diff --git a/components/truthtrance-card-count.tsx b/components/truthtrance-card-count.tsx
index 8d082cb5..eb831d77 100644
--- a/components/truthtrance-card-count.tsx
+++ b/components/truthtrance-card-count.tsx
@@ -4,29 +4,56 @@ import { useId } from 'react';
 import { Input } from '@/components/ui/input';
 import { TRUTH_CARD_NAMES } from '@/game/truthtrance';
 import type { CardCountFact } from '@/game/truthtrance-card-count';
+import {
+  HAND_INVENTORY_LABELS,
+  type HandInventoryFact,
+} from '@/game/truthtrance-hand-inventory';
 
-export function CardCountFields({
+export function CardCountFields<T extends CardCountFact | HandInventoryFact>({
   value,
   onChange,
 }: {
-  value: CardCountFact;
-  onChange: (fact: CardCountFact) => void;
+  value: T;
+  onChange: (fact: T) => void;
 }) {
   const id = useId();
   const invalid = !Number.isSafeInteger(value.value) || value.value < 0;
   return (
     <>
-      <label>
-        Card name
-        <select
-          value={value.name}
-          onChange={(event) => onChange({ ...value, name: event.target.value })}
-        >
-          {TRUTH_CARD_NAMES.map((name) => (
-            <option key={name}>{name}</option>
-          ))}
-        </select>
-      </label>
+      {value.kind === 'handCount' ? (
+        <label>
+          Card name
+          <select
+            value={value.name}
+            onChange={(event) =>
+              onChange({ ...value, name: event.target.value })
+            }
+          >
+            {TRUTH_CARD_NAMES.map((name) => (
+              <option key={name}>{name}</option>
+            ))}
+          </select>
+        </label>
+      ) : (
+        <label>
+          Cards to count
+          <select
+            value={value.category}
+            onChange={(event) =>
+              onChange({
+                ...value,
+                category: event.target.value as HandInventoryFact['category'],
+              })
+            }
+          >
+            {Object.entries(HAND_INVENTORY_LABELS).map(([category, label]) => (
+              <option key={category} value={category}>
+                {label}
+              </option>
+            ))}
+          </select>
+        </label>
+      )}
       <label>
         Compare card count
         <select
@@ -44,7 +71,7 @@ export function CardCountFields({
         </select>
       </label>
       <label htmlFor={`${id}-count`}>
-        Number of copies
+        {value.kind === 'handCount' ? 'Number of copies' : 'Number of cards'}
         <Input
           id={`${id}-count`}
           type="number"
@@ -61,10 +88,23 @@ export function CardCountFields({
         />
       </label>
       <p id={`${id}-help`} className="fine">
-        Counts copies of this exact named card in the player’s hand now. Cards
-        in the deck, discard pile, or a separate cache do not count. The answer
-        reveals only whether the comparison is true.
+        {value.kind === 'handCount'
+          ? 'Counts copies of this exact named card'
+          : value.category === 'all'
+            ? 'Counts all physical cards'
+            : 'Counts physical cards of the selected primary role'}{' '}
+        in the player’s hand now. Cards in the deck, discard pile, or a separate
+        cache do not count. The answer reveals only whether the comparison is
+        true.
       </p>
+      {value.kind === 'handInventory' && value.category !== 'all' && (
+        <p className="fine">
+          Primary roles follow the cards: Weirding Way is a weapon and Chemistry
+          is a defense. Worthless cards stay separate, including for Bene
+          Gesserit or CHOAM. Alternate uses and faction powers do not change
+          this count.
+        </p>
+      )}
       {invalid && (
         <p id={`${id}-error`} className="notice" role="alert">
           {Number.isInteger(value.value) &&
diff --git a/components/truthtrance.tsx b/components/truthtrance.tsx
index 62ffc248..b930be3a 100644
--- a/components/truthtrance.tsx
+++ b/components/truthtrance.tsx
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ export function Truthtrance({
   ]);
   const factId = useId();
   const invalidSpice = (fact: TruthFact) =>
-    (fact.kind === 'spice' || fact.kind === 'handCount') &&
+    (fact.kind === 'spice' ||
+      fact.kind === 'handCount' ||
+      fact.kind === 'handInventory') &&
     (!Number.isSafeInteger(fact.value) || fact.value < 0);
   const invalidFact = clauses
     .slice(0, join === 'single' ? 1 : 2)
@@ -357,9 +359,10 @@ export function Truthtrance({
                     <p className="notice">
                       Automatic enforcement currently supports the active
                       player’s unused shipment in base Basic games and base
-                      Advanced games without Guild or optional modules. Select that player and finish pending
-                      decisions first. Earlier questions and other rules
-                      configurations remain unfinished.
+                      Advanced games without Guild or optional modules. Select
+                      that player and finish pending decisions first. Earlier
+                      questions and other rules configurations remain
+                      unfinished.
                     </p>
                   )}
                   <p className="notice">
@@ -442,16 +445,23 @@ export function Truthtrance({
                                             compare: 'gte',
                                             value: 2,
                                           }
-                                        : e.target.value === 'spice'
+                                        : e.target.value === 'handInventory'
                                           ? {
-                                              kind: 'spice',
+                                              kind: 'handInventory',
+                                              category: 'all',
                                               compare: 'gte',
-                                              value: 6,
-                                            }
-                                          : {
-                                              kind: 'traitor',
-                                              leader: g.allLeaders[0].id,
+                                              value: 2,
                                             }
+                                          : e.target.value === 'spice'
+                                            ? {
+                                                kind: 'spice',
+                                                compare: 'gte',
+                                                value: 6,
+                                              }
+                                            : {
+                                                kind: 'traitor',
+                                                leader: g.allLeaders[0].id,
+                                              }
                                     : old,
                                 ),
                               )
@@ -461,6 +471,9 @@ export function Truthtrance({
                             <option value="handCount">
                               Number of a named card
                             </option>
+                            <option value="handInventory">
+                              Hand size or primary card role
+                            </option>
                             <option value="traitor">Selected a traitor</option>
                             <option value="spice">
                               Current personal spice
@@ -487,7 +500,8 @@ export function Truthtrance({
                               ))}
                             </select>
                           </label>
-                        ) : c.kind === 'handCount' ? (
+                        ) : c.kind === 'handCount' ||
+                          c.kind === 'handInventory' ? (
                           <CardCountFields
                             value={c}
                             onChange={(next) =>
diff --git a/docs/CURRENT_STATUS.md b/docs/CURRENT_STATUS.md
index 9b379ebb..9748d0f7 100644
--- a/docs/CURRENT_STATUS.md
+++ b/docs/CURRENT_STATUS.md
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ offline tests passed. See [pilot measurements](EFFICIENCY_PILOT.md). The current
 Advanced shipment batch extends typed preparation and commitments without Guild
 or optional modules; its validation is recorded in the checkpoint commit.
 
+`32791ed` verified that batch with 4,192 offline tests, build, 40 HTTP tests and
+two isolated browser journeys. The next bounded batch adds [total hand and
+primary-role Truthtrance counts](TRUTHTRANCE_HAND_INVENTORY.md), reusing existing
+private-answer, controls and persisted continuation paths. Its focused browser
+journey verifies two AI answers, invalid-input feedback and phone-width refresh.
