diff --git a/client/src/Board.js b/client/src/Board.js
index df8aeea..4f29aab 100755
--- a/client/src/Board.js
+++ b/client/src/Board.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import React, { useState, useEffect } from "react";
 import "./Board.css";
 import history from "./history.js";
 import Paper from '@material-ui/core/Paper';
+import Button from '@material-ui/core/Button';
 import TextField from '@material-ui/core/TextField';
 import List from '@material-ui/core/List';
 import ListItem from '@material-ui/core/ListItem';
@@ -286,6 +287,24 @@ const Chat = ({ game, promoteGameState }) => {
   );
 }
 
+const Action = ({ game, promoteGameState }) => {
+  const actionClick = (event) => {
+    this.setGameState("active").then((state) => {
+      game.state = state;
+    });
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <>
+    { game.state == 'lobby' &&
+    <Paper className="Action">
+      <Button onClick={actionClick}>Start game</Button>
+    </Paper>
+    }
+    </> 
+  );
+}
+
 /* This needs to take in a mechanism to declare the
  * player's active item in the game */
 const Players = ({ game, promoteGameState }) => {
@@ -403,7 +422,10 @@ class Board extends React.Component {
     this.randomize = this.randomize.bind(this);
     this.throwDice = this.throwDice.bind(this);
     this.promoteGameState = this.promoteGameState.bind(this);
+    this.resetGameLoad = this.resetGameLoad.bind(this);
     this.loadGame = this.loadGame.bind(this);
+    this.rollDice = this.rollDice.bind(this);
+    this.setGameState = this.setGameState.bind(this);
 
     this.mouse = { x: 0, y: 0 };
     this.radius = 0.317;
@@ -426,6 +448,39 @@ class Board extends React.Component {
     this.id = (props.router && props.router.params.id) ? props.router.params.id : 0;
   }
 
+  rollDice() {
+    if (this.loadTimer) {
+      window.clearTimeout(this.loadTimer);
+      this.loadTimer = null;
+    }
+
+    return window.fetch(`${base}/api/v1/games/${this.state.game.id}/roll`, {
+      method: "PUT",
+      cache: 'no-cache',
+      credentials: 'same-origin',
+      headers: {
+        'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+      }
+    }).then((res) => {
+      if (res.status > 400) {
+        console.log(res);
+        throw new Error(`Unable to roll dice`);
+      }
+      return res.json();
+    }).then((game) => {
+      console.log (`Dice rolled!`);
+      console.log(game.dice);
+      this.game = game;
+      this.setState({ game: { ...this.state.game, dice: game.dice }} );
+    }).catch((error) => {
+      console.error(error);
+      alert(error);
+    }).then(() => {
+      this.resetGameLoad();
+      return this.game.dice;
+    });
+  }
+
   loadGame() {
     if (this.loadTimer) {
       window.clearTimeout(this.loadTimer);
@@ -433,7 +488,7 @@ class Board extends React.Component {
     }
 
     if (this.state.game) {
-  //    return;
+      //return;
     }
 
     window.fetch(`${base}/api/v1/games/${this.state.game.id}`, {
@@ -456,10 +511,18 @@ class Board extends React.Component {
       console.error(error);
       alert(error);
     }).then(() => {
-      this.loadTimer = window.setTimeout(this.loadGame, 1000);
+      this.resetGameLoad();
     });
   }
 
+  resetGameLoad() {
+    if (this.loadTimer) {
+      window.clearTimeout(this.loadTimer);
+      this.loadTimer = 0;
+    }
+    this.loadTimer = window.setTimeout(this.loadGame, 1000);
+  }
+  
   promoteGameState(change) {
     console.log("Requesting state change: ", change);
 
@@ -489,7 +552,7 @@ class Board extends React.Component {
       console.error(error);
       alert(error);
     }).then(() => {
-      this.loadTimer = window.setTimeout(this.loadGame, 1000);
+      this.resetGameLoad();
     });
   }
 
@@ -517,49 +580,92 @@ class Board extends React.Component {
     }
   }
 
-  throwDice() {
-    for (let i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
-      dice[i] = {
-        pips: Math.ceil(Math.random() * 6),
-        angle: Math.random() * Math.PI * 2,
-        jitter: (Math.random() - 0.5) * diceSize * 0.125
-      }
+  setGameState(state) {
+    if (this.loadTimer) {
+      window.clearTimeout(this.loadTimer);
+      this.loadTimer = null;
     }
-    window.requestAnimationFrame(this.drawFrame);
 
