diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/game/GameController.java b/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/game/GameController.java
index 378ffe9bd..41429d37d 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/game/GameController.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/game/GameController.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: GameController.java,v 1.15 2002/06/03 21:08:57 shaper Exp $
+// $Id: GameController.java,v 1.16 2002/06/12 07:59:18 shaper Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.parlor.game;
 
@@ -123,9 +123,6 @@ public abstract class GameController extends PlaceController
 
         // end the game until we receive a new board
         setGameOver(true);
-
-        // increment the round identifier
-        _roundId++;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -133,7 +130,7 @@ public abstract class GameController extends PlaceController
      */
     public int getRoundId ()
     {
-        return _roundId;
+        return _gobj.roundId;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -241,9 +238,6 @@ public abstract class GameController extends PlaceController
      * controlling. */
     protected GameObject _gobj;
 
-    /** The unique round identifier for the current round. */
-    protected int _roundId;
-
     /** A local flag overriding the game over state for situations where
      * the client knows the game is over before the server has
      * transitioned the game object accordingly. */
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/game/GameManager.java b/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/game/GameManager.java
index 8f6c53947..55dd86903 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/game/GameManager.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/game/GameManager.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: GameManager.java,v 1.33 2002/06/06 22:13:56 ray Exp $
+// $Id: GameManager.java,v 1.34 2002/06/12 07:59:19 shaper Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.parlor.game;
 
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public class GameManager extends PlaceManager
      */
     public int getRoundId ()
     {
-        return _roundId;
+        return _gameobj.roundId;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ public class GameManager extends PlaceManager
         gameWillReset();
 
         // increment the round identifier
-        _roundId++;
+        _gameobj.setRoundId(_gameobj.roundId + 1);
 
         // do the standard game start processing
         gameWillStart();
@@ -496,9 +496,6 @@ public class GameManager extends PlaceManager
     /** The oids of our player and AI body objects. */
     protected int[] _playerOids;
 
-    /** The unique round identifier for the current round. */
-    protected int _roundId;
-
     /** If AIs are present, contains their skill levels, or -1 at human
      * player indexes. */
     protected byte[] _AIs;
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/game/GameObject.dobj b/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/game/GameObject.dobj
index c002c760d..d3b75d396 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/game/GameObject.dobj
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/game/GameObject.dobj
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: GameObject.dobj,v 1.8 2002/02/13 03:21:28 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: GameObject.dobj,v 1.9 2002/06/12 07:59:19 shaper Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.parlor.game;
 
@@ -40,4 +40,7 @@ public class GameObject extends PlaceObject
 
     /** The username of the players involved in this game. */
     public String[] players;
+
+    /** The unique round identifier for the current round. */
+    public int roundId;
 }
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/game/GameObject.java b/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/game/GameObject.java
index a7085e36f..d4bbd7eac 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/game/GameObject.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/game/GameObject.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: GameObject.java,v 1.3 2002/02/20 23:35:42 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: GameObject.java,v 1.4 2002/06/12 07:59:19 shaper Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.parlor.game;
 
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ public class GameObject extends PlaceObject
     /** The field name of the <code>players</code> field. */
     public static final String PLAYERS = "players";
 
+    /** The field name of the <code>roundId</code> field. */
+    public static final String ROUND_ID = "roundId";
+
     /** A game state constant indicating that the game has not yet started
      * and is still awaiting the arrival of all of the players. */
     public static final int AWAITING_PLAYERS = 0;
@@ -50,6 +53,9 @@ public class GameObject extends PlaceObject
     /** The username of the players involved in this game. */
     public String[] players;
 
+    /** The unique round identifier for the current round. */
+    public int roundId;
+
     /**
      * Requests that the <code>state</code> field be set to the specified
      * value. The local value will be updated immediately and an event
@@ -91,4 +97,32 @@ public class GameObject extends PlaceObject
         this.players = players;
         requestAttributeChange(PLAYERS, players);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Requests that the <code>index</code>th element of
+     * <code>players</code> field be set to the specified value. The local
+     * value will be updated immediately and an event will be propagated
+     * through the system to notify all listeners that the attribute did
+     * change. Proxied copies of this object (on clients) will apply the
+     * value change when they received the attribute changed notification.
+     */
+    public void setPlayersAt (String value, int index)
+    {
+        this.players[index] = value;
+        requestElementUpdate(PLAYERS, value, index);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Requests that the <code>roundId</code> field be set to the specified
+     * value. The local value will be updated immediately and an event
+     * will be propagated through the system to notify all listeners that
+     * the attribute did change. Proxied copies of this object (on
+     * clients) will apply the value change when they received the
+     * attribute changed notification.
+     */
+    public void setRoundId (int roundId)
+    {
+        this.roundId = roundId;
+        requestAttributeChange(ROUND_ID, new Integer(roundId));
+    }
 }