+
 ## Remaining readiness
 
 | Area | Established evidence | Remaining gate |
diff --git a/docs/EFFICIENCY_PILOT.md b/docs/EFFICIENCY_PILOT.md
index f7974f3f..568ce38c 100644
--- a/docs/EFFICIENCY_PILOT.md
+++ b/docs/EFFICIENCY_PILOT.md
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ The removed recurring automation stays removed.
 | Milestone | Deliverable | Measurement |
 | --- | --- | --- |
 | 1: setup | Current status, decision index, reusable checks, saved-game snapshots/backups and HTTP seat restoration | Accepted checkpoint `6e26ba5`. Aggregate counters 57,957,554 → 58,124,416: 166,862 tokens including planning, coordination and the user-requested save reset. Two bounded helpers. Fifteen added regressions; 4,177 offline tests passed. Three broad attempts: two stopped before tests on type/lint errors; final check passed in 130.147s. One cancellation defect found and fixed in review. |
-| 2: core readiness batch | Remaining Basic/Advanced capabilities with rules, controls, bots and recovery together | Start aggregate counter: 58,124,416. Batch: typed Advanced reserve-shipment commitments without Guild or optional modules. Two bounded helpers: regression implementation and independent rules/privacy review. Final counts belong to the verified checkpoint; pending Guild settlement remains explicit. |
-| 3: next dependency batch | Next core or connected expansion capability selected from current evidence | Repeat measurements; compare cost per accepted capability and investigate repeated work. |
+| 2: core readiness batch | Typed Advanced reserve-shipment commitments without Guild or optional modules | Accepted checkpoint `32791ed`. Aggregate counters 58,124,416 → 58,695,053: 570,637 tokens. Two bounded helpers: regression implementation and independent rules/privacy review. Fifteen added tests; 4,192 offline and 40 HTTP tests plus build passed. One stable broad run; focused checks resolved setup mistakes and two review findings before it. Two browser rooms verified distinct AI and human paths. Pending Guild settlement remains explicit. |
+| 3: next dependency batch | Truthtrance total hand size and primary-role counts, controls, bots and recovery | Start aggregate counter 58,695,053. Two bounded helpers on the cheaper workhorse model for regression implementation and independent review. Reuses the existing count panel and persisted-room fixtures; eight added tests and expanded SQLite cases. Two copy issues resolved before broad verification. One isolated browser room covers combined role counts, total size, invalid input and phone refresh. Confirmed endpoint and final results are recorded in the checkpoint commit. |
 
 The aggregate counter may update only between turns. Record a confirmed endpoint
 when available rather than estimating missing usage. It includes coordination and
@@ -21,6 +21,18 @@ existing checks; broad checks still run once source/review is stable and repeat
 subsequent changes or failures justify them. Browser fixtures remain feature-specific;
 the reusable HTTP restoration helper does not automate browser setup or visual QA.
 
+Milestone 2 cost more than the tooling baseline and cannot establish a saving.
+Its larger rules/interaction scope, browser setup and context recovery contribute
+to that total. Keep the third batch bounded, reuse fixtures and avoid repeatedly
+loading old audits. Compare concrete capabilities and reopened defects alongside
+token counts before choosing the next budget; three different deliverables alone
+cannot support a reliable percentage estimate.
+
+Check account usage after each verified checkpoint. The user explicitly confirmed
+the stop point as **80% weekly usage consumed (20% remaining)**. Keep the goal
+unfinished when stopping for usage, preserve Git and subagent requirements, and
+leave the removed recurring automation absent. After `32791ed`, usage was 3% used.
+
 Use [current status](CURRENT_STATUS.md), [rule decisions](RULE_DECISIONS.md) and
 [verification workflow](VERIFICATION_WORKFLOW.md) as short entry points. Historical
 logs remain references, not mandatory full-context input on every turn.
diff --git a/docs/IMPLEMENTATION_STATUS.md b/docs/IMPLEMENTATION_STATUS.md
index 352d90f8..c55a797a 100644
--- a/docs/IMPLEMENTATION_STATUS.md
+++ b/docs/IMPLEMENTATION_STATUS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
 # Dune implementation status
 
+
+## 13 September 2026 — Truthtrance hand size and primary-role facts
+
+Added total physical hand counts and explicit primary-role comparisons, sharing
+classification with component presentation. Canonical Richese roles, Ix alternate
+uses, Worthless faction powers and Ecaz slot-only specials retain their distinct
+semantics. Current facts disclose one aggregate result and create no retention
+promise. The existing count controls, all four bot answer paths and production-room
+continuations are reused; no public mode or publication gate opens.
+
+Eight new focused tests cover the 60-card catalog, actual engine questions,
+privacy, AI and JSON/custody changes. Expanded SQLite cases restore total/category
+and compound answers around an interrupted auction and commit competing answers
+once. Independent review findings were limited to two corrected wording issues.
+Room `LC3E55GY` verifies combined role counts, total size, invalid input and phone
+refresh. Required broad results and aggregate token endpoint belong to the verified
+checkpoint commit and private source-bound report. See
+[hand inventory contract](TRUTHTRANCE_HAND_INVENTORY.md) and
+[efficiency measurements](EFFICIENCY_PILOT.md). Wider Truthtrance and Guild gaps
+remain explicit; preserve all post-reset games.
+
 **Typed Advanced shipment-promise checkpoint, 13 September 2026:** [Shipment promises](TRUTHTRANCE_SHIPMENT_PROMISES.md) now support base Advanced games without Guild or optional modules through the existing authoritative commitment, controls, private guidance, bots and recovery. Ghola preparation reuses canonical eligible normal/elite limits; pending BG conversion preserves feasible promises while retaining real responses and hiding conditional shipment pricing. Cancellation releases only when owned alternatives fail. Genuine Advanced scenarios and production SQLite races cover physical custody and saved continuations. Full validation and browser outcomes are recorded in the checkpoint commit and source-bound verification report. Ordinary Guild settlement, broader commitments, combined modules and complete mode acceptance remain unfinished; no release gate is opened.
 
 **Efficiency setup and fresh local save checkpoint, 13 September 2026:** [Current status](CURRENT_STATUS.md) and the [rule decision index](RULE_DECISIONS.md) consolidate existing evidence without changing mode gates. [Reusable verification](VERIFICATION_WORKFLOW.md) adds private source-bound check logs, read-only saved-game snapshots/online backups and bounded HTTP seat-restoration checks. Focused regressions cover child failure/cancellation, stale source, output protection, WAL backup and seat privacy; the required full-check result is recorded in this checkpoint’s Git commit and external verification report. The user explicitly authorized clearing old local saves: a verified private backup preceded removal of 3,644 rooms and related records, preserving schema/migrations and creating a fresh empty baseline. Future games remain protected. [Pilot measurements](EFFICIENCY_PILOT.md) retain selective subagents, mandatory verified Git pushes and the full game scope; no gameplay or release gate is enabled. Browser setup remains feature-specific, and no live browser acceptance is claimed for this tooling change.