-    const sum = dice[0].pips + dice[1].pips;
-    if (sum === 7) { /* Robber! */
-      if (this.state.total > 7) {
-        let half = Math.ceil(this.state.total * 0.5);
-        this.setState({ total: this.state.total - half});
-        while (half) {
-          switch (Math.floor(Math.random() * 5)) {
-          case 0: if (this.state.wood) { this.setState({ wood: this.state.wood - 1}); half--; } break;
-          case 1: if (this.state.sheep) { this.setState({ sheep: this.state.sheep - 1}); half--; } break;
-          case 2: if (this.state.stone) { this.setState({ stone: this.state.stone - 1}); half--; } break;
-          case 3: if (this.state.brick) { this.setState({ brick: this.state.brick - 1}); half--; } break;
-          case 4:
-          default: if (this.state.wheat) { this.setState({ wheat: this.state.wheat - 1}); half--; } break;
+    return window.fetch(`${base}/api/v1/games/${this.state.game.id}/state/${state}`, {
+      method: "PUT",
+      cache: 'no-cache',
+      credentials: 'same-origin',
+      headers: {
+        'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+      }
+    }).then((res) => {
+      if (res.status > 400) {
+        console.log(res);
+        throw new Error(`Unable to set state to ${state}`);
+      }
+      return res.json();
+    }).then((game) => {
+      console.log (`Game state set to ${game.state}!`);
+      this.game = game;
+      this.setState({ game: { ...this.state.game, state: game.state }} );
+    }).catch((error) => {
+      console.error(error);
+      alert(error);
+    }).then(() => {
+      this.resetGameLoad();
+      return this.game.state;
+    });
+  }
+
+  throwDice() {
+    dice[0].pips = dice[1].pips = 0;
+
+    return this.rollDice().then((roll) => {
+      roll.forEach((value, index) => {
+        dice[index] = {
+          pips: value,
+          angle: Math.random() * Math.PI * 2,
+          jitter: (Math.random() - 0.5) * diceSize * 0.125
+        };
+      });
+      
+      window.requestAnimationFrame(this.drawFrame);
+      
+      if (this.game.state == 'lobby') {
+        return;
+      }
+      
+      const sum = dice[0].pips + dice[1].pips;
+      if (sum === 7) { /* Robber! */
+        if (this.state.total > 7) {
+          let half = Math.ceil(this.state.total * 0.5);
+          this.setState({ total: this.state.total - half});
+          while (half) {
+            switch (Math.floor(Math.random() * 5)) {
+            case 0: if (this.state.wood) { this.setState({ wood: this.state.wood - 1}); half--; } break;
+            case 1: if (this.state.sheep) { this.setState({ sheep: this.state.sheep - 1}); half--; } break;
+            case 2: if (this.state.stone) { this.setState({ stone: this.state.stone - 1}); half--; } break;
+            case 3: if (this.state.brick) { this.setState({ brick: this.state.brick - 1}); half--; } break;
+            case 4:
+            default: if (this.state.wheat) { this.setState({ wheat: this.state.wheat - 1}); half--; } break;
+            }
           }
         }
+      } else {
+        this.tiles.forEach((tile) => {
+          if (tile.pip.roll !== sum) {
+            return;
+          }
+          this.setState({ [tile.type]: this.state[tile.type] + 1});
+          this.setState({ total: this.state.total + 1 });
+        });
       }
-    } else {
-      this.tiles.forEach((tile) => {
-        if (tile.pip.roll !== sum) {
-          return;
-        }
-        this.setState({ [tile.type]: this.state[tile.type] + 1});
-        this.setState({ total: this.state.total + 1 });
-      });
-    }
 
-    this.setState({
-      total: this.state.total,
-      wood: this.state.wood,
-      sheep: this.state.sheep,
-      stone: this.state.stone,
-      brick: this.state.brick,
-      wheat: this.state.wheat
+      this.setState({
+        total: this.state.total,
+        wood: this.state.wood,
+        sheep: this.state.sheep,
+        stone: this.state.stone,
+        brick: this.state.brick,
+        wheat: this.state.wheat
+      });
+    }).catch((error) => {
+      console.error(error);
     });
   }
 
