diff --git a/client/package-lock.json b/client/package-lock.json
index a8f47d0..713f4a8 100644
--- a/client/package-lock.json
+++ b/client/package-lock.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
         "react-dom": "^18.0.0",
         "react-router-dom": "^6.2.2",
         "react-scripts": "5.0.0",
+        "uuid": "^8.3.2",
         "web-vitals": "^2.1.4"
       }
     },
diff --git a/client/package.json b/client/package.json
index 59d524c..88c655f 100644
--- a/client/package.json
+++ b/client/package.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     "react-dom": "^18.0.0",
     "react-router-dom": "^6.2.2",
     "react-scripts": "5.0.0",
+    "uuid": "^8.3.2",
     "web-vitals": "^2.1.4"
   },
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/client/src/App.css b/client/src/App.css
index 74b5e05..82164e4 100644
--- a/client/src/App.css
+++ b/client/src/App.css
@@ -1,38 +1,14 @@
 .App {
   text-align: center;
-}
-
-.App-logo {
-  height: 40vmin;
-  pointer-events: none;
-}
-
-@media (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) {
-  .App-logo {
-    animation: App-logo-spin infinite 20s linear;
-  }
-}
-
-.App-header {
-  background-color: #282c34;
-  min-height: 100vh;
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
   align-items: center;
   justify-content: center;
-  font-size: calc(10px + 2vmin);
-  color: white;
 }
 
-.App-link {
-  color: #61dafb;
-}
-
-@keyframes App-logo-spin {
-  from {
-    transform: rotate(0deg);
-  }
-  to {
-    transform: rotate(360deg);
-  }
-}
+.gameboard {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  width: 95vw;
+  height: 75vh;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/src/App.js b/client/src/App.js
index 74064c4..ce93ea7 100644
--- a/client/src/App.js
+++ b/client/src/App.js
@@ -2,18 +2,21 @@ import './App.css';
 import { Routes, Route, BrowserRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
 
 import Welcome from './components/Welcome';
-import GameBoard from './components/Game/GameBoard';
+import FulLGameView from './components/Game/FullGameView';
+import Store from './store/Store';
 
 function App() {
   return (
-    <div className="App">
-      <BrowserRouter>
-          <Routes>
-            <Route path="/" element={<Welcome />}/>
-            <Route path="/gameboard" element={<GameBoard />}/>
-          </Routes>
-        </BrowserRouter>
-      </div>
+    <Store>
+      <div className="App">
+        <BrowserRouter>
+            <Routes>
+              <Route path="/" element={<Welcome />}/>
+              <Route path="/gameboard" element={<FulLGameView />}/>
+            </Routes>
+          </BrowserRouter>
+        </div>
+      </Store>
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/client/src/components/Cards/Materials.js b/client/src/components/Cards/Materials.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/client/src/components/Game/FullGameView.js b/client/src/components/Game/FullGameView.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5713b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/components/Game/FullGameView.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import GameBoard from "./GameBoard";
+
+export default function FulLGameView() {
+    return (
+        <>
+        <GameBoard />
+        </>
+    )
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/src/components/Game/GameBoard.js b/client/src/components/Game/GameBoard.js
index 962c719..35df537 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Game/GameBoard.js
+++ b/client/src/components/Game/GameBoard.js
@@ -1,22 +1,24 @@
+import { useContext, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { Context } from '../../store/Store';
 import '../../styles/GameBoard.css';
-import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
-
 import Card from '../Cards/Card';
 import { TierOneDeck } from '../../store/TierOneDeck';
 import { TierTwoDeck } from '../../store/TierTwoDeck';
 import { TierThreeDeck } from '../../store/TierThreeDeck';
 
+import {v4} from 'uuid';
+
 export default function GameBoard() {
+    const [state, dispatch] = useContext(Context);
+
     const [trigger, setTrigger] = useState(true);
     const [tierThree, setTierThree] = useState(null);
     const [tierTwo, setTierTwo] = useState(null);
     const [tierOne, setTierOne] = useState(null);
-
-    const [content, setContent] = useState(null);
-
-    const AllDecks = [TierOneDeck, TierTwoDeck, TierThreeDeck];
     
     useEffect(() => {
+        const AllDecks = [TierOneDeck, TierTwoDeck, TierThreeDeck];
+        
         // param limit sets limit on number of cards rendered
         // param tier filters by card tier
         const buildGameBoardRow = (limit, tier) => {
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ export default function GameBoard() {
                 iter++;
 
                 if (!AllDecks[tier-1][iter-1]) continue;
-                newBoard.push(<Card state={AllDecks[tier-1][iter-1]} />);
+                newBoard.push(<Card key={`card-${v4()}`}state={AllDecks[tier-1][iter-1]} />);
             }
 
             switch (tier) {
@@ -57,7 +59,19 @@ export default function GameBoard() {
 
     return (
         <div className="gameboard">
-            <h1 className="gameboard-title">SPLINTER</h1>
+            <a href='/' className="gameboard-title">SPLINTER</a>
+            <div>
+                <h2>Players:</h2>
+                {state.players.map(player => {
+                    return (
+                        <div className="player-info">
+                            <p>{player.name}</p>
+                            <p>{player.points && `Score: ${player.points}`}</p>
+                        </div>
+                    )
+                })
+                }
+            </div>
 
