diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 49cf5ed..02ab506 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3274,8 +3274,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "bevy_ratatui",
  "clap",
  "log",
+ "rand 0.9.2",
  "ratatui",
  "strum",
+ "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "tui-logger",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fe51bfd..8ba3c20 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ log = { version = "0.4.29", features = [
   "release_max_level_error",
   "max_level_trace",
 ] }
+rand = "0.9.2"
 ratatui = "0.30.0"
 strum = { version = "0.27.2", features = ["derive"] }
+tracing = "0.1.44"
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3.22"
 tui-logger = { version = "0.18.0", features = ["tracing-support", "crossterm"] }
 
diff --git a/src/game/hand.rs b/src/game/hand.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4daa915
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/game/hand.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+use bevy::prelude::*;
+
+use crate::{game::wall::WallTiles, tiles::Tile};
+
+#[derive(Component)]
+pub struct Hand;
+
+#[derive(Component)]
+#[relationship(relationship_target = HandTiles)]
+pub struct InHand(pub Entity);
+
+#[derive(Component)]
+#[relationship_target(relationship = InHand, linked_spawn)]
+pub struct HandTiles(Vec<Entity>);
+
+pub(crate) fn deal_hands(
+    mut commands: Commands,
+    walltiles: Single<&WallTiles>,
+    walltiles_entity: Single<Entity, With<WallTiles>>,
+) -> Result {
+    let hand = walltiles.iter().collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+    commands
+        .get_entity(*walltiles_entity)?
+        .remove_children(hand.last_chunk::<13>().unwrap());
+
+    commands.spawn((Hand, HandTiles(hand)));
+
+    trace!("dealt hands");
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn sort_hand(
+    mut commands: Commands,
+    tiles: Populated<&Tile>,
+    handtiles_entity: Single<Entity, With<HandTiles>>,
+    handtiles: Single<&HandTiles, Changed<HandTiles>>,
+) -> Result {
+    let mut hand: Vec<_> = handtiles
+        .iter()
+        .map(|e| -> Result<(_, _)> { Ok((tiles.get(e)?, e)) })
+        .collect::<Result<_>>()?;
+
+    hand.sort_by_key(|(t, _)| t.suit);
+
+    let hand: Vec<_> = hand.iter().map(|(_, e)| *e).collect();
+
+    commands
+        .get_entity(*handtiles_entity)?
+        .replace_children(&hand);
+
+    trace!("sort_hand");
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/game/mod.rs b/src/game/mod.rs
index 14eeaf2..b099460 100644
--- a/src/game/mod.rs
+++ b/src/game/mod.rs
@@ -1,22 +1,40 @@
-
 use bevy::prelude::*;
 
 use crate::tiles::{self, *};
 
-mod player;
-pub(crate) mod wall;
+pub mod hand;
+pub mod player;
+pub mod wall;
+
+#[derive(States, Default, Hash, Clone, Eq, Debug, PartialEq, Copy)]
+pub enum GameState {
+    #[default]
+    None,
+    Setup,
+    // Deal,
+    Play,
+    Score,
+}
 
 pub struct Riichi;
-
 impl Plugin for Riichi {
     fn build(&self, app: &mut App) {
         app.init_resource::<Compass>()
             .add_systems(Startup, init_match)
             .add_systems(Startup, tiles::init_tiles)
-            .add_systems(Startup, wall::build_wall);
+            .init_state::<GameState>()
+            .add_systems(OnEnter(GameState::Setup), (wall::build_wall, hand::deal_hands, setup_done).chain())
+            .add_systems(Update, (hand::sort_hand).run_if(in_state(GameState::Play)))
+            // semicolon stopper
+            ;
     }
 }
 
+fn setup_done(mut next: ResMut<NextState<GameState>>) {
+    next.set(GameState::Play);
+    trace!("setup_done");
+}
+
 #[derive(Component)]
 pub(crate) struct Dice(u8, u8);
 
diff --git a/src/game/player.rs b/src/game/player.rs
index 45d3c04..e4e3323 100644
--- a/src/game/player.rs
+++ b/src/game/player.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
 use bevy::prelude::*;
 
+use crate::{
+    game::wall::{InWall, Wall},
+    tiles::Tile,
+};
+
 #[derive(Component)]
 pub(crate) struct Player {
     pub(crate) name: String,
 }
 
