From bfe22e10b5b9f2c7039d1d67021229659a06a226 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: historia <[not public]>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 15:19:40 -0400
Subject: feat: better wheel graphics, better pocket graphics

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 building_guide/roulette.md | 17 ++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

(limited to 'building_guide')

diff --git a/building_guide/roulette.md b/building_guide/roulette.md
index e0ffa3a..0007625 100644
--- a/building_guide/roulette.md
+++ b/building_guide/roulette.md
@@ -33,12 +33,19 @@ ANSI). Three views share one renderer:
 
 - **Betting board**: numbered grid with zeros in the left lane, red/black
   pockets, and outside bets. Green background is reserved for the 0/00 cells.
-- **Spinning**: a large circular wheel with every pocket placed and colored;
-  the pocket count carries the real zero count (one green for European, two
-  for American), and a hub marks the ball.
+- **Spinning**: a stylised 17x9 wheel (wider than tall so it reads as a circle
+  in a terminal cell grid). Only the rim is colored, as solid red and black
+  pockets alternating around the circumference; pockets are two cells wide
+  except the top and bottom centres, which stay one cell. One pocket is green
+  (plus its diametrically opposite pocket on American wheels). A simple plus
+  marks the croupier's spindle. No pocket numbers are drawn; with color off
+  the pockets fall back to R/B/G so the wheel still reads.
 - **Result**: the winning pocket plus its two physical wheel neighbours at
-  playing-card size, with the ball inside the winning pocket and no
-  surrounding prose.
+  playing-card size. The pocket number sits on the top row, a rule separates
+  it from the ball (one row above centre), and the color name is spelled out
+  on the bottom row only when color is off. There is no surrounding prose.
+  The smallest (five-row) cards drop the rule so the ball can sit directly
+  under the number.
 
 The odds reminder (`Numbers 35:1 ...`) is not part of the ambient board. It is
 shown only by the `table` command (and `table rules`). Each table's one-line
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