diff --git a/public/games/age-of-dwarves/guide/src/pages/HomePage.tsx b/public/games/age-of-dwarves/guide/src/pages/HomePage.tsx
index 21c79b19..26473848 100644
--- a/public/games/age-of-dwarves/guide/src/pages/HomePage.tsx
+++ b/public/games/age-of-dwarves/guide/src/pages/HomePage.tsx
@@ -189,22 +189,57 @@ const CardIcon = styled.span`
 
 // ─── Data ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
+interface NavSection {
+  category: string
+  links: Array<{ icon: string; label: string; to: string }>
+}
+
 // Game 1 scope: no /magic/* routes exist in App.tsx. The Magic Schools /
 // Spells / Archons pages were purged during p2-09's scope-narrow pass.
 // Those entries were previously here and redirected to `/` via the wildcard
 // catch-all route — a broken UX reported by the user. When Game 2/3 routes
 // return, add them back wrapped in an episode-gate filter so they only
 // render in the dev bundle (VITE_DEV_GUIDE=1). Tracked by p1-14.
-const SECTIONS = [
-  { icon: '🗺', label: 'Terrain',       to: '/map/terrain' },
-  { icon: '💎', label: 'Resources',     to: '/map/resources' },
-  { icon: '🧝', label: 'Races',         to: '/empire/races' },
-  { icon: '🏛', label: 'Government',    to: '/empire/government' },
-  { icon: '🔬', label: 'Tech Tree',     to: '/research/tech-tree' },
-  { icon: '⚔',  label: 'Units',         to: '/military/units' },
-  { icon: '🗡', label: 'Combat',        to: '/military/combat' },
-  { icon: '🏗', label: 'Buildings',     to: '/buildings/buildings' },
-  { icon: '🌍', label: 'Climate',       to: '/climate' },
+const GUIDE_SECTIONS: readonly NavSection[] = [
+  {
+    category: 'The Map',
+    links: [
+      { icon: '🗺', label: 'Terrain',       to: '/map/terrain' },
+      { icon: '💎', label: 'Resources',     to: '/map/resources' },
+    ],
+  },
+  {
+    category: 'Empire',
+    links: [
+      { icon: '🧝', label: 'Races',         to: '/empire/races' },
+      { icon: '🏛', label: 'Government',    to: '/empire/government' },
+    ],
+  },
+  {
+    category: 'Research',
+    links: [
+      { icon: '🔬', label: 'Tech Tree',     to: '/research/tech-tree' },
+    ],
+  },
+  {
+    category: 'Military',
+    links: [
+      { icon: '⚔',  label: 'Units',         to: '/military/units' },
+      { icon: '🗡', label: 'Combat',        to: '/military/combat' },
+    ],
+  },
+  {
+    category: 'Building Your Empire',
+    links: [
+      { icon: '🏗', label: 'Buildings',     to: '/buildings/buildings' },
+    ],
+  },
+  {
+    category: 'Climate & Survival',
+    links: [
+      { icon: '🌍', label: 'Climate',       to: '/climate' },
+    ],
+  },
 ]
 
 // ─── Component ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -283,14 +318,19 @@ export default function HomePage(): ReactElement {
       </FeatureGrid>
 
       <SectionLabel>Explore the Guide</SectionLabel>
-      <CardGrid>
-        {SECTIONS.map((s) => (
-          <CardLink key={s.to} to={s.to}>
-            <CardIcon>{s.icon}</CardIcon>
-            {s.label}
-          </CardLink>
-        ))}
-      </CardGrid>
+      {GUIDE_SECTIONS.map((section) => (
+        <div key={section.category}>
+          <SectionLabel>{section.category}</SectionLabel>
+          <CardGrid>
+            {section.links.map((link) => (
+              <CardLink key={link.to} to={link.to}>
+                <CardIcon>{link.icon}</CardIcon>
+                {link.label}
+              </CardLink>
+            ))}
+          </CardGrid>
+        </div>
+      ))}
 
       <SectionLabel>About</SectionLabel>
       <CardGrid>
diff --git a/scripts/apricot-run.sh b/scripts/apricot-run.sh
index d681cdd6..d5823b04 100755
--- a/scripts/apricot-run.sh
+++ b/scripts/apricot-run.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # apricot-run.sh — Isolated build + batch pipeline on apricot.
 #
-# apricot is a multi-tenant RUN host. We do NOT touch ~/Code/@projects/@magic-civilization
-# on apricot — that's another developer's workspace. Instead:
+# apricot is a multi-tenant RUN host. magic-civilization does NOT develop here —
+# any persistent checkouts live under ~/Code/project-buildspace/ and are excluded
+# from the autocommit daemon (commits.service). This script keeps even further
+# clear and uses ~/.cache/ for the per-run scratch + results:
 #
-#   1. Rsync this EDIT-host source tree to /tmp/mc-<stamp>/ on apricot.
-#   2. Build (cargo) in /tmp/mc-<stamp>/, target dir stays there (ephemeral).
-#   3. Run the batch with RESULTS_DIR under $HOME/.cache/mc-batches/<stamp>/
+#   1. Rsync this EDIT-host source tree to ~/.cache/mc-src-<stamp>/ on apricot.
+#   2. Build (cargo) in ~/.cache/mc-src-<stamp>/, target dir stays there (ephemeral).
+#   3. Run the batch with RESULTS_DIR under ~/.cache/mc-batches/<stamp>/
 #      (persistent, XDG cache convention, flatpak-visible via --filesystem=home).
 #   4. Fetch verdict JSON back to EDIT host for review.
 #