diff --git a/docs/RULE_DECISIONS.md b/docs/RULE_DECISIONS.md
index 6ff56580..2bc5ea4e 100644
--- a/docs/RULE_DECISIONS.md
+++ b/docs/RULE_DECISIONS.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Updated 13 September 2026. This is the authoritative navigation index for existi
 | Setup and Fremen movement | Preserve source-ordered setup and the distinct declared-movement cancellation; do not recreate fixed historical gaps. | [Setup contract](ADVANCED_SETUP_TEST_SEAM.md), [Fremen Karama](FREMEN_MOVEMENT_KARAMA_RULES.md) |
 | Guild payment | Rate, transport permission and income are distinct; power owner, shipper, contributors and independent rate-card beneficiary remain distinct. | [Rate/cancellation sources](GUILD_RATE_KARAMA_RULES.md), [implemented payment routing](GUILD_SHIPMENT_PAYMENTS.md) |
 | Truthtrance | Current facts are boolean disclosures, not promises to preserve resources. Structured Basic and base Advanced active-opportunity shipment promises bind within their documented scope (Advanced excludes Guild and optional modules); prose is not automatically enforced. | [Spice facts](TRUTHTRANCE_SPICE_FACTS.md), [card facts](TRUTHTRANCE_CARD_COUNT.md), [shipment promises](TRUTHTRANCE_SHIPMENT_PROMISES.md), [remaining audit](TRUTHTRANCE_NONBATTLE_READINESS_20260907.md) |
+| Truthtrance hand categories | Count current physical hand custody by explicitly named primary role; alternate battle slots and faction powers do not reclassify cards. Only an aggregate answer is disclosed. | [Hand inventory](TRUTHTRANCE_HAND_INVENTORY.md) |
 | Nexus lifecycle | Twelve physical cards, phase draw/replacement and alliance forfeiture; native Cunning, absent-faction Secret Ally and Betrayal have separate effects. No blanket Karama immunity. | [Common source contract](NEXUS_CARD_RULES.md), [lifecycle runtime](NEXUS_CARD_RUNTIME.md) |
 | Nexus faction effects | Preserve physical custody, original faction identity and durable effect receipts; use each printed family instead of borrowing another faction's rules by analogy. | [Atreides](NEXUS_ATREIDES_RULES.md), [Harkonnen](NEXUS_HARKONNEN_RULES.md), [BG](NEXUS_BENE_GESSERIT_RULES.md), [Emperor](NEXUS_EMPEROR_RULES.md), [Fremen](NEXUS_FREMEN_RULES.md), [Guild](NEXUS_GUILD_RULES.md) |
 | Expansion Nexus families | Source audit coverage does not imply every panel is playable; consult later runtime records in the status log. | [Ixian Cunning](NEXUS_IXIAN_CUNNING_RULES.md), [Ixian replacement](NEXUS_IXIAN_REPLACEMENT_RULES.md), [Tleilaxu](NEXUS_TLEILAXU_RULES.md), [CHOAM](NEXUS_CHOAM_RULES.md), [Richese](NEXUS_RICHESE_RULES.md), [Ecaz](NEXUS_ECAZ_RULES.md), [Moritani](NEXUS_MORITANI_RULES.md) |
diff --git a/docs/TRUTHTRANCE_HAND_INVENTORY.md b/docs/TRUTHTRANCE_HAND_INVENTORY.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a89fcf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/TRUTHTRANCE_HAND_INVENTORY.md
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# Truthtrance hand inventory
+
+13 September 2026. A bounded current-fact capability; public Advanced and unfinished
+expansion starts remain gated. Freeform interpretation and broader commitments are
+still incomplete.
+
+## Contract and authority
+
+The [GF9 November 2020 FAQ, p8](https://www.gf9games.com/dune/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Dune-FAQ-Nov-2020.pdf)
+permits game-related Yes/No questions and AND/OR combinations, including a weapon
+and defense example. Official-domain indexed page text was retrieved on this date.
+This implementation supplies precise current-hand predicates, not a restriction on
+the questions allowed by the published card.
+
+`HandInventoryFact` compares physical cards currently held with a nonnegative safe
+integer, using exactly, at least or at most. Categories are all cards, primary
+weapons, primary defenses, Worthless, Cheap Hero/Heroine, and remaining Special
+cards. Decks, discards, separate caches and on-table cards are outside the hand.
+Reserved cards still held in hand count. This fact creates no obligation to keep
+cards, acquire more, or use them in a particular slot.
+
+Primary roles are an explicitly worded query definition. They reuse the existing
+component presentation and canonical Richese definitions, not battle-slot legality:
+Weirding Way is primarily a weapon, Chemistry a defense, and Worthless cards remain
+separate even for BG/CHOAM. Stone Burner and Mirror Weapon are printed weapons;
+Portable Snooper is a printed defense despite their persisted `special` kind.
+See [Richese components](RICHESE_COMPONENTS.md) for that physical inventory audit.
+No unfinished effect is enabled by counting its held card.
+
+`game/card-category.ts` provides the shared classification. The focused inventory
+module parses, compares and renders the predicate; the existing Truthtrance flow
+handles priority, aggregate three-valued logic, truthful responses, physical card
+disposal and resuming the interrupted decision. Only the respondent sees the
+verified answer before publication. Exact Yes comparisons necessarily disclose
+the selected count, but matching card identities and individual compound results
+are not added to other views. All four bots use the same owner-only answer.
+
+## Verification and limits
+
+`tests/truthtrance-hand-inventory.test.ts` exercises physical copies, default and
+alternate roles, input rejection, actual questions/answers, private views, four
+profiles, JSON continuations and the absence of a retention promise. The existing
+production-room SQLite suite `tests/truthtrance-spice-recovery.test.ts` now covers
+total/category and compound inventory facts across module restarts, suspended
+auction payment, unchanged private views and competing answers committing once.
+
+Browser acceptance and final required check results are recorded in the milestone
+checkpoint and its private verification report. These checks establish the stated
+fact boundary; they do not certify every card interaction, arbitrary question,
+AI question strategy, complete Advanced play or expansion readiness.
+
+Browser room `LC3E55GY` was created through the lobby, backed up, then staged through
+the genuine Basic initializer into an isolated phase-five question opportunity.
+Its Medium Emperor held four physical cards: two Shields, Lasgun and Baliset.
+The human asker submitted primary-weapon-at-least-one AND
+primary-defense-at-least-two; the AI publicly answered Yes. A negative count
+disabled submission and showed the correction. At 390px width the human then
+submitted total-hand-exactly-four and refreshed during the answer wait. The room
+restored both Yes records, an empty asker hand and the prior movement decision.
+Phone screenshots showed readable controls and the public preview; the temporary
+viewport was reset. Other saved rooms were not used as fixtures. This is targeted
+question/recovery evidence, not a complete-game browser run.
diff --git a/game/card-category.ts b/game/card-category.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a768ad45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/game/card-category.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import type { Card } from './cards';
+import { richeseCardDefinition } from './richese-cards';
+
+export const CARD_CATEGORIES = [
+  'weapon',
+  'defense',
+  'worthless',
+  'hero',
+  'special',
+] as const;
+export type CardCategory = (typeof CARD_CATEGORIES)[number];
+
+const PRIMARY_CATEGORY: Record<Card['kind'], CardCategory> = {
+  projectile: 'weapon',
+  poison: 'weapon',
+  lasgun: 'weapon',
+  poisonBlade: 'weapon',
+  poisonTooth: 'weapon',
+  artillery: 'weapon',
+  weirdingWay: 'weapon',
+  shield: 'defense',
+  snooper: 'defense',
+  shieldSnooper: 'defense',
+  chemistry: 'defense',
+  worthless: 'worthless',
+  hero: 'hero',
+  special: 'special',
+};
+
+/** Primary component role, independent of chosen battle slots or faction powers.
+ * Richese's physical definitions distinguish weapons/defenses stored as special.
+ * Weirding Way and Chemistry retain their defaults; Worthless remains separate.