             <div className="gameboard-row">
                 {tierThree || 'Loading'}
diff --git a/client/src/components/Cards/Inventory.js b/client/src/components/Game/Inventory.js
similarity index 96%
rename from client/src/components/Cards/Inventory.js
rename to client/src/components/Game/Inventory.js
index d7aeb9d..3e58b4f 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Cards/Inventory.js
+++ b/client/src/components/Game/Inventory.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import Card from "./Card";
+import Card from "../Cards/Card";
 
 export default class Inventory {
     constructor(state) {
diff --git a/client/src/components/Game/PlayerInventory.js b/client/src/components/Game/PlayerInventory.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..546c6ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/components/Game/PlayerInventory.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { useState } from "react"
+
+export default function PlayerInventory({ name }) {
+    const [materials, setMaterials] = useState(null);
+    
+
+    return (
+        <>
+        </>
+    )
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/src/components/Game/Spirits.js b/client/src/components/Game/Spirits.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..def8cd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/components/Game/Spirits.js
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+export const Spirits = [
+    {
+        img: 'img src',
+        cost: {
+            cedar: 7,
+            birch: 0,
+            walnut: 0,
+            mahogany: 0,
+            cherry: 0
+        }
+    },
+    {
+        img: 'img src',
+        cost: {
+            cedar: 7,
+            birch: 0,
+            walnut: 0,
+            mahogany: 0,
+            cherry: 0
+        }
+    },
+    {
+        img: 'img src',
+        cost: {
+            cedar: 7,
+            birch: 0,
+            walnut: 0,
+            mahogany: 0,
+            cherry: 0
+        }
+    },
+    {
+        img: 'img src',
+        cost: {
+            cedar: 7,
+            birch: 0,
+            walnut: 0,
+            mahogany: 0,
+            cherry: 0
+        }
+    },
+    {
+        img: 'img src',
+        cost: {
+            cedar: 7,
+            birch: 0,
+            walnut: 0,
+            mahogany: 0,
+            cherry: 0
+        }
+    },
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/src/components/GameConfigForms/CpuMultiForm.js b/client/src/components/GameConfigForms/CpuMultiForm.js
index 03892ef..95780ea 100644
--- a/client/src/components/GameConfigForms/CpuMultiForm.js
+++ b/client/src/components/GameConfigForms/CpuMultiForm.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ export default function CpuMultiForm() {
     return (
         <form className="local-multi-form">
             <h1>AI and stuff?</h1>
+            <h2>Coming soon!</h2>
         </form>
     )
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/src/components/GameConfigForms/LocalMultiForm.js b/client/src/components/GameConfigForms/LocalMultiForm.js
index 43ea700..b4561dd 100644
--- a/client/src/components/GameConfigForms/LocalMultiForm.js
+++ b/client/src/components/GameConfigForms/LocalMultiForm.js
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-import { useState, useEffect } from "react";
+import { useState, useEffect, useContext } from "react";
+import { Context } from "../../store/Store";
+import { useNavigate } from "react-router-dom";
 
 export default function LocalMultiForm() {
+    const [state, dispatch] = useContext(Context);
+    const navigate = useNavigate();
+    
     const [players, setPlayers] = useState(null);
     const [formVariant, setFormVariant] = useState(null);
     const [playerOne, setPlayerOne] = useState('');
@@ -8,6 +13,8 @@ export default function LocalMultiForm() {
     const [playerThree, setPlayerThree] = useState('');
     const [playerFour, setPlayerFour] = useState('');
 
+    const allPlayerNames = [playerOne, playerTwo, playerThree, playerFour];
+
     const formVariants = [
         <>   { /* Fragment, expects to be concatenated as necessary within a <form> element */ }
                 { /* Player one and two base; index 0 */ }
@@ -46,6 +53,43 @@ export default function LocalMultiForm() {
                 break;
         }
     }, [players]);
+    
+    const handleStartGame = () => {
+        let toSubmit = [];
+        let iter = 0;
+        while (iter < players) {
+            toSubmit.push({
+                name: allPlayerNames[iter],
+                tokens: {
+                    cedar: 0,
+                    birch: 0,
+                    walnut: 0,
+                    mahogany: 0,
+                    cherry: 0,
+                    resin: 0,
+                },
+                cards: {
+                    cedar: 0,
+                    birch: 0,
+                    walnut: 0,
+                    mahogany: 0,
+                    cherry: 0,
+                },
+                points: 0,
+                spirits: 0,
+            });
+            iter++;
+        }
+
+        if (toSubmit.length < players) return;
+
+        for (let item of toSubmit) {
+            if (!item) return;
+        }
+
+        dispatch({ type: "ADD PLAYERS", payload: toSubmit });
+        navigate('/gameboard');
+    }
 