@@ -760,17 +866,20 @@ class Board extends React.Component {
 
     ctx.fillStyle = "rgba(128, 128, 0, 0.125)";
     ctx.strokeStyle = "rgba(255, 255, 0, 0.5)";
-    const roll = dice[0].pips + dice[1].pips;
-    if (roll) this.tiles.forEach((tile) => {
-      if (tile.pip.roll === roll) {
-        ctx.save();
-        ctx.beginPath();
-        ctx.arc(tile.pos.x, tile.pos.y, tileHeight * 0.5, 0, Math.PI * 2);
-        ctx.fill();
-        ctx.stroke();
-        ctx.restore();
-      }
-    });
+
+    if (this.game.state != 'lobby') {
+      const roll = dice[0].pips + dice[1].pips;
+      if (roll) this.tiles.forEach((tile) => {
+        if (tile.pip.roll === roll) {
+          ctx.save();
+          ctx.beginPath();
+          ctx.arc(tile.pos.x, tile.pos.y, tileHeight * 0.5, 0, Math.PI * 2);
+          ctx.fill();
+          ctx.stroke();
+          ctx.restore();
+        }
+      });
+    }
 
     if (this.closest.tile) {
       ctx.save();
@@ -828,7 +937,7 @@ class Board extends React.Component {
     ctx.save();
     ctx.translate(tileWidth * -2.5, -tileWidth * 2);
     ctx.rotate(Math.PI * -0.25)
-    
+
     if (dice[0].pips) {
       ctx.translate(-0.5 * (diceSize + diceMargin), 0);
       this.drawDie(ctx, dice[0]);
@@ -1076,12 +1185,12 @@ class Board extends React.Component {
       this.borders = this.game.borders.map((file) => {
         return Border(this, file);
       });
-
-      this.loadTimer = window.setTimeout(this.loadGame, 1000);
     }).catch((error) => {
       console.error(error);
       alert(error);
-    })
+    }).then(() => {
+      this.resetGameLoad();
+    });
 
     setTimeout(this.updateDimensions, 1000);
   }
@@ -1107,6 +1216,7 @@ class Board extends React.Component {
             <div className="Game">
               <Players game={game} promoteGameState={this.promoteGameState}/>
               <Chat game={game} promoteGameState={this.promoteGameState}/>
+              <Action game={game} promoteGameState={this.promoteGameState}/>
             </div>
           }
           <div>In hand</div>
diff --git a/server/routes/games.js b/server/routes/games.js
index 7dc3922..7818443 100755
--- a/server/routes/games.js
+++ b/server/routes/games.js
@@ -99,6 +99,43 @@ for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
 
 const games = {};
 
+const roll = (game, player) => {
+  if (player == 0) {
+    console.log("No player active; roll has no action");
+    return;
+  }
+
+  switch (game.state) {
+    case "lobby":
+      if (game.players[player].order) {
+        console.log(`Player ${player} already rolled for order.`);
+        return;
+      }
+      game.dice = [ Math.ceil(Math.random() * 6) ];
+      game.players[player].order = game.dice[0];
+      const message = `${player} rolled ${game.dice[0]} for play order.`;
+      game.chat.push({ date: Date.now(),  message: message });
+      console.log(message);
+      return;
+  }
+}
+
+router.put("/:id/:action", (req, res) => {
+  console.log(`PUT games/${req.params.id}/${req.params.action}`);
+  if (!req.params.action in games) {
+    const error = `Game not found: ${req.params.id}`;
+    return res.status(404).send(error);
+  }
+  const game = games[req.params.id];
+  switch (req.params.action) {
+  case "roll":
+    roll(game, req.session.activePlayer);
+    break;
+  }
+  
+  return sendGame(res, req, game);
+})
+
 router.get("/:id", (req, res/*, next*/) => {
   console.log("GET games/" + req.params.id);
   if (req.params.id in games) {
diff --git a/server/routes/users.js b/server/routes/users.js
index 9eef075..a58cd74 100755
--- a/server/routes/users.js
+++ b/server/routes/users.js
@@ -15,15 +15,14 @@ require("../db/users.js").then(function(db) {
 
 router.get("/", function(req, res/*, next*/) {
   console.log("/users/");
-  return getSessionUser(req).then(function(user) {
+  return getSessionUser(req).then((user) => {
     return res.status(200).send(user);
-  }).catch(function(error) {
+  }).catch((error) => {
     console.log("User not logged in: " + error);
     return res.status(200).send({});
   });
 });
 
-  
 router.put("/password", function(req, res) {
   console.log("/users/password");