+ */
+export function printedCardCategory(card: Card): CardCategory {
+  const definition = richeseCardDefinition(card);
+  if (definition?.behavior.battleCategory === 'weapon') return 'weapon';
+  if (definition?.behavior.battleCategory === 'poison-defense')
+    return 'defense';
+  return PRIMARY_CATEGORY[card.kind];
+}
diff --git a/game/card-presentation.ts b/game/card-presentation.ts
index e23eb0c4..b649c71b 100644
--- a/game/card-presentation.ts
+++ b/game/card-presentation.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { BATTLE_CARD_HELP, battleCardLabel } from './battle-cards';
 import { RULE_TOPICS, type RuleTopic } from './reference';
 import { ecazTreacheryDefinition } from './ecaz-cards';
 import { richeseCardDefinition } from './richese-cards';
+import { printedCardCategory } from './card-category';
 
 /** Presentation uses only a card the caller has already been authorized to see. */
 export type VisibleCard = Readonly<
@@ -130,15 +131,13 @@ export function cardPresentation(card: VisibleCard): CardPresentation {
   const topics = topicIds
     .map((id) => RULE_TOPICS.find((topic) => topic.id === id))
     .filter((topic): topic is RuleTopic => !!topic);
-  const role = ['shield', 'snooper', 'shieldSnooper', 'chemistry'].includes(
-    card.kind,
-  )
-    ? 'defense'
-    : card.kind === 'hero'
+  const category = printedCardCategory(card);
+  const role =
+    category === 'hero'
       ? 'leader'
-      : card.kind === 'special' || card.kind === 'worthless'
+      : category === 'special' || category === 'worthless'
         ? 'utility'
-        : 'weapon';
+        : category;
   return {
     category:
       card.kind === 'special'
diff --git a/game/reference.ts b/game/reference.ts
index 77019993..ea617167 100644
--- a/game/reference.ts
+++ b/game/reference.ts
@@ -2114,6 +2114,66 @@ export const RULE_TOPICS: RuleTopic[] = [
       },
     ],
   },
+  {
+    id: 'truthtrance-hand-inventory',
+    title: 'Truthtrance: hand size and primary card roles',
+    category: 'Cards',
+    coverage: 'Partial',
+    summary:
+      'Ask a verified Yes/No question about total hand size or how many held cards have a selected primary role.',
+    steps: [
+      'Declare Truthtrance, choose Verified cards, traitors or spice, then Hand size or primary card role. Select all cards or a primary role, a comparison and a whole count of zero or more. Review the question before asking.',
+      'Count only physical cards currently in the target’s hand, including reserved cards still held there. Decks, discards, separate caches and cards already on the table do not count. Every held physical copy counts once.',
+      'Primary roles are the cards’ default roles. Weirding Way is a weapon; Chemistry is a defense. Alternate battle roles do not change these counts. Worthless cards and Cheap Heroes or Heroines are separate categories. Bene Gesserit and CHOAM powers do not turn held Worthless cards into another category.',
+      'Richese cards use their printed roles: Stone Burner and Mirror Weapon are weapons; Portable Snooper is a defense. Other Special cards belong to the Special category. A classification question does not make an unfinished card effect available.',
+      'Only the target receives the verified answer before answering. Other players see the question and its final aggregate Yes/No answer, without a list of matching cards. An exact comparison answered Yes necessarily confirms that count. AND/OR combinations publish only their combined result.',
+      'These are current facts, not promises to keep cards or to use them in battle. All four AI levels answer from their own verified result. Broader freeform questions and future-action commitments remain unfinished.',
+    ],
+    example:
+      'A hand of Weirding Way, Chemistry and Baliset has three cards: one primary weapon, one primary defense and one Worthless card.',
+    related: [
+      'card-truthtrance',
+      'truthtrance-card-count',
+      'truthtrance-spice',
+      'privacy',
+    ],
+    checklist: [
+      {
+        area: 'Implementation',
+        status: 'Implemented',
+        detail:
+          'Validated total and primary-role physical hand counts share the component classification and aggregate fact evaluator.',
+      },
+      {
+        area: 'Player controls',
+        status: 'Implemented',
+        detail:
+          'Role selection, comparison, accessible count input, invalid-input feedback and the exact public question preview.',
+      },
+      {
+        area: 'AI',
+        status: 'Partial',
+        detail:
+          'All four profiles truthfully answer; strategic choice of these questions remains uncalibrated.',
+      },
+      {
+        area: 'Documentation',
+        status: 'Implemented',
+        detail:
+          'Explains hand custody, default roles, alternate uses, private aggregation and current-fact lifetime.',
+      },
+      {
+        area: 'Verification',
+        status: 'Partial',
+        detail:
+          'Focused role, engine, privacy, AI, JSON and persisted concurrent-answer checks; no complete mode certificate.',
+        evidence: [
+          'tests/truthtrance-hand-inventory.test.ts',
+          'tests/truthtrance-spice-recovery.test.ts',
+        ],
+      },
+    ],
+  },
   {
     id: 'truthtrance-shipment',
     title: 'Truthtrance: shipment promises',
@@ -2194,6 +2254,7 @@ export const RULE_TOPICS: RuleTopic[] = [
       'privacy',
       'truthtrance-spice',
       'truthtrance-card-count',
+      'truthtrance-hand-inventory',
       'truthtrance-shipment',
     ],
   },
diff --git a/game/truthtrance-hand-inventory.ts b/game/truthtrance-hand-inventory.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a96eeae0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/game/truthtrance-hand-inventory.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+import type { Card } from './cards';
+import {
+  CARD_CATEGORIES,
+  printedCardCategory,
+  type CardCategory,
+} from './card-category';
+
+/** A current custody question, not a promise to retain cards or use them. */
+export type HandInventoryFact = {
+  kind: 'handInventory';
+  category: 'all' | CardCategory;
+  compare: 'eq' | 'gte' | 'lte';
+  value: number;
+};
+
+export const HAND_INVENTORY_LABELS: Record<
+  HandInventoryFact['category'],
+  string
+> = {
+  all: 'All cards in hand',
+  weapon: 'Weapons · primary role',
+  defense: 'Defenses · primary role',
+  worthless: 'Worthless cards',
+  hero: 'Cheap Heroes and Heroines',
+  special: 'Special cards without a primary battle role',
+};
+
+export function parseHandInventoryFact(
+  v: Record<string, unknown>,
+): HandInventoryFact {
+  if (
+    v.kind !== 'handInventory' ||
+    (v.category !== 'all' &&
+      !CARD_CATEGORIES.includes(v.category as CardCategory))
+  )
+    throw new Error('Choose all held cards or a known primary card role.');
+  if (v.compare !== 'eq' && v.compare !== 'gte' && v.compare !== 'lte')
+    throw new Error('Compare held cards using exactly, at least, or at most.');
+  if (
+    typeof v.value !== 'number' ||
+    !Number.isSafeInteger(v.value) ||
+    v.value < 0
+  )
+    throw new Error(
+      'Choose a nonnegative whole card count within the safe integer range.',
+    );
+  return {
+    kind: 'handInventory',
+    category: v.category as HandInventoryFact['category'],
+    compare: v.compare,
+    value: v.value,
+  };
+}
+
+export function handInventoryFactMatches(
+  hand: readonly Card[],
+  fact: HandInventoryFact,
+): boolean {
+  const count =
+    fact.category === 'all'
+      ? hand.length
+      : hand.filter((card) => printedCardCategory(card) === fact.category)
+          .length;
+  return fact.compare === 'eq'
+    ? count === fact.value
+    : fact.compare === 'gte'
+      ? count >= fact.value
+      : count <= fact.value;
+}
+
+export function handInventoryFactText(fact: HandInventoryFact): string {
+  const comparison =
+    fact.compare === 'eq'
+      ? 'exactly'
+      : fact.compare === 'gte'
+        ? 'at least'
+        : 'at most';
+  const cards = fact.value === 1 ? 'card' : 'cards';
+  const description: Record<HandInventoryFact['category'], string> = {
+    all: `${cards} in your hand`,
+    weapon: `${cards} whose primary role is a weapon`,
+    defense: `${cards} whose primary role is a defense`,
+    worthless: `Worthless ${cards}`,