     return (
         <>
@@ -69,6 +113,8 @@ export default function LocalMultiForm() {
         <form className="player-input" style={{paddingBottom: '1rem'}}>
             {formVariant}
         </form>
+        <button onClick={handleStartGame}>Start game</button>
+        <button onClick={() => dispatch({type: "PRINT PLAYERS"})}>Get Players</button>
         </>
     )
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/src/components/Welcome.js b/client/src/components/Welcome.js
index 5e5a9f0..fdc4ac2 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Welcome.js
+++ b/client/src/components/Welcome.js
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-import { useState, useRef } from "react"
+import { useState, useRef, useContext } from "react"
 import LocalMultiForm from "./GameConfigForms/LocalMultiForm";
 import CpuMultiForm from "./GameConfigForms/CpuMultiForm";
+import { Context } from "../store/Store";
 
 export default function Welcome() {
+    const [state, dispatch] = useContext(Context);
+
     const [localMulti, setLocalMulti] = useState(false);
     const [cpuMulti, setCpuMulti] = useState(false);
 
@@ -50,7 +53,7 @@ export default function Welcome() {
         </form>
 
         {localMulti ? <LocalMultiForm /> : null}
-        {cpuMulti ? <CpuMultiForm /> : null}
+        {cpuMulti   ? <CpuMultiForm />   : null}
 
         <button onClick={handleClear}>Clear form input</button>
         </>
diff --git a/client/src/store/Store.js b/client/src/store/Store.js
index e69de29..346f735 100644
--- a/client/src/store/Store.js
+++ b/client/src/store/Store.js
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import { useReducer, createContext } from "react"
+
+import { TierOneDeck } from './TierOneDeck';
+import { TierTwoDeck } from './TierTwoDeck';
+import { TierThreeDeck } from './TierThreeDeck';
+import { Spirits } from '../components/Game/Spirits';
+
+const initialGameState = {
+    players: [{name: 'no players', inventory: null, cards: null}],
+    materials: {
+        cards: {
+            tierOneRemaining: TierOneDeck,
+            tierTwoRemaining: TierTwoDeck,
+            tierThreeRemaining: TierThreeDeck,
+        },
+        tokens: {
+            cedar: 7,
+            birch: 7,
+            walnut: 7,
+            mahogany: 7,
+            cherry: 7,
+            resin: 5,
+        },
+        spirits: [...Spirits]
+    },
+}
+
+const reducer = (state, action) => {
+    switch (action.type) {
+        case "GET PLAYERS":
+            return state;
+        case "ADD PLAYERS":
+            state.players = action.payload;
+            return state;
+        case "UPDATE PLAYER MATERIALS":
+            // find player in array of players and update their resources
+            // update list of available materials in state
+            break;
+        case "PRINT PLAYERS":
+            console.log(state.players);
+            return state;
+        default:
+            break;
+    }
+}
+
+
+export default function Store({ children }) {
+    const [state, dispatch] = useReducer(reducer, initialGameState);
+
+    return (
+        <Context.Provider value={[state, dispatch]}>
+            { children }
+        </Context.Provider>
+    )
+}
+
+export const Context = createContext(initialGameState);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/src/styles/GameBoard.css b/client/src/styles/GameBoard.css
index cf58706..68e68da 100644
--- a/client/src/styles/GameBoard.css
+++ b/client/src/styles/GameBoard.css
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-.gameboard {
-    display: flex;
-    flex-direction: column;
-}
-
 .gameboard-title {
+    text-decoration: none;
+    font-size: 2rem;
     font-weight: bold;
 }
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6d0f43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+  "name": "splinter",
+  "lockfileVersion": 2,
+  "requires": true,
+  "packages": {
+    "": {
+      "dependencies": {
+        "uuid": "^8.3.2"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/uuid": {
+      "version": "8.3.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid/-/uuid-8.3.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-+NYs2QeMWy+GWFOEm9xnn6HCDp0l7QBD7ml8zLUmJ+93Q5NF0NocErnwkTkXVFNiX3/fpC6afS8Dhb/gz7R7eg==",
+      "bin": {
+        "uuid": "dist/bin/uuid"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "uuid": {
+      "version": "8.3.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid/-/uuid-8.3.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-+NYs2QeMWy+GWFOEm9xnn6HCDp0l7QBD7ml8zLUmJ+93Q5NF0NocErnwkTkXVFNiX3/fpC6afS8Dhb/gz7R7eg=="
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1456e6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "dependencies": {
+    "uuid": "^8.3.2"
+  }
+}