+fn spawn_players(mut commands: Commands) {}
+
 #[derive(Component)]
 pub(crate) struct Points(pub isize);
+
diff --git a/src/game/wall.rs b/src/game/wall.rs
index 2692952..69e4fd7 100644
--- a/src/game/wall.rs
+++ b/src/game/wall.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,26 @@
-
 use bevy::prelude::*;
+use rand::seq::SliceRandom;
 
 use crate::tiles::Tile;
 
 #[derive(Component)]
-pub(crate) struct Wall(Vec<Entity>);
+pub struct Wall;
 
-pub(crate) fn build_wall(_tiles: Query<&Tile>) {
-    info!("built a wall!")
+#[derive(Component)]
+#[relationship_target(relationship = InWall, linked_spawn)]
+pub struct WallTiles(Vec<Entity>);
+
+#[derive(Component)]
+#[relationship(relationship_target = WallTiles)]
+pub struct InWall(pub Entity);
+
+pub(crate) fn build_wall(mut commands: Commands, tiles: Query<Entity, With<Tile>>) {
+    let mut rng = rand::rng();
+
+    let mut shuffled = tiles.iter().collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    shuffled.shuffle(&mut rng);
+
+    commands.spawn((Wall, WallTiles(shuffled)));
+
+    trace!("build_wall");
 }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 8a1fb07..45412c3 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-pub mod tiles;
-pub mod yakus;
+#![allow(unused)]
 
 pub mod game;
+pub mod tiles;
+pub mod yakus;
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 641d6df..0481b30 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-use bevy::prelude::*;
+#![allow(unused)]
+
+use bevy::{log::LogPlugin, prelude::*};
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
-use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt, registry::LookupSpan, util::SubscriberInitExt};
+use tracing::Level;
+use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt};
 
 mod gui;
 mod tui;
@@ -17,25 +20,30 @@ enum Mode {
     RunTui,
 }
 
-fn main() {
-    // tracing_subscriber::fmt()
-    //     .with_writer(std::io::stderr)
-    //     .with_env_filter("warn,jong=trace")
-    //     .init();
+const FILTERSTRING: &str = "warn,jong=trace";
 
+fn main() {
     let args = Args::parse();
 
     let mut app = App::new();
     let app = match args.mode {
-        Mode::RunGui => app.add_plugins(DefaultPlugins),
+        Mode::RunGui => {
+            app.add_plugins(DefaultPlugins.set(LogPlugin {
+                filter: FILTERSTRING.into(),
+                level: Level::TRACE,
+                // custom_layer: todo!(),
+                // fmt_layer: todo!(),
+                ..Default::default()
+            }))
+        }
         Mode::RunTui => {
             tracing_subscriber::registry()
                 .with(tui_logger::TuiTracingSubscriberLayer)
                 .init();
             tui_logger::init_logger(tui_logger::LevelFilter::Trace).unwrap();
-            tui_logger::set_env_filter_from_string("warn,jong=trace");
+            tui_logger::set_env_filter_from_string(FILTERSTRING);
 
-            app.add_plugins(tui::RiichiTui)
+            app.add_plugins(tui::RiichiTui::default())
         }
     };
 
diff --git a/src/tiles.rs b/src/tiles.rs
index c00ef9c..5147233 100644
--- a/src/tiles.rs
+++ b/src/tiles.rs
@@ -1,36 +1,24 @@
 use bevy::{ecs::entity::MapEntities, prelude::*};
 use strum::FromRepr;
 
-
-// #[derive(Component)]
-// #[derive(relasionship(re))]
-// pub struct TileEntity {
-//     #[relationship]
-//     pub parent: Entity,
-
-//     r#type: Tile,
-// }
-
-struct Hand;
-
-#[derive(Component)]
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
 pub struct Tile {
-    suit: Suit,
+    pub suit: Suit,
 }
 
-#[derive(MapEntities)]
+#[derive(MapEntities, Debug, PartialEq, PartialOrd, Eq, Ord, Clone, Copy)]
 pub enum Suit {
+    Man(Rank),
     Pin(Rank),
     Sou(Rank),
-    Man(Rank),
     Wind(Wind),
     Dragon(Dragon),
 }
 
-#[derive(Deref, DerefMut)]
-pub struct Rank(u8);
+#[derive(Deref, DerefMut, Debug, PartialEq, PartialOrd, Eq, Ord, Clone, Copy)]
+pub struct Rank(pub u8);
 
