (${space.type}) threw on roll=${roll}`);
+    }
+  }
+});