Announce leaderless Basic battle plans

docs/CURRENT_STATUS.md

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 ## Current checkpoint and work
 
+**Basic leaderless battle announcement — 29 October. Prototyped / Partial.**
+The publisher's Basic rules require a player without a usable leader or Cheap
+Hero to announce it. New Basic plans now make that public when sealed; other
+plan details stay private until reveal. The five-file related batch passes 31
+cases, including real Basic battle actions with staged leader availability,
+Cheap Hero, rendered controls, saved announcement and four minimal bot plans;
+type checking, lint and production build pass. Already-sealed Basic plans in
+older saves do not acquire a new announcement. Sealing may occur after the
+opponent's plan, so earlier announcement timing and deployed acceptance remain
+open. [Source and scope](RULE_DECISIONS.md#basic-leaderless-battle-announcement--29-october-2026).
+
 **Basic Semuta after Ixian ally replacement with independent Ecaz cards —
 29 October. Prototyped / Partial.** The existing neutral private-discard offer
 now covers a supported paid ordinary Ixian ally replacement when the independent

docs/RULE_DECISIONS.md

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 # Rule decision index
 
+## Basic leaderless battle announcement — 29 October 2026
+
+The [publisher base rulebook, printed p. 10](https://www.gf9games.com/dunegame/wp-content/uploads/Dune-Rulebook.pdf)
+requires a player unable to play a leader or Cheap Hero to announce that fact.
+New Basic leaderless plans now publish the announcement when sealed, using the
+existing Advanced timing, while the rest of the plan stays private. Sealing is
+an online interpretation of the announcement timing; it may occur after the
+other player has already sealed, which remains an open timing limitation. An
+already-sealed Basic plan from an older save is not retroactively announced.
+[Runtime](../tests/basic-leaderless-announcement.test.ts) and
+[controls](../tests/basic-leaderless-announcement-controls.test.tsx).
+
 ## Basic Semuta after Ixian ally replacement with independent cards — 29 October 2026
 
 The existing private Semuta exchange now applies to the discarded card from a