+    hero: `Cheap Hero or Cheap Heroine ${cards}`,
+    special: `Special ${cards} without a primary battle role`,
+  };
+  return `you currently hold ${comparison} ${fact.value} ${description[fact.category]}`;
+}
diff --git a/game/truthtrance.ts b/game/truthtrance.ts
index b991ba5f..224b4ee0 100644
--- a/game/truthtrance.ts
+++ b/game/truthtrance.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ import {
   type CardCountFact,
 } from './truthtrance-card-count';
 import { richeseCards } from './richese-cards';
+import {
+  parseHandInventoryFact,
+  handInventoryFactMatches,
+  handInventoryFactText,
+  type HandInventoryFact,
+} from './truthtrance-hand-inventory';
 import {
   parsePlanClaim,
   planClaimText,
@@ -22,6 +28,7 @@ import { DUKE_VIDAL_ID } from './duke-vidal';
 
 export type TruthFact =
   | CardCountFact
+  | HandInventoryFact
   | { kind: 'hand'; name: string }
   | { kind: 'traitor'; leader: string }
   | { kind: 'spice'; compare: 'eq' | 'gte' | 'lte'; value: number }
@@ -75,9 +82,11 @@ function parseFact(
     'Truthtrance supports at most 16 clauses and four levels of grouping.',
   );
   const v = record(value);
-  if (v.kind === 'handCount') {
+  if (v.kind === 'handCount' || v.kind === 'handInventory') {
     try {
-      return parseCardCountFact(v, TRUTH_CARD_NAMES);
+      return v.kind === 'handCount'
+        ? parseCardCountFact(v, TRUTH_CARD_NAMES)
+        : parseHandInventoryFact(v);
     } catch (error) {
       throw new TruthError(
         error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error),
@@ -146,7 +155,10 @@ function parseQuestion(g: Game, asker: string, value: unknown): TruthQuestion {
         g.status === 'playing' &&
         g.phase === 5 &&
         g.active === v.target &&
-        shipmentAvailable(g,g.players.find((p) => p.id === v.target)!) &&
+        shipmentAvailable(
+          g,
+          g.players.find((p) => p.id === v.target)!,
+        ) &&
         !g.response &&
         !g.decision &&
         !g.phaseOpening &&
@@ -252,6 +264,8 @@ export function truthFactAnswer(
   p: Pick<Player, 'hand' | 'traitors' | 'traitorChoices' | 'spice'>,
   fact: TruthFact,
 ): TruthAnswer {
+  if (fact.kind === 'handInventory')
+    return handInventoryFactMatches(p.hand, fact) ? 'yes' : 'no';
   if (fact.kind === 'handCount')
     return cardCountFactMatches(p.hand, fact) ? 'yes' : 'no';
   if (fact.kind === 'hand')
@@ -293,6 +307,7 @@ export function truthQuestionText(
   if (q.kind === 'battlePlan')
     return `In this battle in ${territory(q.territory).name}, will it be true that ${planClaimText(q.claim, leaderName)}?`;
   const clause = (f: TruthFact): string => {
+    if (f.kind === 'handInventory') return handInventoryFactText(f);
     if (f.kind === 'handCount') return cardCountFactText(f);
     if (f.kind === 'hand') return `you hold ${f.name}`;
     if (f.kind === 'traitor') return `${leaderName(f.leader)} is your traitor`;
diff --git a/tests/truthtrance-hand-inventory.test.ts b/tests/truthtrance-hand-inventory.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3b956ca4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/truthtrance-hand-inventory.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,431 @@
+import test from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { baseDeck, ixDeck, treacheryDeck } from '../game/cards';
+import { botActions } from '../game/bots';
+import { DIFFICULTIES } from '../game/bot-profiles';
+import { CARD_CATEGORIES, printedCardCategory } from '../game/card-category';
+import { ecazTreacheryCards } from '../game/ecaz-cards';
+import {
+  applyAction,
+  createGame,
+  newPlayer,
+  viewGame,
+  type Action,
+  type Game,
+} from '../game/engine';
+import { richeseCards } from '../game/richese-cards';
+import {
+  handInventoryFactMatches,
+  handInventoryFactText,
+  parseHandInventoryFact,
+  type HandInventoryFact,
+} from '../game/truthtrance-hand-inventory';
+import type { TruthFact } from '../game/truthtrance';
+
+const inventoryFact = (
+  category: HandInventoryFact['category'],
+  compare: HandInventoryFact['compare'],
+  value: number,
+): HandInventoryFact => ({ kind: 'handInventory', category, compare, value });
+
+void test('the complete implemented catalog has one exhaustive primary printed role, including Ix alternate-slot and canonical Richese edges', () => {
+  const catalog = [...baseDeck(), ...ixDeck(), ...richeseCards(), ...ecazTreacheryCards()];
+  const before = structuredClone(catalog);
+  const counts: Record<HandInventoryFact['category'], number> = {
+    all: 60, weapon: 17, defense: 13, worthless: 6, hero: 2, special: 22,
+  };
+  assert.deepEqual(CARD_CATEGORIES, ['weapon', 'defense', 'worthless', 'hero', 'special']);
+  for (const category of CARD_CATEGORIES)
+    assert.equal(catalog.filter((card) => printedCardCategory(card) === category).length, counts[category]);
+
+  const category = (name: string) =>
+    printedCardCategory(catalog.find((card) => card.name === name)!);
+  for (const name of ['Poison Blade', 'Poison Tooth', 'Artillery Strike', 'Weirding Way', 'Stone Burner', 'Mirror Weapon'])
+    assert.equal(category(name), 'weapon', name);
+  for (const name of ['Shield Snooper', 'Chemistry', 'Portable Snooper'])
+    assert.equal(category(name), 'defense', name);
+  for (const name of ['Reinforcements', 'Harass & Withdraw'])
+    assert.equal(category(name), 'special', `${name} is only eligible for a battle slot`);
+  for (const name of ['Stone Burner', 'Mirror Weapon', 'Portable Snooper']) {
+    const canonical = richeseCards().find((card) => card.name === name)!;
+    assert.equal(printedCardCategory({ ...canonical, id: `forged-${canonical.id}` }), 'special');
+  }
+  for (const [category, count] of Object.entries(counts) as [
+    HandInventoryFact['category'], number,
+  ][]) {
+    assert.ok(handInventoryFactMatches(catalog, inventoryFact(category, 'eq', count)));
+    assert.ok(!handInventoryFactMatches(catalog, inventoryFact(category, 'gte', count + 1)));
+    assert.ok(!handInventoryFactMatches(catalog, inventoryFact(category, 'lte', count - 1)));
+  }
+  assert.ok(handInventoryFactMatches(catalog, inventoryFact('all', 'lte', Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER)));
+  assert.deepEqual(catalog, before);
+});
+
+void test('the parser normalizes records and rejects malformed categories, comparisons, and unsafe counts immutably', () => {
+  const valid = {
+    kind: 'handInventory',
+    category: 'weapon',
+    compare: 'gte',
+    value: 2,
+    privateDetail: 'ignored',
+  };
+  const before = structuredClone(valid);
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    parseHandInventoryFact(valid),
+    inventoryFact('weapon', 'gte', 2),
+  );
+  assert.deepEqual(valid, before);
+
+  for (const category of ['weapons', 'Weapon', '', 1, null, undefined])
+    assert.throws(
+      () => parseHandInventoryFact({ ...valid, category }),
+      /known primary card role/,
+    );
+  for (const compare of ['gt', 'lt', '=', '', 1, null, undefined])
+    assert.throws(
+      () => parseHandInventoryFact({ ...valid, compare }),
+      /Compare held cards/,
+    );
+  for (const value of [
+    -1,
+    0.5,
+    NaN,
+    Infinity,
+    Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER + 1,
+    '2',
+    null,
+    undefined,
+  ])
+    assert.throws(
+      () => parseHandInventoryFact({ ...valid, value }),
+      /whole card count/,
+    );
+  assert.throws(
+    () => parseHandInventoryFact({ ...valid, kind: 'handCount' }),
+    /known primary card role/,
+  );
+});
+
+void test('inventory question text identifies current custody, the comparator, and primary-role semantics', () => {
+  assert.equal(
+    handInventoryFactText(inventoryFact('all', 'eq', 1)),
+    'you currently hold exactly 1 card in your hand',
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    handInventoryFactText(inventoryFact('weapon', 'gte', 2)),
+    'you currently hold at least 2 cards whose primary role is a weapon',
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    handInventoryFactText(inventoryFact('special', 'lte', 0)),
+    'you currently hold at most 0 Special cards without a primary battle role',
+  );
+});
+
+function takeDeck(g: Game, id: string, name: string) {
+  const index = g.deck.findIndex((card) => card.name === name);
+  assert.ok(index >= 0, name);
+  g.players
+    .find((player) => player.id === id)!