-#[derive(FromRepr)]
+#[derive(FromRepr, Debug, PartialEq, PartialOrd, Eq, Ord, Clone, Copy)]
 pub enum Wind {
     Ton,
     Nan,
@@ -38,7 +26,7 @@ pub enum Wind {
     Pei,
 }
 
-#[derive(FromRepr)]
+#[derive(Debug, FromRepr, PartialEq, PartialOrd, Eq, Ord, Clone, Copy)]
 pub enum Dragon {
     Haku,
     Hatsu,
diff --git a/src/tui/console.rs b/src/tui/console.rs
index db20cf8..f668331 100644
--- a/src/tui/console.rs
+++ b/src/tui/console.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
-use tui_logger::TuiLoggerWidget;
-
+use bevy::prelude::*;
 use bevy_ratatui::RatatuiContext;
-
-use bevy::input::keyboard::Key;
+use ratatui::widgets::Block;
+use tui_logger::TuiLoggerWidget;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Debug, Default, States)]
 pub(crate) enum ConsoleState {
-    Open,
     #[default]
     Closed,
+    Open,
 }
 
 impl std::ops::Not for ConsoleState {
@@ -22,20 +21,10 @@ impl std::ops::Not for ConsoleState {
     }
 }
 
-pub(crate) fn toggle_console(
-    input: Res<ButtonInput<Key>>,
-    curr_state: Res<State<ConsoleState>>,
-    mut next_state: ResMut<NextState<ConsoleState>>,
-) {
-    if input.just_pressed(Key::Character("`".into())) {
-        trace!("toggled");
-        next_state.set(!*curr_state.get());
-    }
-}
-
 pub(crate) fn draw_console(mut tui_ctx: ResMut<RatatuiContext>) -> Result {
     tui_ctx.draw(|frame| {
-        frame.render_widget(TuiLoggerWidget::default(), frame.area());
+        let block = Block::bordered().title("console");
+        frame.render_widget(TuiLoggerWidget::default().block(block), frame.area());
     })?;
 
     Ok(())
diff --git a/src/tui/input.rs b/src/tui/input.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d0d6e4..0000000
--- a/src/tui/input.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-// use bevy::ecs::message::MessageReader;
-use bevy::app::AppExit;
-use bevy::input::keyboard::{Key, KeyboardInput};
-use bevy::prelude::*;
-
-use crate::tui::console::ConsoleState;
-
-pub(crate) fn keyboard_input_system(
-    // keycode_input: Option<Res<ButtonInput<KeyCode>>>,
-    // key_input: Option<Res<ButtonInput<Key>>>,
-    // mut next_state: ResMut<State<TuiState>>,
-    mut keyboard_events: MessageReader<KeyboardInput>,
-) {
-    // if let Some(keycode_input) = keycode_input {
-    // if keycode_input.just_pressed(KeyCode::Backquote) {
-    //     // console_state.set;
-    // }
-    // }
-    for keyboard_input in keyboard_events.read() {
-        trace!("{:?}", keyboard_input);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/tui/menu.rs b/src/tui/menu.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ee27e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tui/menu.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+use bevy::prelude::*;
+use bevy_ratatui::RatatuiContext;
+use bevy_ratatui::event::KeyMessage;
+use ratatui::crossterm::event::KeyCode;
+use ratatui::layout::Constraint;
+use ratatui::layout::Layout;
+
+use jong::game::GameState;
+
+use crate::tui::TuiState;
+
+const MAINMENU_OPTIONS: [&str; 2] = ["(p)lay", "(q)uit"];
+// const MAINMENU_INPUTS: [char;2] = ['p', 'q'];
+
+pub(crate) fn draw_mainmenu(
+    mut tui_ctx: ResMut<RatatuiContext>,
+    // mut tui_state: ResMut<NextState<TuiState>>,
+    // mut game_state: ResMut<NextState<GameState>>,
+) {
+    let options = MAINMENU_OPTIONS;
+    let layout = Layout::vertical(vec![Constraint::Min(1); options.len()]);
+
+    tui_ctx.draw(|frame| {
+        let areas = layout.split(frame.area());
+        for (opt, area) in options.into_iter().zip(areas.iter()) {
+            frame.render_widget(opt, *area)
+        }
+    });
+}
diff --git a/src/tui/mod.rs b/src/tui/mod.rs
index d797779..e90a87f 100644
--- a/src/tui/mod.rs
+++ b/src/tui/mod.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,42 @@
 use std::time::Duration;
 
