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diff --git a/assets/sci-telescope.jpg b/assets/sci-telescope.jpg
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diff --git a/assets/sci-weather-station.jpg b/assets/sci-weather-station.jpg
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diff --git a/game.html b/game.html
index 2c6a6f3..9001ab6 100644
--- a/game.html
+++ b/game.html
@@ -989,6 +989,16 @@
     </div>
   </div>
 
+  <!-- Live update toast -->
+  <div x-show="liveUpdate"
+       x-transition:enter="transition ease-out duration-200"
+       x-transition:enter-start="opacity-0 transform translate-y-2"
+       x-transition:leave="transition ease-in duration-300"
+       x-transition:leave-end="opacity-0"
+       style="position:fixed;bottom:1.5rem;right:1.5rem;z-index:400;background:var(--panel);border:1px solid rgba(112,121,78,.5);color:var(--moss);font:700 .62rem/1 var(--mono);letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;padding:.55rem 1rem;pointer-events:none">
+    Chronicle updated
+  </div>
+
   <!-- Timeline click chooser — dismiss on outside click via transparent backdrop -->
   <div x-show="tlChooser.show"
        style="position:fixed;inset:0;z-index:199"
@@ -1351,6 +1361,8 @@
         saving: false,
         tlItems: [],
         _tlRows: { top: 1, bot: 1 },
+        // Live updates
+        liveUpdate: false,
         // Card draw
         cards: [],
         drawnCard: null,
@@ -1386,6 +1398,7 @@
             return
           }
           this.loadCards()
+          this.connectLive()
           const ok = await this.loadGame()
           if (!ok) { this.loading = false; return }
           await Promise.all([this.loadItems(), this.loadKeywords()])
@@ -1418,6 +1431,23 @@
           this.tlItems = this.computeLayout()
         },
 
+        connectLive() {
+          if (!this.slug) return
+          const es = new EventSource('/api/games/' + this.slug + '/live')
+          es.onmessage = async (e) => {
+            if (e.data === 'connected') return
+            // Don't reload while a modal is open — pick it up when they close
+            if (this.showModal) return
+            await Promise.all([this.loadGame(), this.loadItems(), this.loadKeywords()])
+            this.liveUpdate = true
+            setTimeout(() => this.liveUpdate = false, 2500)
+          }
+          es.onerror = () => {
+            es.close()
+            setTimeout(() => this.connectLive(), 5000)
+          }
+        },
+
         async loadCards() {
           try {
             const r = await fetch('/assets/cards.json')
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 11132e5..15f1679 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -6,6 +6,18 @@ const path = require('path')
 
 const app = express()
 const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3000
+
+// SSE clients: Map<slug, Set<res>>
+const sseClients = new Map()
+
+function broadcast(slug) {
+  const bucket = sseClients.get(slug)
+  if (!bucket) return
+  const msg = `data: update\n\n`
+  for (const res of bucket) {
+    try { res.write(msg) } catch {}
+  }
+}
 const DB_PATH = path.join(__dirname, 'colony.json')
 
 function loadDB() {
@@ -59,6 +71,24 @@ function publicGame(g) {
   }
 }
 
+// --- Live updates (SSE) ---
+app.get('/api/games/:slug/live', (req, res) => {
+  res.writeHead(200, {
+    'Content-Type': 'text/event-stream',
+    'Cache-Control': 'no-cache',
+    'Connection': 'keep-alive',
+    'X-Accel-Buffering': 'no',
+  })
+  res.write('data: connected\n\n')
+  const slug = req.params.slug
+  if (!sseClients.has(slug)) sseClients.set(slug, new Set())
+  sseClients.get(slug).add(res)
+  req.on('close', () => {
+    sseClients.get(slug)?.delete(res)
+    if (sseClients.get(slug)?.size === 0) sseClients.delete(slug)
+  })
+})
+
 // --- Games ---
 app.get('/api/games', (req, res) => {
   const db = loadDB()
@@ -120,7 +150,7 @@ app.put('/api/games/:slug', requirePassword, (req, res) => {
   game.end_title = end_title || ''
   game.end_description = end_description || ''
   game.end_mood = end_mood || ''
-  saveDB(req.db)
+  saveDB(req.db); broadcast(req.params.slug)
   res.json(publicGame(game))
 })
 
@@ -159,7 +189,7 @@ app.post('/api/games/:slug/items', requirePassword, (req, res) => {
   }
   req.game.items = req.game.items || []
   req.game.items.push(item)
-  saveDB(req.db)
+  saveDB(req.db); broadcast(req.params.slug)
   res.status(201).json(item)
 })
 
@@ -171,7 +201,7 @@ app.put('/api/games/:slug/items/:id', requirePassword, (req, res) => {
   if (!title || !date) return res.status(400).json({ error: 'title, date required' })
   const { env, env_layout } = req.body
   items[idx] = { ...items[idx], title, description: description || '', mood: mood || null, date, end_date: end_date || null, status: status || null, discipline: discipline || null, env: env || null, env_layout: env_layout || null }
-  saveDB(req.db)
+  saveDB(req.db); broadcast(req.params.slug)
   res.json(items[idx])
 })
 
@@ -180,7 +210,7 @@ app.delete('/api/games/:slug/items/:id', requirePassword, (req, res) => {
   const idx = items.findIndex(i => i.id === req.params.id)
   if (idx === -1) return res.status(404).json({ error: 'Item not found' })
   items.splice(idx, 1)
-  saveDB(req.db)
+  saveDB(req.db); broadcast(req.params.slug)
   res.json({ ok: true })
 })
 
@@ -200,12 +230,12 @@ app.post('/api/games/:slug/keywords', requirePassword, (req, res) => {
   const existing = req.game.keywords.find(k => k.term.toLowerCase() === term.toLowerCase())
   if (existing) {
     existing.definition = definition || ''
-    saveDB(req.db)
+    saveDB(req.db); broadcast(req.params.slug)
     return res.json(existing)
   }
   const kw = { id: newId(), term, definition: definition || '', created_at: now() }
   req.game.keywords.push(kw)
-  saveDB(req.db)
+  saveDB(req.db); broadcast(req.params.slug)
   res.status(201).json(kw)
 })
 
@@ -215,7 +245,7 @@ app.put('/api/games/:slug/keywords/:id', requirePassword, (req, res) => {
   if (idx === -1) return res.status(404).json({ error: 'Keyword not found' })
   const { term, definition } = req.body
   kws[idx] = { ...kws[idx], term: term || kws[idx].term, definition: definition || '' }
-  saveDB(req.db)
+  saveDB(req.db); broadcast(req.params.slug)
   res.json(kws[idx])
 })
 
@@ -224,7 +254,7 @@ app.delete('/api/games/:slug/keywords/:id', requirePassword, (req, res) => {
   const idx = kws.findIndex(k => k.id === req.params.id)
   if (idx === -1) return res.status(404).json({ error: 'Keyword not found' })
   kws.splice(idx, 1)
-  saveDB(req.db)
+  saveDB(req.db); broadcast(req.params.slug)
   res.json({ ok: true })
 })