+    .hand.push(g.deck.splice(index, 1)[0]);
+}
+
+function takeRichese(g: Game, id: string, name: string) {
+  const index = g.richeseCache!.findIndex((card) => card.name === name);
+  assert.ok(index >= 0, name);
+  g.players
+    .find((player) => player.id === id)!
+    .hand.push(g.richeseCache!.splice(index, 1)[0]);
+}
+
+function fixture() {
+  const g = createGame('INVTRUTH', newPlayer('a', 'Asker', 'atreides'), false, [
+    'ix',
+    'choam',
+  ]);
+  g.players.push(
+    newPlayer('r', 'Target', 'richese'),
+    newPlayer('h', 'Observer', 'harkonnen'),
+  );
+  Object.assign(g, {
+    status: 'playing',
+    turn: 2,
+    phase: 4,
+    order: ['h', 'r', 'a'],
+    deck: treacheryDeck(['ix']),
+    richeseCache: richeseCards(),
+  });
+  for (const player of g.players) {
+    player.spice = 20;
+    player.traitors = [player.leaders[0].id];
+  }
+  const selected = new Set(g.players.flatMap((player) => player.traitors));
+  g.traitorReserve = g.players
+    .flatMap((player) => player.leaders.map((leader) => leader.id))
+    .filter((id) => !selected.has(id));
+
+  takeDeck(g, 'a', 'Truthtrance');
+  takeDeck(g, 'a', 'Shield');
+  takeDeck(g, 'h', 'Truthtrance');
+  takeDeck(g, 'h', 'Snooper');
+  for (const name of ['Poison Blade', 'Chemistry', 'Cheap Hero', 'Harvester'])
+    takeDeck(g, 'r', name);
+  return g;
+}
+
+function declare(state: Game, id = 'a') {
+  const player = state.players.find((candidate) => candidate.id === id)!;
+  return applyAction(state, id, {
+    type: 'card',
+    card: player.hand.find((card) => card.effect === 'truthtrance')!.id,
+  });
+}
+
+function finishPriority(state: Game) {
+  let g = state;
+  while (g.truthtrance?.stage === 'priority') {
+    const player = g.players.find(
+      (candidate) => !g.truthtrance!.passed.includes(candidate.id),
+    )!;
+    g = applyAction(g, player.id, { type: 'truthPass' });
+  }
+  assert.equal(g.truthtrance?.stage, 'ask');
+  return g;
+}
+
+function pending(state: Game, fact: TruthFact, asker = 'a', target = 'r') {
+  return applyAction(finishPriority(declare(state, asker)), asker, {
+    type: 'truthAsk',
+    question: { kind: 'fact', target, fact },
+  });
+}
+
+function rejectUnchanged(g: Game, id: string, action: Action) {
+  const before = structuredClone(g);
+  assert.throws(() => applyAction(g, id, action));
+  assert.deepEqual(g, before);
+}
+
+function physicalCardIds(g: Game) {
+  return [
+    ...g.deck,
+    ...g.discard,
+    ...(g.richeseCache ?? []),
+    ...g.players.flatMap((player) => player.hand),
+  ]
+    .map((card) => card.id)
+    .sort();
+}
+
+void test('real declaration, priority, question, and answer use only current hand custody and discard Truthtrance once', () => {
+  const cases: [HandInventoryFact, 'yes' | 'no'][] = [
+    [inventoryFact('all', 'eq', 4), 'yes'],
+    [inventoryFact('weapon', 'eq', 1), 'yes'],
+    [inventoryFact('defense', 'gte', 2), 'no'],
+    [inventoryFact('worthless', 'eq', 0), 'yes'],
+    [inventoryFact('hero', 'gte', 2), 'no'],
+    [inventoryFact('special', 'eq', 1), 'yes'],
+  ];
+  for (const [fact, expected] of cases) {
+    const initial = fixture();
+    const targetHand = structuredClone(initial.players[1].hand);
+    const g = pending(initial, fact);
+    assert.equal(viewGame(g, 'r').truthAnswer, expected);
+    const done = applyAction(g, 'r', {
+      type: 'truthAnswer',
+      answer: expected,
+    });
+    assert.equal(done.truthtrance, null);
+    assert.deepEqual(done.truthHistory!.at(-1), {
+      turn: 2,
+      phase: 4,
+      asker: 'a',
+      question: { kind: 'fact', target: 'r', fact },
+      answer: expected,
+    });
+    assert.deepEqual(done.players[1].hand, targetHand);
+    assert.equal(
+      done.discard.filter((card) => card.effect === 'truthtrance').length,
+      1,
+    );
+  }
+  const g = pending(fixture(), inventoryFact('weapon', 'eq', 1));
+  rejectUnchanged(g, 'r', { type: 'truthAnswer', answer: 'no' });
+  rejectUnchanged(g, 'r', { type: 'truthAnswer', answer: 'unknown' });
+  rejectUnchanged(g, 'h', { type: 'truthAnswer', answer: 'yes' });
+});
+
+void test('malformed inventory leaves reject atomically even behind an already-true OR clause', () => {
+  const g = finishPriority(declare(fixture()));
+  const valid = inventoryFact('weapon', 'gte', 1);
+  const invalid = [
+    { ...valid, category: 'weapons' },
+    { ...valid, category: 'Weapon' },
+    { ...valid, category: null },
+    { ...valid, compare: 'gt' },
+    { ...valid, value: -1 },
+    { ...valid, value: 1.5 },
+    { ...valid, value: Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER + 1 },
+    { ...valid, value: '3' },
+  ];
+  for (const leaf of invalid)
+    rejectUnchanged(g, 'a', {
+      type: 'truthAsk',
+      question: {
+        kind: 'fact',
+        target: 'r',
+        fact: {
+          kind: 'or',
+          terms: [inventoryFact('all', 'gte', 0), leaf],
+        },
+      },
+    });
+  assert.equal(g.truthtrance?.stage, 'ask');
+  assert.equal(g.truthtrance.question, null);
+  assert.equal(g.discard.length, 0);
+});
+
+void test('combined inventory facts preserve unknown semantics and disclose only the aggregate boolean', () => {
+  const initial = fixture();
+  initial.players[1].traitorChoices = ['atreides-1'];
+  initial.traitorReserve = initial.traitorReserve!.filter(
+    (id) => id !== 'atreides-1',
+  );
+  const unknown: TruthFact = { kind: 'traitor', leader: 'atreides-1' };
+  const scenarios: [TruthFact, 'yes' | 'no' | 'unknown'][] = [
+    [
+      { kind: 'and', terms: [inventoryFact('weapon', 'eq', 1), unknown] },
+      'unknown',
+    ],
+    [{ kind: 'and', terms: [inventoryFact('weapon', 'eq', 2), unknown] }, 'no'],
+    [
+      { kind: 'or', terms: [inventoryFact('defense', 'eq', 1), unknown] },
+      'yes',
+    ],
+    [
+      { kind: 'or', terms: [inventoryFact('defense', 'eq', 2), unknown] },
+      'unknown',
+    ],
+  ];
+  for (const [fact, expected] of scenarios) {
+    const g = pending(initial, fact);
+    assert.equal(viewGame(g, 'r').truthAnswer, expected);
+    for (const id of ['a', 'h']) {
+      const view = viewGame(g, id);
+      assert.equal(view.truthAnswer, null);
+      assert.equal(