-use bevy::{app::ScheduleRunnerPlugin, input::keyboard::Key, prelude::*, state::app::StatesPlugin};
-use bevy_ratatui::{RatatuiContext, RatatuiPlugins};
-use jong::tiles::Tile;
-use tui_logger::TuiLoggerSmartWidget;
+use bevy::{app::ScheduleRunnerPlugin, prelude::*, state::app::StatesPlugin};
+use bevy_ratatui::RatatuiPlugins;
+use bevy_ratatui::event::KeyMessage;
+use ratatui::{text::ToSpan, widgets::Paragraph};
+
+use jong::game::GameState;
+use jong::game::wall::InWall;
+
+use crate::tui::console::ConsoleState;
 
 mod console;
-mod input;
+mod menu;
+mod render;
 
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, States, Default)]
+pub(crate) enum TuiState {
+    #[default]
+    MainMenu,
+    InGame,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Debug)]
+struct InGame;
+
+impl ComputedStates for InGame {
+    type SourceStates = TuiState;
+
+    fn compute(sources: Self::SourceStates) -> Option<Self> {
+        match sources {
+            TuiState::MainMenu => None,
+            TuiState::InGame => Some(Self),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Default)]
 pub struct RiichiTui;
-
 impl Plugin for RiichiTui {
     fn build(&self, app: &mut App) {
         app.add_plugins((
@@ -18,33 +45,78 @@ impl Plugin for RiichiTui {
             ))),
             RatatuiPlugins {
                 // enable_kitty_protocol: todo!(),
-                // enable_mouse_capture: todo!(),
+                enable_mouse_capture: true,
                 enable_input_forwarding: true,
                 ..Default::default()
             },
         ))
         .add_plugins(StatesPlugin)
+
+        // console
         .init_state::<console::ConsoleState>()
-        .add_systems(Update, console::toggle_console)
         .add_systems(Update, console::draw_console.run_if(in_state(console::ConsoleState::Open)))
-        .add_systems(Update, input::keyboard_input_system)
-        .add_systems(Update, draw_system)
+
+        // general setup
+        .init_state::<TuiState>()
+        .add_computed_state::<InGame>()
+        .add_systems(Update, input_system)
+
+        // main menu
+        .add_systems(Update, menu::draw_mainmenu.run_if(in_state(TuiState::MainMenu)))
+
+        // gaming
+        .init_resource::<render::hand::RenderedHand>()
+        .add_systems(Update, render::ingame::draw_ingame.run_if(in_state(InGame)))
+        .add_systems(Update, render::hand::render_changed_hand.run_if(in_state(InGame).and(in_state(GameState::Play))))
+        
         // semicolon stopper
         ;
     }
 }
 
-// #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, States)]
-// enum TuiState {
-//     MainMenu,
-//     InGame,
-// }
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+pub(crate) fn input_system(
+    mut messages: MessageReader<KeyMessage>,
 
-pub(crate) fn draw_system(mut tui_ctx: ResMut<RatatuiContext>, query: Query<&Tile>) -> Result {
-    tui_ctx.draw(|frame| {
-        let text = ratatui::text::Text::raw("tiny riichi");
-        frame.render_widget(text, frame.area());
-    })?;
+    curr_tuistate: Res<State<TuiState>>,
+    curr_consolestate: Res<State<ConsoleState>>,
+    curr_gamestate: Res<State<GameState>>,
 
