diff --git a/ui/src/lib/localgame/serialize.ts b/ui/src/lib/localgame/serialize.ts
index 9471362..3be0d60 100644
--- a/ui/src/lib/localgame/serialize.ts
+++ b/ui/src/lib/localgame/serialize.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ import type { Variant } from '../model';
 export interface Seat {
   kind: 'human' | 'robot';
   name: string;
+  /** The player's real account id for a human seat, so the client identifies "you" and the correct
+   *  turn exactly as in an online game; absent for the robot (a synthetic id is derived). */
+  accountId?: string;
 }
 
 /** LocalGameRecord is the durable form of one local game — everything needed to reconstruct it. */
diff --git a/ui/src/lib/localgame/source.list.test.ts b/ui/src/lib/localgame/source.list.test.ts
index 6d8fd46..df620b0 100644
--- a/ui/src/lib/localgame/source.list.test.ts
+++ b/ui/src/lib/localgame/source.list.test.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,20 @@ describe('LocalSource.list', () => {
     expect(list.every((g) => g.vsAi && g.status === 'active')).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  it('carries the human seat account id into the GameView so the client identifies "you"', async () => {
+    const src = new LocalSource();
+    await src.create({
+      ...opts('local:me', 3n),
+      seats: [
+        { kind: 'human', name: 'You', accountId: 'acct-42' },
+        { kind: 'robot', name: 'Robot' },
+      ],
+    });
+    const [g] = await src.list();
+    expect(g.seats[0].accountId).toBe('acct-42'); // the human's real id, matched against the session
+    expect(g.seats[1].accountId).not.toBe('acct-42'); // the robot keeps a synthetic id
+  });
+
   it('reconstructs a game persisted by a previous session (not in the source cache)', async () => {
     // Seed the store via one source, then list from a fresh source whose in-memory cache is empty.
     await new LocalSource().create(opts('local:old', 7n));
diff --git a/ui/src/lib/localgame/source.ts b/ui/src/lib/localgame/source.ts
index 35ef2e0..3c8f848 100644
--- a/ui/src/lib/localgame/source.ts
+++ b/ui/src/lib/localgame/source.ts
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ export class LocalSource implements GameLoopSource {
     const now = nowUnix();
     const record = serializeGame(game, {
       id: opts.id,
-      seats: opts.seats.map((s) => ({ kind: s.kind, name: s.name })),
+      seats: opts.seats.map((s) => ({ kind: s.kind, name: s.name, accountId: s.accountId })),
       createdAtUnix: now,
       updatedAtUnix: now,
       robotLastMoveAtUnix: now,
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ export class LocalSource implements GameLoopSource {
     const { game, record } = entry;
     const seats: Seat[] = record.seats.map((s, i) => ({
       seat: i,
-      accountId: `${LOCAL_ID_PREFIX}${s.kind}:${i}`,
+      accountId: s.accountId ?? `${LOCAL_ID_PREFIX}${s.kind}:${i}`,
       displayName: s.name,
       score: game.scoreOf(i),
       hintsUsed: 0,
diff --git a/ui/src/screens/NewGame.svelte b/ui/src/screens/NewGame.svelte
index 9e962d3..e3597c9 100644
--- a/ui/src/screens/NewGame.svelte
+++ b/ui/src/screens/NewGame.svelte
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@
           seed: randomSeed(),
           multipleWords: multipleWordsForRequest(v, multipleWords),
           seats: [
-            { kind: 'human', name: app.profile?.displayName ?? 'You' },
+            // The human seat carries the real account id so the game screen and the lobby identify
+            // "you" and the correct turn exactly as for an online game (the robot uses a synthetic id).
+            { kind: 'human', name: app.profile?.displayName ?? 'You', accountId: app.session?.userId },
             { kind: 'robot', name: 'Robot' },
           ],
         });