+        view.players.find((player) => player.id === 'r')!.hand,
+        undefined,
+      );
+      assert.equal(
+        view.players.find((player) => player.id === 'r')!.traitorChoices,
+        undefined,
+      );
+      for (const card of g.players[1].hand)
+        assert.equal(JSON.stringify(view).includes(card.id), false);
+    }
+    const done = applyAction(g, 'r', {
+      type: 'truthAnswer',
+      answer: expected,
+    });
+    assert.equal(done.truthHistory!.at(-1)!.answer, expected);
+  }
+});
+
+function swapHeldCard(
+  g: Game,
+  playerId: string,
+  heldName: string,
+  deckName: string,
+) {
+  const player = g.players.find((candidate) => candidate.id === playerId)!;
+  const held = player.hand.findIndex((card) => card.name === heldName);
+  const deck = g.deck.findIndex((card) => card.name === deckName);
+  assert.ok(held >= 0, heldName);
+  assert.ok(deck >= 0, deckName);
+  const [replacement] = g.deck.splice(deck, 1);
+  g.deck.push(player.hand.splice(held, 1, replacement)[0]);
+}
+
+void test('equivalent hidden inventories yield the same outsider projection and all four bot profiles return only the legal boolean', () => {
+  for (const difficulty of DIFFICULTIES)
+    for (const fact of [
+      inventoryFact('all', 'eq', 4),
+      inventoryFact('weapon', 'gte', 1),
+      inventoryFact('defense', 'lte', 0),
+      inventoryFact('special', 'eq', 1),
+    ]) {
+      const first = fixture();
+      first.players[1].bot = difficulty;
+      const second = structuredClone(first);
+      swapHeldCard(second, 'r', 'Poison Blade', 'Poison Tooth');
+      swapHeldCard(second, 'h', 'Snooper', 'Gom Jabbar');
+
+      const worlds = [pending(first, fact), pending(second, fact)];
+      assert.deepEqual(viewGame(worlds[0], 'a'), viewGame(worlds[1], 'a'));
+      const expected = handInventoryFactMatches(worlds[0].players[1].hand, fact)
+        ? 'yes'
+        : 'no';
+      for (const world of worlds) {
+        const targetView = viewGame(world, 'r');
+        const snapshot = structuredClone(targetView);
+        assert.equal(targetView.truthAnswer, expected);
+        assert.deepEqual(botActions(targetView), [
+          { type: 'truthAnswer', answer: expected },
+        ]);
+        assert.deepEqual(targetView, snapshot);
+        assert.deepEqual(botActions(viewGame(world, 'h')), []);
+        const done = applyAction(world, 'r', botActions(targetView)[0]);
+        assert.equal(done.truthHistory!.at(-1)!.answer, expected);
+      }
+    }
+});
+
+void test('a JSON-restored answer records the old fact while a later legal Richese gift changes the next current answer', () => {
+  const initial = fixture();
+  for (const name of ['Cheap Hero', 'Harvester']) {
+    const index = initial.players[1].hand.findIndex(
+      (card) => card.name === name,
+    );
+    assert.ok(index >= 0);
+    initial.deck.push(initial.players[1].hand.splice(index, 1)[0]);
+  }
+  takeRichese(initial, 'r', 'Stone Burner');
+  const stone = initial.players[1].hand.find(
+    (card) => card.name === 'Stone Burner',
+  )!;
+  const ids = physicalCardIds(initial);
+  let g = pending(initial, inventoryFact('weapon', 'eq', 2));
+  g = applyAction(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(g)) as Game, 'r', {
+    type: 'truthAnswer',
+    answer: 'yes',
+  });
+  assert.equal(g.truthHistory!.at(-1)!.answer, 'yes');
+
+  g.players[1].ally = 'h';
+  g.players[2].ally = 'r';
+  g = applyAction(g, 'r', { type: 'richeseGift', card: stone.id });
+  assert.equal(
+    g.players[1].hand.some((card) => card.id === stone.id),
+    false,
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    g.players[2].hand.some((card) => card.id === stone.id),
+    true,
+  );
+
+  g = pending(g, inventoryFact('weapon', 'eq', 1), 'h', 'r');
+  assert.equal(viewGame(g, 'r').truthAnswer, 'yes');
+  const done = applyAction(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(g)) as Game, 'r', {
+    type: 'truthAnswer',
+    answer: 'yes',
+  });
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    done.truthHistory!.map((record) => record.answer),
+    ['yes', 'yes'],
+  );
+  assert.deepEqual(physicalCardIds(done), ids);
+  assert.equal(
+    done.discard.filter((card) => card.effect === 'truthtrance').length,
+    2,
+  );
+});
diff --git a/tests/truthtrance-spice-recovery.test.ts b/tests/truthtrance-spice-recovery.test.ts
index a6e5e69d..0d5578f8 100644
--- a/tests/truthtrance-spice-recovery.test.ts
+++ b/tests/truthtrance-spice-recovery.test.ts
@@ -450,12 +450,45 @@ void test('an existing structured hand fact remains answerable after room-module
   }
 });
 
-void test('hand-count questions restore physical duplicate counts and expose the definite answer only to the target', async () => {
-  for (const [compare, value, answer] of [
-    ['eq', 2, 'yes'],
-    ['gte', 3, 'no'],
-    ['lte', 2, 'yes'],
-  ] as const) {
+void test('hand-count and inventory questions restore physical counts and expose the definite answer only to the target', async () => {
+  const cases: [TruthFact, 'yes' | 'no', 'yes' | 'no'][] = [
+    [
+      { kind: 'handCount', name: 'Shield', compare: 'eq', value: 2 },
+      'yes',
+      'no',
+    ],
+    [
+      { kind: 'handCount', name: 'Shield', compare: 'gte', value: 3 },
+      'no',
+      'no',
+    ],
+    [
+      { kind: 'handCount', name: 'Shield', compare: 'lte', value: 2 },
+      'yes',
+      'yes',
+    ],
+    [
+      { kind: 'handInventory', category: 'all', compare: 'eq', value: 3 },
+      'yes',
+      'yes',
+    ],
+    [
+      { kind: 'handInventory', category: 'defense', compare: 'eq', value: 2 },
+      'yes',
+      'no',
+    ],
+    [
+      { kind: 'handInventory', category: 'weapon', compare: 'gte', value: 1 },
+      'no',
+      'yes',
+    ],
+    [
+      { kind: 'handInventory', category: 'special', compare: 'lte', value: 1 },
+      'yes',
+      'yes',
+    ],
+  ];
+  for (const [fact, answer, alternateAnswer] of cases) {
     const f = await fixture();
     try {
       const secondShield = f.initial.deck.findIndex(
@@ -466,12 +499,6 @@ void test('hand-count questions restore physical duplicate counts and expose the
       f.sqlite
         .prepare('UPDATE rooms SET state=? WHERE code=?')
