diff --git a/src/games/arimaa.ts b/src/games/arimaa.ts
index 44c9eacf..f636bd92 100644
--- a/src/games/arimaa.ts
+++ b/src/games/arimaa.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import {  GameBase, IAPGameState, IClickResult, ICustomButton, IIndividualState, IScores, IStatus, IValidationResult, type ChatLogCollectContext, type ChatLogLine, type FlagContext, type GameFlag } from "./_base.js";
 import type { APGamesInformation } from "../schemas/gameinfo.js";
-import { APRenderRep, AreaPieces, BoardBasic, Colourfuncs, Glyph } from "@abstractplay/renderer/build/schemas/schema";
+import { APRenderRep, AreaPieces, BoardBasic, Colourfuncs, Glyph, PaintEntry } from "@abstractplay/renderer/build/schemas/schema";
 import type { APMoveResult } from "../schemas/moveresults.js";
 import { randomInt, RectGrid, reviver, shuffle, SquareOrthGraph, UserFacingError, cloneState } from "../common/index.js";
 import i18next from "i18next";
@@ -1392,7 +1392,7 @@ export class ArimaaGame extends GameBase {
         return i18next.t("apgames:validation.arimaa.NO_MOVE");
     }
 
-    public move(m: string, {trusted = false, partial = false} = {}): ArimaaGame {
+    public move(m: string, {trusted = false, partial = false, emulation = false} = {}): ArimaaGame {
         if (this.gameover) {
             throw new UserFacingError("MOVES_GAMEOVER", i18next.t("apgames:validation._general.MOVES_GAMEOVER"));
         }
@@ -1504,10 +1504,19 @@ export class ArimaaGame extends GameBase {
         // GameBase instead and keep the die, since it may have informed the
         // decision. Partial moves have already returned, so the die never
         // changes while a move is entered.
-        this.die = this.variants.includes("dicey") && this.hands === undefined ? castDie(this.board) : undefined;
+        //
+        // The front end previews a complete move under `emulation` before it
+        // is submitted. The next die is cast on submission alone, so the
+        // preview keeps showing this turn's die, where it was and as it fell,
+        // and the game-over checks assume a full allowance: a roll nobody has
+        // seen cannot decide them.
+        const shown = this.die;
+        this.die = this.variants.includes("dicey") && this.hands === undefined && !emulation ? castDie(this.board) : undefined;
         this.checkEOG();
         if (this.gameover) {
             this.die = undefined;
+        } else if (emulation) {
+            this.die = shown;
         }
         this.saveState();
         return this;
@@ -1851,12 +1860,19 @@ export class ArimaaGame extends GameBase {
         };
 
         // Dicey Moves: the turn's die, one of the renderer's d6 faces, drawn as
-        // a board marker so that a piece moving onto its square covers it
+        // a board marker so that a piece moving onto its square covers it. The
+        // body stays hollow, and the outline and pips are both drawn in
+        // whichever of black and white contrasts best with the board colour,
+        // so the die shows on light and dark boards alike.
         if (this.die !== undefined) {
+            const ink: PaintEntry = {
+                colour: {func: "bestContrast", bg: "_context_board", fg: ["#000", "#fff"]},
+                opacity: 0.75,
+            };
             legend.DIE = {
                 name: `d6-${this.die.steps}`,
+                paint: {border: ink, detail: ink},
                 scale: 0.6,
-                opacity: 0.75,
             };
             const [dx, dy] = ArimaaGame.algebraic2coords(this.die.square);
             (rep.board as BoardBasic).markers!.push({
diff --git a/test/games/arimaa.test.ts b/test/games/arimaa.test.ts
index 8f7742d7..8b29e45e 100644
--- a/test/games/arimaa.test.ts
+++ b/test/games/arimaa.test.ts
@@ -1227,6 +1227,42 @@ describe("Arimaa Dicey Moves", () => {
         expect(g.chatLog(["Gold", "Silver"]).flat().join(" ")).to.contain("a single step this turn");
     });
 
+    it("keeps this turn's die through the preview of a complete move and casts the next on submission", () => {
+        const g = freeStart().move("ee7, ra7");
+        const die = {...g.die!};
+        // the front end previews a complete move under `emulation` before it
+        // is submitted, and only the submission casts the next die
+        let calls = 0;
+        const original = Math.random;
+        Math.random = () => { calls++; return 0.5; };
+        let preview: ArimaaGame;
+        try {
+            preview = g.clone().move("Ed3", {emulation: true});
+        } finally {
+            Math.random = original;
+        }
+        expect(calls).to.equal(0);
+        expect(preview.currplayer).to.equal(2);
+        expect(preview.lastmove).to.equal("Ed3");
+        expect(preview.results[0]).to.deep.equal({type: "roll", values: [die.steps]});
+        expect(preview.die).to.deep.equal(die);
+        expect(preview.stack[preview.stack.length - 1].die).to.deep.equal(die);
+        const rep = preview.render();
+        expect((rep.legend as Record<string, {name: string}>).DIE.name).to.equal(`d6-${die.steps}`);
+        const [x, y] = ArimaaGame.algebraic2coords(die.square);
+        const markers = (rep.board as {markers: Array<{type: string; glyph?: string; points?: Array<{row: number; col: number}>}>}).markers;
+        expect(markers.find(m => m.type === "glyph" && m.glyph === "DIE")!.points).to.deep.equal([{row: y, col: x}]);
+        // the submitted move casts the next die
+        const submitted = withRandom(0, () => g.clone().move("Ed3"));
+        expect(submitted.die!.steps).to.equal(1);
+        // a preview that ends the game hides the die, as the submission would
+        const nearGoal = new ArimaaGame(undefined, ["free", "dicey"]).move("Rd7, Ee2").move("ee5, ra7");
+        const won = nearGoal.clone().move("Rd8", {emulation: true});
+        expect(won.gameover).to.be.true;
+        expect(won.die).to.be.undefined;
+        expect(won.render().legend).to.not.have.property("DIE");
+    });
+
     it("ends the game when the die allows one step and only a push remains", () => {
         // Gold's elephant is boxed in by rabbits it could push; its rabbit is frozen
         const boxed = (): ArimaaGame => new ArimaaGame(undefined, ["free", "dicey"]).move("Ea8, Rh1");
@@ -1238,6 +1274,10 @@ describe("Arimaa Dicey Moves", () => {
         expect(g.gameover).to.be.false;
         expect(g.die!.steps).to.equal(4);
         expect(g.validateMove("Ea7").valid).to.be.true;
+        // a preview has no roll to decide it, so the game goes on
+        g = withRandom(0, () => boxed().move("ra7, rb8, ch2, dg1", {emulation: true}));
+        expect(g.gameover).to.be.false;
+        expect(g.die).to.be.undefined;
     });
 
     it("hides the die when the rules end the game, but not after a resignation, timeout or draw", () => {