-    Ok(())
+    mut next_tuistate: ResMut<NextState<TuiState>>,
+    mut next_consolestate: ResMut<NextState<ConsoleState>>,
+    mut next_gamestate: ResMut<NextState<GameState>>,
+
+    mut exit: MessageWriter<AppExit>,
+) {
+    use bevy_ratatui::crossterm::event::KeyCode;
+
+    let (ts, cs, gs) = (curr_tuistate.get(), curr_consolestate.get(), curr_gamestate.get());
+
+    for message in messages.read() {
+        if let KeyCode::Char('`') = message.code {
+            next_consolestate.set(!*curr_consolestate.get());
+            continue
+        }
+
+        match ts {
+            TuiState::MainMenu => match message.code {
+                KeyCode::Char('p') => {
+                    next_tuistate.set(TuiState::InGame);
+                    next_gamestate.set(GameState::Setup);
+                }
+                KeyCode::Char('q') => {
+                    exit.write_default();
+                }
+                _ => {}
+            },
+            TuiState::InGame => match gs {
+                // GameState::None => todo!(),
+                GameState::Setup => todo!(),
+                GameState::Play => todo!(),
+                GameState::Score => todo!(),
+                _ => todo!()
+            },
+        }
+    }
 }
+
diff --git a/src/tui/render/hand.rs b/src/tui/render/hand.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c76106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tui/render/hand.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+use bevy::prelude::*;
+use ratatui::widgets::Paragraph;
+
+use jong::game::hand::HandTiles;
+use jong::tiles::Tile;
+
+use crate::tui::render::tiles;
+
+#[derive(Resource, Default)]
+pub(crate) struct RenderedHand(pub(crate) Vec<Paragraph<'static>>);
+
+pub(crate) fn render_changed_hand(
+    hand: Single<&HandTiles, Changed<HandTiles>>,
+    tiles: Populated<&Tile>,
+    mut target: ResMut<RenderedHand>,
+) -> Result {
+    trace!("render_changed_hand");
+
+    render_hand(hand, tiles, target)?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn render_hand(
+    hand: Single<&HandTiles, Changed<HandTiles>>,
+    tiles: Populated<&Tile>,
+    mut target: ResMut<RenderedHand>,
+) -> Result {
+    trace!("render_hand");
+
+    let hand_tiles = hand
+        .iter()
+        .map(|inhand| -> Result<_> { Ok(tiles.get(inhand).map(tiles::draw_tile)?) })
+        .collect::<Result<Vec<_>>>()?;
+    target.0 = hand_tiles;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/tui/render/ingame.rs b/src/tui/render/ingame.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a30d4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tui/render/ingame.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+use bevy::prelude::*;
+use bevy_ratatui::RatatuiContext;
+
+use crate::tui::render::hand;
+
+pub(crate) fn draw_ingame(
+    rendered_hand: Res<hand::RenderedHand>,
+    mut tui_ctx: ResMut<RatatuiContext>,
+) -> Result {
+    use ratatui::layout::Flex;
+    use ratatui::prelude::*;
+
+    tui_ctx.draw(|frame| {
+        // debug!("{}", frame.area());
+
+        let layout = Layout::horizontal(vec![Constraint::Max(5); 13]).flex(Flex::Start);
+        let mut area = frame.area();
+        area.height = 4;
+        let areas = layout.areas::<13>(area);
+        for (tile, area) in rendered_hand.0.iter().zip(areas.iter()) {
+            frame.render_widget(tile, *area);
+        }
+    })?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/tui/render/mod.rs b/src/tui/render/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc6612a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tui/render/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+pub(crate) mod hand;
+pub(crate) mod ingame;
+mod tiles;
diff --git a/src/tui/render/tiles.rs b/src/tui/render/tiles.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..620a2d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tui/render/tiles.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+use ratatui::widgets::Paragraph;
+
+use jong::tiles::Tile;
+
+pub(crate) fn draw_tile(tile: &Tile) -> Paragraph<'static> {
+    use ratatui::prelude::*;
+
+    let block = ratatui::widgets::Block::bordered();
+
+    Paragraph::new(match &tile.suit {
+        jong::tiles::Suit::Pin(rank) => format!("{}\np", rank.0),
+        jong::tiles::Suit::Sou(rank) => format!("{}\ns", rank.0),
+        jong::tiles::Suit::Man(rank) => format!("{}\nm", rank.0),
+        jong::tiles::Suit::Wind(wind) => (match wind {
+            jong::tiles::Wind::Ton => "e\nw",
+            jong::tiles::Wind::Nan => "s\nw",
+            jong::tiles::Wind::Shaa => "w\nw",
+            jong::tiles::Wind::Pei => "n\nw",
+        })
+        .into(),
+        jong::tiles::Suit::Dragon(dragon) => (match dragon {
+            jong::tiles::Dragon::Haku => "w\nd",
+            jong::tiles::Dragon::Hatsu => "g\nd",
+            jong::tiles::Dragon::Chun => "r\nd",
+        })
+        .into(),
+    })
+    .block(block)
+    .centered()
+}