         .run(JSON.stringify(f.initial), f.code);
-      const fact: TruthFact = {
-        kind: 'handCount',
-        name: 'Shield',
-        compare,
-        value,
-      };
       await ask(f, fact);
       const pending = await restored(f);
       assertSuspended(f, pending);
@@ -502,11 +529,10 @@ void test('hand-count questions restore physical duplicate counts and expose the
           engine.viewGame(alternative, f.seats[index].playerId),
           engine.viewGame(pending, f.seats[index].playerId),
         );
-      if (compare === 'eq')
-        assert.equal(
-          engine.viewGame(alternative, f.seats[1].playerId).truthAnswer,
-          'no',
-        );
+      assert.equal(
+        engine.viewGame(alternative, f.seats[1].playerId).truthAnswer,
+        alternateAnswer,
+      );
 
       const done = await act(f, 1, { type: 'truthAnswer', answer });
       assert.equal(done.truthtrance, null);
@@ -533,99 +559,112 @@ void test('hand-count questions restore physical duplicate counts and expose the
   }
 });
 
-void test('recovered hand-count answers reject dishonest or wrong-seat requests and concurrent truthful answers commit exactly once', async () => {
-  const f = await fixture();
-  try {
-    await ask(f, {
-      kind: 'handCount',
-      name: 'Shield',
-      compare: 'eq',
-      value: 1,
-    });
-    const before = await restored(f);
-    await assertPrivate(f, 'yes');
-    const writeCount = f.writes.length;
-    for (const index of [0, 2])
-      await assert.rejects(
-        f
-          .restart()
-          .act(
-            f.code,
-            f.seats[index],
-            before.version,
-            { type: 'truthAnswer', answer: 'yes' },
-            clock,
-          ),
-        /questioned player/,
-      );
-    for (const answer of ['no', 'unknown'])
-      await assert.rejects(
-        f
-          .restart()
-          .act(
-            f.code,
-            f.seats[1],
-            before.version,
-            { type: 'truthAnswer', answer },
-            clock,
-          ),
-        /truthfully/,
-      );
-    assert.equal(f.writes.length, writeCount);
-    assert.deepEqual(await f.restart().readRoom(f.code), before);
+void test('recovered hand-count and compound inventory answers reject dishonest or wrong-seat requests and concurrent truthful answers commit exactly once', async () => {
+  const facts: TruthFact[] = [
+    { kind: 'handCount', name: 'Shield', compare: 'eq', value: 1 },
+    { kind: 'handInventory', category: 'all', compare: 'eq', value: 2 },
+    {
+      kind: 'and',
+      terms: [
+        {
+          kind: 'handInventory',
+          category: 'defense',
+          compare: 'gte',
+          value: 1,
+        },
+        { kind: 'handInventory', category: 'special', compare: 'eq', value: 1 },
+      ],
+    },
+  ];
+  for (const fact of facts) {
+    const f = await fixture();
+    try {
+      await ask(f, fact);
+      const before = await restored(f);
+      await assertPrivate(f, 'yes');
+      const writeCount = f.writes.length;
+      for (const index of [0, 2])
+        await assert.rejects(
+          f
+            .restart()
+            .act(
+              f.code,
+              f.seats[index],
+              before.version,
+              { type: 'truthAnswer', answer: 'yes' },
+              clock,
+            ),
+          /questioned player/,
+        );
+      for (const answer of ['no', 'unknown'])
+        await assert.rejects(
+          f
+            .restart()
+            .act(
+              f.code,
+              f.seats[1],
+              before.version,
+              { type: 'truthAnswer', answer },
+              clock,
+            ),
+          /truthfully/,
+        );
+      assert.equal(f.writes.length, writeCount);
+      assert.deepEqual(await f.restart().readRoom(f.code), before);
 
-    f.writes.length = 0;
-    f.hooks.beforeWrite = barrier();
-    const action = { type: 'truthAnswer', answer: 'yes' };
-    const outcomes = await Promise.allSettled([
-      f.rooms.act(f.code, f.seats[1], before.version, action, clock),
-      f.restart().act(f.code, f.seats[1], before.version, action, clock),
-    ]);
-    f.hooks.beforeWrite = undefined;
-    assert.equal(
-      outcomes.filter((result) => result.status === 'fulfilled').length,
-      1,
-    );
-    assert.equal(
-      outcomes.filter((result) => result.status === 'rejected').length,
-      1,
-    );
-    assert.deepEqual(
-      f.writes.map((write) => write.changes).sort((a, b) => a - b),
-      [0, 1],
-    );
-    const after = await f.restart().readRoom(f.code);
-    assert.equal(after.version, before.version + 1);
-    assert.equal(after.truthtrance, null);
-    assert.deepEqual(after.truthHistory, [
-      {
-        turn: before.turn,
-        phase: before.phase,
-        asker: f.seats[0].playerId,
-        question: before.truthtrance!.question!,
-        answer: 'yes',
-      },
-    ]);
-    assert.equal(
-      after.discard.filter((card) => card.id === f.card.id).length,
-      1,
-    );
-    assert.equal(
-      after.players[0].hand.some((card) => card.id === f.card.id),
-      false,
-    );
-    assert.deepEqual(inventory(after), inventory(before));
-    assertSuspended(f, after);
-    const committedWrites = f.writes.length;
-    for (const version of [before.version, after.version])
-      await assert.rejects(
-        f.restart().act(f.code, f.seats[1], version, action, clock),
+      f.writes.length = 0;
+      f.hooks.beforeWrite = barrier();
+      const action = { type: 'truthAnswer', answer: 'yes' };
+      const outcomes = await Promise.allSettled([
+        f.rooms.act(f.code, f.seats[1], before.version, action, clock),
+        f.restart().act(f.code, f.seats[1], before.version, action, clock),
+      ]);
+      f.hooks.beforeWrite = undefined;
+      assert.equal(
+        outcomes.filter((result) => result.status === 'fulfilled').length,
+        1,
       );
-    assert.equal(f.writes.length, committedWrites);
-    assert.deepEqual(await restored(f), after);
-    await assertPrivate(f, null);
-  } finally {
-    f.hooks.beforeWrite = undefined;
-    f.sqlite.close();
+      assert.equal(
+        outcomes.filter((result) => result.status === 'rejected').length,
+        1,
+      );
+      assert.deepEqual(
+        f.writes.map((write) => write.changes).sort((a, b) => a - b),
+        [0, 1],
+      );
+      const after = await f.restart().readRoom(f.code);
+      assert.equal(after.version, before.version + 1);
+      assert.equal(after.truthtrance, null);
+      assert.deepEqual(after.truthHistory, [
+        {
+          turn: before.turn,
+          phase: before.phase,
+          asker: f.seats[0].playerId,
+          question: before.truthtrance!.question!,
+          answer: 'yes',
+        },
+      ]);
+      assert.equal(
+        after.discard.filter((card) => card.id === f.card.id).length,
+        1,
+      );
+      assert.equal(
+        after.players[0].hand.some((card) => card.id === f.card.id),
+        false,
+      );
+      assert.deepEqual(inventory(after), inventory(before));
+      assertSuspended(f, after);
+      const committedWrites = f.writes.length;
+      for (const version of [before.version, after.version])
+        await assert.rejects(
+          f.restart().act(f.code, f.seats[1], version, action, clock),
+        );
+      assert.equal(f.writes.length, committedWrites);
+      assert.deepEqual(await restored(f), after);
+      await assertPrivate(f, null);
+    } finally {
+      f.hooks.beforeWrite = undefined;
+      f.sqlite.close();
+    }
   }
 });